Pass the Jam

If you're an avid commander player you've likely had the start of the Commander 2018 spoiler season circled on your magic calendars like we have, and that time has finally come! We've now had the first dozen or so spicy new treats revealed in all their glory for the joy and intrigue of edh brewers everywhere, and we're no different - the brewing hats, gloves and boots are all on to cook up a cardboard storm, as we have received some incredible new pieces to the format.

Put your brewing caps on, it's about to get spicy in here!

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Gather round friends, It's time to talk format staples! This week we put the great new Core 19 set aside for a moment to begin our Commander staples series. Staples form the backbone of your collection for commander deckbuilding, and we'd often recommend picking up a staple or two whenever you have some spare dollars aside for Magic goods (instead of a booster for instance) as they'll serve you for a long time in a great deal of decks. We will tend to prioritise a budget focus for these staples for this reason as it really doesn't have to cost a great deal to make an impact at your next commander game. Where better to start than with some of the most broadly used of the staples, the colourless and artifacts. Join us as we run through some of the less well known and underated overperformers, as well as restatating the importance of some of the classics and important locked slots of your decklists - all through the lens of improving the performance of your next deck brew.

All this and of course the episode wouldn't be complete without ripping open some fresh packs irresponsibly! (For the record, save your next booster pack allowance for a commander staple, it's the sensible choice!)

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Gather round the fireplace with us folks, as we battle the winter chills with a spicy mug of new Core Set 19 cards to warm your souls.

As mentioned on our instagram, this was initially the theme of our prerelease preview epsiode running through what to look out for on the prerelease weekend and recorded last week, however due to some freaky technical issues our whole recording essentially got board wiped. In that case this episode is essentially a take-2 with the added extra experience of seeing how prerelease played out, including a shiny new pack of Core 19 to crack to examine the contents!

Thanks for the patience folks, we've ironed out the hardware issues and back on track - Enjoy!

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It's like a bridge over fungalled water! No? Okay no more musical puns. Well it's time to run through version 1 of Sam's new commander spiciness, none other than our favourite fungal friend (and mushroom entourage/legion), Slimefoot the Stowaway! This plus a Battlebond crack a pack, some comments on life (where we've been the past couple weeks), A look at some juicy Core 19 Spoilers, Solo, and of course a generous sprinkle of nonsense. Served chilled with ice.

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...and the crowd goes wild!!! Well the card with that name did at least, and so did our game plan. We run through all the sweet openings from our Battlebond 2 headed giant prerelease sealed event, including sweet pulls and a juicy juicy strategy that led to reasonable results. Also discussed are some favorite new cards from the set, and a heavy digression into some of the latest spicy edh matches we've played. All this and we irresponsibly crack some packs of Aether Revolt and Dominaria (should've kept some Battlebond prize packs from our prerelease - whoops!).

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Join us for another magical round of casual discussions about the game we all love. This week the now fully spoiled set of Battlebond gives us all the fuel we need to collectively lose our marbles with excitement. Stroke of genius is an understatement for the design and card choices for this set, giving us what looks to be a great fun 2 Headed Giant limited format, and leaving us with some juicy and valuable cards for our beloved commander format. All this for a regular set (not masters set) price tag! Tune in as we run through all our favourite hits from the released set and gear up for the coming launch weekend, plus as always we crack a pack of Dominaria and put our draft hats on!

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All the casual magical chats for casual magical players! This weeks topics include spikes in card prices across the board, the (actually maybe not so) crazy idea of a commander draft using Dominaria, EDH deck-building ideas and updates (Slimefoot intensifies), at least one Star Wars prequel reference, and of course it wouldn't be an episode until we crack open some sweet sweet packs and read the words! Strap yourself in, it's fungus time.

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It's a spicy one! In this week's informal magical chat, Sam and Josh discuss all the crazy games in the first rounds of our Dominaria sealed league, plus run through thoughts and takeaways from the first glimpses of the upcoming 2 headed giant draft-focused set Battlebond. There's also a run through of this year's Commander anthology offering with the juicy decks announced as well as our pet cards of the week, and we crack a couple packs of Dominaria to get our fix.

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It's EDH Christmas! Dominaria delivers presents for all formats, including the wonderful Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, whom Josh has appropriately chosen as the Captain at the helm of a doozy of an artifact storm deck in this weeks deck tech focus.

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We also crack a few shiny new Dominaria boosters to examine the contents, and run through all the fun, jank, chaos and glory that resulted from what was our favourite prerelease yet.

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Welcome back for another week of Pass the Jam! Today we crack a musty pack of Conspiracy, waffle on with more Dominaria hype before our prerelease(s), compare our thoughts on the brawl format, and go off magic topic with more Dark Souls musings and also the beautiful wine making sim Terroir.

It's a real blasting station combo of an episode, so grab a drink, get comfortable and enjoy the jank.

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