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**Commander Social**

This is a weekly Commander podcast about Magic: the Gathering. Your hosts Ryan, and Zack attempt to entertain you with interesting anecdotes about the game of Magic, including their experience running a Commander league.

Latest Episodes:

Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Top 8 - Ep189 Dec 01, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ep 189 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 9:15
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Top 8
1. Disclaimer: These cards were quite hard to parse, and lots of rules and stuff…We might get some stuff wrong here.
2. Scryfall Rare and Mythic search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Alcc+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
3. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
4. Summary
  1. Last episode of the year. Putting patreon on hold. Have a good season!
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Lost Caverns of Ixalan Top 8 - Ep188 Nov 17, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
Ryan Names That Tune
Ep 188 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 7:59
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Lost Caverns of Ixalan Top 8
1. Disclaimer: These cards were quite hard to parse, and lots of rules and stuff…We might get some stuff wrong here.
2. Scryfall Rare and Mythic search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Alci+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
3. Zack’s turn to set the over/under
4. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Secret Lairs in a Universe Beyond our Mind's Eye - Ep187 Nov 03, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ryan Names That Tune
Ep 187 Community Spotlight:
1. @MtgProphet - 3:32
2. @MothershipGames - 8:59
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Secret Lairs in a Universe Beyond our Mind's Eye
1. Secret Lairs (https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/):
  1. The Princess Bride
    1. https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/872681/secret-lair-x-the-princess-bride-non-foil-edition
  2. Doctor Who: The Weeping Angels
    1. https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/872683/secret-lair-x-doctor-who-the-weeping-angels-non-foil-edition
  3. The Evil Dead
    1. https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/872677/secret-lair-x-the-evil-dead-non-foil-edition
  4. Creepshow
    1. https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/872679/secret-lair-x-creepshow-non-foil-edition
  5. Artist Series: John Avon
    1. https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/872687/artist-series-john-avon-non-foil-edition
  6. Ponies: The Galloping 2
    1. https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/866433/ponies-the-galloping-2-extra-life-2023
  7. Fallout
2. Summaryhttps://scryfall.com/search?q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Apip+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29++is%3Areprint&as=grid&order=name
  1. What do you think of these lairs?
  2. Will you be buying any?
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Go-Shintai, Go-Shintai, Go! - Ep186 Oct 19, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
1. Salsa
Ryan Names That Tune
Ep 186 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:54
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Go-Shintai, Go-Shintai, Go! (A Go-Shintai of Life's Origin Deck Tech)
1. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/gkJM9Pq4W0uiCwsndwrN6A
2. Read Commander
3. What does it all do?
4. Categories:
  1. Carbon dioxide is essential to the shrining process
    1. ALL THE SHRINES
    2. Only going to describe the basic function of shrines.
  2. All I do is Draw Draw Draw
    1. Mesa Enchantress
    2. Reki, the History of Kamigawa
    3. Slumbering Keyguard (Honorary Draw)
  3. Ramp / Mana fixins
    1. Dryad of the Elysian Grove
    2. Virtue of Strength
    3. Fertile Ground
    4. Faeburrow Elder
    5. Jukai Naturalist (Honorary ramp?)2
  4. We'll be back for the Tutor
    1. Captain Sissay / Sissay, Weatherlight Captain
    2. Shrine Stewart
    3. Search for Glory
    4. Moon-Blessed Circle
    5. Sanctum of All
  5. Protective Shells
    1. Avacyn’s Memorial
    2. Privileged Position
  6. Come Back here!
    1. Hanna Ship’s Navigator
    2. Oven the Vaults
  7. What troubles you, my son?
    1. Beast Within
    2. Darksteel Mutation
    3. Extinguish All Hope
    4. Seal of Cleansing
  8. Stuff that doesn’t fit into other food containers.
    1. Estrid’s Invocation
    2. Paradox Haze
  9. You think this stuff is gonna work?
    1. Maze’s End
    2. Hallowed Haunting
    3. Sigil of the Empty Throne
    4. Starfield of Nyx
    5. Coat of Arms
5. Summary
  1. What do you think of this deck?
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Magic the Whovening Top 8 - Ep185 Oct 12, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
Ep 185 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 12:18
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Doctor Who Top 8
1. Disclaimer - We only looked at Rare and Mythic Rare, and it was still a lot.
2. Rare and Mythic search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Awho+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint&unique=cards
3. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
4. Are we going to buy?
5. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Moar Cards - Ep184 Oct 05, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
Ep 184 Community Spotlight:
1. @scryfall - 0:20
2. @MothershipGames - 6:34
3. @plaidclad - 7:42
4. @case_vickers - 9:45
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Moar Cards
1. Disclaimer - Do we need one?
2. Lord of the Rings Holiday Release
  1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28game%3Apaper%29+-is%3Areprint+%28%28e%3Altr+cn%3E%3D452%29+or+%28e%3Altc+cn%3E%3D411%29+%29&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
  2. Set release on November 3, 2023
  3. 24 mechanically unique cards
  4. Four special Scene Boxes that show off more iconic moments from The Lord of the Rings, Jumpstart Volume 2, and a Special Edition of Collector Boosters with special alternate art, an alternate "Scroll" card frame and a new type of foil treatment
  5. Cards fall into either the Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth or Tales of Middle Earth Commander sets.
  6. Set symbols are the same and numbering is continued
3. Lost Caverns of Ixalan
  1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Alci+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
  2. Releases on November 17, 2023
  3. 98th MtG expansion
4. Special Guest
  1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Aspg&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
  2. New reprint class introduced with Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
  3. "Highly desirable, Masters release–level reprints" that appear in sets where they conceptually fits.
  4. They will have new art and flavor texts that fit whichever set they're featured.
5. Jurassic World
  1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Arex+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
  2. Booster insert set in the Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond series.
  3. Releasing in connection with Lost Caverns of Ixalan on November 17, 2023.
  4. Both sets feature dinosaurs.
6. Summary
  1. How do we feel about the holiday cards that use the same symbol and numbering as an already released set? Is it confusing?
    1. talk about card we were looking for yesterday
  2. How do we feel about two subsets appearing in a single set and do we think they’ll do it again?
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Getting Snappy - Ep183 Sep 28, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
Ep 183 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:58
2. @MTGStocks - 13:36
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Getting Snappy
1. Disclaimer - Do we need one?
2. Subtopics
  1. September Season (Loki)
    1. What do we think of the cards so far
      1. Loki
      2. Alioth
  2. What decks have we been playing lately?
  3. How do we feel about upcoming cards
    1. Renslayer
    2. Mobius
  4. Playing more ranked or conquest?
  5. How do we feel about the current meta overall?
3. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Back in (Mono) Black - Ep182 Sep 15, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
Ep 182 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:46
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Back in (Mono) Black
1. Disclaimer - Most of the decks we build aren’t meant to be competitive or high power, and this one is no exception. Also, this is a found deck, aside from a few commons that I had to purchase to finish off the theme of the deck.
2. Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/UrR_SUluBkyY6t7AvelydA
3. Deck idea: Have something to sac every turn
4. Draft Chaff Hero (10 of them, and more creatures that can draw cards from stuff dying)
  1. Corrupted Convication
  2. Isocron Scepter (6 Draw 2s can go on this, and “we have the Tutes”)
  3. Night’s Whisper
  4. Skulltap
  5. Village Rites
5. Turn 1 Fun
  1. Dark Ritual
  2. Chrome Mox
  3. Gemstone Caverns
6. Mono black bribes, I mean payoffs!
  1. Cabal Coffers
  2. Nightmare Lash
  3. Bubbling Muck
  4. Ayara, First of Locthwain
7. Dies to Doomblade
  1. Spark Harvest
  2. Bone Splinters
  3. Phyrexian Tribute
  4. Feed the Swarm
  5. Baleful Mastery
  6. Tragic Slip
8. Don’t skip life day at the gym
  1. Aetherflux reservoir
  2. Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  3. Sangromancer
9. Binning for fun and profit!
  1. Fel Stinger
  2. Morbid Opportunist
  3. Pitiless Plunderer
  4. Stronghold Assassin
  5. City of Shadows ($4.25 in 2015)
10. Why am I not running skullclamp in here?
  1. That’s it, that’s the category.
11. Keep your Win up!
  1. Sepulchral Primordial
  2. Syr Konrad the Grim
  3. Hatred
  4. Decree of Pain
12. Summary
  1. This is a fun deck, it’s not super aristocratty, and maybe it should be. It’s a value deck, that can draw a ton of cards, and just find a way to win. It definitely has lots of room for improvement. Let us know what you think of the deck, and have a great rest of your day!
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Wilds of Eldraine Top 8 - Ep181 Sep 01, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
Ad Read
Ep 181 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 9:13
2. @scryfall - 46:32
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Wilds of Eldraine Top 8
1. Disclaimer - We only looked at Rares/Mythics
2. Cards: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Awoe+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
3. We also didn’t include reprints (from the Enchanting Tales sheet)
  1. https://scryfall.com/sets/wot?order=set&as=grid
4. Zack’s turn
5. Top 8 time
6. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

The One About Lorcana - Ep180 Aug 24, 2023

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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
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Ep 180 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 9:05
2. @StarCityGames - 10:51
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Lorcana
1. Disclaimer - We’ve not played Lorcana, nor is it fully release yet. We have both have lots of card game experience, but do not know the rules for this game. This episode is about our take on what we’ve seen.
2. Release date us August 18th.
3. About
  1. Players are known as Illumineers who "wield magical ink to summon new versions of Disney characters and items, which are called glimmers," with which to allow players to "race across Lorcana and collect missing pieces of lore". With a team of glimmers, the Illumineers with compete with each other to gather lore, and the first Illumineer to obtain twenty lore wins
4. Sets
  1. The First Chapter
    1. 204 main set cards, each with a foil variant
    2. 12 Enchanted cards
    3. 12 promo cards.
5. Rarities
  1. There are six rarities in the game
    1. https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/disney-lorcana/how-to/disney-lorcana-card-rarity-explained#identify-lorcana-card-rarity
  2. Enchanted Rarity
    1. Rarest cards
    2. Thought to appear in roughly one in 100 booster packs
    3. Basically a foil borderless card
    4. https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/disney-lorcana/how-to/disney-lorcana-card-rarity-explained#what-are-enchanted-cards-lorcana
6. Booster Pack Contents
  1. Six Common cards
  2. Three Uncommon cards
  3. Two Rare, Super Rare or Legendary cards (non-foil)
  4. One foil card of any rarity, from Common to Enchanted
7. Card Types
  1. Amber
    1. Amber glimmers are purposeful. Patient and dedicated, they’re able to pursue causes and ambitions with single-minded persistence. They often work within communities, either from above as a leader or from within as a healer, bodyguard, or just a loyal follower.
  2. Amethyst
    1. Amethyst glimmers are wondrous, for this is the otherworldly ink of sorcerers, sages, animated objects, and other glimmers who use their special powers to achieve their aims. They are incredibly powerful when they have access to their amazing abilities but may land in trouble if they're stripped of those or tap into power they can’t control.
  3. Emerald
    1. Emerald glimmers are flexible. Gifted with the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, they are never caught off guard. Quick-thinking but not necessarily book-smart, they navigate their environment—whether physical or social, natural or artificial—with ease.
  4. Ruby
    1. Ruby glimmers are daring. They use their speed and bravery to defy the odds. They are often warriors, explorers, and daredevils.
  5. Sapphire
    1. Sapphire glimmers are intellectual. Intelligent and creative, they excel at strategy, invention, and the arts. They can almost always know something, plan something, or invent something that will win the day.
  6. Steel
    1. Steel glimmers are strong. Large and imposing, armored, or just plain powerful, Steel glimmers can apply huge amounts of brute force to get the job done.
8. Starter Decks
  1. Amber and Amethyst
  2. Emerald and Ruby
  3. Sapphire and Steel
9. Top 12 cards
  1. https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/disney-lorcana/best-games/best-disney-lorcana-cards-the-first-chapter#:~:text=Disney%20Lorcana%20is%20planned%20for,wide%20release%20on%20September%201st.
  2. Discuss the art and look of the cards
10. There’s a cool app
  1. Card Database
  2. Deck Builder
  3. Life Counter
  4. Play Guide
11. Summary
  1. Mention how we feel about the potential longevity for the game
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Doctor Who First Impressions - Ep179 Aug 10, 2023

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Ep 179 Community Spotlight:
1. @TheKristenEmily - 3:10
2. @MothershipGames - 6:34
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Doctor Who First Impressions
1. Questions
  1. Is this going to be like the Warhammer 40k decks? Like full of sooo many new cards?
  2. Looks like the decks are pre-ordering for about $60 each
2. The cards
  1. The WotC article: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/a-first-look-at-magic-the-gathering-doctor-who
  2. The Scryfall search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Awho
3. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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What We Got from Commander Masters - Ep178 Jul 27, 2023

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Ep 178 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 13:07
2. @scryfall - 17:34
3. @Cathaoir1 - cardname - 22:27, art love - 23:11
4. @MtgProphet - 48:19
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Commander Masters Continued
1. Let’s talk about what we got
  1. A GOOD land cycle. Allied Fetch lands maybe? Triomes?
    1. No :(
  2. Dockside?
    1. No
  3. Smothering Tithe
    1. Yes
  4. Fierce Guardianship cycle
    1. Yes, HOT new art on a version as well.
  5. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
    1. No
  6. Rhystic Study
    1. No
  7. Mox Opal?
    1. No
  8. Chrome Mox?
    1. No
  9. Cavern of Souls
    1. No
  10. The Meathook Massacre
    1. No
  11. The Medallion cycle
    1. Yes
2. From Zack
  1. OG Swords of X and Y
    1. No. Does Sword of the Animist count?
  2. Heroic Intervention
    1. Yes
  3. Esper Sentinel
    1. No
  4. Parallel Lives
    1. No but does Doubling Season count?
  5. Consecrated Sphinx
    1. No
  6. Agadeem's Awakening
    1. No
  7. Spellseeker
    1. Yes
  8. Force of Vigor
    1. No
  9. The Great Henge < A real reprint and not a box topper
    1. Yes
3. Really deep search to get rid of “special” cards
  1. set:cmm is:booster -is:etched -border:borderless -frame:showcase -frame:extended -is:digital -st:memorabilia not:promo -is:fullart -s:sld -s:slp -s:slc -s:slu -st:promo -border:gold
  2. https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3Acmm+is%3Abooster+-is%3Aetched+-border%3Aborderless+-frame%3Ashowcase+-frame%3Aextended+-is%3Adigital+-st%3Amemorabilia+not%3Apromo+-is%3Afullart+-s%3Asld+-s%3Aslp+-s%3Aslc+-s%3Aslu+-st%3Apromo+-border%3Agold&unique=cards&as=checklist&order=usd
4. New cards in the Commander Masters Precons
  1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Acmm+-is%3Areprint
5. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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What We Want from Commander Masters - Ep177 Jul 14, 2023

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Ep 177 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 17:43
2. @scryfall - 22:13
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Cultivating a Playgroup
1. Disclaimer - Our opinions
2. Known info:
  1. https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/a-first-look-at-commander-masters
  2. 3-4 Legendary cards per pack (are these Legendary AND capable of being your Commander? Are we drafting Commander decks? The site says 60 card decks, and the packs have at least 2 rares)
  3. $260 for a box of 24 means $10-12 per pack, so $30-40 for a draft
    1. Price could change
  4. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Acmm
    1. Jeweled Lotus
    2. The Ur-Dragon
    3. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
    4. Capture of Jingzhou
    5. Disrupt Decorum
    6. Personal Tutor
  5. https://twitter.com/Blakepr/status/1628118454523027457
    1. Some new cards are in the 4 Commander decks
    2. All cards in the main set are reprints
3. Let’s talk about what we want
  1. A GOOD land cycle. Allied Fetch lands maybe? Triomes?
  2. Dockside?
  3. Smothering Tithe
  4. Fierce Guardianship cycle
  5. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  6. Rhystic Study
  7. Mox Opal?
  8. Chrome Mox?
  9. Cavern of Souls
  10. The Meathook Massacre
  11. The Medallion cycle
4. From Zack
  1. OG Swords of X and Y
  2. Heroic Intervention
  3. Esper Sentinel
  4. Parallel Lives
  5. Consecrated Sphinx
  6. Agadeem's Awakening
  7. Spellseeker
  8. Force of Vigor
  9. The Great Henge < A real reprint and not a box topper
5. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Cultivating a Prosperous Playgroup - Ep176 Jul 06, 2023

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Ep 176 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 14:18
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Cultivating a Playgroup
1. Disclaimer - All players differ, so all play groups will differ. As long as everyone is having fun, it’s all good. These are just our opinions on the playgroups we like to have.
2. Things to look for in a play group
  1. Similar schedules
  2. Similar attitudes toward the game
  3. Everyone has fun
  4. Members can take and understand constructive criticism
  5. Everyone considers the enjoyment of others
3. A few scenarios to think about
  1. First just because someone doesn’t fit into your playgroup doesn’t make them a bad person or magic player
  2. Arms Race
4. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

LotR Commander Precons Top 8 - Ep175 Jun 23, 2023

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Ep 175 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 11:27
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - LotR Commander Precons Top 8
1. Disclaimer - Only Rares and Mythics were considered
2. Search - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Altc+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
3. Ryan sets Over / Under
4. Mechanics note sheet - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/the-lord-of-the-rings-tales-of-middle-earth-mechanics
5. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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LotR Top 8 - Ep174 Jun 15, 2023

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Ep 174 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 5:55
2. @Cathaoir1 - 15:55
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - LotR Top 8
1. Disclaimer - Only Rares and Mythics were considered
2. Search - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Altr+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29
3. Zack sets Over / Under
4. Mechanics note sheet - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/the-lord-of-the-rings-tales-of-middle-earth-mechanics
5. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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Deck Archetypes - Ep173 Jun 01, 2023

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1. RainX
Ep 173 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 10:04
2. @moxfieldmtg - 24:25
3. @CMDRCentral_Max - 34:34
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Deck Archtypes
1. Disclaimer: These are our own opinions.
2. I’ve been feeling a little disinterested in magic lately. Part of it is release fatigue, but more so I think it’s boredom with my decks. Currently I have a deck for each archetype that I’m into and every new commander I’m interested in falls into the same archetypes of my current decks.
3. Problems
  1. Card overlap
  2. Similarity of play
  3. I feel like the influx of new commanders as the format has become more popular has lead to less unique commanders and more that fall into established archetypes
  4. I also feel like this my problem and not one caused by anything else.
4. Decks / Archetypes
  1. Yawgmoth - Aristocrats / Combo
    1. Elias / Lurrus
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun - Spell Slinger / Wheels
    1. Nekusar, the Mindrazer
    2. Veyran, Voice of Duality
  3. Lord Windgrace - Land / Landfall / Graveyard Recursion
    1. Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  4. Roger / Arden - Equipment
  5. Sythis - Enchantments / Draw a bunch of cards
    1. Calix, Guided by Fate
    2. Go-Shintai of Life's Origin (Semi-interesting)
  6. Thrasios / Tevish - Draw a lot / Combo
    1. Not interested in another deck of this archtype
    2. Higher Powered
  7. Abomination of Lanowar - Aggro / Extreme Ramp
    1. Not interested in another deck of this archtype
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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March of the Machine: Aftermath Secret List Top 8 - Ep172 May 19, 2023

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Ep 172 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:24
2. @wachelreeks - 9:11
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - March of the Machine: Aftermath Secret List Top 8
1. Ryan sets Over / Under
2. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
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Elas il-Kor / Lurrus Deck Build - Ep171 May 04, 2023

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Ep 171 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 12:41
2. @TolarianCollege - 14:23
3. @Gamegenic_ - 14:51
4. @edhrec - 20:37, 40:55
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
2. Our new titles
Main Topic - Multiverse Legends
1. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim // Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2. https://edhrec.com/commanders/elas-il-kor-sadistic-pilgrim/lurrus-companion
  1. Read out the Commander + Companion
3. What kind of ramp?
4. What kind of card draw?
5. Wincons
6. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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Multiverse Legends - Ep170 Apr 27, 2023

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Ep 170 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:56
2. @commandcast - 22:35
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Multiverse Legends
1. Multiverse Legends are still only legal in formats in which they were legal prior to this reprint. https://scryfall.com/sets/mul?order=name&as=grid
2. 65 new arts, talk about em
3. Some new Halo foil pricey prices
  1. https://scryfall.com/sets/mul?order=usd&as=checklist
4. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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March of the Machine: Secret List Top 8 - Ep169 Apr 20, 2023

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Ep 169 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:39
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - March of the Machine
1. Disclaimer: We don’t know what’s on each other’s lists
2. Zack’s turn to set over and under 2.5
3. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

March of the Machine Previews - Ep168 Apr 13, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 168 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 8:50
2. @scryfall - 10:04
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - March of the Machine Previews
1. Disclaimer: The cards we are discussing have been posted to scryfall on or before 04.04.2023
2. March of the Machine
  1. Conclusion of story started in Dominaria United
  2. Pre-release: 04.14.2023
  3. Release: 04.21.2023
  4. New Card Type - Battle
    1. Hinted at on Atraxa, Grand Unifier in the previous set.
    2. There are 36 planes being invaded in March of the Machine, and hence one battle for every plane with a card set in them, plus a few extras.
    3. All of these cards have the subtype are Siege
    4. Battles are susceptible to combat damage.
    5. Some spells and abilities may specifically say that they cause damage to be dealt to battles.
    6. Any spell or ability that says "any target" can target a battle.
    7. Going forward, Battles are considered to be deciduous
      1. Can be used for any set, but won’t be used in every set.
3. Scryfall search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28game%3Apaper%29+set%3Amom+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Colorless Mana Base - Ep167 Mar 30, 2023

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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 167 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 6:47
2. @wachelreeks - 9:26
3. @commandcast - 9:26
4. @TCGplayer - 13:10
5. @moxfieldmtg - 15:07
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Colorless Mana Base
1. Disclaimer: This is a somewhat generic list, things change if you run stuff like Myriad Landscape, or big Eldrazi
2. I went through this process when thinking about building “Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter” I kinda felt overwhelmed, and so decided to break the process down into Lands and then think about other cards in the 99 at a later time.
3. I went through ALL the lands that could be played, and got it down to 138 I would consider playing, and then got it all the way down to the 37 lands you see below.
4. Lands decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/cRbUXqBMYE2UcCP9WmQZsA
  1. If you want to see the full 138: https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/ccfb0803-e04b-4b02-aeec-501b0be77c5f?as=list&with=usd
5. Ramp (Higher, further, faster baby.)
  1. Ancient Tomb
  2. Crystal Vein
  3. Hall of Tagsin
  4. Urza’s Saga
6. Card Draw (I know I put those extra cards around here somewhere…)
  1. Cryptic Caves
  2. Geier Reach Sanitarium
  3. Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  4. War Room
7. Land Destruction (If I put crucible of worlds in here, does that make me a bad guy?)
  1. Dust Bowl
  2. Strip Mine
  3. Wasteland
8. Faves (Melissa McCarthy hands as heart gif goes here)
  1. Emergence Zone
  2. Field of the Dead
  3. The Mycosynth Gardens
  4. Thespian Stage
  5. Tower of the Magistrate
9. Summary
  1. How cool is it getting to run SO many utility lands? Any you think I missed?

Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Amenities at the LGS - Ep166 Mar 16, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
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Ep 166 Community Spotlight:
1. @moxfieldmtg - 8:11
2. @edhrec - 8:40
3. @MothershipGames - 12:34
4. @DragonShield_ - 20:33
5. @UltimateGuard - 33:19
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Amenities at the LGS
1. Disclaimer
  1. These are not hard and fast rules, nor is your LGS subpar if they do not have these amenities. We just wanted to discuss some of the things we like and maybe you can take some of our ideas back to your LGS. I made a recommendation to mothership recently and they did it.
2. The Amenities
  1. Clean
  2. Friendly (knowledgeable if possible) staff
  3. Good singles selection (a fine line)
    1. Preferably having cards on display or in binders to peruse.
  4. Online ordering that is up to date.
  5. Good snacks
    1. Diabetic friendly snacks
    2. Good selection of drinks
  6. Will not tolerate abusive customers.
    1. Abusive language and behavior toward other customers / players
    2. Toxic masculinity
    3. Sexism
    4. Inappropriate playmats and/or card sleeves
  7. Lots of MTG type accessories
  8. Tables for play
    1. Well spaced
  9. Curbside pickup during the pandemic
  10. Board games to try before you buy
3. Summary
  1. What do you think this list? Is there anything your LGS does that you love and we didn’t list? Let us know on twitter!

Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

March of the Machine and Other Previews - Ep165 Mar 02, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
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1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 165 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 5:17
2. @vendilion - 9:57
3. @kieranyanner - 16:19
4. @VargasNi - 16:35
5. @scryfall - 23:58
6. @howardlyonart - 29:44
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - March of the Machine and Other Previews
1. These are preview cards from 02.27.2023 on scryfall.
  1. MOM - March of the Machine
  2. MOC - March of Machine commander
  3. MAT - March of the Machine: The Aftermath
  4. MUL - Multiverse Legends
1. What do you think of these new cards? Let us know on twitter!
1. Disclaimer
2. https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3Amom%2Cmoc%2Cmul%2Cmat&unique=prints&as=grid&order=review
3. Summary

Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

The Compleate Artifact Deck - Ep164 Feb 24, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 164 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 9:56
2. @scryfall - 32:49
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - The Compleate Artifact Deck
1. Disclaimer
  1. This is a deck Zack came up with. I cannot be held responsible for the damage it does in the outside world. - Ryan
2. Decklist - https://www.moxfield.com/decks/o3gpl8pUpkKHEVZFp3Efsg
3. What the Deck Does
  1. I’ll admit to having wanted to build a token swarm-type deck for a while, but I had never found one that interested me. Soldiers, Zombies, and Vampires are all boring, however, artifacts are not. This is a story of my artifact token deck
4. Three Urzas
  1. - Urza, Lord High Artificer
  2. - Urza, Cheif Artificer
  3. - Urza, Prince of Kroog
5. Card Categories
  1. Protect Commander
    1. Swiftfoot boots
    2. Lightening Grieevs
  2. Anthems
    1. Cards that add +1/+1 to the board
    2. An effect that affects ALL
    3. Cyberdrive Awakener
    4. Urza, Prince of Kroog
  3. Mana Rocks
    1. Want to have a high count here
    2. your signets, talismans, what have you
  4. Token Makers
    1. Bitterblossom
    2. Skrilev's Hive
    3. Efficient Construction
    4. Mirrodin Besieged
  5. Token Doublers
    1. Mondrak
    2. Anointed Procession
  6. Draw
    1. Vedalken Archmage
    2. General stuff
  7. Ramp
    1. Wreck Hunter
    2. Forsaken Monument
6. Summary
  1. What do you think of this deck? Does Anyone have any sweet tech for this list?

Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Phyrexia All Will Be One: Commander First Impressions - Ep163 Feb 17, 2023

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Zack - @z4ck38
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 163 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 6:00
2. @BrainstormBrew - 7:09
3. @schmandrewart - 28:06
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Phyrexia All Will Be One: Commander First Impressions
1. Disclaimer
  1. We only looked at the Rares and Mythics, otherwise, it would take too long to prep for the episode
    1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aonc+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
2. Discuss
3. Summary
  1. What do you think of the Phyrexia ONE Commander decks? Are you planning on picking any of these up?

Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Phyrexia All Will Be One Top 8 - Ep162 Feb 09, 2023

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Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 162 Community Spotlight:
1. @MothershipGames - 6:01
2. @scryfall - 22:28
The Command Zone
1. Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Main Topic - Phyrexia All Will Be One Top 8
1. Disclaimer
  1. We only looked at the Rares and Mythics, otherwise, it would take too long to prep for the episode
    1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aone+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
2. Top 8
  1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
3. Summary
  1. What do you think of Phyrexia ONE? How are our lists? Did we miss any? Let us know your top 8 cards on Twitter

Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Phyrexia All Will Be One First Impressions - Ep161 Jan 26, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!

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SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 161 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:25
@scryfall - 10:11
@JoshLeeKwai - 20:34
@CMDRCentral_Max - 31:08
@blakepr - 44:32

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Phyrexia All Will Be One First Impressions

Disclaimer

We are going to try our best and not talk about leaks. Here’s the Scryfall search we used (we aren’t talking about the smudged ones, nor the ones with fingers in the pictures):
1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aone+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29&unique=cards.

Phyrexia All Will Be One

Look at the cards and talk about them

Summary

What do you think of Phyrexia ONE so far? Any cards you are immediately sotting into decks, or Commanders you are planning to build?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

The One About Marvel Snap - Ep160 Jan 20, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

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Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 160 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 13:05
@TolarianCollege - 13:46

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Marvel Snap

Disclaimer

We are not switching to be a podcast about Marvel Snap. It’s ok if you want to leave now, we won’t resent you.

Quick Summary

Fast paced 12 card singleton deck battler
Games are usually less than 5 minutes
1. 6 turn games baring TVA or Magik
3 Center locations that are revealed left to right on turns 1-3
1. These are kinda like Magic’s lands as they introduce a large amount of variance into the game

Is Marvel Snap a competitor to Magic?

Discuss Arena vs Snap
Developer communication
Not as deep a game as Magic, but still really meaty

Currency

Gold
1. Can be used to purchase Credits, refresh Missions, or Variants. It can be earned from caches or rank levels.
2. Can also be purchased with money.
Credits
1. Earned through missions and caches or purchased with Gold.
2. Can be used to level up cards and buy fast upgrades
Tokens
1. Earned from caches on the collector level.
2. Used to buy cards from the Token Shop

Boosters

Earned from playing games, gaining Card Levels, and gaining Season Levels

Cubes

Earned from playing games. Contributes to your Rank

Effective Ways to Use Currency

Gold

Always best used to refill quests to earn points for the ladder and tokens to upgrade cards.

Credits:
1. I always upgrade all cards once. After that, I will usually level the cards I play.
2. I feel like you get more bang for your buck when you save up a day's worth of credits to upgrade cards.

Tokens

Buy cards that enable a new deck with other cards you already own
Significant upgrades to current decks

Cubes

Discuss Snapping

Now that we understand currency, is the season pass worth it?

Discuss

Ladders

Collection Level:

A ladder you climb by upgrading cards where you can earn gold, credits, tokens, new cards, and various other aesthetics

Rank:
1. Your rank rises by how many cubes you earn from games.
2. As you rise in rank you can get gold, variants, or credits.
3. Resets every Season

Season Ladder:

Gives you a new card every month and you gain gold, tokens, boosters, variants, and other aesthetics.

Weekly Challenge

Earned by completing quests.
Earns Gold, Tokens, Seasonal Ladder Points

Decks

I personally love the dynamic deck building this game offers.
You don’t have to have an optimal deck to win
Multiple versions of the same deck (IE. Aggro Sera Surfer vs Control)
The meta changes Monthly, at a minimum every month, but there are also Hot and Featured locations
1. Hot locations are in 60% of games and appear for a 24 hour window
2. Featured locations are in 40% of games, and appear for a 48 hour window

Collecting New cards

This is the funnest part of the game, and seeing yoru collection grow is pretty satisfying, and something I think most Magic players would enjoy (It’s kinda like opening a booster, but guaranteed to get new cards only)

Links

https://marvelsnapzone.com/

Summary

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2023 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

2022 Top 8 in the 99 - Ep159 Jan 06, 2023

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!

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SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 159 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 9:18
@scryfall - 13:56

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - 2022 Top 8 in the 99

Disclaimer - These are NOT commanders, we excluded cards that can be your Commander
1. 370 New Commanders this year!
  1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=is%3Acommander+year%3D2022+-is%3Aarenaid+-is%3Areprint&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
  2. 1375 Commanders exist for all time
  3. https://scryfall.com/search?q=is%3Acommander+-is%3Aarenaid+-is%3Areprint&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
  4. 26.9% of all Commanders were printed this year
Scryfall Rare/Mythic search: https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+%28-is%3Aarenaid+-is%3Acommander+-is%3Areprint%29+year%3D2022&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
Zack’s turn to set the over/under
Summary

Hope everyone is having a great holiday and end of the year. We sincerely thank all of you for joining us on this journey, and we’re looking forward to more next year.

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Brothers' War Commander Top 4 - Ep158 Nov 17, 2022

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Zack - @z4ck38
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Ep 158 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 8:35
@scryfall - 36:07

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Brothers' War Commander Top 4

Disclaimer - only new cards
Place to discuss where the cards can be found, like it’s pretty confusing…
Scryfall Rare/Mythic search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Abrc+-is%3Areprint
Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
Summary

Did you pick up the Bros War precons? Are you planning on brewing any of the new Legends?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Brothers' War Top 8 - Ep157 Nov 10, 2022

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
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Ep 157 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 14:07
@MtgProphet - 36:41, 45:34

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Making dem upgraades!

Disclaimer - Only talking about cards in the set proper
Scryfall Rare/Mythic search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Abro+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
Zack’s turn to set the over/under
Summary
1. How packed is Brothers’ War? There’s so many cool cards in this set! What are your favorite new cards?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Upgraaades! - Ep156 Nov 03, 2022

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Ep 156 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 11:30
@moxfieldmtg - 35:46

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Making dem upgraades!

Disclaimer - This is how we roll with the upgrades. Maybe you do it differently, that’s totally cool.
Why Zack thinks this is an interesting topic
How often do you upgrade your deck?
Do you build new decks or upgrade more often
How hard does a card have to move the needle to be added to a deck
How do you find new cards?
1. New set?
2. EDHrec
3. Twitter
How do you go about the upgrade
Do you document your upgrades?
Summary
1. How do you upgrade your decks? Any tips or tricks you have? Share them on twitter.

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Unfinity Top 8 - Ep155 Oct 20, 2022

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Ep 155 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:17
@scryfall - 12:48
@edhrec - 56:26
@MtgProphet - 1:02:51

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Unfinity - Top 8

Disclaimer: We are only looking at the non-acorn cards from the set, also no reprints
1. rare/mythic - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=legal%3Acommander+set%3Aunf+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint
2. common/uncommon - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=legal%3Acommander+set%3Aunf+%28rarity%3Ac+OR+rarity%3Au%29+-is%3Areprint
3. All the rare/mythic acorn cards (cards we can’t play!)
  1. https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&set=+[%22Unfinity%20(Acorn)%22]&rarity=|[R]|[M]
4. Unfinity Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/unfinity-mechanics-2022-09-20
5. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
6. Secret List Top 8
Summary
1. What do you think of our lists? What are your top 8 cards from Unfinity? Let us know on Twitter!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Warhammer 40k Top 8 in the 99 - Ep154 Oct 06, 2022

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Ep 154 Community Spotlight:

@MtgProphet - 10:14, 32:51, 45:00
@MothershipGames - 11:16
@TCGplayer - 16:07
@Card_Kingdom - 16:07
@ghirapurigears - 54:05

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Dominaria United - Top 8

Disclaimer: We aren’t including any cards that can be your commander in our lists.
1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3A40k+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+%28-is%3Acommander+-is%3Areprint%29
2. Zack’s turn to set the over/under
3. Secret List Top 8
Summary
1. What do you think of our lists? What are your top 8 cards from Warhammer 40k? Let us know on Twitter!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Warhammer 40k Chat - Ep153 Sep 22, 2022

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

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Ep 153 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 12:15
@Cathaoir1 - 47:52

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Dominaria United - Commander Decks

Warhammer 40k Commander Decks
1. https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Warhammer_40,000_Commander_Decks
2. Release Oct 7th 2022
3. 42 new Warhammer 40K-themed cards in each deck.
4. There are no current plans to make in-universe Magic versions of the new cards in the Warhammer 40K Commander decks. R&D said it is possible if needed on a card by card basis
5. The four commander decks are also available in a Collector's Edition with a unique "Universes Beyond" card frame. The Collector's Edition comes fully foiled with the never-before-seen special surge foil and has the same card content.
6. Warhammer’s world isn’t evenly colored balanced as it wasn't created with the color pie in mind. R&D solved this problem by making Commander decks instead of a full set.
7. Three Secret Lairs dropping on October 17, 2022
  1. Secret Lair Drop Series: Warhammer 40,000: Orks
  2. Secret Lair Drop Series: Warhammer Age of Sigmar
  3. Secret Lair Drop Series: Blood Bowl
Summary
1. What do you think about Warhammer 40kld? Are you picking up any/all of these precons? Let us know on Twitter!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Dominaria United: Legends Retold - Ep152 Sep 15, 2022

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Ep 152 Community Spotlight:

@commandcast - 7:45
@MothershipGames - 8:42
@UltraProIntl - 11:11
@MtgProphet - 16:29
@ghirapurigears - 20:23
@JoshLeeKwai - 50:25

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Dominaria United - Commander Decks

Legends Retold - https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Dominaria_United/Box_Toppers (READ the description from this link)
1. Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer
2. The Ever-Changing ‘Dane
3. General Marhault Elsdragon
4. Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
5. Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
6. Jedit Ojanen, Mercenary
7. The Lady of Otaria
8. Ohabi Caleria
9. Orca, Siege Demon
10. Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
11. Ramses, Assassin Lord
12. Rasputin, the Oneiromancer
13. Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord
14. Stangg, Echo Warrior
15. Sivitri, Dragon Master
16. Tetsuo, Imperial Champion
17. Tobias, Doomed Conqueror
18. Tor Wauki the Younger
19. Torsten, Founder of Benalia
20. Xira, the Golden Sting
Summary
1. What do you think about the Legends Retold? Do these hold as much nostalgia for you as they do for us? Let us know on Twitter!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Dominaria United: Secret List Top 8 - Ep151 Sep 01, 2022

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 151 Community Spotlight:

@MtgProphet - 1:34
@MothershipGames - 10:28

The Command Zone

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Lorcana - Disney TCG
1. Ryan Miller, a veteran of Wizards of the Coast, is brand manager and also helped design the gameplay of Disney Lorcana.
2. Disney collectors
3. https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23322262/disney-lorcana-ccg-trading-card-game-announcement-release-date-price

Main Topic - Dominaria United - Commander Decks

Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
Secret List Top 8
Summary
1. What do you think about our Top 8 lists? Were there any cards we missed? Let us know what your top 8 for Dominaria United are on twitter!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Dominaria United: Commander Decks - Ep150 Aug 25, 2022

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 150 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 12:48
@commandcast - 23:51
@GingerJ0E - 45:00

New Cards

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas
Zack: Sweet combo!

News

Recently TCGPlayer bought CFB, now today TCGPlayers announced they were bought by Ebay. Thoughts on impact to card financials.

Main Topic - Dominaria United - Commander Decks

Painbow

Jared Carthalion <- Commander
Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
Fallaji Wayfarer
Iridian Maelstrom
Mana Cannons
Obsidian Obelisk
Primeval Spawn
Tiller Engine
Two-Headed Hellkite
Unite the Coalition

Legends’ Legacy

Dihada, Binder of Wills <- Commander
Shanid, Sleepers’ Scourge
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
Cadric, Soul Kindler
Gerrard’s Hourglass Pendant
Moira, Urborg Haunt
The Peregrine Dynamo
The Reaver Cleaver
Verrak, Warped Sengir
Zeriam, Golden Wind

Summary
1. How do these cards make you feel? Will you buy one or both pre-cons?
2. How do you feel about the Legends retold subset?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Grab Bag - Ep149 Aug 18, 2022

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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 149 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 15:56
@MTGStocks - 16:38
@TCGplayer - 16:38
@maro254 - 26:17

New Cards

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Grab Bag

Unfinity Stickers
1. https://www.thegamer.com/magic-the-gathering-mtg-unfinity-sticker-reveal-sdcc/
2. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/unfinity-spoilers-july-24-sticker-sheets-for-eternal-formats
Maro’s hints
1. https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/692666879432622080/maros-dominaria-united-teaser
Summary
1. What did you think?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Seeing Red - Ep148 Aug 11, 2022

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 148 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 11:15
@edhrec - 18:12, 44:22
@MastDelen - 25:31
@infinitokens - 26:28
@MtgProphet - 43:34

New Cards

Discussion on new cards we got and spec ideas

Main Topic - Seeing Red

Look at some red commanders
Summary
1. What are some red decks you think are cool

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Seeing a Man About a Deck - Ep147 Jul 28, 2022

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Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 147 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 12:49
@JoshLeeKwai - 24:14
@edhrec - 40:30

New Cards

Discussion on new cards we got and speck ideas

Lost Legends

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/lost-legends-2022-07-21

Main Topic - Seeing a Man About a Deck

Tell the story about Obeka
Discuss what the deck’s plan
Discuss some card
Summary
1. Are there any cards you missed? Would you build this deck differently? Let us know on twitter!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Cards without Homes - Ep146 Jul 25, 2022

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Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38
Together - @commandersocial

Our LGS has setup an online store!
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf

Ep 146 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 16:18
@edhrec - 23:38
@BrainstormBrew - 26:28, 29:46
@MTGMoo - 39:34
@AltersAlk - 41:29
@MarkRober - 46:33

Main Topic - Cards without Homes

Cards from the box
Summary
1. Are you going to get any of these cards? Are there any cards we missed?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Double Masters 2022 Cards Worth Buying - Ep145 Jul 14, 2022

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 145 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 11:20
@MTGStocks - 12:13
@edhrec - 1:05:42

Main Topic - Double Masters 2022 Cards Worth Buying

Disclaimer: Prices came from mtgstocks.com. We are not factoring in any special prints from the set, just the most basic version. We are not professional financiers, but we’ve been watching mtg card prices for years and can make educated guesses.

07.11.2022

05.01.2022

Difference

Smothering Tithe

$26.73

$50.00

$23.27

Dockside Extortionist

$52.74

$69.00

$16.26

City of Brass

$14.22

$23.00

$8.78

Teferi's Protection

$21.97

$44.00

$22.03

Mana Drain

$40.74

$50.00

$9.26

Mana Vault

$51.26

$72.00

$20.74

Sensei's Divining Top

$27.35

$67.00

$39.65

Cavern of Souls

$58.06

$82.00

$23.94

Damnation

$16.73

$31.00

$14.27

Force of Negation

$42.45

$80.00

$37.55

Panharmonicon

$5.01

$10.00

$4.99

Green Sun's Zenith

$12.31

$30.00

$17.69

Phyrexian Altar

$37.62

$98.00

$60.38

Crucible of Worlds

$23.83

$40.00

$16.17

Bloom Tender

$12.81

$34.00

$21.19

Consecrated Sphinx

$28.63

$56.00

$27.37

Oracle of Mul Daya

$9.41

$19.00

$9.59

Hardened Scales

$4.34

$10.00

$5.66

Imperial Seal

$121.77

$1,750.00

$1,628.23

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

$40.22

$80.00

$39.78

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

$38.45

$70.00

$31.55

Bitterblossom

$28.04

$50.00

$21.96

Vedalken Orrery

$11.79

$34.00

$22.21

Aurelia, the Warleader

$9.56

$30.00

$20.44

Allosaurus Shepherd

$31.42

$57.00

$25.58

Summary
1. Are you going to get any of these cards? Are there any cards we missed?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Lucas, Will and Lurrus - Ep144 Jul 07, 2022

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 144 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 12:24
@Kesswylie - 13:37
@LennyWooley - 40:12
@MtgProphet - 40:12

Main Topic - Lucas, Will and Lurrus

Disclaimer: Ryan has never played this deck
Shout out to Alex Kessler for the deck inspiration! He’s an excellent follow on Twitter (@Kesswylie)
1. Link to Kessler’s list: https://archidekt.com/decks/2512946#Lurrus_Friend_Forever
Read out the Commanders
1. The idea of the deck is to be super low curve, because you have to. But it’s really cool to have a 4 color combination, and get to run lots of really efficient creatures.
  1. Link to my version of the deck:
    1. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6wS8TPDk2kCxopLaLoVUgQ
2. Robots in disguise
  1. There are 36 Artifacts in the deck! (4 lands and 5 creatures) This goes super well with Lucas
  2. This seems like perfect deck to use the Mox Opal I picked up a while ago
  3. I added quite a bit of fast mana to the deck, because I really want to be able to get Lurrus online quickie
    1. Grim Monolith
    2. Mana Vault
3. Cheap, but Effective
  1. Stoneforge Mystic
    1. Basilisk Collar
    2. Blade of Selves
    3. Cranial Plating
    4. Lightning Greaves
    5. Skullclamp
    6. Sword of the Meek
  2. Dark Confidant
  3. Dire Fleet Daredevil
  4. Ledger Shredder
  5. Thieving Skydiver
  6. Esper Sentinel
  7. Weathered Wayfarer
    1. Running all 4 channel lands from Kamigawa Neon Dynasty
    2. Minamo, School at Water’s Edge
    3. Inventor’s Fair
    4. Den of the Bugbear
4. Instantly worth it
  1. Ad Nauseum
  2. Dark Ritual
  3. Wear // Tear
5. An Enchantment Under the Three
  1. Standstill
  2. Underworld Breach
  3. No Rest for the Wicked
  4. Animate Dead
  5. I should probably make room for Phyrexian Reclamation
6. Sacrificing for fun and profit!
  1. Kami of Ancient Law
  2. Kami of False Hope
  3. Gorilla Shaman
  4. Remorseful Cleric
7. Zack’s Combo Research goes here
  1. Combos researched here: https://www.commanderspellbook.com/
  2. Combo Actually in Deck:
    1. Ad Nauseam + Teferi's Protection
      1. https://edhrec.com/combos/wb/4284
  3. Combos almost in the deck
    1. {Vizier of Remedies}, Lesser Masticore, Altar of Dementia
      1. https://www.commanderspellbook.com/combo/3803
    2. Dockside Extortionist, {Disturbed Burial}, Alter of Dementia
      1. https://www.commanderspellbook.com/combo/8465
    3. {Koll, the Forgemaster}, Goblin Bombardment, Lightning Greaves, {Rograkh, Son of Rogahh}
      1. https://www.commanderspellbook.com/combo/8163
    4. Gobline Welder, {Thronbite Staff}, {Perilous Myr}
      1. https://www.commanderspellbook.com/combo/7202
    5. Thopter Foundry, {Time Sieve}, Sword of the Meek
      1. https://www.commanderspellbook.com/combo/5337
    6. Underworld Breach, {Grinding Station}, {Mana Crypt}
      1. https://www.commanderspellbook.com/combo/3744
  4. Uneligable
    1. Breath of Fury. Goblin Chieftai, Den of the Bugbear
      1. https://mtg.cardsrealm.com/en-us/combo-infinite/breath-of-fury-goblin-chieftain-den-of-the-bugbear

Summary
1. What do you think about this deck?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Reprints We Want in Double Masters - Ep143 Jun 23, 2022

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Ep 143 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 9:24
@MTGMoo - 30:15

Main Topic - Reprints We Want in Double Masters

Disclaimer: We’re recording this on Monday 6/20, so we don’t know what all is going to be included in Double Masters
Search for what’s in Double Masters so far
1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3A2x2+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29&unique=cards&as=checklist&order=name&dir=
Banger reprints so far!
1. Allosaurus Shepherd
2. Bloom Tender
3. Cavern of Souls
4. Damnation
5. Dockside Extortionist
6. Imperial Seal
7. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
8. Mana Vault
9. Phyrexian Altar (funny story)
10. Sensei’s Divining Top
11. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
12. Vedalken Orrery
13. Wrenn and Six
Lists: Top 8 secret list style
1. Ryan’s turn to set the over under
Summary
1. What do you think about the Double masters reprints so far? What is on your most-wanted list? What are you planning on picking up once the prices bottom out?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Baldur's Gate Backgrounds - Ep142 Jun 16, 2022

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Ep 142 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 10:10
@MtgProphet - 12:24
@UrsaBearwalker - 14:29

Main Topic - Baldur's Gate Backgrounds

Disclaimer: We’re doing this secret style, so maybe we have overlap, who knows what will happen?!?! We haven’t tested any of these ideas!
Search for Commanders with “Choose a Background”
1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3Abackground
Search for the Backgrounds:
1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Abackground
Ryan’s approach: I read all the backgrounds first, and then went through the potential commanders with backgrounds fresh in my mind.
Zack’s 1st idea
Ryan’s 1st idea
Zack’s 2nd idea
Ryan’s 2nd idea
Zack’s 3rd idea
Ryan’s 3rd idea
Summary
1. What do you think of these deck ideas? Have you brewed any of the Background Commanders yet? Which of these ideas was your favorite?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Commander Legends Baldur's Gate Top 8 - Ep141 Jun 09, 2022

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Ep 141 Community Spotlight:

@MtgProphet - 2:35, 29:26, 49:29
@mrfitzyfitz - 2:35
@Enthralimund1 - 2:35
@MothershipGames - 11:20

Main Topic - Commander Legends Baldur's Gate Legendaries

Disclaimer: These lists do NOT include cards that can be your Commander. We’re doing this because we talked about Commanders last episode. Let us know what you think.
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aclb+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+%28-is%3Acommander+-is%3Areprint%29
Top 8 lists
1. Zack’s turn to set the over/under
Good Reprints
1. Jeska’s Will
2. Basilisk Collar
3. Austere Command
4. Bramble Soveriegn
5. Kindred Discovery
6. Luxury Suite (and others)
7. Reflecting Pool
8. Stolen Strategy
9. Leyline of Anticipation
Summary
1. How did we do? What are your top 8 cards from Commander Legends Baldur’s Gate?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Comander Legends Baldur's Gate Legendaries - Ep140 May 26, 2022

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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 140 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 5:04

Main Topic - Commander Legends Baldur's Gate Legendaries

Disclaimer: Ryan and Zack are going into this blind. This will be like having a conversation with some peeps at your LGS.
Scryfall Search: (63 new Commanders) https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aclb+is%3Acommander
Alternate search for just rares and Mythics: (32 New Commanders) https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aclb+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+is%3Acommander
Summary
1. What do you think of these potential new Commanders? Are there any you plan on building immediately?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Budget Hugs - Ep139 May 19, 2022

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Ep 139 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 6:53
@edhrec - 12:19
@LennyWooley - 12:40
@Blackneto_ - 20:32

Main Topic - Budget Hug

Disclaimer: Second time we are recording this episode, so hopefully it’s even better this time!
Deck List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/R3QzcI9Kh0ug8w4HYhsdFw
I’ve always wanted to build a group hug deck. A buddy of mine and his son who live in the same apartment complex wanted to do a $100 deck challenge, so I came up with this brew.
What is a group hug deck - “Group Hug is a Commander deck archetype known for providing resources to opposing players, sometimes in exchange for political favors, for the purpose of using those resources or favors to eventually win the game.” - EDH Rec
1. Lenny told me it was a control deck in disguise.
The commander - Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
1. These dudes seem cool because I like drawing an extra card and laying an extra land. It’s not extra threatening because it’s at the end of my turn and I feel like ppl are disincentivized to kill it because they’re getting an extra land drop or card draw
The categories

Rampin on up

Rootweaver Druid

Drawing cards on cards on cards

Humble Defector
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Howling Mine
Dictate of Kruphix

Extra Mana on the Side Please?

Tireless Provisioner (Sort of)
Tempt with Discovery

Extra Value Appetizer for the Table

Fecundity
Spectral Searchlight
Rites of Flourishing
Heartbeat of Spring

Extra Value Meal for Me!

Tidal Barracuda
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Spellbook
Tamiyo’s Safekeeping
Sphinx’s Revelation
Teferi’s Ageless Insight

Desert to finish the meal

Rampaging Baloths?
Psychosis Crawler
Triskaidekaphile
Approach of the Second Sun

Summary

What do you think of this deck? Any suggestions or cards I missed? Let us know

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Capenna Precon Pitches - Ep138 May 05, 2022

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Ep 138 Community Spotlight:

@MastDelen - 0:43
@MothershipGames - 8:03

Main Topic - Capenna Precon Pitches

Disclaimer: Prepare yourself. You might not be ready for these deck ideas. They are strong and mostly probably original. They will melt the rest of your play group (literally) if you bring them to EDH night. EDH night is def going to need water… to put out the fires left in the seats where you opponents used to be sitting.
Card List: https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/b1551f0b-7dde-4b52-9bfb-3d942b42092b
Zack
1. Anhelo, the Painter
  1. Deck Ideas
    1. Make a bunch of tokens and find a way to cast a lot of spells
    2. Take extra turns
    3. Draw up your Win Cons
    4. Definitely a late game deck
  2. Cool Cards
    1. Talrand, Sky Summoner <- Tokens
    2. Dragonmaster Outcast <- Tokens
    3. Gravetitan <- flicker maybe?
    4. Kess, Dissident Mage <- Recast spells
2. Parnesse, the Subtle Brush
  1. Deck Ideas
    1. Power enchantments / creatures
    2. Copy Stuff
  2. Good Cards
    1. Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant <- Lets you copy stuff and shuts down others copying stuff
    2. Good enchantments: Double Vision, Rhystic Study, Phyrexian Arena
    3. Guttersnipe
3. The Beamtown Bullies
  1. Deck Ideas
    1. Bring big creatures from your yard into play for opponents that have to attack, cast them yourself after ramping
  2. Good Cards
    1. Entomb
    2. Oona's Prowler
    3. Corpse Connoisseur
    4. Faithless looting
    5. big creatures - craterhoof, ulamog, etc
4. Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  1. Deck Idea
    1. Hard control with cards that make you vote.
  2. Cool Cards
    1. Expropriate
    2. Capital Punishment
    3. Split Decision
    4. Coercive Portal
Ryan
1. Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
  1. Deck idea: Fun and interesting counters. Resilient and hard to block creatures.
  2. Top 2-4 Cards
    1. Splendor Mare
    2. Luminous Broodmoth
    3. Tyrite Sanctum
    4. Nesting Ground (Comes in the Precon)
2. Jolene, the Plunder Queen
  1. Deck idea: Treasure Tribal. Goad Opponents and punish the treasures they get.
  2. Top 2-4 Cards
    1. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
    2. Manglehorn
    3. Powerleech
    4. Viridian Revel
    5. Karn, the Great Creator
      1. Xorn
      2. Academy Manufactor
3. Kros, Defense Contractor
  1. Deck idea: Have fun fighting amongst yourselves
  2. Top 2-4 Cards
    1. Skyboon Evangelist (Comes in the Precon)
    2. Magnetic Web
    3. Musician
    4. Immaculate Magistrate
    5. Serrated Arrows
    6. Eureka
    7. Tempting Wurm
4. Henzie “Toolbox” Torre
  1. Deck idea: Cheap creatures with good etb effects + Sac outlets. Value Town!
    1. Note: You could build this like Obeka or my Purphoros Deck
  2. Top 2-4 Cards
    1. Elvish Visionary (Doesn’t work)
    2. Kura, the Boundless Sky
    3. Stingscourger (Doesn’t work)
    4. Dusk Legion Zealot (Doesn’t work)
Summary
1. What do you think of these pitches? Good? Do you have other ideas? Let us know.

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

New Cappena Commander Precons - Ep137 Apr 29, 2022

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Ep 137 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 5:29
@MTGGoldfish - 30:17

Main Topic - New Cappena Commander Precons

Disclaimer: Not reading reprints
List of Decks
1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/streets-of-new-capenna-commander-decklists-and-previews
2. New cards (92!)
  1. https://scryfall.com/sets/ncc?as=grid&order=set

Cabaretti Cacophony

Top 3 New Cards
1. Grand Crescendo
2. Indulge // Excess
3. Seize the Spotlight
Notable Reprints
1. Scute Swarm (4.53)
2. Selvala, Explorer Returned (3.49)
3. Path to Exile (3.99)
4. Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (6.49)
5. Beastmaster Ascension (6.99)
6. Rugged Prairie (5.49)

Obscura Operation (Zack) $185.28

Top 3 New Cards
1. Smuggler's Share
2. Life Insurance
3. Change of Plans
Notable Reprints
1. Strionic Resonator ($5.18)
2. Silent-Blade Oni ($6.78)
3. Fallen Shinobi ($5)
4. Alela, Artful Provocateur ($4.02)

Riveteer Rampage (Ryan)

Top 3 New Cards
1. Next of Kin
2. Rain of Riches
3. The Beamtown Bullies
Notable Reprints
1. Twilight Mire (9.99)
2. Blasphemous Act (3.04)
3. Avenger of Zendikar (5.99)
4. Kresh the Bloodbraided (5.37)

Maestros Massacre (Zack) - $155.74

Top 3 New Cards
1. Parnesse, the Subtle Brush
2. Make an Example
3. Extravagant Replication
Notable Reprints
1. Lightning Greaves ($7.93)
2. Bedevil ($.98)
3. Mystic Confluence ($1.99)
4. Twinning Staff ($2.91)

Bedecked Brokers (Ryan)

Top 3 New Cards
1. Resourceful Defense
2. Skyboon Evangelist
3. Brokers Confluence
Notable Reprints
1. Devoted Druid (4.99)
2. Steelbane Hydra (5.98)
3. Slippery Bogbonder (4.99)
4. Flooded Grove (5.99)

Summary
1. How did we do? What are your favorite cards from the new Commander precons? Are you gonna pick up one or more of these new precons?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

New Cappena Top 8 - Ep136 Apr 21, 2022

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Ep 136 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 6:45

Main Topic - New Cappena Top 8

Disclaimer: We didn’t include the new Triomes, but they are great!
Top 8
1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
Summary
1. How did we do? What are your top 8 cards from New Capenna? What cards are immediately going into a deck?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

New Cappena Off the Cuff Review - Ep135 Apr 14, 2022

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Ep 135 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 10:54
@maro254 - 38:18

Main Topic - New Cappena Off the Cuff Review

Disclaimer: Ryan and I have been avoiding previews up until tonight so the listeners at home can be with us for our first impressions on the cards from New Cappena
1. Not going to talk about shard triome lands
2. Mention how sick the full art basics are.
Discuss cards
1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Asnc+-is%3Areprint
Summary
1. How are you feeling about New Cappena? Are you digging the set so far? Are there any amazing EDH cards we missed? Let us know!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Let’s Talk About Green - Ep134 Mar 31, 2022

Let’s Talk About Green - Ep134

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Ep 134 Community Spotlight:

@LennyWooley - 0:52
@iskall85 - 5:08
@MothershipGames - 7:37
@scryfall - 8:06
@edhrec - 14:03

Main Topic - A Case for Green

Vault Hunters link- https://vaulthunters.gg/
https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/fbb9c44d-55cb-4848-a9a4-47505c429541
Disclaimer: There is no right or wrong here. Everyone has feelings, and all feelings are valid. This is an attempt to encourage discussion.
It seems like with each new set over the past few years green tends to get more and more powerful cards. I’ve heard many players argue maybe even too many good cards.
1. Let’s talk about Green in general here, for just a few minutes
What Green Does Well
1. Ramp - playing against green can be hard due to other players ramping. You can feel left hopelessly behind when your opponent has twenty lands and you have a mere five.
  1. Azusa Lost But Seeking
  2. Dryad of the Elysian Groove
  3. Cultivate
  4. Farseek
  5. Mana Dorks
  6. Carpet of Flowers
  7. Nyxbloom Ancient
  8. Gaea’s Cradle
  9. Growing Rites of Itlmoc

How to Combat what Green ramp

This is kinda tough, because MLD is frowned upon in Commander (I don’t particularly like playing against it)
Confounding Conundrum is a step in the right direction I think
Some of these cards are also unfun to play against :(
1. Punish lands
  1. Ankh of Mishra
  2. Zo-zu the Punisher
  3. Tunnel Ignus
  4. Anathemancer
  5. Price of Progress
  6. Root Maze
  7. Treacherous Terrain
2. Hinder Search
  1. Aven Mindcensor
  2. Stranglehold
  3. Ashiok Dream Render
  4. Opposition Agent
3. Destroy MOST lands
  1. Keldon Firebombers
  2. Natural Balance

Graveyard Recursion

Eternal Witness
Noxious Revival
Reclaim
Bala Ged Recovery

Removal

Force of Vigor
Beast WIthin
Return to Nature

Effective and Aggressivly Costed Creatures

Temur Sabertooth
Craterhoof Behemoth
Rampaging Baloths
Scute Swarm
Scavaging Ooze

Other Just Good Cards

Sylvan Library
Doubling Season
The Great Henge
Concordant Crossroads
Survival of the Fittest
Seedborn Muse
Reclamation Sage
Guardian Project
Veil of Summer
The Great Henge

Summary
1. How do you feel about Green? Is Green RAMPantly out of control? Any cards we missed?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Lesser Used Lands - Ep133 Mar 24, 2022

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Ep 133 Community Spotlight:

@NH118 - 0:40
@MothershipGames - 7:06
@scryfall - 7:54
@edhrec - 7:54

Main Topic - Lesser Used Lands

Disclaimer:

We did a scryfall search for colorless lands, and sorted by EDHRec relevancy descending, so this should get us the least used lands. We also, manually excluded lands that can tap for a color of mana.

Scryfall Search: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&dir=desc&order=edhrec&page=2&q=type%3Aland+commander%3Ac+%28-is%3Aarenaid+-is%3Amtgoid+-is%3Aonline%29&unique=cards

For contrast, the most used:

A little over a million decks 1018273
Reliquary Tower (278936 - 27%)
Rogue’s Passage (166203 - 16%)
Ancient Tomb (132828 - 13%)
1. Buried Ruin (62946 - 6%)
1. If Ancient Tomb is cheating, and we want lands that do SOMETHING besides tap for mana, 3rd place would be:

The Lands

Isolated Watchtower (in 4551 decks)
Endless Sands (5411)
Mirrorpool (8597)
Mutavault (9612)
Swarmyard (9629) - This one is a little niche
Drownyard Temple (9751)
Witch’s Clinic (9963)
Detection Tower (10178)
Terrain Generator (10630)
Cryptic Caves (11324)

Summary - What do you think about these lands? Do you run any of these? Are there any we missed that you think are good? Let us know!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Cards We Want! - Ep132 Mar 09, 2022

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Ep 132 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:00
@scryfall - 9:31
@commandcast - 24:03

Main Topic - Cards we want

Disclaimer: These are cards that Ryan and I personally want, we’re not saying these are god-tier cards for EDH.

Zack and I are lucky enough to have been playing for a long time, and have gotten cards before they got very expensive!
Not discussing Promos
Prices were taken from scryfall.

The other interesting bit is the cards we are listing are based on our playstyles, personal preferences, and collections, which are both fairly deep, probably more so than the average player.

https://scryfall.com/search?q=commander%3AWUBRG+legal%3Acommander+-is%3Apromo+usd%3E10.00+usd%3C19.99+cheapest%3Ausd&order=edhrec&as=grid&unique=cards

Ryan’s List Link - https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/4d8dedeb-697b-4e26-a4bc-831ba85bb79b

Zack’s List - https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/43166318-4605-4562-aebb-3aaf985afdd3

Summary - What do you think about the cards we want? Do you want them too? What are some cards you’d like to pick up?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Deck Tech: Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos - Ep131 Mar 02, 2022

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Ep 131 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:01
@MtgProphet - 9:36, 17:31, 20:00, 48:58
@moxfieldmtg - 18:38

Main Topic - Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos: Deck Tech

Disclaimer: Not a budget friendly deck, but could absolutely be built that way

Huge Shoutout to Prophet!
Read the Commander
1. There are some PRICY versions of this card…
Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/oO0udNo92UG78oELs9pw5Q
Lands or lack thereof
1. 5 mdfc
  1. Hagra Mauling
  2. Kazuul’s Fury
  3. Malakir Rebirth
  4. Valakut Awakening
  5. Zof Consumption
  6. Could also include Shatterskull Smashing and Agadeem’s Awakening
What’s on the top?!?!
1. Scroll Rack
2. Sensei’s Divining Top
3. Timesifter (Could really paint a target)
4. Vampiric Tutor
5. Scheming Symmetry
6. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
7. Sin Prodder
8. Keen Duelist
9. Baneful Omen
Why Grandma, what big Mana Value you have
1. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2. Emrakul, the Promised End
3. Apex of Power
4. Scion of Draco
BANG! For your buck (4.26 average mana value, the curve is quite high!)
1. Blasphemous Act
2. Chandra’s Incinerator
3. Ingot Chewer
4. Shriekmaw
5. Boom // Bust
6. Dead Drop
7. Insult // Injury
8. Never // Return
9. Volcanic Salvo
10. Bedeck // Bedazzle
11. Murderous Cut
12. Curtain’s Call
13. The Cauldron of Eternity
It’s Flex Manning Day!
1. Prosper, Tome-Bound
2. Vial Smasher the Fierce
3. Toralf, God of Fury
4. Wild-Magic Sorcerer
5. Glistening Oil
6. Phyresis

Summary

What do you think about Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos? Is this the type of deck you can get behind? What other Legends from #MTGNeo are brewing?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Quarter Circle Forward - Ep130 Feb 23, 2022

https://store.commandersocial.com You can find us on Twitter Ryan - @greenegeek Zack - @z4ck38 Together - @commandersocial Our LGS has setup an online store! https://store.mothershipatx.com SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles Thursday nights come play at mothership! https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf Ep 130 Community Spotlight: @MothershipGames - 7:32 @ghirapurigears - 29:12 @GavinVerhey - 49:39 Main Topic - MtG Secret Lair x Street Fighter Disclaimer: This sale ends in: 25 Days 15 Hr 33 Min 54 Sec… Probably less now… About Universes Beyond Create and print rebranded versions of the mechanically unique Secret Lair Universes Beyond cards that are set in Magic 's Multiverse approximately six months (the exact time may vary) after their release in Secret Lair. In Magic Versions will be available via The List, which can be found in Set Boosters. Possibly Reprint cards in other products Non cannon and cannon cards will be equivalent game pieces This wasn’t going to be the case for TWD SL, but this was reversed in Oct. 2021. https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Universes_Beyond Order Link - https://secretlair.wizards.com/us Foil - $49.99 Non-Foil - $39.99 Included - E. Honda, Sumo Champion Ryu, World Warrior Ken, Burning Brawler Blanka, Ferocious Friend Chun-Li, Countless Kicks Dhalsim, Pliable Pacifist Guile, Sonic Soldier Zangief, the Red Cyclone Single use Code for Street Fighter themed sleeves for Arena Our backgrounds with Street Fighter Card link - https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/9dfcf53b-a9c7-450d-81d2-5a790599643e Discuss Cards Summary What do you think of the new cards from the SLD x Street Fighter Drop? Are you going to buy these? Are there any other Universes Beyond crossovers you’d like to see with Magic? Wrap it up

Keep it Social! Zack Gets it Together Theme Komiku - Battle of Pogs https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Commander Social Theme Title - Trap Sport By - jorikbasov https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/ Contact Info Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial You can check us out at commandersocial.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial On twitter @commandersocial Ryan individually @greenegeek twitch.tv/greenegeek Zack individually @z4ck38 © Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Kamigawa Commander Decks, a Casual Chat - Ep129 Feb 16, 2022

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Ep 129 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:13
@scryfall - 9:21

Main Topic - Discussing Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Top 8

Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Commander Decks

Extended art versions of new cards can be found in collector’s boosters

Cards link - https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3Anec+-is%3Areprint&order=color&as=grid

8 cards are only in Set Boosters - https://dotesports.com/mtg/news/mtg-go-shinatai-shrine-lord-and-cycle-of-myojin-fill-in-commander-kamigawa-set-booster-slots
1. 5 Myojin
2. Ruthless Technomancer
3. Go-Shintai of Life’s Origin
4. Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Reprints link - https://scryfall.com/search?as=checklist&dir=desc&order=usd&q=set%3Anec+%28rarity%3Ar+or+rarity%3Am%29+is%3Areprint&unique=cards

Discuss Cards by Color

Summary

What do you think of the new cards from the Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Commander Decks? Are they worth it? Are you going to buy one or both? Let us know!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
© Copyright 2022 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Top 8 - Ep128 Feb 09, 2022

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 128 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 6:39
@MtgProphet - 34:20

Main Topic - Discussing Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Top 8

Disclaimer:

We didn’t include any lands in our top 8

Cards link - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=set&page=2&q=set%3Aneo+is%3Abooster&unique=prints

Zack’s turn to set the over/under
Secrets!!!

Summary

What did you think of our lists? What are your favorite cards from Kamigawa Neon Dynasty?

Wrap it up

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Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
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3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
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Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Previews - Ep127 Feb 02, 2022

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Ep 127 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 4:43
@scryfall - 5:23
@MtgProphet - 45:12

Main Topic - Discussing Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Previews

Disclaimer:

We are only discussing the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty previews up to 1.30.2020.
Ryan has little to no knowledge of the previewed cards and I have picked 15 of what I believe are the best cards from the set so far for us to see Ryan’s reaction to and discuss.

New and returning mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/kamigawa-neon-dynasty-mechanics-2022-01-27

Reconfigure

Both Artifact Creatures and Equipment
Pay reconfigure cost at sorcery speed to attach the equipment to a creature, move it to another creature, or unnattach for it to be an artifact creature again.

Modifications

Equipment, auras you control, and counters are modifications, which can impact different ways modifications can interact with specific cards. For instance, one card (Goro-Goro, a Legendary Creature) can create a 5/5 red Dragon Spirit creature token with flying for 3 colorless mana and two mountains. You can only activate this if you control an attacking modified creature. As a side note, it’s auras you control.

Dual Faced Sagas

Ninjitsu

Ninjutsu allows a Ninja to sneak onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking. To activate a ninjutsu ability, reveal the card with ninjutsu from your hand and pay the ninjutsu cost. Then, choose an unblocked attacking creature you control and return it to its owner's hand. Remember that an attacking creature is unblocked only after blockers have been declared. If an attacking creature is blocked, but all its blockers are removed before combat damage is dealt, the attacking creature is still blocked, so you can't return that creature to activate a ninjutsu ability.

The Ninja will enter the battlefield tapped and attacking the same player or planeswalker the returned creature was attacking. Blockers have already been declared this combat, so the Ninja should have a clear path to deal combat damage. Technically, you can activate ninjutsu during the combat phase after combat damage has been dealt. This won't normally come up, but if your attacking creature has first strike, there are some tricks to be had.

Channel

Each channel ability allows you to discard the card with the ability from your hand for an effect

The cards - https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/26e07dc7-6d7d-4806-9cb4-4fb7365e6b98?as=visual&with=usd

White

Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
Lion Sash
Era of Enlightenment
Mention Shrine

Blue

Armguard Familiar
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
The Reality Chip
Agent of the Future

Black

Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Prowling Shredder <- not english

Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryuei
Scrap Welder <-
Tempered in Solitude

Green

Kodama of the West Tree
Kappa Tech-Wrecker

Multi-Color

Kaito Shizuki
Satoru Umezama
Silver Fur Master
Jukau Naturalist
Tamiyo, Compleated Sage.

Colorless

Mirror Box

Land

Boseiju, Who Endures
Ukiyo-E (ookeyoh-eh) Lands - The art for the ukiyo-e lands is inspired by Japanese woodblock print styles. There are ten ukiyo-e lands, two of each basic land type.

Summary
1. So last time we did an episode like this we received positive feedback, but that is lost somewhere in the circular construct we know as time. Hopefully, this one is good, but for reals let us know what you think! I always aim to make content our esteemed listeners will enjoy.

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Commander Social Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Contact Info
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Ryan and Zack's Grab Bag of Fun - Ep126 Jan 27, 2022

Deck Tech: Sythis, Harvest's Hand - Ep125 Jan 19, 2022

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Ep 125 Community Spotlight:

@MtgProphet - 3:48, 26:49, 39:00
@dpkrausejr - 3:48
@MothershipGames - 7:10
@Card_Kingdom - 15:05
@MTGMoo - 26:01
@moxfieldmtg - 55:25

Main Topic - Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Disclaimer:

1. There should def be something here.
Shout out to the listeners who helped me on twitter!

Read Sythis, Harvest’s Hand

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/VXLjVoi1hUinQUqtMhItmQ

About
1. I’ve always wanted to make an enchantment deck, as enchantments are one of my favorite types of cards. I’ve tried in the past and the result has always been meh. I also have never built a g/w deck before and wanted to start the new year with a new color combination.

Green without the ramp?

Abundant Growth
Fertile Ground
Gift of Paradise
Overgrowth
Sanctum Weaver
Karametra, God of Harvests
Smothering Tithe

Enchanting Enchantresses

Argothian Enchantress
Femeref Enchantress
Mesa Enchantress
Verduran Enchantress
Eidolon of Blossoms
Enchantress's Presence

Synergistic Removal that Synergizes

Kenrith's Transformation
Soul Snare
Darksteel Mutation
Lignify
Seal of Primordium
Banishing Light

Enchantments that make you say, “PAWGERS!!!”

Blind Obedience
Mirari's Wake
Aura Shards
City of Solitude
Ghostly Prison
Aurification
Court of Grace
Teleportation Circle
Holistic Wisdom
Fountain Watch

Recursion, AKA Getting the Band Back Together

Hall of Heliod's Generosity
Auramancer
Eternal Witness

Win conditions?

Starfield of Nyx
1. Flickering Ward / Whip Silk / Broken Fall
Sigil of the Empty Throne
1. Mirari’s Wake pumps these
2. Skullclamp can draw cards
Siona, Captain of the Pyleas / Shielded by Faith

What Ryan’s Heart Wants

Cloud Key
Open the Vaults
Endless Wurm
Sphere of Safety
Satyr Enchanter
Solitary Confinement
Heliod's Pilgrim

Brewing on a budget - Cuts

Argothian Enchantress
Endurance
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
Force of Vigor
Enlightened Tutor
Idyllic Tutor
Smothering Tithe
City of Solitude

Summary

What do you think of this deck? Does it sound as enchanting to you as it does to us? Did we miss any cards? Let us know!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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Cards that are "Worth it" - Part 2 - Ep124 Jan 12, 2022

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Ep 124 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 8:41
@moxfieldmtg - 10:50
@GingerJ0E - 15:36
@MtgProphet - 21:27
@AlterSleeves - 32:39
@GavinVerhey - 1:08:41

Main Topic

Disclaimer:

We are in no way MTG Finance specialists. Also, these are just our thoughts, and all of this is fairly subjective. Every person’s situation is different, and what may be worth it to us may NOT be worth it to you, and that’s OK!
We aren’t going to read out the cards this episode (please let us know if you like this or not). Also, there is a link to the moxfield list below, and you can View: Text, Group: Color, Sort:Price that list.

Cards that are good are for their value

1. We are realizing (more and more each day) that Magic cards are expensive. The thought of convincing someone new to play Commander is hard. So, I thought maybe this is something that could help newer players, or at the least help folks that got some Gift Cards for Christmas
https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29&order=edhrec&as=checklist
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/tJoBg03YVEGlJiuXhHupKQ
Red
Green
Multi-Colored
Colorless

Summary

We hope everyone out there in Audience Land had a good year, and we’re looking forward to spending more time with y’all in 2022!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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Cards that are "Worth it" - Ep123 Jan 05, 2022

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Ep 120 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 6:10
@moxfieldmtg - 7:47, 22:34
@edhrec - 13:30

Main Topic - Magic Cards are Expensive

Disclaimer:

We are in no way MTG Finance specialists. Also, these are just our thoughts, and all of this is fairly subjective. Every person’s situation is different, and what may be worth it to us may NOT be worth it to you, and that’s OK!
We aren’t going to read out the cards this episode (please let us know if you like this or not). Also, there is a link to the moxfield list below, and you can View: Text, Group: Color, Sort:Price that list.

Cards that are good are for their value

1. We are realizing (more and more each day) that Magic cards are expensive. The thought of convincing someone new to play Commander is hard. So, I thought maybe this is something that could help newer players, or at the least help folks that got some Gift Cards for Christmas
https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29&order=edhrec&as=checklist
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/tJoBg03YVEGlJiuXhHupKQ

Summary

We hope everyone out there in Audience Land had a good year, and we’re looking forward to spending more time with y’all in 2022!

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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2021 Gameplay Stats - Ep122 Dec 29, 2021

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Ep 120 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 9:05
@MtgProphet - 0:59, 21:33, 37:40, 43:21, 46:46
@dpkrausejr - 15:38
@andyhullbone - 37:40, 37:40
@LennyWooley - 37:40, 43:21
@MikeMac389 - 37:40
@MTGMoo - 43:21
@case_vickers - 43:21, 51:40

Main Topic - Top 8 Commanders for 2021

1. Disclaimer: 2021 was a weird year. Neither Ryan nor I played at our LGS, nor did they open for play. Due to this Ryan was able to play less due to time restrictions. I played quite a bit in the first half of the year but began to both drop off in playing and recording games, so I would say my data represents the first half of the year.
  1. Explain how we recorded all the results
  2. 1. Ryan
    2. 1. Take notes with Phone, and then transfer to a spreadsheet at the end of the year
      2. I’ll make a template from my spreadsheet and share it with all of you!
      1. Google Sheet
    3. Zack
    1. Date
    2. Location
    3. Player 1 (usually me): Deck Played
    4. Player 2: Deck Played
    5. Player N: Deck Played
    6. Did player 1 win the game?
    7. Wincon: How the game was won
    8. One or two-sentence summary of who won, and how they won
  3. An entry looks like so:
2. Methodology
3. Spreadsheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iThWvnkrqHSVTtUUbV3F7jGEmdzC1qIrrpG_WoxmDfU/edit?usp=sharing
  1. How many games were played by each of us?
  2. How many games we played with together
  3. Where did we play most often?
  4. What percentage of games were 2,3,4,5,6 players?
  5. Did those going first win at a higher percentage than subsequent players in a game?
    1. How many times?
  6. (Which deck did each of us play the most? (Each guess)
    1. Dive in a bit here
  7. Which decks had the best win percentage?
  8. How many different decks have we played over the year
  9. How many different people did we play against this year?
    1. Who did I have the best record against? (played 5 or more times)
    2. Who did I have the worst record against? (played 5 or more times)
  10. Notable win/loss ratios against people? (Both of us)
  11. Ryan’s overall win/loss percentage?
  12. Zack’s overall win/loss percentage?
4. To the Numbers!
1. We hope everyone out there in Audience Land had a good year, and we’re looking forward to spending more time with y’all in 2022!
Summary

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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Top 8 Cards for 2021 - Ep121 Dec 15, 2021

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2. Prize - Crimson Vow Collector’s Booster
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Ep 121 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 6:47
@scryfall - 8:19, 57:14
@UrsaBearwalker - 11:37
@LenaSketchin - 52:14

Main Topic - Top 8 Commanders for 2021

1. Disclaimer: We didn’t include any lands that just add mana, we know they are good. We also only included cards that are good in the 99, because we did top 8 Commanders last week.
2. 1. Scryfall search
  2. 1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=legal%3Acommander+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint+year%3D2021&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
    1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
  3. Top 8 Secret List Style
  4. Summary
  5. What do you think about our lists? What are your favorite cards from this year?
3. Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
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Top 8 Commanders of 2021 - Ep120 Dec 08, 2021

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2. Prize - Crimson Vow Collector’s Booster
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!

Ep 120 Community Spotlight:

@edhrec - 0:30, 27:30
@MothershipGames - 7:15
@scryfall - 8:34, 56:30
@hate_your_deck - 26:50
@case_vickers - 28:30
@commandcast - 29:56
@MtgProphet - 35:14
@Blackneto_ - 37:53

Main Topic - Top 8 Commanders for 2021

1. Disclaimer: We didn’t include cards like Euroakus (Heroes of the Realm - These cards are specifically created for Wizards of the Coast in very limited numbers, and handed out by the execs to some of their employees as a token of appreciation.) Nor the MtG Alchemy Arena only cards (for example: Gitrog, Horror of Zhava)
2. 1. Scryfall search
  2. 1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint+is%3Acommander+year%3D2021&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
    1. Zack’s turn to set the over/under
  3. Top 8 Secret List Style
  4. Summary
  5. What do you think about Jacob? Is this the kinda deck you want to try out? How do you feel about the overly large budget? What cards would YOU add?
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
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Contact Info
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Deck Tech: Jacob Hauken - Ep119 Dec 01, 2021

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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Ep 119 Community Spotlight:

@TheKristenEmily - 2:35
@MothershipGames - 5:47
@scryfall - 12:40
@MicahMTG - 37:34, 50:52
@MtgProphet - 39:04, 47:59
@edhrec - 55:39

Main Topic - Jacob Hauken

Disclaimer: This deck is NOT budget friendly. I kinda challenged Ryan to make this deck as busted as possible. ($1441.87)
1. Link to deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/RzBGSYZDgE6cRRLBTK12-w
Read Jacob Hauken

I’m not playing a Show and Tell deck, YOU’RE playing a Show and Tell deck!

Show and Tell
Omniscience
Mystical Tutor

Cards that may or may not have secret volcano hideouts

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur (Many of us just got the Praetor Secret Lair in)
Sphinx of the Second Sun
Tidespout Tyrant
Hullbreaker Horror
Memnarch
Alrund’s Epiphany
Nexus of Fate

He’s still Jakey from the Block

Chromatic Orrery
Grim Monolith
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
High Tide
4x Mox (Amber, Chrome, Diamond, Opal) 27 artifacts (3 creatures, 2 lands, 22 normal)
5x 2 mana rocks

We’ve secretly replaced your high-costed cards with Folger’s Crystals

Sea Gate Restoration
Temporal Mastery
Treasure Cruise
Dig Through Time

What’s on the Top?!?!?!

Sensei’s Divining Top
Brainstorm
Search for Azcanta
Long-Term Plans (Thanks Micah!)
Future Sight (Thanks Prophet!)
Soothsaying
Scroll Rack

You wouldn’t hit a man with a magnifying glass, would you?

Fierce Guardianship
Force of Will
Curator’s Ward (Thanks Prophet!)

Weird Flex spot, but okay

Wizard’s Spellbook
Paradox Haze (Thanks Micah!)
Mind’s Dilation

Summary

1. What do you think about Jacob? Is this the kinda deck you want to try out? How do you feel about the overly large budget? What cards would YOU add?
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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Vowing to Revamp Edgar Markov - Ep118 Nov 24, 2021

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2. Patreon Contest - November is National Gratitude Month. For us being grateful isn’t something you should just do in November or as a holiday, we believe it's something that’s worth practicing throughout our daily lives. Let us know what you’re the most grateful for in your life.
3. Prize - Three Packs of Crimson Vow
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Ep 118 Community Spotlight:

Main Topic - 2021 by the Numbers

Disclaimer: We’re not discussing a one-to-one trade out on the cards from my deck to new cards. We are discussing cards I feel like should come out of my deck and potential cards to add.
1. Link to deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/62pJoCp99k2sK_u1g-ghKQ
2. Sideboard Cards are to be taken out and considering are to possibly be added.
Read Edgar Markov

Cards to take out

Anje Falkenrath
Blind Obedience
Bloodline Necromancer
Door of Destinies
Heirloom Blade
Kindred Dominance
Patron of the Vein
Sanctum Seeker
Stromkirk Occultist
Tainted Strike
Urza's Incubator

Newer Cards to consider adding

Callous Bloodmage
Dominating Vampire
Edgar, Charmed Groom
Falkenrath Pit Fighter
Florian, Voldaren Scion
Henrika Domnathi
Immersturm Predator
Nighthawk Scavenger
Olivia, Crimson Bride
Welcoming Vampire
Agadeem's Awakening
Rite of Oblivion
Impact Tremors < I know this isn’t a new card, but it soo good
Voldaren Estate

Summary

1. What do you think about the cards we’re thinking about adding to Edgar Markov? Are there any we missed? Let us know!
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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2021 By the Numbers - Ep117 Nov 17, 2021

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2. Prize - Three Packs of Crimson Vow
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Ep 117 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 6:41
@scryfall - 8:58
@GavinVerhey - 21:18
@schmandrewart - 24:05
@edhrec - 25:28, 42:57
@michaeldlynch - 33:46
@hate_your_deck - 33:46
@blairwitchgreen - 38:31

Main Topic - 2021 by the Numbers

Disclaimer: We’re fairly certain all of the cards that are going to be released in 2021 have been shown. We might be wrong? Also, it looks like this does NOT include the Commanders from Secret Lair Stranger Things.
Inspiration: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/qrxeu1/there_were_186_new_commanders_released_in_2021/

Non-Reprint Cards By Year

2021 - 1,849
2020 - 1,211
2019 - 1,205
2018 - 1,017
2017 - 915
Wotc Is printing over double the unique cards per year this year as they did in 2017!

Non-Reprint Commanders by Year

Scryfall Search:
https://scryfall.com/search?q=border%3Ablack+-is%3Areprint+is%3Acommander+year%3D2021&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
Excludes silver-bordered cards.
1. 2021 = 186
2. 2020 = 185
3. 2019 = 79
4. 2018 = 101
5. 2017 = 55
6. 2016 = 50
7. 2015 = 45
8. 2014 = 39
9. 2013 = 38
10. 2012 = 20
11. 2011 = 28 (15 were in the Commander precons)
12. 2010 = 14
13. 2009 = 13
14. 2008 = 16
15. 2007 = 29
16. 2006 = 36
17. 2005 = 64
18. 2004 = 52
19. 2003 = 8
20. 2002 = 16
21. 2001 = 12
22. 2000 = 23
Commanders Printed by Year

186 commanders in 2021 is wild!

Let’s look at the color break down

Mono
1. White - 12
2. Blue - 15
3. Black - 17
4. Red - 12
5. Green - 13

Total - 69

Dual
1. WU - 6
2. UB - 9
3. BR - 11
4. RG - 7
5. GW - 10
6. WB - 9
7. UR - 10
8. BG - 15
9. RW - 13
10. GU - 14

Total - 103

Tri
1. GWU - 2
2. WUB - 2
3. UBR - 1
4. BRG - 0
5. RGW - 1
6. WBG - 0
7. URW - 0
8. BGU - 1
9. RWB - 2
10. GUR - 0

Total - 9

Four Color
1. WUBR - 0
2. UBRG - 0
3. BRGW - 0
4. RGWU - 0
5. GWUB - 0

Total - 0

Five Color
1. WUBRG - 4

Top 8 Commanders from 2021 according to EDHRec

Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Beledros Witherbloom
Koma, Cosmos Serpent

Top 8 Cards Printed in 2021 that cannot be a Commander according to EDHRec

Esper Sentinel
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Storm-Kiln Artist
Dauthi Voidwalker
Urza's Saga
Solve the Equation
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
Archmage Emeritus

Summary

1. How do you feel about the number of commanders printed this year? What about the sheer number of cards printed this year? Let us know your favorite Commander or card printed this year!
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
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2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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Crimson Vow Secret Top 8 - Ep116 Nov 10, 2021

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Ep 116 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:41
@MTGMoo - 32:30
@Hamsterfly - 47:28
@MtgProphet - 48:47

Main Topic - VOW Previews Week One

1. Disclaimer, we have not seen each other’s lists. We will also not be talking about the hunt lands, which in this set are five enemy dual-colored lands that come into play tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
  1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
2. Secret List Top 8!
  1. How’s Crimson Vow looking to everyone at home so far? Are you going to be revamping your Edgar Markov deck? (I see what you did there) I know I will be, but seriously let us know if there were any cards we forgot to mention or if there are any we did that you absolutely love!
3. Summary
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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Let’s Talk About Blue - Ep115 Oct 27, 2021

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Ep 115 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 5:37
@LennyWooley - 8:13
@MtgProphet - 20:04
@edhrec - 32:41
@TheTokenOtaku - 46:59

Main Topic - A Case for Blue

Disclaimer: There is no right or wrong here. Everyone has feelings, and all feelings are valid. This is an attempt to encourage discussion.
1. Lenny - It feels like blue players always have a trick up their sleeve.
2. 1. And this is one of the most legitimate criticisms of Blue, I’ve ever heard, and it’s also one of the reasons I love blue! With so many cards available at instant speed, Blue gets the longest amount of time to make decisions, and gets to have the most information available when they make said decisions.
  1. I think this one is somewhat related to the point above. Specifically, that Blue players can leave up interaction mana, and then if nothing needs interacting, they can draw some cards, or with a lot of things having flash, they can commit resources to the board, and then untap with protection, and the creatures have pseudo-haste.
  2. I think this is one of the things that gets people to say “Kill the blue mage first”, and maybe that’s valid. It’s also a real point that blue players can often “not look too scary until it’s too late” This is kind of a good reason to play Blue :)
3. Blue decks tend to sneak by and win out of nowhere.
  1. This one upsets people a lot, and I definitely understand it sometimes, like in the case of Blatant Thievery and Expropriate, where the opposing players have invested cards and mana into the permanent. Something like Thada Adel, Acquisitor often gets the same type of reactions, and that one feels less true to me.
  2. I think I’d rather clone than steal
4. Thievery
  1. feel bad and can cause people to feel afraid to make big plays
  2. I’ve heard of playgroups that rule 0 ban ALL counterspells
    1. Don’t get me started on Brawl on Arena, in 1-1 counterspells do feel pretty bad :(
    2. Sometimes a combo would be able to win at “instant speed” and so even normal removal won’t cut it.
    3. Prophet’s example of Craterhoof and Dockside
      1. Have much stricter timing when compared to traditional removal
      2. You need to know when a creature is going to be pointed at you when it’s on the stack, with traditional removal, you can wait until someone *actually* attacks you.
      3. 1-for-1 cards don’t scale in Commander. A deck with 30 counterspells in it is probably NOT very good.
      4. I honestly think Propaganda is much more annoying than Counterspells.
      5. Counterspells can be teamed up on. Although this does kinda stink for the person to the left of the Counterspeller. (But it’s also much more tempting for a Blue mage to let spells of player on their left resolve).
    4. I think Counterspells are actually kinda bad in Commander (Free ones are the exception here).
      1. My Blue Braid’s deck has 6 counterspells, but 2 are situational
      2. My Morph deck has 2 counterspells
      3. Nymris deck has 9, that might be too many… (Many of them cost 5 or more mana)
      4. Mono blue wizards has 5, but they are pretty situational and/or versatile, Kheru Spellsnatcher, Mystic Confluence
    5. Counterspells in my decks (I do love Draining Whelk)
  3. This is tricky, because Counterspells can certainly cause feel bads, but they can also be heroes
5. Counterspells
  1. 32/100 cards are blue (or have blue in their color identity). This is roughly ⅓ when it, if everything was equal, it should be ⅕ or less (due to artifacts and lands), so the math definitely points to blue being Salt inducing.
    1. Yeah, these can be rage-inducing. Also, these are the kinda effects that lead people to team up on a player, and I tend not to run them too too often (I am guilty of Expropriate AND Time Stretch in the same deck though)
    2. Comparison to Sword of Feast and Famine
  2. Extra turns
6. Blue wincons can be salt inducing. (iw. Control, combo, or extra turns)
It feels like we’ve been hearing more and more players say they don’t care to play or play against blue, so we took to our patrons to find out some reasons people aren’t down with one of our favorite colors.
1. White - Stax / MLD
2. Green - Ramp
3. Black - Tutors and discard effects
4. Red - Wheels and other chaos type effects
5. Basically, the rule zero talk needs to be in full-effect here. It really matters when you’re BUILDING the deck.
Thinking about the given answers playing blue seems like it could be a feels bad, but when you look at the other colors they have mechanics that can cause the same kind of feelings
1. Fact or Fiction
2. Illusionist's Gambit and Aetherize - Protection from being attacked
3. Wrong Turn
4. Plagiarize
  1. These are sooo blue, and soooo fun, and perfect 75% cards
5. Clones - Phantasmal Image
6. Can change color, land words, and creature types
7. Supplant Form
8. Spellweaver Volute
9. Sudden Substitution
10. Rite of Replication
11. Clone Legion
12. Faerie Artisans
13. Bident of Thassa
Does blue have things other to offer than counters, combos, or extra turns that aren’t oppressive?
1. Zack
2. 1. Artifact synergies!
  2. Zack wings it
  1. Blue lets me feel smart. People like to feel smart.
  2. I like having as much info as possible when making a decision, and Blue let’s me do that. I mean, come on, Flash!
  3. Blue can “Fly under the Radar”. At the same time, when someone attacks you or messes with your stuff, you as a blue player should try and understand this, and take it as the compliment it is (and yeah, be honest with yourself). Also, realize that sometimes you won’t have anything going on, but THEY don’t know that, and so you might have some unfun games when that happens.
3. Ryan
Why do we like blue?

Summary
1. How do you feel about Blue? Is it worth going out of your comfort zone to give Blue a try?

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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Friends Forever - Ep114 Oct 20, 2021

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1. Patreon Contest - Now that it’s been out for a few weeks, what are your favorite commander-centric card from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
2. 1. Prize - Midnight Hunt Collector booster
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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
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What’s been going on in your personal life?

1. Zack - excited to watch succession this week
  1. https://www.amazon.com/DC-SUPER-HEROES-FIRST-POWER/dp/1941367038
2. Ryan - V read My First Book of Girl Power
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Ep 114 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 7:29
@scryfall - 8:14

Main Topic - Stranger Things Secret Lair

Scryfall list: https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/36122d43-c286-48e9-a505-a6f06ebda23d
1. Also, there was an easter egg in one of our show notes
What is Stranger Things?
The Stranger Things Secret Lair is available from October 18th to November 15th, 2021.
Official Release Date: January 28, 2022
Price $39.99 for non-foil and $49.99 for foil
Eight Mechanically Unique cards and a clue token
Universes Beyond - Cards from this secret lair will have in-multiverse version added to the list cards featured in set booster of New Capenna
1. Cards
2. 1. Chief Jim Hopper 
  2. Dustin, Gadget Genius 
  3. Eleven, the Mage 
  4. Lucas, the Sharpshooter 
  5. Max, the Daredevil 
  6. Mike, the Dungeon Master 
  7. Mind Flayer, the Shadow 
  8. Will the Wise 
  9. Clue Token 
  1. You can have two commanders if they both have friends forever
3. Friends Forever
4. Discuss what we would build
Secret Lair x Stranger Things - https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/687521/secret-lair-x-stranger-things
1. What do you think about the Stranger Things secret lair? Is there anything we missed? Are you already thinking of ideas for decks with the cards at the helm? Do you think it’s something you’ll buy? Let us know
Summary

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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Deck Tech: Temur Good Stuff - Ep113 Oct 13, 2021

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2. 1. Prize - Midnight Hunt Collector booster
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Ep 113 Community Spotlight:

@MicahMTG - 1:17
@MothershipGames - 10:36
@BaxaArt - 26:28
@Cathaoir1 - 34:58
@MtgProphet - 52:13
@case_vickers - 52:13

Main Topic - Good Stuff Decks

https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/3f2909e3-b5e3-4df4-8e1a-cce0e4668f3f?as=list&with=usd
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Tp-BkNswLUeSItt6Wkn3Fw
1. A good stuff deck is a deck full of cards you want to play. Oftentimes these cards seem fun, but never seem to make the cut in other decks.
A quick recap: What’s a good stuff deck
1. Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
2. Jeska, Thrice Reborn (True story, she’s been reborn three times, so including her original birth, she’s been born four times.)
3. Deck Origin Story: Temur is my favorite 3 color combination, and I just felt like I needed a Temur deck. I had bought a Jeska, just because the super fancy version wasn’t super pricey ($10) and I knew it was seeing some play in cEDH, so I just wanted to have one, because I really like the partner mechanic. So, I had two choices, Thrasios, or Kydele. I was worried that Thrasios might make the deck seem more powerful than it really was, and I didn’t want to draw too much aggro.
Meet out Commanders:
1. Archetype of Imagination
  1. On the DL are you just playing this card for the back, Harnfel, Horn of Bounty?
2. Birgi, God of Storytelling
3. Endurance
  1. Only four artifacts in the the deck!
4. Galazeth Prismari
5. Kruphix, God of Horizons
6. Maelstrom Wanderer
7. Mystic Snake
8. Stormbreath Dragon
9. Vizier of Tumbling Sands
Creatures:
1. Cathartic Reunion
2. Khorvath’s Fury
3. Rishkar’s Expertise
4. Surge to Victory
Sorceries
1. Berserk
2. Electrodominance
3. Prismari Command (These were just in a pile on my desk, because I had ordered them, these are the types of cards I never seem to be able to find room for)
4. Quandrix Command
5. Veil of Summer
Instants
1. Bident of Thassa
2. Crucible of Worlds
Artifacts
1. Rhythm of the Wild
2. Sylvan Library
3. Underworld Breach
Enchantments
1. All the fetches possible!
Lands
1. I’ve played the deck 2 times: Shoutout to Prophet and Case!
2. The first game, my deck was pretty slow, and Prophet did some absolutely disgusting things with Valakut Exploration and Nahiri’s Lithoforming, along with Amulet of Vigor
3. Game 2, I got off to a faster start with Turn one Birds of Paradise, and turn two Sylvan Library. Got Seedborn Muse and Alchemist’s Refuge going, and then played an instant speed Archetype of Imagination, And got to live the Magic Christmas Land of Surge of Victory targeting Blasphemous act!
Playing the deck
1. It was really fun playing this Good Stuff deck! It definitely didn’t really have a plan, it just kinda played a lot of really fun cards. It really did remind me of playing in the earlier days of the Commander format.
Summary

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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Good Stuff Decks - Ep112 Oct 06, 2021

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1. Patreon Contest - Now that it’s been out for a few weeks, what are your favorite commander-centric card from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
2. 1. Prize - Midnight Hunt Collector booster
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You can find us on Twitter

Ryan - @greenegeek
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Thursday nights come play at mothership!

Main Topic - Good Stuff Decks

NOT TO DISCUSS ON AIR, Zack, here is a place for you to add specific cards you may want to talk about:
1. https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/2b49ca90-c2d8-4ee2-b6ea-643d91f79849
1. I like powerful decks too! It’s good to have a range of different options, and I think a GoodStuff option might be great deck to have in your arsenal
Disclaimer: Everyone interacts with Magic differently, this may not be a way that you want to build and/or play decks. No one is wrong! These are just some alternative thoughts, that may lead people to broaden their horizons, and may lead folks to seek out new experiences.
1. Pretty much how Zack builds all of his decks
2. To me, it’s a deck where you are just playing awesome cards you already own, without paying particular attention to synergy with your Commander(s)
What exactly is a good stuff deck?
1. Build
2. 1. You know how you have those perennial *almost* good enough cards to make your deck? This is the place to play them
  2. You can think of this as a deck made almost entirely out of Flex spots.
    1. I had a Riku of Two Reflections deck, that just had fun cards. What’s better than 1 Simic Sky Swollower? TWO!
    2. I had a Keranos, God of Storms deck, man Hypersonic Dragon is just a sweet Magic Card
    3. Ertai the corrupted. Played things like biterblossom, the guile and dovescape combo, it had phyrexian arena
  3. I think back to when I first started playing Commander (Back in my day it was called EDH gosh darnit!). But seriously, I had decks that were just full of fun/cool cards
    1. This may be harder for newer players to do, as they don’t have as deep of a collection to comb through.
    2. It’s also just generally fun to look at Magic cards, and think of the wildest Magical Christmas Land scenarios!
  4. When I build decks like this, I tend to just thumb through a TON of cards, and just set cards aside that I like, or that make me smile, or remember some silly thing that happened in a kitchen table game, back in the day
    1. When I build a “good stuff” deck, I tend to eschew my typical form of spreadsheet building, which makes sure that I have all of the normal stuff, in the correct ratios, Ramp, Card Draw, Removal etc etc. This tends to lead me towards building less optimized decks.
  5. This is not to say that you shouldn’t build with intention, far from it! For example, you absolutely want to make sure that you have ways of ending games of Magic.
  6. It might be hard to build a tribal deck for this kind of thought experiment, because there will just be so many baked-in synergies. That being said, if it’s a very off-the-wall tribe, you can probably make it work.
    1. I am GLAD we’re getting lots of cards! I just sometimes think back to the days at the beginning of the format, where there were a LOT less Commanders to choose from, and oftentimes the decks felt more personal. I see new folks on Twitter experiencing Commander for the first time, and I have to admit, I’m a bit jealous. It’s pretty much impossible to unlearn knowledge gained through years of playing Commander, but I think it is possible to kinda recapture some of that nostalgia by making “good stuff” decks.
    2. Zack is also happy getting a lot of new commander cards. I remember when all i looked for in sets were commander cards and modern cards when i first started playing and it felt like you got maybe 1-2 commander cards a set.
  7. We have been getting a LOT of cards designed specifically for Commander, and I think a side-effect of this is that we are seeing a general power creep, or maybe even staple creep in the format.
  1. I like to think of it as smooth jazz
  2. You probably won’t have as much of a good time playing a GoodStuff deck against hyper-tuned decks. This is just a more specific case of “Have the rule Zero” talk. It might be really cool to get your playgroup together and talk about making some decks like this to play against each other. We know this isn’t possible for folks that don’t have a consistent playgroup. It also might be really cool to have a GoodStuff deck to play against newer players, if you’re lucky enough to find some to play against (It’s seriously cool to watch folks discover stuff! Like they pick up one of your cards, and their eyes just go wide, imagining stuff)
  3. It’s also super hard to do this when folks have drastically differently sized collections. You could do a budget limit, to try and get the decks to come out more equivalent, but even that is hard.
  4. It’s really fun to play against these kinds of decks, because you get to see so many infrequently played cards. You’ll get to have more of the, “wait, what does that card do?” moments
  5. You’ll probably get into a lot of “Novel” board states with decks like these (Although Commander does tend to bring about Novel stuff all the time, so maybe this isn’t as huge a boon to building a GoodStuff deck)
  6. You also probably need to set your expectations a little lower, when playing a deck like this. It’s not going to function like a well-oiled machine, and it’s probably going to play drastically different from game-to-game. This can be a good thing, if you’re just wanting to see what cool stuff can happen.
3. Play
  1. My Gonti, Lord of Luxury deck is one that I just threw together out of cards I already had. It’s seriously fun to play, and it’s just super different every time I play it (this is also helped out by the fact that I’m casting OPC from different decks each time I play it)
  2. Breena
4. Some of my favorite decks are like this
  1. Decks that aren’t designed to do a specific thing, end up doing very different things, and I think that can be a good thing, and a fun experience.
  2. Folks out in audience land, what is your take on this idea? Do you have decks like this? Do you ever yearn to recapture that new player experience?
5. Summary
Why would you want to build/play a good stuff deck?

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Lier, Disciple of the Drowned: Deck Tech - Ep111 Sep 29, 2021

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Ep 111 Community Spotlight:

@MothershipGames - 8:45
@danaroach - 48:54, 53:09
@dolfo10564 - 53:09
@Pattapit - 53:09
@MicahMTG - 53:09
@MtgProphet - 53:09
@MetalMatReturns - 53:09
@mrfitzyfitz - 53:09

Main Topic - Lier, Disciple of the Drowned Deck Tech

Read Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
Summary of deck: I wanted to find a way to build a fun and fair mono blue deck. I don’t have any big combos or some of the more powerful blue cards such as Rhystic Study, Consecrated Sphinx, etc.
Link to Deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/x_pfY1hWcUW_9K96pJBjWg
Link to Cards we’re talking about: https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/26dbe89e-ae2d-484a-ad0f-4a39db8e1dd6
1. Careful Study
2. Consider
3. Curate
4. Frantic Search
5. Mental Note
6. See the truth
7. Windfall
8. Sea Gate Restoration
9. Teferi's Ageless Insight
10. Secrets of the Dead
Draw Draw Draw
1. Fade Away
2. Aetherspouts
3. Capsize
4. Evacuation
5. Reality Shift
6. Unsubstantiate
Protection
1. Docent of Perfection
2. Poppet Stitcher
3. Talrand, Sky Summoner
4. Rise from the Tides
Token Creators
1. Polymorph
2. Emrakul, the Promised End
3. Kozilek, the Great Distortion
4. Psychosis Crawler
5. Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Creatures aka wincons
1. Extraplanar Lens
2. Lithoform Engine
3. Sapphire Medalion
Flex
1. @dolfo10564
2. @Pattapit
3. @danaroach
4. @MicahMTG
5. @MtgProphet
6. @MetalMatReturns
7. @mrfitzyfitz
Thanks to folks on twitter:

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Midnight Hunt Secret List Top 8 - Ep110 Sep 22, 2021

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Ep 110 Community Spotlight:

@Kesswylie - 4:53
@MothershipGames - 7:01, 42:32

Main Topic -

Disclaimer - we’re not talking about the land cycle bc they’re just good.
Decide over and under. Zack’s turn to set it
Secret list time
How do we feel about Night / Day in commander? Is it relevant in most decks

Wrap it up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
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Hot Takes or Whatever about Innistrad: Midnight Hunt - Ep109 Sep 08, 2021

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Ep 109 Community Spotlight:

@edhrec - 2:40, 5:04
@MothershipGames - 9:18
@scryfall - 46:12

Main Topic - Hot Takes or Whatever about Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Disclaimer - We only have the cards released on or before 09.05.2021 to discuss.
1. If you’re into the setting check out these stories from WotC:
The setting: I feel like people really love Innistrad for its horror aspects. Witches, werewolves, ghosts, and vampires are all pretty cool!

Episode 1: Witch of the Woods - Arlinn

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-1-witch-woods-2021-09-02

Tangles - Featuring Wrenn and Six and Teferi

1. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/tangles-2021-09-03
1. Full art black and white basics.
2. Rare land cycle - enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands
Lands:

New Mechanics:

Day / Night

When the game starts, it's neither day nor night
If it's day as a turn begins, and the previous turn's active player didn't cast a spell last turn, it becomes night. Similarly, if it's night as a turn begins if the previous turn's active player cast two or more spells last turn, it becomes day
As it becomes day, all double-faced cards with nightbound transform to their daybound faces. As it becomes night, all double-faced cards with daybound transform to their nightbound faces.

Disturb

Cards can be cast from the graveyard via their disturb cost.
If these cards go to the graveyard again they are exiled.

Coven

Coven is an ability word that's used to highlight abilities that get better if you control three or more creatures with different powers.
1. . For example, a 1/1 creature, a 3/1 creature, and a 4/6 creature have three different powers (specifically, 1, 3, and 4).
Powers refer to a creature’s power, rather than it’s abilities.

Decayed

A creature with decayed can’t block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.

Commander Decks

Coven Counters (green-white)
Undead Unleashed (blue-black)
Speculation on the commander decks

The Cards

I’ve gone through all the previewed cards and have created a list of my favorites. Ryan has not looked at any of the previews, so we will be getting his first time reaction to these cards.
https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/ade6114e-c790-400e-af52-2d72900c8451?as=list&with=usd

White

Brutal Cathar
Curse of Silence
Enduring Angel
Gavony Dawnguard

Blue

Consider
Ominous Roost
Poppet Sticher
Triskaidekaphile

Black

Curse of Leeches
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
Graveyard Tresspasser
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Geistflame Reservoir
Terrible Housemate

Green

Saryth, the Viper's Fang
Unnatural Growth
Wrenn and Seven

Multi-Color

Arlinn, the Pack's Hope
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Sigarda, Champion of Light
Can't Stay Away
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
Galvanic Iteration
Ghoulcaller's Harvest

Artifacts

1. The Celestus
Wrap it up
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
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3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
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Mtg: New in 2022 - Ep108 Sep 01, 2021

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1. @wesless_ - 1:34
2. @MtgProphet - 3:01
3. @nicksebundy - 3:01
4. @aotamtg - 4:49
5. @mrfitzyfitz - 4:49
6. @colinoclock - 4:49
7. @ZBexx - 4:49
8. @MothershipGames - 9:39
9. @case_vickers - 55:01, 1:05:25
10. @AlterSleeves - 56:51
11. @BrandonJRouth - 1:04:14
12. @jfwong - 1:05:47
13. @thebeccascott - 1:05:47
14. @Blackneto_ - 1:05:47
Ep 108 Community Spotlight:
Link to Arena of the Ancients stream with Zack: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1133509353
1. Disclaimer, we only have the information released as of 08.29.21. Some of what we say will be conjecture about the future sets.
2. Sets
Main Topic - Magic in 2022

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty - Releasing Q1 2022

Takes place on Kamigawa, 2,000 years after the events of the original Champions of Kamigawa block.
WotC said they’ve worked with a lot of cultural developers and their regional offices to make sure representation in the new set is done right.

Streets of New Capernna - Releasing Q2 2022

Originally built by angels but is now dominated by demon-led crime families.
Five three-color crime families will have their own mechanic and play style.
Hopefully they will have shards rather than wedges.

Dominaria United - Releasing Q3 2022

Returning to where it all started on Dominaria!
Kicking off Magic’s 30th Anniversary

The Brothers War - Releasing Q4 2022

Set during the war between Urza and Mishra
1. The aftermath of this war was hinted at in Antiquities.
1. Gix
2. Tocasia
3. Ashnod
4. Mishra
5. Urza!?
Which famous magic characters from this time are we hoping to see?
1. Artificers right?
What about artifacts?

Supplemental Sets

Unfinity - Releasing second quarter 2022

Maro describes the set as a “retro science fiction space carnival/amusement park/circus”
The set takes place at Myra the Magnificent’s Intergalactic Astrotorium of Fun, which Rosewater says is “a space carnival that travels the galaxy with rides you can’t even imagine.”
Will include “space-ic” basic lands that are full art, borderless, and are set around the planet and in space!
Shocklands set in space!

Battle for Baldur’s Gate: Commanders Legends - Releasing first half of 2022

Another DnD set!
Set in the city of Bauldur’s gate!
New legends as DnD characters and new multiplayer keywords.
The set will build on 2020’s Commander Legends draftable Commander format. Each pack will contain 20 cards, from which you pick two at a time, to build a 60-card deck with a Commander.

Jumpstart 2022 - Releasing Q4 of 2022

Will include 46 themed packs of 20 cards
Themes like Eldrazi and multi-headed creatures
Each pack will contain one card that is new to Magic as well as one anime style card.

Double Masters 2022 - Releasing Summer 2022

Will retain the two rares and two foils per pack
Thoughts on reprints?

Universes Beyond

Cards will then be reprinted in a more traditional Magic, non-Street Fighter form some months later as a part of “The List” in set boosters, as will all mechanically unique Universes Beyond cards
You can get these at https://secretlair.wizards.com/us

Street Fighter - Secret Lair

Chung Li - Multikicker

Fortnite

Two separate Secret Lair drops.
Both drops will be contain reprints of existing cards with art that features the flavor, characters, and world of Fortnite

Warhammer 40k - Commander Decks

Made up of four Commander decks that will feature new art, brand new cards, and powerful reprints
All decks are set in the dystopian 40k universe

Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth - Set + Commander Decks

Full set and four commander decks
Coming to Magic Online and Magic Arena in addition to tabletop and will be legal in Modern as well as eternal formats, which isn’t standard for Universes Beyond

Secret Lairs

https://secretlair.wizards.com/

Teferi’s Time Trouble

Each card features a “classic” take on how Planeswalker rules might have read in 1994—an impenetrable block of text with reminders to “use counters”
Dack Fayden
Karn, the Great Creator
Teferi, Time Raveler

Kamigawa Ink

Art inspired by traditional Japanese brushwork.
Heartless Hidetsugu,
Kami of the Crescent Moon
Michiko Konda
Truth Seeker
Reki, the History of Kamigawa
Toshiro Umezawa

Artist Series: Johannes Voss

The cards tell a story in their art and contain a poem by Voss in their flavor text.
Sanctum Prelate
Carpet of Flowers
Sphere of Safety
Karmic Guide.

Artist Series: Thomas Baxa

Ob Nixilis Reignited
Silver Hivelord
Sire of Insanity
Spellskite

Math is for Blockers

Math-inspired art by Alexandre Chaudret
Brazen Borrower
Vindictive Lich
Meandering Towershell
Ohran Frostfang
Thragtusk

Wrap Up

2022 is going to be a great year for magic! We love that they're diversifying the settings of the new set and the crossover secret lairs.
It’s going to be awesome to bring magic with other fandoms and inversely for magic players to be able to experience their favorite properties through the lens of magic.
There is a lot of exciting stuff coming next year and that can def hit the wallet pretty hard. That being said, you don’t have to buy everything.
For Example: I know I’m totally not psyched about a Lord of the Rings set personally, but in the end I’m totally glad it’s coming out for those who are very big LotR fans!
What do you think about what’s coming next year? Did you enjoy this kind of episode summing up everything? Let us Know!

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The Flex Spot - Ep107 Aug 25, 2021

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7. @MtgProphet - 47:12
8. @CardTyrant - 48:14
9. @TooMuchDew - 50:05
Ep 107 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: I’m sure this idea isn’t a brand new one, but we do think it could be a useful tool to folks out there.
2. Disclaimer 2: I don’t do this for every deck I built, but it’s most of them.
  1. Do you always find yourself cutting the same card over and over again, right at the end of deck-brewing? Flex spots could be the answer you're looking for
  2. In every deck tech we do you might have noticed we include a slot called the flex spot.
  3. Having a healthy amount of cards reserved for flex spots, is a good way to ensure you’re not hyper-tuning your deck. This can lead to a lower overall power level. Some folks out there have a hard time not over-tuning (nice place to plug Lenny’s Power Sink series on edhrec: https://edhrec.com/articles/author/lenny-wooley/)
  4. This idea is potentially more useful to folks that brew decks often, and don’t necessarily keep all their decks up-to-date when new cards are released (guilty!). However, I do see some merit to people who have like 3-5 decks that they frequently update. Maybe say earmark 5 cards as like “sandbox play area”. Heck, you could even do this with a star sticker on the inner sleeve
  5. If you use Flex spots in this way, you also greatly increase the chance of a deck feeling more “like you”
    1. Cards that you simply want to play that maybe aren’t synergistic with the deck.
    2. New cards you want to test out and see how good they are.
    3. Pet cards
    4. Extra removal ;-)
    5. Fun cards
    6. Spice!
  6. There are lots of different cards you can include in a flex spot
    1. Zack Examples
    2. 1. In Roger and Arden I run Grafted Exoskeleton, it is an equipment, so it fits the deck in that way, but It’s also infect which IMO is just fun.
      2. I don’t know if Vorpal Sword is good in Yawgmoth, but I want to put it in a flex spot to find out!
      1. Chatterfang
      2. Journey to Eternity
        
        Explosion of Riches
        
        Bladegriff Prototype
        
        Diaochan, Artful Beauty
      3. Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
        
        Chef’s Kiss
        
        Embercleave
      4. Delina, Wild Mage
    3. Ryan Examples
  7. Examples:
    1. Ryan Pet Cards
    2. 1. Ryan is gonna mix-it-up here and list some cards coming-soon-to-a-flex-spot
      2. Wrong Turn
        
        Double Major
        
        Culling Ritual
        
        Rise of the Dread Marn
      1. Bolas’s Citadel
      2. Chromatic Lantern
      3. Search for Azcanta
    3. Zack Pet Cards
      1. Dustin Ivy - Shirei, Shizo’s Caretaker
      2. Case Vickers - Mist-syndicate Naga
      3. Zane - Glaring Spotlight.
      4. Prophet - Trade Routes
      5. CardTyrant - Sarkhan the Mad
      6. Bill Toenjes - Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
    4. We thought sharing some of our patrons' pet cards might help some folks out there in audience land, maybe get some creative juices flowing.
  8. The flex spot is also a way to put your own personal touches in a deck.
3. What is the flex spot?
Main Topic - The Flex Spot
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
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Classmander - Ep106 Aug 18, 2021

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1. @MothershipGames - 8:04
2. @getkeeps - 6:54
3. @scryfall - 11:56
Ep 106 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: This is still very much a work in progress!
  1. It’s called Classmander because you start with one of the 12 class cards in the Command zone:
  2. 1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Aclass
    2. 1. Zack and Ryan discuss which class they would start with, and maybe look into what starting creature they would pick
      2. Zack - Warlock Class
        
        Cabal Initiate
        
        Leech Fanatic
        
        Promising Duskmage
        
        Ranger
        
        Norwood Ranger
        
        Orochi Ranger
        
        Ryan - Bard/Ranger/Rogue are tempting
    3. I think we can have the same kind of tax on your class card, as you have on a normal Commander
    4. The plan is also to start with a vanilla-ish creature in the Command zone, preferably of the same creature type as your class (Currently no Fighter or Sorcerer)
      1. It might be cool to let characters multi-class after a certain level, plus this would allow for decks to be 3 or more colors.
    5. By the end of the campaign (or maybe multiple campaigns) have a legendary creature, a class, and a 100 card singleton deck, hence the name Classmander.
2. The idea: Play many games of Classmander over a long period of time, similar to a D&D campaign length. Basically a TTRPG but instead of dice rolling to resolve combat, you play games of Magic.
  1. We have 3 spreadsheets so far (see, it’s serious!)
  2. 1. Monster Manual
    2. 1. This is the least fleshed out bit so far.
        
        You could also have a higher-level skeleton deck that runs cards like Skeletal Swarming and Death Baron
      2. The idea for this is to create “encounter decks”, so for example you could have a skeleton deck with regenerating creatures, that the players will have to team up to get out of the way, because regenerating taps the creature
      1. This is a spreadsheet with a tab for each class. I went through the exercise of creating the starting level 1 Cleric deck (I have added cards to some of the other Classes, but very few).
      2. Cleric
        
        Classmanders: Kitsune Diviner, Keepers of the faith, Samite Healer
        
        The idea is for the deck to be as “bad” as possible at the start. The lower you start, the more you have to gain, and that’s going to be the fun part of this game, Character progression!
        
        Avacyn's Collar
        
        Healer's Headdress
        
        Potion of Healing
        
        Shield of the Realm
        
        True-Faith Censer (see the flavor coming through!!!!)
        
        Class Specific Cards
        
        Fifty Feet of Rope
        
        Adventuring Gear
        
        Blazing Torch
        
        Explorer's Scope
        
        Dungeon Map
        
        Cards that could go in ANY starting deck
        
        Paladin's Shield
        
        Sigil of Valor
        
        Paladin
        
        Sorcerer’s Wand
        
        Sorcerer
        
        Blinding Powder
        
        Thieve’s Tools
        
        Rogue
    3. Class Guide
      1. Rules Tab
      2. Place to put all the general stuff
        
        The idea here is that you can put any sort of equipment or artifact or book. You know, flavorful stuff like Bag of Holding. Basically people playing in pods/campaigns will ask to have certain cards they want to add to their decks added to the item list
      3. Items Tab
        
        Same idea as the items tab, but with creatures you want to add to your deck. Might start off with a base price for common, and then more for an uncommon, and more for rare, and more still for mythic Rare. Maybe legendary creatures cost a bunch? Still playing with this idea
      4. Hirelings
        
        The idea here is that we can have a Drizzt deck, or a Minsc deck. Some adventurer that can show up and either help the players, or be an obstacle.
      5. NPCs
        
        This is going to be a template, like the kind you print out for D&D characters, it’s still pretty rough currently.
      6. Character Sheet
        
        There isn’t much here, but the idea is that by level 20, which should be max level, you will have:
        
        Starting life total of 40 (maybe we can let this go lower/higher based on class?)
        
        7 Starting hand size
        
        A cool legendary creature at the helm of your deck
        
        Lots of sweet cards in your deck. We can even have some cards gifted to each character upon level up
      7. Level Up Guide
    4. Classmander Core Rulebook
3. Let’s flesh out the details a bit more
  1. We do not have a campaign created, but would be cool if we eventually get there.
  2. In the meantime, it might be fun to get a party together, and just play a few rounds against some of the encounter decks, and see what leveling up could look like
    1. The idea here is that all good adventurers take the time to keep their skills sharp, so why not have a sparring match (Montage!) against 3 other players of similar level? Good way to gain experience, and maybe gold.
  3. We’re gonna need a montage!
4. How do you get experience?
  1. The plan is to let Patrons contribute to the spreadsheets. Ideally, a single patron could take on the challenge of creating the level 1 deck for a particular class.
  2. Also, we plan to add a Slack channel, so that people can share ideas. Say, like Zane wants to make the Sorcerer deck, but maybe Andy Bentley has some ideas to share,
5. Do you want to get involved?
  1. What do you think of this idea? Is this something you’d be interested in participating in? If so, hit us up on Patreon.com/commandersocial. Was this a fun/entertaining episode? Please let us know.
6. Summary
Main Topic - Classmander
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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Delina, Wild Mage Deck Tech - Ep105 Aug 11, 2021

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1. @MothershipGames - 1:38, 7:34
2. @CotB1 - 7:18
3. @moxfieldmtg - 48:33
Ep 105 Community Spotlight:
1. Read the Commander!
2. 1. Decklist is here: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/RWbvf2Nxm06S7Q9erIlNTg
3. Deck genesis: Zack mentioned this card should be in my top 8 list, and it really should have! Not sure how I missed this. It’s kinda hard for me to say no to making a mono-red deck, and if you recall I talked about how Sword of Hearth and Home can do blink stuff in non-traditional colors. This lead me to see how mono-red Blink can work, and I think it can work pretty well!
  1. Mindclaw Shaman!
  2. Solemn Simulacrum (Note, Delina exiles, so we don’t get death triggers unless we have some sort of sac outlet.)
  3. Emrakul’s Hatcher
  4. Dire Fleet Daredevil
  5. Fanatic of Mogis
  6. Godo, Bandit Warlord (cause there is a bit of an equipment sub-theme)
  7. Imperial Recruiter
  8. Goblin Engineer
  9. Vengeful Ancestor
  10. Plundering Barbarian
  11. Rapacious Dragon
4. Blink Targets
  1. Liquimetal Torque
  2. Burnished Hart
  3. Pilgrim’s Eye
5. Ramp
  1. Rogue’s Passage
  2. Access Tunnel
  3. Whispersilk Cloak
  4. Trailblazer’s Boots
  5. Zephyr Boots
6. Make Delina survive combat
  1. Sword of Hearth and Home
  2. Erratic Portal
  3. Conjurer’s Closet
  4. Mirror March (doesn’t work with tokens from Delina)
  5. Flameshadow Conjuring (same)
7. Backup Blink
  1. Barbarian Class
  2. Panharmonicon
  3. Harmonic Prodigy
  4. Embercleave
8. Flex
  1. Seasoned Pyromancer ($37)
  2. Fury ($10)
  3. Imperial Recruiter ($10)
  4. Thought-Knot Seer ($5)
  5. Lithoform Engine($10)
  6. Embercleave ($8)
  7. Aggravated Assault ($19)
    1. Total: $144 (This would put you right at $100
      1. https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/27c014a3-45a2-46df-b8ec-7c9977e91c58
    2. There are LOTS of cards with comes into play abilities that you could use, here are some of my favorites:
  8. Ancient Tomb ($45)
9. Some Cards that could easily be removed to reduce budget, that aren’t integral to the way the deck functions.
Main Topic - Delina, Wild Mage Deck Tech
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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How to get into D&D - Ep104 Jul 28, 2021

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1. Patreon Contest - What is the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten and how did it go?
2. 1. Prize - Anything from the brand new Commander Social Store
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1. BJ - @CotB1
2. Ryan - @greenegeek
3. Zack - @z4ck38
4. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @cjovalle - 2:26, 19:03, 47:34, 1:01:17
2. @DLairAustin - 3:51, 46:48, 1:06:05
3. @MothershipGames - 12:11, 40:43
4. @coL_Amazonian - 13:43
5. @commandcast - 1:06:27
Ep 104 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: There’s not going to be a lot of talk about Magic this episode, so please let us know what you think of the episode
  1. How long you’ve been playing D&D, how long you’ve done the DM thing, I know you got a module published, etc etc
    1. Murder at Myrefall (A Cabin created adventure)
      1. Drivethroughrpg.com (place to get these books)
    2. The Studied Summoner
  2. Vorlen Publishing
  3. Collaborations with Carlos
2. BJ’s credentials
  1. History as it relates to D&D (Being the original that spawned the rest).
  2. Different systems out there and what BJ is currently playing or has played.
3. Overview of TTRPG (Tabletop Roleplaying Games)
  1. What are some things people can expect?
  2. Common misconceptions?
4. Why get into D&D?
  1. Bare minimum, books, dice, etc
  2. 1. I used to really enjoy reading the manuals when I was a kid
  3. Pathfinder Society
  4. Adventures League
  5. No thank you evil (http://www.nothankyouevil.com/)
  6. warhorn.net
  7. Does the bare minimum differ if you plan on being the DM?
  8. What people might want to think about getting down the road?
  9. Aonprd.com
5. What people need to start
  1. What is the right number of people to be in a group?
  2. Define stuff up front: How often you want to play, etc etc
  3. Testing out gameplay through Adventure League or Pathfinder Society.
6. Forming a Group
  1. VTT (Virtual Tabletops like Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Maptools, etc..)
  2. Online Character Builders
  3. Online Rules Resources
7. Online resources
  1. What does it take to be a good DM?
  2. Any tips for rookies just starting out on the DM path?
  3. Setting expectations (IE What kind of campaign you’re running).
8. Being a Dungeon Master (DM)
  1. What does it take to be a good player?
  2. How a bad player can ruin the game for everyone (Not bad as in the don’t know the rules, but bad as in they are abusing the rules or the game itself for personal enjoyment).
  3. Setting expectations (What are you looking to get out of the game?).
9. Being a player
Main Topic - How to get into D&D
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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Forgotten Realms Commander Cards Review - Ep103 Jul 21, 2021

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1. @LennyWooley - 1:02
2. @MtgProphet - 1:02, 34:45
3. @case_vickers - 1:02
4. @MothershipGames - 8:39
Ep 103 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: We’re doing this live! Ryan and I haven’t looked at these cards until now!
2. 1. It’s entirely possible that we miss something, or get something wrong, so please bear with us.
  2. Also, tell us if you end up liking this style of card review. We like your feedback!
3. https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3Aafc+-is%3Areprint&order=color&as=grid
Main Topic - Forgotten Realms Top 8
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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Forgotten Realms Top 8 - Ep102 Jul 14, 2021

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1. Patreon Contest - What is the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten and how did it go?
2. 1. Prize - Anything from the brand new Commander Social Store
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3. Together - @commandersocial
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 6:44
2. @Marshall_LR - 55:24
Ep 102 Community Spotlight:
1. There’s already a bunch of new cards out in the Forgotten Realms Commander decks, but we didn’t include them in our top 8 lists.
2. It’s difficult to do these shows because of how close previews are getting to each other. We did last week’s show because we wanted to get something into your ears as soon as possible, but we also wanted to do our top 8 list once we knew all of the cards in the set. Hopefully this is the kind of content you want, let us know!
  1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
3. Secret List Top 8 style
Main Topic - Forgotten Realms Top 8
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Forgotten Realms Previews - Ep101 Jul 07, 2021

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1. Patreon Contest - What is the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten and how did it go?
2. 1. Prize - Anything from the brand new Commander Social Store
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 5:47
2. @danaroach - 13:46
3. @schmandrewart - 23:36
Ep 101 Community Spotlight:
1. It’s hard to do the set review shows, because the cards come out so quickly, and we want to make sure we release an episode while things are still relevant. We’re going to do this differently than our Secret Top 8 lists, just keep it pretty casual. Please let us know which way you like it better.
2. Disclaimer: We’re talking about cards previewed up until Thursday July 1st
3. Talk about interesting cards from the latest Magic Previews
Main Topic - Forgotten Realms Previews
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Social Ones - Ep100 Jun 30, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What is the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten and how did it go?
2. 1. Prize - Anything from the brand new Commander Social Store
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 6:57
2. @jfwong - 9:13
3. @JoshLeeKwai - 9:13, 47:32
4. @hitRECordJoe - 59:30
5. @HamillHimself - 59:30
6. @JoeManganiello - 59:30
7. @TolarianCollege - 1:02:45
8. @loadingreadyrun - 1:12:38
Ep 100 Community Spotlight:
1. Announce Rotisserie
2. Eat some wings!
Main Topic - An Evening with Commander Social
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Title - Trap Sport
2. By - jorikbasov
3. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/
Commander Social Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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A Bespoke Chat with Inklin Customs - Ep99 Jun 23, 2021

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1. Patreon Contest - What Modern Horizons card would you most like to see in a retro border?
2. 1. Prize - Two Packs of MH2
1. Inklin- @InklinCustoms
2. Ryan - @greenegeek
3. Zack - @z4ck38
4. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
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3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 9:08
2. @GavinVerhey - 11:13, 51:36
3. @WurmCoyleEngine - 15:00
4. @GuardianPod - 15:00
5. @Scott_M_Fischer - 16:19
6. @howardlyonart - 16:42, 17:09, 26:27
7. @heyjenbartel - 16:46
8. @postrk - 17:29
9. @IllustratorJeff - 17:48
10. @aarondraws - 18:07, 26:27
11. @schmandrewart - 23:45
12. @uzcateguiart - 23:45
13. @PleasantKenobi - 24:30
14. @ChannelFireball - 24:30, 37:43, 43:25, 46:20
15. @MythicGaming_Co - 24:30
16. @goberthicks - 34:45
17. @TappyToeClaws - 35:30
18. @TaaliaVess - 37:43
19. @MagicwithZuby - 38:50
20. @StarCityGames - 42:51
21. @Top8Games - 51:36
22. @EM_Tee_Gee - 52:14
23. @Chris_VanMeter - 52:26
24. @_elantris_ - 54:11
25. @HipstersMTG - 55:32
26. @ZBexx - 56:05
27. @ctellecampbell - 56:05
28. @Kesswylie - 58:30
Ep 99 Community Spotlight:
1. Check out Inklin’s website: http://www.inklincustoms.com/
2. 1. And store! https://inklincustoms.storenvy.com/
  1. Tell us how it all started.
  2. First Commander Deck?
  3. Are you mostly a commander player? Any other formats you like/play regularly?
  4. Build anything cool recently?
  5. Do you have any favorite MtG artists?
  6. Would you be interested in illustrating a MtG Card?
3. MtG Origin Story
  1. How long have you been making art?
  2. How did you develop your art style?
  3. How did you get into the Token side of things?
    1. How fun has it been to work with Schmandrewart on Creatives’ CMDR Night?
      1. https://www.mythicgaming.com/campaign/
    2. What was it like working Pleasant Kenobi to make your own Mythic Frame sleeves?
    3. If you could work with anyone, whom you haven’t already, who would it be?
  4. What is it like working with so many people in the Magic community?
    1. What’s your favorite Anime?
  5. Would you classify your style as Chibi?
4. Awesome Art Style
  1. What does this process look like? I’m curious, and I think folks out there might want to know as well.
  2. 1. Do you typically have back-and-forth conversations with commissioners? (Is this what people who commission custom art are called? If not, I think it should be)
  3. What is the process you go through to get the tokens printed, shipped etc?
  4. What is the token/other art you’re most proud of?
5. Making custom tokens / art?
  1. What’s it like?
  2. Must be super cool to have people come up and chat?
  3. Does it feel too much like work? IE, does it make it less fun?
  4. What are some of the business aspects of being a freelance artist?
6. Running a booth at a Magic Fest
  1. You post to TikTok pretty regularly, how do you come up with bits?
    1. https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2021/01/the-gathering-of-magic-e-girls/
  2. You were featured in an article on Hipster of the Coast on e-Girls and e-boys for your TicToks, how does it feel to have helped bring that to MtG
7. TikTok
8. Do you have any advice for up and coming artists?
  1. Pretty much anything
9. Place for Inklin to talk about whatever is important to her
Main Topic - Inklin
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Deck Tech: Zurzoth, Chaos Rider - Ep98 Jun 16, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What Modern Horizons card would you most like to see in a retro border?
2. 1. Prize - Two Packs of MH2
3. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 9:35
2. @LennyWooley - 14:51, 16:36, 32:28
3. @TheTokenOtaku - 16:36
4. @scryfall - 18:16
5. @edhrec - 22:15
6. @moxfieldmtg - 22:45
7. @andyhullbone - 1:04:20
8. @infinitokens - 1:04:20
Ep 98 Community Spotlight:
1. Deck genesis
2. 1. This came about because of a conversation I had with Lenny Wooley-Broder. We had finished playing a game, and were talking about group hug decks. He told me they were secretly control decks. This intrigued me at the time, but I have always pretty much hated group hug type cards, because the net effect is negative (howling mine example).
    1. Sidenote: This is the kinda stuff we are always thanking the patrons for, and it really means something to me. I just wanted to thank the following patrons for kinda nudging me in the right direction for this deck:
    2. 1. Micah the Lunarch (He suggested Zurzoth)
      2. Dustin Ivy
      3. Joshua Swope
        
        “I think you could help your opponents have more meaningful attacks with Bedlam”
        
        This was hilarious, but also caused me to really think about Group Hug in a different way.
      4. Lenny Wooley-Broder
  2. Fast-forward a couple months: I’ve got the itch to build a deck, and I’m trying to decide between mono-red group hug or Codie, and the mono-red deck, and some patrons are intrigued by the idea of mono-red group hug.
    1. https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/ebad07a7-bd53-4217-a75e-6e0b32f742c8
  3. So, I decided it would be an interesting thought experiment to just make a list of ALL of the group-hug type effects that were available to mono-red (This is where I started to get REALLY excited about the deck). I made a scryfall list, and found over 120 cards!
  4. I decided I had to embrace “group hug”, even though it was out of my comfort zone. This is something I often try to do when I play mono-red. I actually wanted to just turbo-charge my opponents (and also hope I’d be seen as less of a threat, as I’m playing a fairly unpopular commander with 499 decks on Edhrec.com)
  1. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/60JC220d5k-EEI6RT0Nbxg
    1. Victory Chimes
    2. Spectral Searchlight
    3. Cursed Mirror
    4. Rainbow Vale (I ended up not purchasing this)
    5. Field of Ruin
  2. Who needs a mana? (Ramp)
    1. Mana Flare
    2. Howling Mine
    3. Soldevi Sentry
    4. Agitator Ant
    5. Helm of Awakening (This card really speeds games up!)
    6. Boldwyr Heavyweights
    7. Hired Giant
    8. Mana Cache
    9. Wild Evocation
  3. Hey, who turned out the lights? (Group Hug)
    1. Temple Bell
    2. Otherworld Atlas
    3. Explosion of Riches
    4. Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
    5. Geier Reach Sanitarium
  4. The devils are in the details
    1. Tibalt’s Trickery
    2. Chaos Warp
    3. Indomitable Creativity (Pairs well with Devils!)
    4. Goblin Spymaster
  5. Generous Gifts
    1. Brash Taunter
    2. Grab the Reins
    3. Emberwilde Captain
    4. Bloodthirsty Blade
    5. Fork
    6. Adamaro, First to Desire (Sad that Anvil of Bogardan is on the reserved list)
  6. Judo
    1. Comet Storm
    2. Purphoros, God of the Forge
    3. Impact Tremors
    4. Jaya’s Immolating Inferno (4 legendary creatures aside from Zurzoth)
    5. Vicious Shadows
  7. We’re all drawing a bunch of cards, now what? (Wincons)
    1. Diaochan, Artful Beauty
    2. Molten Psyche (22 artifacts in the deck)
    3. Goblin Bombardment
    4. Skullclamp
    5. Forbidden Orchard
    6. Contested War Zone
  8. The beach is that way (Flex)
3. The Deck
4. Zack, what do you think about this deck? Did you ever think you’d see me playing Howling Mine & Company?
5. Summary - This ended up being a pretty sweet deck! It was really fun to think about and brew. If you want to see this deck in action, check out Andy Hull’s Commander Night Live (you should definitely check this out!) https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1035362399 . https://www.twitch.tv/andyhullbone What do y’all think about this deck? Have I convinced you to give Group Hug a try? Got any sweet recommendations for this deck?
Main Topic - Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Modern Horizons 2 Top 8 - Ep97 Jun 02, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What Modern Horizons card would you most like to see in a retro border?
2. 1. Prize - Two Packs of MH2
3. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 6:55
2. @BentzMr - 44:37
Ep 97 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer - We are recording this on May 30th and only have access to the cards previewed up to this date. Also, we’re only considering NEW cards
2. 1. We also did not include the artifact dual land cycle.
3. Secret List
4. Summary - What did you think of our lists? Did we overlap with your list or did we miss your favorite cards? Let us know!
Main Topic - Modern Horizons 2
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Deck Tech: Breena, the Demagogue - Ep96 May 26, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
2. 1. https://rebrand.ly/triple-jump-game
  2. It’s only $3.37
  3. We’re gonna give away 10 copies, 5 to the first 5 people to respond, and then 5 at the end of the month to the answers we like best
3. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TripleJumpGame1 - 1:52
2. @UltimateGuard - 3:24
3. @MothershipGames - 10:43
4. @MTGMoo - 17:52, 26:45, 39:07
5. @MTGVincent - 17:52
6. @GingerJ0E - 49:26
Ep 96 Community Spotlight:
1. Breena - As someone who is not great at politics in EDH, but enjoys that aspect of the game, I figured I’d let the cards do the talking for me with this one.
2. Deck List - https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OhxZL0ZH-EOL-8_7y9_1sw
  1. Politics
  2. 1. Wishclaw Talisman
    2. Scheming Symmetry
    3. Infernal Offering
    4. Council's Judgment
    5. Orzhov Advokist
    6. Dranith Magistrate
    7. Magister of Worth
    1. Cathars' Crusade
    2. Citadel Siege
    3. Sunscorch Regent
    4. Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  3. +1/+1 counter
    1. Ghostly Prison
    2. Windborn Muse
    3. Wandering Archaic
    4. Nils, Discipline Enforcer
    5. Mangara, the Diplomat
    6. The Immortal Sun
    7. Teferi's Protection
  4. Protection/Stax
    1. Anguished Unmaking
    2. Despark
    3. Fracture
    4. Inkshield
    5. Mortify
    6. Swords to Plowshares
    7. Utter End
  5. Removal
    1. Martial Coup
    2. Merciless Eviction
    3. Winds of Abandon
  6. Mass Removal
    1. Smothering Tithe
    2. Talisman of Hierarchy
  7. Ramp
    1. Read the Bones
    2. Phyrexian Arena
    3. Night's Whisper
  8. Draw
    1. Approach of the Second Sun
    2. Urborg / Karma
  9. Alt Win Cons
3. Cards
4. Summary - What do you think of this deck? Are there any cards I missed?
Main Topic - Breena the Negotiator
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Dan Sheehan is Not a Wolf - Ep95 May 19, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
2. 1. https://rebrand.ly/triple-jump-game
  2. It’s only $3.37
  3. We’re gonna give away 10 copies, 5 to the first 5 people to respond, and then 5 at the end of the month to the answers we like best
3. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Dan - @ItsDanSheehan
2. Ryan - @greenegeek
3. Zack - @z4ck38
4. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TripleJumpGame1 - 1:35
2. @jayaaseng - 5:44
3. @audible_com - 6:33
4. @MothershipGames - 12:43
5. @wachelreeks - 16:30, 1:04:26
6. @TCGplayer - 45:36
7. @moxfieldmtg - 50:01
8. @archidekt - 50:01
9. @edhrec -52:30
10. @scryfall -54:15
Ep 95 Community Spotlight:
Main Topic - Dan and Games

Links to Lasagna Tier episodes
1. A Definitive System For Power Ranking
2. 1. https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/13449089
3. Lasagna Tier EDH: Explained

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/17442677

Lasagna Tier Staples

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/17862587

What’s your MtG Origin story?
1. What was the very first Commander Deck you ever built?
  1. What is your general approach
  2. Do you often find yourself starting with a Commander and going from there? Or do you more often think of an idea, and then try to find the perfect Commander?
  3. I heard you talk with Rachel on The Commander Sphere about how brewing decks can be a fun exercise in and of itself. Do you do this often?
2. Let’s talk about your approach to deck building
3. What is your MtG Content Creator origin story?
4. How has Commander been for you during the Pandemic?

Bitter Feud
1. We’ll let Dan decide to Play or Draw
2. How many decks include the card, and the card cannot be in the top 100 of EDHRec, and also no lands.
A place for Dan to talk about anything that is important to him
Summary

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

#MtGMentalHealth - Ep94 May 12, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
2. 1. https://rebrand.ly/triple-jump-game
  2. It’s only $3.37
  3. We’re gonna give away 10 copies, 5 to the first 5 people to respond, and then 5 at the end of the month to the answers we like best
3. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TripleJumpGame1 - 1:41, 1:07:46
2. @MothershipGames - 7:18, 28:15
3. @scryfall - 8:48
4. @DLairAustin - 32:03
5. @MTGMoo - 1:01:15
Ep 94 Community Spotlight:
1. This month is national Mental Health Awareness Month (https://www.mhanational.org/mental-health-month). This episode we’re going to dive into some of my personal experience with mental health and how I overcame them.
2. Disclaimer - Zack and I are not trained medical/mental health professionals. This episode is about my personal experiences with mental health and how it’s affected me in regards to content creation and MtG. Please do not take anything said here as official advice. If you are having mental health issues please reach out to a professional. (https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help)
Main Topic - #MtGMentalHealth

My story - I’ve suffered with mental health issues for as long as I remember. It all started when I was in junior high with depression, with anxiety becoming an issue in college, and most recently with a diagnosis of being bi polar. I’ve tried a lot of medicines, therapy, and just white knuckling it while trying to hold on. Currently I see a therapist roughly every other week, but sometimes more, and I see a psychiatrist every month.
1. Hook your friends into playing with you.
2. Once you’ve hooked your friends into playing, roll to the LGS together.
3. Be open to new people joining your group and becoming friends with them.
4. I’ve def done it by myself though. I remember that’s how I met Ryan. I was casually collecting World of Warcraft cards and one day when I was at my local comic store I saw that people were playing in tournaments with each other. I called the store to find out when tournaments happened and just showed up.
5. This was very difficult for me to do, but I really wanted to get back into playing cards and make new friends.
6. Big tournaments
Magic - I’ve always been into card games and have played several over the course of my life at varying levels of competitiveness. This was not something easy for me to do, but I found tricks that helped me get over my anxiety and play.
1. Eventually the WoW card game was discontinued and I started getting curious about MtG again. My current roommate, Brando Calrission, and I had vowed to stay away from Magic due to price concerns, but eventually got sucked back in with some Planeswalker Decks.
2. I remember at the time I was also playing a Star Wars card game and went to spend a week with a friend in Houston who used to be a big MtG player. He told me I should look into playing something called Elder Dragon Highlander.
3. Not long after I got back Ryan and I were talking and he mentioned he and some friends had been playing EDH. I started playing for a while, but due to the anxiety caused by the size of the card pool and not knowing what a lot did I sort of backed away.
4. Eventually I came back to EDH when Ryan started a league that I ended up running for a few years.
5. I know that was a lot of build up, but that brings me to the podcast. Ryan at the time needed a third host for the podcast and asked me to fill the position. At first I was very nervous about it because I felt like I didn’t know enough about the cards or at that point EDH to coherently discuss EDH on a weekly basis. I agreed to do it though, because I had wanted to do a podcast in general for several years, but added the caveat if I didn’t like it, I’d stay until they could find someone to replace me.
6. I’m not going to lie, it was hard to get over the anxiety and at times I’m still very anxious about recording because I don’t feel like anyone would want to hear what I have to say.
7. The number one thing that has gotten me through this adventure is my partnership with Ryan. I couldn’t ask for a better co-collaborator in a creative endeavour.
8. He’s always been my biggest cheerleader, fan, and advocate. When I feel self conscious about things he’s there for me. He’s always willing to listen.
9. The second thing that has gotten me through content creating are the listeners. Nothing makes me happier than to hear a “good episode” from someone and over the years some of our listeners have become some of my best friends.
Content Creation
1. Covid has definitely been a blow to me depression and anxiety wise, as it has been to a lot of people.
  1. I personally have to actively fight this. I stay in contact with friends and I find ways to busy myself.
2. Despite having Ryan and an internet full of friends, I often feel isolated, sad, and bored.
3. One of the ways I find to keep myself busy is to play mtg via spelltable. Moo and I started a stream to play more and to get to play with / meet more people. Ryan and I try to get in as many patron games as we can too.
4. Magic isn’t the only thing though. I’ve tried to take up new hobbies, such as bread making, and focusing more on my aquarium too.
Covid and Magic during Covid
1. Mental Health is a big deal, even if you don’t suffer from depression or anxiety, you need to make time for your own mental health.
2. There’s no shame in seeking help.
The Wrap Up

Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Precon Showdown - Ep93 May 05, 2021

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
2. 1. https://rebrand.ly/triple-jump-game
  2. It’s only $3.37
  3. We’re gonna give away 10 copies, 5 to the first 5 people to respond, and then 5 at the end of the month to the answers we like best
3. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TripleJumpGame1 - 0:57
2. @TheTokenOtaku - 4:02
3. @MothershipGames - 7:20, 10:37, 21:01
4. @realCardsphere - 10:28
5. @atfloury - 13:44
6. @BrainstormBrew - 14:36
7. @MTGStocks - 15:54, 36:01, 53:31, 1:01:36
8. @commandcast - 17:02, 1:01:17
9. @JoshLeeKwai - 17:19, 1:01:17
10. @MTGGoldfish - 19:40
11. @MTGMoo - 31:29
12. @Card_Kingdom - 1:01:36
Ep 93 Community Spotlight:
1. We tend to think of 5 years as recent, but we know a lot of our listeners (and Patrons) might be newer to Magic, so we thought it might be fun to go back and look at the past 5 years of Commander Precons.
  1. Value (We’re gonna discuss a lot of this below, but let's try and mention the others on this list as well)
  2. 1. Disclaimer: The MtG market is in a bit of chaos, things seem way more expensive than they ever have been. (Overmaster is $40!). We certainly aren’t finance experts but both of us follow the Secondary Market pretty regularly.
  3. Cool Cards (We talked about this in our previous episode, but it’s still one of the most important pieces to the pre-cons long term)
  4. Fun to Play
  5. Balanced to play against each other
  6. Good enough to hang with your meta’s constructed decks
2. There are lots of ways to evaluate Precons.
  1. C21 - Focused on Each College Identity
  2. 1. Whole deck, singles price in ()
    1. Lorehold Legacies - $38.48 (Singles - 102.80)
    2. Prismari Performance - $39.25 (Singles - 71.66)
    3. Quantum Quandrix - $38.06 (Singles - 86.83)
    4. Silverquill Statement - $37.83 (Singles - 83.31)
    5. Witherbloom Witchcraft - $37.71 (Singles - 68.48)
    6. Bundle of all 5 - $189.04 (Mothership has this for $179.99)
  3. I’m gonna do the values of singles in the deck based on mtggoldfish, I did look on ebay, and most of the decks were costing about the same as the cost of the singles, with maybe a slight discount.
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-2017-decklists
    2. Feline Ferocity - $269.93
    3. Vampiric Bloodlust - $257.06
    4. Draconic Domination - $255.23
    5. Arcane Wizardry - $149.86
  4. C17 - Tribal Theme
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-2018-decklists
    2. Exquisite Invention - $110.94
    3. Subjective Reality - $90.64
    4. Nature's Vengeance - $120.56
    5. Adaptive Enchantment - $91.01
  5. C18 - Planeswalker Commanders
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/weekly-update-aug-11-commander-2019-decklists
    2. Faceless Menace - $66.20
    3. Mystic Intellect - $91.57
    4. Primal Genesis - $67.86
    5. Merciless Rage - $46.07
  6. C19 - Each deck focused on a mechanic (Morph, Flashback, Populate, Madness)
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/full-commander-2020-decklists
    2. Enhanced Evolution - $66.25
    3. Symbiotic Swarm - $45.86
    4. Timeless Wisdom - $87.87
    5. Arcane Maelstrom - $83.67
    6. Ruthless Regiment - $63.41
  7. C20 - Mechanics (Mutate, Cycling, Copy Spells, Token Creatures
3. Buying individual Decks
4. Top 5 Most Expensive Cards from Precons C17 - C21
  1. C17 - - $217.01
  2. 1. Edgar Markov 60.08
    2. 1. All time low $2.39
      2. Spent an entire year < $5
      1. All-time low $12.29
      2. Spent 3 months < $20
    3. Teferi's Protection 44.13
      1. All-time low $2.99
      2. Spent a year < $10
    4. Kindred Discovery 40.7
      1. All-time low $3.23
      2. Spent a year < $6
    5. The Ur-Dragon 39.65
      1. All-time low $1.49
      2. Spent a year < $7
    6. Kindred Dominance 32.45
    1. Nesting Dragon 17.42
    2. Retrofitter Foundry 16.41
    3. Treasure Nabber 14.28
    4. Xantcha, Sleeper Agent 13.87
    5. Sower of Discord 11.9
  3. C18 - $73.88
    1. Dockside Extortionist 48.22
    2. 1. All-time low - $13.28
      2. Quickly went to $20, and after 8 months just kept going up
    3. Ohran Frostfang 17.92
    4. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 5.1
    5. Sevinne's Reclamation 4.36
    6. Apex Altisaur 3.18
  4. C19 - $78.78
    1. Fierce Guardianship 34.43
    2. 1. All-time low - $29.97
      2. All-time high - $80.24, relatively flat aside from that early spike, that lasted roughly a month
      1. All-time low - $14.78
      2. Stayed under $20 for 7 months, and then spiked
    3. Deflecting Swat 30.1
    4. Deadly Rollick 15.58
    5. Flawless Maneuver 8.3
    6. Ethereal Forager 4.07
  5. C20 - $92.48
    1. Archaeomancer's Map 19.63
    2. Veyran, Voice of Duality 16.96
    3. Adrix and Nev, Twincasters 13.8
    4. Monologue Tax 13.25
    5. Esix, Fractal Bloom 8.61
  6. C21 - $59.00
5. For all of the individual cards it might be fun to look at the price graphs on https://www.mtgstocks.com/ (I looked at all the graphs for cards currently valued at $30 or more)
6. Summary - What has been your favorite set of Precon Decks? How do you think this year's offering stacks up to previous years? Did you like this kind of episode? Were we too heavy on the finance stuff?
Main Topic - Precon Showdown
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Best 2 Mana Value Creatures - Ep92 Apr 28, 2021

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Ep 92 Community Spotlight:
1. This episode we are gonna say 2-Drop, and that means a creature with 2 mana value.
  1. They compete with Mana Rocks/Ramp
  2. I believe they are mostly utility creatures, and not often beating down
  3. They can often come down after turn two, and still impact the game (in fact some of them may not be at their best on Turn 2).
2. Two-Drops are a pretty interesting card in Commander.
  1. Lots of Stax Pieces
  2. 1. Drannith Magistrate
    2. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
    3. Hushbringer
    1. Stoneforge Mystic
    2. Sram, Senior Edificer
    3. Relic Seeker
  3. Deals with Equipment
  4. Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
  5. Felidar Cub
  6. Soulfire Grand Master
3. White
  1. Thassa’s Oracle
  2. Snapcaster Mage
  3. Gilded Drake
  4. Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  6. Honorable Mention: Fblthp, the Lost
4. Blue
  1. Aristocrats
  2. 1. Zulaport Cutthroat
    2. Blood Artist
  3. Oona's Blackguard
  4. Wight of Precinct Six
  5. Rat Colony
  6. Keen Duelist
5. Black
  1. Dockside Extortionist
  2. Dire Fleet Daredevil
  3. Goblin Engineer
  4. Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  5. Humble Defector
6. Red
  1. Ramp
  2. 1. Sakura-Tribe Elder
    2. Lotus Cobra
  3. Wall of Blossoms
  4. Sylvan Caryatid
  5. Quirion Elves
  6. Joiner Adept
7. Green
  1. Baleful Strix
  2. Biomancer’s Familiar
  3. Vexing Shusher
  4. Kiora’s Follower
  5. Fiend Artisan
8. Gold
  1. Crashing Drawbridge
  2. Walking Atlas
  3. Myr Retriever
  4. Metallic Mimic
  5. Steel Overseer
  6. Honorable Mention: Millikin
9. Colorless
10. Summary - Do you have lots of 2 mana value creatures in your decks? What are some of your favorites that we missed? Do you forego most or all of these in favor of ramp spells/mana rocks?
Main Topic - Best 2 Mana Value Creatures
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Commander 2021 Review:Part 2 - Ep91 Apr 21, 2021

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Ep 91 Community Spotlight:
1. SILVERQUILL STATEMENT
2. 1. What’s Silverquill All About - COLLEGE OF ELOQUENCE
  2. 1. Wielding the magic of words, Silverquill students are stylish, intimidating, and tirelessly competitive. These mages are born leaders with razor-sharp wit and natural charisma that can be used for good or for ill.
    1. Breena, the Demagogue
    2. Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
    3. Author of Shadows
    4. Cunning Rhetoric
    5. Fain, the Broker
    6. Guardian Archon
    7. Inkshield
    8. Keen Duelist
    9. Stinging Study
    10. Promise of Loyalty
  3. Cards
  1. What’s Witherbloom All About - COLLEGE OF LIFE AND DEATH
  2. 1. Witherbloom students draw power from the essence of living beings, whether that means enhancing nature or exploiting it. Witherbloom mages are most at home riding zombie crocs, picking herbs for potions, and hanging out in their swamp making grim jokes.
    1. Willowdusk, Essence Seer
    2. Gyome, Master Chef
    3. Marshland Bloodcaster
    4. Pest Infestation
    5. Revival Experiment
    6. Sproutback Trudge
    7. Tivash, Gloom Summoner
    8. Witch’s Clinic
    9. Yedora, Grave Gardener
  3. Cards
3. WITHERBLOOM WITCHCRAFT
  1. There’s extended art cards in Strixhaven Collector Boosters
  2. 1. https://cardgamebase.com/strixhaven-collector-booster-contents/
    1. Archeomancer’s Map
    2. Monologue Tax
    3. Guardian Augmenter
    4. Inkshield
    5. Cursed Mirror
    6. Reinterpret
  3. Cards that are expensive or might be expensive down the line
4. Talk about our favorite deck from amongst the 5, if we see any potential new “Dockside Extortionist” or “Fierce Guardianship”
5. Summary - What did you think of these decks? Which are you the most excited to play? Did we miss any cards you like from each deck?
Main Topic - Strixhaven Commander 2021 (Part 1)
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Commander 2021 Review:Part 1 - Ep90 Apr 14, 2021

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Ep 90 Community Spotlight:
1. LOREHOLD LEGACIES
2. 1. What’s Lorehold All About - COLLEGE OF ARCHAEOMANCY
  2. 1. Lorehold students are diligent researchers, daring adventurers, and scholars passionate about history. They explore the past by poring over artifacts and summoning long-dead spirits. For some, the past is a rich tapestry for disciplined study. For Lorehold it's a cape worn as they jump into a forgotten tomb.
    1. Osgir, the Reconstructor
    2. Laelia, the Blade Reforged
    3. Alibou, Ancient Witness
    4. Reconstruct History
    5. Battlemage's Bracers
    6. Monologue Tax
    7. Archaeomancer's Map
    8. Cursed Mirror
  3. Cards
  1. What’s Prismari All About - COLLEGE OF ELEMENTAL ARTS
  2. These students' spells are spectacles of raw creativity or meticulous artistic expressions. All the world’s a stage, and whether informed by mind or emotion, Prismari always leave a lasting impression.
    1. Rionya, Fire Dancer
    2. Sly Instigator
    3. Dazzling Sphinx
    4. Radiant Performer
    5. Muse Vortex
    6. Reinterpret
    7. Surge to Victory
    8. Elementalist's Palette
  3. Cards
3. PRISMARI PERFORMANCE
  1. What’s Quandrix All About - COLLEGE OF NUMEROMANCY
  2. Quandrix mages are ingenious math magicians. They study patterns, fractals, and symmetries to command power over the fundamental forces of nature. They can simultaneously contemplate the metaphysical properties of the universe while reciting every number of Pi backwards.
    1. Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
    2. Ruxa, Patient Professor
    3. Guardian Augmenter
    4. Curiosity Crafter
    5. Esix, Fractal Bloom
    6. Theoretical Duplication
    7. Oversimplify
    8. Paradox Zone
  3. Cards
4. QUANTUM QUANDRIX
5. Summary - What did you think of these decks? Which are you the most excited to play? Did we miss any cards you like from each deck?
Main Topic - Strixhaven Commander 2021 (Part 1)
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Strixhaven Top 8 - Ep89 Apr 07, 2021

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Ep 89 Community Spotlight:
1. Top 3 Mystical Archive
2. Disclaimer: We are recording this on the penultimate day of previews, so it’s entirely possible there’s some awesome stuff we haven’t seen yet, if so, let us know!
3. Over / Under - Ryan’s Turn to set it
4. Top 8 Strixhaven
5. Summary - What did you think of our picks? Did we miss any of your favorite cards from Strixhaven?
Main Topic - Top 8 Strixhaven
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An Infectious Chat with Craig Blanchette - Ep88 Mar 31, 2021

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12. @Scraignoth - 40:04
Ep 88 Community Spotlight:
1. What’s your MtG Origin story?
2. 1. How did you become known as Mr. Infect?
  2. What was the very first Commander deck you ever made?
  3. What is your favorite deck to date? Also, is it blinged out? What kind of bling do you like most foil/old border/beta/etc?
  1. The time you built decks for everyone. Can you tell us any stories about this?
  2. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_tpwggl74
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3olyqHMah9Q
  3. The Love Actually parody. This legitimately cracked me up!
  4. What’s it like to work on GameKnights and the Command Zone podcast?
3. There’s been a couple of fun moments with you on GameNights
  1. What do you want to say to the folks out there that think Infect Damage should be increased above 10?
  2. What is your process for building an infect deck?
    1. Joshua Swope asks: “What is a fun way you've forced infect in a non-infect deck?”
    2. Scraignoth asks: “You've made a name for yourself playing a mechanic which a number of people felt was unfair or should be banned. What advice do you have for players who are going through similar "community" pressures to change how they play?”
  3. Questions from Patrons
4. I think we have to talk about infect
  1. Do you often start with a Commander and go from there?
  2. Do you start with an idea and then find a Commander?
  3. Do preview cards get your brewing juices flowing?
  4. Sometimes I get inspired by watching some content, and think, that would be a really cool deck to build. Does this happen to you?
5. Let’s talk about your deck building process in general
  1. How many/which decks have you brewed during quarantine?
  2. How often are you playing these days?
6. How has Magic been for you during the pandemic?
7. General spot for Craig to talk about whatever
8. Summary - Thanks for coming on the show!
Main Topic - Craig Blanchette
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Orvar, the All-Form Deck Tech - Ep87 Mar 24, 2021

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Ep 87 Community Spotlight:
1. Explain how it’s “one or more” but only get to make a copy of one thing.
  1. Shapeshifter Tribal
  2. 1. This would be kinda similar to some builds of Mistform Ultimus
    2. 1. https://edhrec.com/commanders/mistform-ultimus
      2. Thanks to Lenny for suggesting I look at Mistform Ultimus on EDHRec
      3. Basically taking advantage of having a lot of creatures in your deck that are ALL creature types. Think Azami, Lady of Scrolls here
    1. This one is kinda different from shapeshifter tribal, in that you could go all in on flavor here and just have all kinds of clone effects, including things like Mirrorpool and Glasspool Mimic
  3. Copy/Clone Tribal
    1. Kharsonist - https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/orvar-cedh/
    2. Sarinar - https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/orvar-the-cedh-form/
  4. cEDH combo
    1. Commander Replay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3FnO3_UFW4
    2. 1. 5 Caged Suns!
  5. Creating lots of copies of powerful permanents
2. There are lots of ways to build this deck!
  1. Here’s the list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6uk6QfbKo0OVAkcCXgOQ0A
  2. There’s just so many different cool things you can do with this card, that I decided to just jam them all together! So let’s talk about some of the categories, and some of the neat things you can do.
    1. These are kind of the “vegetables” for this deck, like they are the cards that make your Commander work. If you’re going the more cEDH route, these might be the most important cards to consider in your deck. Figuring out how many of these to play will be tricky.
      1. I put “target permanent” in the first tier because I want to do the Locus thing. Read Cloudpost and Glimmerpost here
      2. Clockspinning
      3. Dream's Grip
      4. Gigadrowse
      5. Hydroblast
      6. Mind Games
      7. Moonlace
      8. Thermal Flux
      9. Whim of Volrath
      10. Ghostly Flicker (This is Tier one because you can target Archeomancer and another card, and make a copy of the other card, AND have Archeomancer get back the Ghostly Flicker
    2. Tier 1 - Target Permanent
      1. Aquitect's Will
      2. Cerulean Wisps
      3. Chilling Trap
      4. Fleeting Distraction
      5. Leap
      6. Shadow Rift
      7. Stream of Unconsciousness
      8. Twisted Image
    3. Tier 2 - Cantrip
      1. Enervate
      2. Reality Ripple
      3. Displace
      4. Capsize
    4. Tier 3 - Costs more than 1 (not including Ghostly Flicker)
  3. Cheap cards that target permanents (Not sorted within tiers)
    1. Sapphire Medallion
    2. Baral, Chief of Compliance
    3. Jace’s Sanctum
    4. High Tide
    5. Caged Sun
  4. Mana Cost reducers
    1. Spark Double
    2. Mirage Mirror (Deece ++)
    3. Mirrormade
    4. Phyrexian Metamorph
    5. Sakashima the Imposter
    6. Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
    7. Clever Impersonator
  5. Sweet Shapeshifter/Clone flavor
    1. Spellseeker
    2. Isochron Scepter (no Dramatic Reversal in here)
    3. Tribute Mage, which gets Isochron Scepter or Sapphire Medallion)
    4. Muddle the Mixture which also gets Isochron or Medallion)
  6. cEDH Combo potential
    1. Caged Sun
    2. Staff of Nin
    3. Coveted Jewel (This might not make the final deck, or it might belong in the cEDH category)
    4. Gilded Lotus
    5. Tidespout Tyrant
    6. Draining Whelk
  7. Powerful cards to Copy
    1. Whelming Wave
    2. Glimpse the Cosmos
    3. Galecaster Colossus
    4. Keeper of the Nine Gales
    5. Docent of Perfection
    6. Knowledge Exploitation
    7. Stoneforge Masterwork
    8. Thing in the Ice
    9. Seahunter (Could totally make this a merfolk deck!)
    10. Oathkeeper, Takeno’s Daisho
  8. Sweet Changeling Synergy
3. So which way did I build it? All of them!
4. Summary - How cool is Orvar, the All-Form? Do you think you might want to build a version of this? If so, how would you build it. If you’ve got a list that you’re playing, let us know! Any sweet cards we missed?
Main Topic - Orvar, the All-Form
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High Powered Decks - Ep86 Mar 17, 2021

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Ep 86 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: This is not the only way to play EDH, people can and should play this game the way that makes them and their playgroup the most happy. That being said, it’s sometimes fun to see how far you can push the limits. Also, it’s often nice to have an assortment of different power levels, so that you can play in any pod, and maybe also great if it’s the end of the evening, and you don’t quite have time for a longer game.
  1. A deck that brushes up against cEDH. Maybe a 1-or-2 holds barred instead of no holds barred? A deck that tries to be super powerful, while remaining just shy of cEDH.
  2. Disclaimer: Neither Zack nor Ryan are cEDH experts, so we may get some of this wrong, but we think it’s a useful framework for a discussion
2. What is a “High Powered Deck”?
  1. This might be a way to intentionally restrain yourself, and as we know restrictions can breed creativity
    1. Cheap Interaction
    2. 1. Most decks play some of this already, example: Swords to Plowshares
      1. Stuff like Winter Orb and Armageddon, or wheels + Hullbreacher/Narset, Parter of Veils
    3. Stax pieces
      1. Stuff like Aven Mindcensor or Dranith Magistrate
    4. Hate Bears
    5. I think you can include some of the above in any of the variations of Pick 2, although you always want to make sure you’re having the Rule 0 discussion, especially if going the Stax route!
  2. cEDH is built upon a few different pillars. The 3 we just mentioned are probably some of the most important. Here are some others
3. Fast Mana/Tutors/Combo: Pick 2
  1. I thought it might be fun for us to power rank the different variations on the fly, so listed in no particular order are
  2. 1. Fast Mana + Tutors
    2. Fast Mana + Combo
    3. Tutors + Combo
4. Which to choose?
  1. Fast Mana + Combo
  2. 1. This seems like one of the more difficult builds to pull off. You’ll want to have lots of different redundant combos, because without tutors, you may not see all the right pieces
    2. Lots of card draw to help you assemble your combo pieces
    3. Also, self mill can be a way to “virtually draw” a lot of cards if you have lots of ways to recur things from your graveyard
      1. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Phyrexian Devourer
      2. Niv-Mizzet (Parun or Firemind) + Curiosity
      3. Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Mind Over Matter
      4. Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host
    4. This might also include a deck that has a single card combo with the Commander
    1. This would be a deck that tutors for answers to specific board states, it doesn’t tutor for combo pieces.
    2. Sometimes a deck may want to include a lot of fast mana if the “Mana Value” of the Commander is medium to high.
    3. Some of my first Commander decks were this way, with a TON of tutors, and lots of mana rocks/dorks, and just general good stuff, or cards that had high synergy with the Commander.
    4. This is the type of deck where you really restrict yourself from playing any combos, and you get super sad when you accidentally find a combo.
  3. Fast Mana + Tutors
    1. I think this one depends on where you draw the line for “Fast Mana”. Does Sol Ring Count? Signets? Normal Commander Ramp? This one might be the closest to cEDH, especially depending on how cheap the combo pieces are (Think Thassa’s Oracle + Demonic Consultation)
    2. I think most players will allow for normal commander ramp in this category.
    3. Personally, I think Tutors and Combo should be the strongest of the options, but in my experience it’s not always worked out.
    4. I think the density of combos and tutors you are running factors in here as well. If you’re running like one combo and two ways to tutor it, you’re probably going to have a rough time.
  4. Tutors + Combo
    1. Zack
    2. 1. Yawgmoth has tutors (Demonic, Vampiric, Grim, Recurring Insight, Doomsday) and combos. Aetherfux/Bolas’ Citadel/Divining Top. The only “fast mana” I run is Sol Ring, etc.
      2. Thrasios / Tormod has combos, but no form of fast mana or tutoring. I’ve considered making this sultai and adding tutors.
      1. I just brewed Samut, Voice of Dissent after watching Joe Johnson play his version on “I Hate Your Deck” Normally, I pull back quite a bit on cards I include in a deck. For example, Survival of the Fittest and/or Worldy Tutor would probably be quite good in my Ashaya, Soul of the Wild deck, but I chose not to include them. I decided I really wanted to go all-out on the Samut deck, so it’s got all kinds of nice cards in it. I intentionally avoided combos, so no Kikki-Jikki + Felidar Sovereign. This deck falls into the “Fast Mana + Tutors” permutation
      2. I’ve got Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Mind Over Matter as mentioned above
      3. My Winota, Joiner of Forces is close to cEDH, but mostly just in how quickly it can win. It’s got a decent amount of Fast Mana, and has so many token generators, that it consistently has a lot of creatures to attack and get Winota triggers with that it feels “combo-y”
      4. Emry has “Fast Mana + Combo”
    3. Ryan
  5. Let’s see if any of our decks fall into this category!
5. Let’s talk about what the different variations might look like
Main Topic - High Powered Decks
Summary - We hope you found this an interesting way to think about decks on the more powerful side of the EDH spectrum.Do you have any builds that fit squarely into one of the 3 variations we outlined?
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A Chat with Rachel Weeks - Ep85 Mar 03, 2021

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Ep 85 Community Spotlight:
1. Introduction
2. 1. Rachel is definitely an amazing community member who is always engaging with her folks on twitter and is a genuinely positive influence on the community!
  2. Her podcast The Commander’s Sphere is both hilarious and poignant regarding EDH and the community.
  3. You may have also seen her appear twice on GameKnights, the first time winning with a Boros deck!
  1. How did you get into the game?
3. MtG Origin Story
  1. What prompted you to get into content creation?
  2. How did you and Dan come up with the idea for The Commander’s Sphere?
4. MtG Content Creator Origin Story
  1. Does your MtG persona affect your comedy?
5. How is your career as a comedian going?
  1. Were you totally proud to be the first ever winner with a Boros deck
  2. What was filming like?
6. How was being on GameKnights (twice!)?
  1. What do you feel like your personal mission is now that you’re a part of the CAG?
  2. Has it changed from what it was before
7. How did you come to be on the CAG?
  1. All of your playmats on inked gaming are awesome!
    1. What kind of stuff do they have you working on?
  2. Working for CFB
8. Your Graphic Design is awesome
  1. If so how did it compare to regular EDH.
9. Have you ever played or considered playing cEDH?
  1. For as long as I’ve known you, it seems like you always play decks that are not always what people expect. You seem to like to do things your own way, can you go into this process a little bit?
    1. A Definitive System For Power Ranking
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    3. Lasagna Tier EDH: Explained
  2. Lasagna Tier episodes from The Commander Sphere
10. Mini-topic: How do you go about deck building.
Main Topic - Rachel Weeks!

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Warm Blankets - Ep84 Feb 24, 2021

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Ep 84 Community Spotlight:
1. What is a warm blanket card?
2. 1. Pretty much a reactionary card that can save your bacon. These will be at instant speed for the most part.
3. There’s nothing quite like that feeling when you’re holding one of these cards. Yeah, things can still go wrong for you, and yes counterspells exist, but knowing that you’ve got a plan for whatever comes you way, brings me a warm snuggly type feeling.
4. These types of cards are one of the big reasons I like playing at instant speed
5. Running a lot of these cards can bog your deck down, and they aren’t often great in aggro style decks. You want to make sure you don’t go too far overboard with these, because you can be left with a deck that “can’t loose” but doesn’t really have a “plan to win” and some folks don’t enjoy playing against decks like that.
6. Ways to protect your board, or protect your combo could go here as well.
  1. One of the benefits of cards like this is that you only use them when you need to.
  2. This is kinda the other side of the boardwipe coin. Basically, most boardwipes, you have to divine your opponent’s intentions, and go ahead and use them if the board is getting a little bit messy, or if you’re in a meta with a bunch of “wild cards”. With these types of cards, you only use them when you’re being attacked.
  3. If you’re known for playing cards like this, people may less often attack into you when you’ve got open mana. This is pure gravy when you have other things you can do with your mana at instant speed, like say cast a stunt double, or activate Kenrith, the Returned King. Vedalken Orrery is a good card for a reason.
  4. Often times, these cards can catch opponents unaware, and really leave them open for business
7. Building a reputation for “Always having an answer”
  1. White
  2. 1. Teferi’s Protection
    2. Swords to Plowshares/Path to Exile
    3. Comeuppance
    4. Selfless Squire
    5. Reverse Damage
    6. Honorable Passage
    7. Eye for an Eye
    8. Selfless Spirit
    1. Counterspells
    2. Illusionist’s Gambit
    3. Aetherize
    4. Evacuation
    5. Cyclonic Rift
    6. Misdirection
    7. Commandeer
  3. Blue
    1. Sudden Spoiling
    2. Darkness
    3. Simulacrum
    4. Imp’s Mischief
  4. Black
    1. Chaos Warp
    2. Electrodominance
    3. Tibalt’s Trickery
    4. Sneak Attack
  5. Red
    1. Constant Mists
    2. Arachnogenesis
    3. Spike Weaver + Genesis in your graveyard
    4. Obscuring Haze
    5. Crop Rotation + Maze of Ith
  6. Green
    1. Deflecting Palm
    2. Ice-Fang Coatl
  7. Gold
    1. Trading Post
    2. Nuisance Engine
  8. Artifact
    1. Maze of Ith
    2. Kor Haven
    3. Kher Keep
    4. Glacial Chasm
  9. Land
8. Examples
Main Topic - Warm Blankets
Summary - Are you a warm blanket enthusiast? Do you prefer to forgo stuff like this for more aggressive potential? What are some of your favorite blankets?
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Jorn, God of Winter Deck Tech - Ep83 Feb 10, 2021

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Ep 82 Community Spotlight:
1. Of all the things I love in magic, Sultai, snow lands, and mana doubling are pretty high up there. So after Ryan and I spoke about Jorn, God of Winter last week it got my gears going and I built this deck.
2. Disclaimer: This is the first draft, so I can’t guarantee it will work great, but I think it will be fun. I also want to note that this is 100% a combo deck, so keep that in mind.
3. Decklist - https://archidekt.com/decks/1144778#Salty_Snow_Sultai
  1. Jorn, God of Winter // Kaldring, the Rimestaff
4. Commander
  1. Maze of Ith
  2. Sculptor of Winter
  3. Rime Tender
  4. Frost Raptor
  5. Ice-Fang Coatl
5. Commander Synergy
  1. Heartbeat of Spring
  2. Mana Reflection
  3. Dictate of Karametra
6. Mana Doublers
  1. Horn of Greed
  2. Tatyova, Benthic druid
  3. Rhystic Study
  4. Consecrated Sphinx
  5. Stroke of Genius
7. Draw
  1. Feed the Swarm
  2. Assassin's Trophy
  3. Vraska's Contempt
  4. Putrefy
  5. Force of Vigor
8. Single Target Removal
  1. Dead of Winter
  2. Blood on the Snow
9. Mass Removal
  1. Crop Rotation
  2. Sylvan Scrying
  3. Gyre Engineer
  4. The usual ramp package
10. Ramp
  1. Fierce Guardianship
  2. Swan Song
  3. Mystic Confluence
  4. Mana Drain
  5. Negate
11. Counterspells
  1. Vedalken Orrery
  2. Leyline of Anticipation
12. Flex
  1. Sakura-Tribe Scout / Llanowar Scout / Skyshroud Ranger / Walking Atlas + Retreat to Coralhelm + Karoo Land
13. Infinite Landfall
  1. Freed from the Real / Gyre Engineer
  2. Basalt Monolith / Rings of Brighthearth
  3. Infinite Landfall + Lotus Cobra
14. Infinite Mana
  1. Infinite Turns
  2. 1. Mystical Tutor + Seasons Past + Time Warp
    1. Sakura-Tribe Scout / Llanowar Scout / Skyshroud Ranger /Walking Atlas + Retreat to Hagra + Karoo Land
  3. Kill Table + Gain infinite Life
    1. Infinite Landfall + Zendikar's Roil
  4. Infinite 2/2’s
15. Other Combos
  1. Stroke of Genius + Thassa’s Oracle
  2. Torment of Hailfire
  3. Exsanguinate
16. Mana Sinks
  1. Dark Depths + Thespian’s Stage
  2. Marit Lage's Slumber
17. Other WinCons
  1. Glacial Revelation
  2. Aqueous Form
  3. Tyrite Sanctum
  4. Sunstone
  5. Mouth of Ronom
  6. Narfi, Betrayer King
18. Cards Ryan would add!
  1. Winter Orb
  2. Static Orb
  3. Back to Basics
19. If you want to be mean:
Main Topic - Salty Snow Sultai
Summary - So this is my combo-tastic mana doubling seems totally fun to me. Yes there are a lot of combos, but they all require quite a bit of setup and you can scale the power up or down based on the number of tutors you run by removing some of the combos we talked about and adding other good stuff.
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Kaldheim Top 8 - Ep82 Feb 03, 2021

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Ep 82 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: We aren’t including the Pathway lands in our lists
2. Set the over/under - Zack’s turn to set it
Main Topic - Kaldheim Top 8
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Unique Commander Builds - Ep81 Jan 27, 2021

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Ep 81 Community Spotlight:
1. MtG Origin Story
  1. Mono-White Chulane
  2. Gumball Urza
2. What are some fun decks you’ve built?
  1. Do you start with the commander or the 99?
  2. Or maybe some out-of-left-field concept?
3. Deck building Process
  1. What can folks out there do, if they want to try their hand at making a unique deck?
4. How do you get your inspiration?
5. Does being up front and telling everyone your self-imposed restrictions actually work? I mean this as: Do people actually leave you alone? Or do you still draw a lot of hate?
  1. What makes a Commander “too good?”
    1. Urza for sure
  2. Which Commanders currently fit the “too good” mold?
6. Is part of this the whole seeing a “busted commander” previewed, and then realizing you won’t have fun building it normally, but still wanting to experience this card?
7. How do you find these wonderfully weird and obscure cards?
8. Is there anything you feel like you do differently than most players?
Main Topic - Lenny’s deck Building 101
Summary - Building unique decks can be a fun experience, it can also stretch your creativity, which just might make you a better deck builder overall. What are some of the most cool/unique deck concepts you’ve built yourself, or even just played against?
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New Players Rule! - Ep80 Jan 20, 2021

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Ep 80 Community Spotlight:
1. Today we’re talking about rules new and old players alike might get hung up on. Magic is a complicated game, made even more complicated by the fact that we shortcut things. Today we’re going to go over some patron submitted things that players might get hung up on.
  1. +1/+1 counters and -1/1- counter negate one another.
  2. Ie. If a creature has 2 +1/+1 counters on it if one becomes removed with yawgmoth for example, it will be left with a single +1/+1 counter.
  3. This can matter for cards like Marchesa, the Black Rose, or any creature with Persist or Undying
2. Interaction between -1/-1 vs +1/+1 counters
  1. Mention the shortcut here. This can be quite confusing for new players that haven’t played on digital platform where you MUST go through all of the motions.
3. Attacking:
  1. https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Combat_phase
  2. Beginning of Combat Step
  3. Declare Attackers Step
  4. Declare blockers step
    1. If there is First or Double strike the combat phase is extended to have another combat damage step.
  5. Combat Damage step
  6. End of Combat step
  7. Talk about the card Reconnaissance here.
4. Combat Phases
  1. Trample creatures assign lethal damage to all creatures blocking them, and then the rest carries over
    1. Ball Lightning vs Llanowar Elf
  2. Simple example:
5. Trample
  1. Static Ability
  2. 702.2b - A creature with toughness greater than 0 that’s been dealt damage by a source with deathtouch since the last time state-based actions were checked is destroyed as a state-based action
6. Deathtouch
  1. As we mentioned above “Trample creatures assign lethal damage to all creatures blocking them, and then the rest carries over”
    1. Aggressive Mammoth (8/8 Trample)
      1. Mammoth is blocked by:
      2. Hill Giant x3
      3. What do you think happens?
    2. Ohran Frostfang
  2. Here’s the thing, even one damage from a creature with deathtouch is considered lethal (702.2c), so here’s a scenario:
7. Trample + Deathtouch.
  1. Think of these as creatures with spears, or some other long weapon
  2. Black Knight vs Grizzly Bear
8. First Strike
  1. This creature deals First strike damage, and then normal damage. This can cause deals damage triggers to happen twice.
  2. 1. Prophetic Flamespeaker
9. Double Strike
  1. This is NOT bringing a creature back from your graveyard, but it would make sense if it was...
  2. This has mostly been replaced by “Becomes indestructible until end of turn”
    1. It’s a replacement effect
      1. Remove all damage marked on it
      2. Tap it
      3. If it’s an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat
    2. The next time ~ would be destroyed, instead:
  3. Regenerate does a few things.
10. Regenerate
11. Mind control effects and the summoning sickness the creature gets when you control it.
  1. https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rulestips/2012/08/multiplayer-monday-what-happens-when-a-player-leaves-the-game/
    1. (i.e., library, hand, exile, battlefield, graveyard, command, stack)
  2. all objects OWNED by that player leave the game.
  3. all control effects controlled by that player end
  4. anything still controlled by that player gets exiled.
12. What happens when players leave the game?
  1. A zone. The stack is the zone in which spells, activated abilities, and triggered abilities wait to resolve. See rule 405, “Stack.”
  2. FILO or LIFO (they mean the same thing)
  3. Spells and abilities are put on top of the stack as the first step is being played, and are removed from it as the last step of resolving.
  4. Any spell or ability that uses the stack can be 'responded to' by all players, meaning players have a chance to play spells and abilities with it still on the stack.
  5. Since the stack resolves in order from top to bottom, those spells and abilities will resolve before the spell they were played "in response" to. Spells and abilities on the stack resolve one at a time, with a chance for each player to play spells and abilities in between each resolution.
  6. Actions that do not use the stack, such as paying costs, playing mana abilities, or turning a face-down creature with morph face-up, cannot be responded to.
13. The stack
  1. Players get priority
  2. Holding Priority (this can be tough on Arena, but it can be done!)
  3. Priority is the right to cast a spell, activate an ability, or take a special action.
  4. Players can't cast spells, activate abilities or take special actions at a time when they do not have priority.
  5. The player with priority may put as many spells or abilities on the stack as they wish, but before anything can resolve all players must "pass priority" without adding anything further to the stack.
  6. Priority starts with the player who takes the first action, then rotates clockwise to each player.
14. Priority
  1. State-based actions are game actions that happen when any of a set of improper conditions arise in the game. Whenever a player would gain priority, state-based actions first check for certain game conditions. If any of those conditions are met, the necessary actions are carried out simultaneously as a single event. Then, any triggered abilities go on the stack and the check is repeated. Once no conditions for state-based actions exist, the appropriate player gains priority.
  2. 1. List of State Based actions can be found here: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/State-based_action
15. State Based Actions
Main Topic - Rules

Summary
1. Hopefully these rules have been helpful. What rules confused you as a new player? What rules still confuse you?
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Kaldheim Previews - Ep79 Jan 13, 2021

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1. Patron of the Week: Micah Manthei
  1. Winner will get 3 packs of Kaldheim
2. Patreon Contest - What are your MtG new year’s resolutions?
3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
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4. Case - @case_vickers
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1. @case_vickers
2. @MothershipGames - 4:58
3. @scryfall - 5:35
4. @MTGMoo - 13:16
5. @schmandrewart - 21:38
6. @jfwong - 22:30
7. @WotC_Matt - 28:37
8. @MtgProphet - 42:01
Ep 79 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: So we’re talking about the new MtG set coming out on Feb 5th. This episode is only going to discuss cards previewed by Saturday Jan 9th and shown on scryfall at the time of recording. .
2. This week we have a special guest, Case Vickers, one of our patrons!
3. Case’s MtG origin story and discussion about his connection to the set
4. Web - Fiction
5. Kaldheim Fest video with Jimmy Wong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPuibfU7Xjc
Main Topic - Kaldheim

New Mechanics

1. Foretell - During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile a card with foretell from your hand face down. You may cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.
2. Boast - Activated ability.a player can only activate the boast ability after the creature with the ability attacks and at most once each turn.
Cards to discuss

White

Halvar, God of Battle / Sword of the Realm
Valkyrie Harbinger
Sigrid, God-Favored

Blue

Absorb Identity
Alrund, God of the Cosmos / Hakka, Whispering Raven
Reflections of Littjara

Black

1. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
2. Elderfang Ritualist
1. Goldspan Dragon
2. Magda, Brazen Outlaw
3. Surtland Flinger
Red

Green

Canopy Tactician
Realmwalker
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Multi-Color

Valki, God of Lies / Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter
1. As you cascade, you check the front face’s mana cost to see when you hit a qualifying cmc. Once you do, you can cast either face of that card - Matt Tabak - @WotC_Matt
2. https://twitter.com/WotC_Matt/status/1347319802356928512
Rampage of the Valkyries
Esika, God of the Tree
Koma, Cosmos Serpent

Artifacts

Pyre of Heroes

Lands

1. 1. Pathways
  2. Snow Duals
  3. The World Tree
  1. Snow matters effects
  2. More Praetors
2. What we want to see in the set
Summary - What do you think of Kaldheim so far? Any cards you’re planning on including in your current decks?
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Starting Commander in 2020 - Ep78 Dec 30, 2020

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2. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52knenkwOoE
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1. @MTGMoo - 00:08
2. @MothershipGames - 9:20
3. @10sley2 - 10:50, 20:00, 23:30, 33:12, 58:13
4. @case_vickers - 10:50, 14:27
5. @MtgProphet - 10:50, 36:27, 41:55, 50:43
6. @nateethegreattt - 10:50, 24:38, 31:40, 55:07
7. @edhrec - 15:29, 49:55
8. @MTGMuddstah - 16:42
9. @CasuallyMTG - 17:17, 25:10, 38:15
10. @jeremynoell - 18:32
11. @goberthicks - 18:32
12. @ManaCurves - 18:32
13. @thespikefeeders - 18:32
14. @LennyWooley - 38:34, 44:15, 1:03:46
15. @schmandrewart - 38:34
16. @commandcast - 52:12
17. @TheTokenOtaku - 53:36
18. @OrzhovDunn - 1:01:31
19. @JasonEAlt - 1:01:31
20. @CMDRCentral_Max - 1:01:16, 1:03:46
21. @GingerJ0E - 1:01:16, 1:03:46
22. @JqlGirl - 1:01:36, 1:03:19, 1:03:46
23. @JoshLeeKwai - 1:06:15
Ep 78 Community Spotlight:
1. Moo’s Story - How Moo got into magic.
  1. How did you learn how to play
  2. How has it been starting to play via Spelltable for the most part?
    1. Singleton vs 4x
  3. How do you feel having started MtG via Commander vs 60 card magic?
2. Basic Questions
  1. What was your first deck?
  2. Discuss entering the playgroup and how your decks affected it.
  3. What’s your latest deck?
  4. How did Zack and Prophet (outsiders) joining the playgroup affect dynamics?
3. Understanding Power Levels and Playgroup Dynamics
  1. What’s the most important part of a Commander deck?
4. How do you go about building decks?
  1. Is anything overpowered
  2. Do you feel anything is underpowered?
  3. What’s the most powerful magic card?
5. What do you think of the current state of Commander?
6. How did you get started steaming?
Main Topic - Starting Commander in 2020
Summary - Did you start playing mtg in 2020? Was your experience like Moo’s? Let us know your story if you started in 2020 or in 1994!
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Ryan's Gameplay Stats for 2020 - Ep77 Dec 23, 2020

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1. @Slapdashh - 1:16
2. @CMDRCentral_Max - 1:16, 31:28, 37:01, 55:09
3. @ATXLights - 7:30
4. @MothershipGames - 10:52, 19:46, 21:28, 56:57, 58:20
5. @CCOPodcast - 13:05
6. @dpkrausejr - 14:48, 18:05, 28:12, 31:28, 34:38, 44:18, 45:29, 49:06
7. @emeraldtavern - 20:28
8. @danaroach - 29:58
9. @ChannelFireball - 30:52, 1:01:50
10. @LennyWooley - 31:28, 36:36, 52:46, 1:09:00
11. @TRayburn - 31:28, 36:47, 54:15, 56:01
12. @MikeMac389 - 35:45, 1:07:17
13. @chrisvondoom1 - 35:45
14. @MtgProphet - 36:47
15. @Jrowny - 51:58
16. Adam Christ - 51:58
17. @boltthebirdmtg - 54:15
18. @GingerJ0E - 55:09
19. @atfloury - 59:17, 1:08:15
20. @WurmCoyleEngine - 59:17
21. @TheTokenOtaku - 1:02:44
22. @CraigBlanchette - 1:03:36
23. @jfwong - 1:03:36
24. @JoshLeeKwai - 1:03:36
25. @schmandrewart - 1:04:12
26. @MTGMoo - 1:04:12
27. @AltersAlk - 1:04:12
28. @InklinCustoms - 1:04:12
29. @andyhullbone - 1:05:37
30. @mikecarrozza - 1:05:37
31. @PKP_Magic - 1:08:15
Ep 77 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: None of the #CMRLegends league games were recorded in my spreadsheet. I made the decision not to record them, not sure if it was the correct one, but it’s what I went with. I also didn’t record any 2 player games
  1. This has been a rough year for everyone, and I know a lot of folks might not have kept up with recording their games, just because it was just too much, and I’m sure many of our listeners out there just plain didn’t get to play very much magic this year. I know Ryan Peneff has internet consistency troubles, and that just made playing for him (at least much of the year) not very feasible. All that is to say, I hope that going over my stats for the year can maybe help folks at home live vicariously
  2. I compiled the data into a spreadsheet (huge shoutout to @dpkrausejr !)
    1. This was actually kinda fun, as it let me re-live some of the cool moments of the year.
  3. I recorded all the games on my phone, and then pretty much took 3-4 days to transfer them over in the last week.
  4. Try recording your games in 2021, it can be a bit of an inconvenience, but it does give you something to do while you’re waiting for your turn to come back around :)
2. Recording your own games
  1. How many total games do you think I played?
  2. 1. Have to do this one first, because the savvy math peeps at home will be able to deduce this by the answers to the following questions
  3. How many games do you think were in person vs on webcam?
  4. How many different places do you think I played at?
3. Location, Location, Location
  1. How many different decks do you think I played?
  2. 1. Decks and how many times I played them
    2. 1. Including deck win percentages
4. Deck Diversity
  1. How many different opponents?
  2. Who did I play with the most? (besides Zack)
  3. How many games did I play with Zack?
  4. Who has the best win percentage against me?
5. Opponents
  1. Which did I play against the most? And how many times?
  2. 1. Go over chart in detail
6. Commanders played against
  1. Games played over time (chart)
  2. Number of players per game 3,4,5,6
  3. Percentage that the player that went first won? (again, thanks for including this Dan!)
  4. My overall win percentage?
7. Other stats
  1. This was such a crazy and DIFFERENT year for playing Commander. Want to give a huge shoutout to Jon Rowny and Adam Christ, as I really think SpellTable made Commander as good as it could possibly be this year.
8. Stats as compared to last year
  1. MF Austin, and being Guests of Channel Fireball
  2. GP Zack’s House
  3. Remembering that final in person game with Amelia and her boyfriend Thomas (Weird to think that was the last time I was inside our LGS on 3/5/2020)
  4. Playing on stream with the creators of SpellTable
    1. Maybe I show my notes for this game, and we see how much Zack remembers it?
  5. Streaming with Andy and Coyle from Guardian project
  6. Command Fest Online 2, shoutout to Channel Fireball
  7. Getting to play a game with Josh and Amber
  8. Getting to play a game with Craig Blanchette and a Patron
  9. Streaming with Schmandrew Art
    1. Mike’s Record - https://open.spotify.com/album/6B5kSbXpiXpWuwpWfCDMJC?si=TOh8U6-3T5Ke-mwIrRIcmw
  10. Streaming with Andy Hull and Mike Carrozza
  11. Getting to stream with our patrons every week!
9. Cool Moments
Main Topic - Ryan's Stats for 2020
1. Do you record your own games? Do you think you might want to next year? Let us know! What did you think about this show? Was it interesting to hear stats about Ryan’s 2020 experience? If you were recording your own games, what are some other stats you’d like to know?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Top 8 Cards of 2020 - Ep76 Dec 16, 2020

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3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
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You can find us on Twitter
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TheTokenOtaku - 1:26
2. @BentzMr - 1:26, 16:07
3. @atfloury - 3:35
4. @MothershipGames - 8:49
5. @scryfall - 12:14
6. @schmandrewart - 21:23
7. @MTGGoldfish - 30:50
8. @CCOPodcast - 39:51
9. @edhrec - 43:13
10. @MtgProphet - 1:00:57
Ep 76 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: These are only new cards printed in 2020
2. 1. Disclaimer 2: I had kinda forgotten about Unsanctioned: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Unsanctioned, our lists will NOT be taking into account any silver-bordered cards
  2. Disclaimer 3. We will probably not include any legendary creatures in this list, unless they are just so spectacular in the 99.
  3. Disclaimer 4: We looked at only rares/mythic rares, but 1228 non-reprint cards this year, ONLY 495 if you bring that to rare/mythic (142 of these are legendary creatures)
  1. Total cards 495
3. Scryfall Search: https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29+-is%3Areprint+year%3D2020&as=grid&order=name
4. Over/Under - Ryan’s turn to set it
5. On to the lists!
  1. Migration Path
  2. Reconnaissance Mission
  3. Soul-Guide Lantern
  4. Feed the Swarm
  5. Village Rites
  6. Gala Ged Recovery
  7. Roiling Regrowth
  8. Malakir Rebirth
  9. Ram Through
  10. Silundi Vision
6. Notable commons/uncommons
  1. Triomes
  2. Pathways
  3. Crowd Lands
  4. War Room
7. Notable lands
Main Topic - Top 8 Cards of 2020
1. How did we do? Did your favorite card from 2020 make our lists? What does your top 8 list look like?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Top 8 Commanders of 2020 - Ep75 Dec 09, 2020

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 7:28, 22:48
2. @scryfall - 9:46
3. @commandcast - 19:58
4. @blairwitchgreen - 32:38
5. @LennyWooley - 54:47, 57:20
6. @MtgProphet - 54:47
7. @MikeMac389 - 55:50
Ep 75 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: These are only new commanders printed in 2020
2. 1. Disclaimer 2: I had kinda forgotten about Unsanctioned: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Unsanctioned, our lists will NOT be taking into account any silver-bordered cards
  1. Couldn’t figure out how to exclude silver-bordered cards.
    1. 2019 = 79
    2. 2018 = 101
    3. 2017 = 55
    4. 2016 = 50
    5. 2015 = 45
    6. 2014 = 39
    7. 2013 = 38
    8. 2012 = 20
    9. 2011 = 28 (15 were in the Commander precons)
    10. 2010 = 14
    11. 2009 = 13
    12. 2008 = 16
    13. 2007 = 29
    14. 2006 = 36
    15. 2005 = 64
    16. 2004 = 52
    17. 2003 = 8
    18. 2002 = 16
    19. 2001 = 12
    20. 2000 = 23
  2. 192 results, minus 6 silver-bordered 186 legends to choose from! That’s a LOT!!! (137 are Rare or Mythic)
    1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=is%3Acommander
    2. Roughly 18% of all Commanders were released THIS YEAR
  3. Total cards that “can be your commander (1071 - this includes silver-bordered)
3. Scryfall Search: https://scryfall.com/search?q=-is%3Areprint+is%3Acommander+year%3D2020&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
4. Over/Under - Zack’s turn to set it
5. On to the lists!
Main Topic - Top 8 Commanders of 2020
1. How did we do? Did your favorite Commander from 2020 make our lists? What does your top 8 list look like?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Holiday Gift Guide - Ep74 Dec 02, 2020

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1. Patron of the week: Jared Birdseye
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52knenkwOoE
2. Patreon Contest - Tell us what you want for Christmas, or the best ever gift (not necessarily Christmas) that you have ever given or received. You could win a Commander Legends Collector Booster.
3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
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You can find us on Twitter
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @ScaredJared - 1:31
2. @MTGMoo - 1:08, 28:40
3. @CommandersBrew - 3:04
4. @andyhullbone - 4:06
5. @mikecarrozza - 4:06
6. @MothershipGames - 9:47
7. @kajafoglio - 25:02
8. @FoglioPhil - 25:02
9. @OriginalMtGArt - 25:25, 28:48, 41:34
10. @GingerJ0E - 25:36
11. @InkedGaming - 27:03, 29:29, 50:57
12. @UrsaBearwalker - 27:03
13. @wachelreeks - 27:48
14. @schmandrewart - 28:09
15. @postrk - 28:48
16. @UltimateGuard - 29:29, 33:29
17. @TolarianCollege - 32:13, 54:43
18. @UltraProIntl - 32:12, 32:43
19. @kmcsleevesusa - 34:35
20. @DragonShield_ - 34:46
21. @infinitokens - 36:59
22. @MTGProShop - 42:47
23. @danaroach - 43:43, 49:33
24. @realCardsphere - 44:44
25. @CCOPodcast - 47:34, 50:14
26. @Revelens_Light - 47:34
27. @CMDRCentral - 47:34
28. @TRayburn - 48:57
29. @CMDRCentral_Max - 48:57, 49:33, 52:11
30. @LennyWooley - 51:33
31. @voodoorusty - 51:33
32. @aaroncainboxes - 53:37
33. @infecthall - 52:55
34. @Leifkicker - 54:43
Ep 74 Community Spotlight:
1. Magic players can be hard to shop for, and I should know, because I am one. We often take for granted what we like in Magic, but to our friends, family, and partners, it can be a mystery.
  1. This is often times what will get suggested to a non-magic-player, should they go into an LGS and ask “What should I get for the MtG player in my life?”
  2. As a Magic player, I think I genuinely don’t like to get sealed product all that much. I think sealed product is a lot better for newer players, or younger players, as they may not know what they want yet.
    1. Booster packs
    2. 1. Draft Boosters
      2. Collector Boosters
      3. Avoid loose boosters of very old sets!
      1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-legends-preconstructed-decks
      2. This can be great, but you want to make sure you’re not getting the MtG player something they already have
    3. Precons, like the Commander decks
      1. https://cardgamebase.com/zendikar-rising-gift-edition-bundle-contents/
      2. These can be good for newer players
      3. I like that it has a collector’s booster in it
      4. I do like the storage box
    4. Holiday Gift Boxes
  3. Sealed product can fall into a couple of different categories
2. Sealed Product, Boosters, Boxes, etc
  1. This one can be tricky too, because many magic players are kinda “picky” about what kind of accessories they use. Might be a good idea to slide into the DMs of someone you know who plays Magic with your gift-receiver
    1. https://www.originalmagicart.store/
    2. 1. Can also get art prints here (Really nice if you get it framed)
      2. Tokens also. Many Artists have custom tokens for sale as well, like RK Post
      1. Ursa Bearwalker - https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/artists/ursa-bearwalker
      2. Rachel Weeks - https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/artists/rachel-weeks
    3. https://www.inkedgaming.com
      1. Also has tokens and prints
    4. https://schmandrewart.com/shop
      1. https://ultimateguard.com/en/accessories/mat-case-xenoskin
    5. You can even buy a box just for the playmat!
  2. Playmats
    1. Sidewinder - https://ultimateguard.com/en/sidewinder/sidewinder-100-xenoskin
    2. Boulder - https://ultimateguard.com/en/boulder/boulder-100-deck-case
    3. Ultra Pro Satin Tower - https://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=71_143
  3. Deck boxes
    1. https://shop.ultrapro.com/products/eclipse-gloss-sleeves
    2. https://www.dragonshield.com/webshop/sleeve-crafter/114-sleeve-crafter.html (this is in BETA)
  4. Sleeves
    1. https://www.infinitokens.com/
      1. https://arteza.com/b/dry-erase-markers
    2. Also nice to get a set of colored dry erase markers
  5. Infini Tokens
    1. Cool mtg themed dice
    2. 1. https://cardgamebase.com/best-dice-for-mtg/
  6. Dice
3. Accessories
  1. https://mtgproshop.com/
4. Clothing
  1. This can take a bit of work, especially if you don’t know the gift-receiver very well. Plus, there’s always the chance that they trade or buy the cards they want while waiting for the holiday to arrive
    1. Ryan aside here about how I treat myself with these, when I wouldn’t buy cards like Gilded Drake otherwise.
  2. Gift Cards to your LGS
    1. @CCOPodcast
    2. https://www.revelenslight.com/
  3. Alters
5. Singles
  1. Patrons suggestions
  2. 1. Many patrons suggested the idea of alters. This is a great gift, and it’s really personal, and it can take a long time, so make sure to plan accordingly
      1. https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/dice-bags
    2. Many also suggested Dice bags
    3. Lenny has a plushie of Grothama that his husband made for him: What an amazing gift!
    4. Really cool examples of some altered art basic lands (which is really cool, cause they can be moved around from deck to deck)
    1. https://www.aaroncaincustomboxes.com/
    2. https://leifkicker.com/deck-boxes/
    3. @infecthall - https://www.etsy.com/shop/naturallynerdysoaps
    4. You can find tons of stuff on Etsy
  3. Custom deck boxes
  4. Learning to play MtG if you don’t already :)
6. The truly unique stuff
Main Topic - Gifts for the Magic Player in Your Life
1. It can definitely be tricky to shop for that certain-magic-someone, but maybe there are some good ideas here. Maybe those certain-someones can share this episode with people likely to give them gifts? Folks out in AudienceLand - What is the best MtG gift you’ve ever been given?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Most Wanted: Partner Pairs - Ep73 Nov 25, 2020

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - We know times are rough right now, but we always try to focus on the positive aspects of life. What are you most thankful for? - 3 Packs of Commander Legends (Maybe you can use these in our Commander Legends sealed league)
2. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 6:49
2. @edhrec - 7:48
3. @TCGplayer - 12:55
Ep 73 Community Spotlight:
1. We’ve been thinking about Partners, ever since the release of Commander Legends. There are 1540 possible combinations. We decided to come up with a few Deck Ideas/Skeletons, and pitch them to each other.
2. Disclaimer: We are doing this in the typical Commander Social Secret list style (other than a very fast run through, to make sure we have no overlap, so no over/under this time)
3. Pitch our ideas
Main Topic - Most Wanted: Partner Pairs
1. Partner is so cool! It opens up a TON of brewing space. What are your favorite partner combinations out there? We’d love to hear the cool stuff you are brewing up!
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Reviewing Our Commander Legends Predictions - Ep72 Nov 18, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Brandon Douglas
2. Patreon Contest - We know times are rough right now, but we always try to focus on the positive aspects of life. What are you most thankful for? - 3 Packs of Commander Legends (Maybe you can use these in our Commander Legends sealed league)
3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TRayburn - 1:09
2. @atfloury - 2:22
3. @PKP_Magic - 2:22
4. @MothershipGames - 6:36
5. @maro254 - 13:02
6. @CCOPodcast - 20:03
7. @GavinVerhey - 20:03, 31:16
8. @AndyZupke - 29:46
9. @realCardsphere - 29:46
Ep 72 Community Spotlight:
1. We stand by our predictions here at Commander Social, so it’s only fair that we see how well we did
  1. - We’ll see at least one card set on Phyrexia - 14:36
  2. 1. - Phyrexian Rager and Phyrexian Triniform
    1. Mana Drain and Scroll Rack are old right? Honestly, I don't know what I expected re: “Old Stuff.”
  3. - I wanna see old stuff! - 14:09, 14:14 ??
  4. - Ryan Bold Prediction - 3 old mechanics: Kicker, Renown, Flashback - 15:50
    1. - Old Mechanics: Monarch, Cascade, Partner
    2. - New Mechanic: Encore
  5. - 15:33 - "I don't know if Partner counts..."
    1. I thought WotC stood WotZ, I guess our wants don’t align. I really thought we might get some shadow.
  6. - Zack Bold Prediction - Storm, Affinity, Shadow. - 16:15
    1. - 5 Rare, 5 Mythic, 30 uncommon
    2. - Ryan realizes there can be Mythic Mono-colored partners - 1:00:00
  7. - Ryan Bold Prediction - 1 prismatic piper, 10 rare mono-colored legends (2 of each color). 30 uncommon mono-colored partners (6 of each color) - 28:06
    1. I’m kind of sad about this, but Nevy and Tormod really make up for it.
  8. - Zack Bold Prediction - Mono color weatherlight crew partners - 29:27, 30:47
    1. - NOPE, we got Eligeth, Crossroads Augur - https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/66/eligeth-crossroads-augur
  9. - Ryan Bold Prediction - Teferi, mono blue rare Partner (pre spark, so a creature) - 28:45
    1. People want to have “fun” I guess. It’s not called Zack Legends after all. lol
  10. - Zack Bold Prediction - Blind Obedience will be reprinted - 34:11
    1. - Does a secret lair count?
    2. 1. Totes, half points!
  11. - Ryan Bold Prediction - Teferi’s Protection will be reprinted! - 33:46
    1. One day EVERYONE will realize this is the best art!
  12. - Zack Bold Prediction - Brainstorm Extended Art (ice age) - 37:40
    1. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-legends-variants
    2. - I was THIS close!!! Kodama's Reach, not cultivate (as far as I can tell)
  13. - Ryan Bold Prediction - Cultivate extended art - 36:46 or maybe at 37:00
    1. Viscera Seer is close, right?
  14. - Zack Bold Prediction - Blood Artist - 37:49
    1. - DING DING DING!
  15. - Ryan Bold Prediction - Arcane Signet extended art - 37:00
    1. I really thought there was a chance for this for some reason, but we still got some dope reprint etch foils.
  16. - Zack Bold Prediction - There will be a Niv Mizzet, Parun Etched Foil - 40:15
    1. - NOPE
  17. - Ryan Bold Prediction - Kess, Dissident Mage will be one of the reprint commanders - 44:11
    1. Pretty bold, but honestly there was a five color sliver in Modern Horizons, so I’m not surprised.
    2. https://blog.cardsphere.com/60-new-partner-pairs-for-commander/
  18. - Zack Bold prediction - it will be a five color sliver. - 47:23
    1. - NOPE
  19. - Ryan Bold Prediction - Teysa Karlov will be one of the reprint commanders - 44:33
    1. I guess Vorstclaw is actually the worst-claw!
  20. - Zack Bold Prediction - It will be Vorstclaw. - 52:40
    1. - NOPE: Kinsbaile Courier - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Akithkin+set%3Acmr
  21. - Ryan Bold prediction - This will be a changeling, Kithkin - 47:50
    1. A lot of people holding spears, that could have been fashioned from a fence.
  22. - Zack Bold Prediction - people holding a piece of fence - 54:35
    1. - NOPE: Jeska and Tevesh - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3Acommander+type%3Aplaneswalker+set%3Acmr
  23. - Non-shownote prediction - "There will be exactly one Planeswalker that can be your commander" - 50:40
    1. No one really wants this. Glad i was wrong.
  24. - Zack Bold Prediction - Praetors will be reprinted. - 59:44
    1. - YEP - Fin-Clade Fugitives - https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/227/fin-clade-fugitives
  25. - Ryan Bold Prediction - This will be a new card, 6 mana green common creature - 51:50 (or 52:20)
    1. It’s coming in a Secret Lair!!!!
  26. - Zack Bold Prediction - Primeval Titan will be reprinted / unbanned - 1:00:41
    1. - NOPE - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3Apartner+color%3DB+set%3Acmr+rarity%3Au
  27. - Ryan Bold Prediction - We will see a mono-Black Aetherborn uncommon legend - 55:40
    1. This felt pretty bold, but there’s already a silver bordered five color urza.
  28. - Zack Bold Prediction - Urza Planeswalker - 1:03:18, 1:03:25
  29. - Ryan didn't consider Thrasios being one of the 32 reprint legends - 56:40
    1. - NOPE
  30. - Ryan Bold Prediction - A pre-spark U/R Dack Fayden legend - 1:00:15
    1. - NOPE, as far as I can tell.
  31. - Ryan Bold Prediction - We will get a legendary creature that is a hint about the Wanderer, and it somehow involves Fblthp - 1:01:26 (1:02:20 for the fblthp part)
    1. - YEP - https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Liesa
  32. - Ryan Bold Prediction - We will finally see the W/B Angel that is a sister to Sigarda, Bruna, and Gisela - 59:23
2. Predictions
3. Ryan Final Tally: 4/16
4. Zack Final Tally: 0/13
Main Topic - Reviewing Our Commander Legends Predictions
1. So, there you have it folks. We made the predictions, and we’re holding ourselves accountable. What did you think of this episode? Did you like hearing the clips from the previous episode woven in oh-so-seamlessly by ya boi ZT? Do you like the A1 Bold prediction episodes? Do you like us going over the results? What was your favorite prediction of ours, that we didn’t hit, that you wish we had?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Commander Legends Top 8 - Ep71 Nov 11, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Joshua Swope
2. Patreon Contest - We know times are rough right now, but we always try to focus on the positive aspects of life. What are you most thankful for? - 3 Packs of Commander Legends (Maybe you can use these in our Commander Legends sealed league)
3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TheTokenOtaku - 0:56
2. @MothershipGames - 6:17, 1:02:18
3. @LennyWooley - 13:28
4. @MBorchik - 48:05
5. @commandcast - 53:28
6. @blairwitchgreen - 55:11
Ep 71 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: Secret list style! And we’re only talking about NEW cards, no reprints here folks. Also, neither of us included the Crowd lands on our list, they are fantastic cards, but not a whole lot of fun to talk about.
2. Over/Under - Ryan’s turn to set it
3. Our lists
Main Topic - Commander Legends
1. This set is HYPE! What are your favorite cards from the set? Are you going to participate in any sort of webcam sealed with Commander Legends?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

That NEW Deck Feeling - Ep70 Nov 04, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Nathan Swann, your name in lights tier
2. Patreon Contest - We know times are rough right now, but we always try to focus on the positive aspects of life. What are you most thankful for? - 3 Packs of Commander Legends (Maybe you can use these in our Commander Legends sealed league)
3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and The Clapper
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 9:21, 18:17
2. @SpellTable - 10:13
3. @Marshall_LR - 19:43
4. @GingerJ0E - 24:03
5. @realCardsphere - 34:48
6. @PackCrackFever - 35:32
7. @PKP_Magic - 35:56
8. @edhrec - 40:38, 48:00
9. @CommandersBrew - 41:14
10. @blairwitchgreen - 51:20
Ep 70 Community Spotlight:
1. How great does it feel to have your brand new deck in your hands? I think this is a common experience that most Commander players can relate to.
2. 1. Sidenote: As a parent, I 100% see this feeling in my children. Whatever the newest toy is, that’s the one they love the most (even if it’s a stuffed animal or action figure that is 30 years old, and has been in a box in the garage)
  2. 1. Maybe there’s a lesson we can learn in Magic here.
    2. 1. Maybe the fact that a deck is new is enough, like maybe it doesn’t have to be stuffed to the gills with powerful/expensive cards? I know I certainly get excited shuffling up the precon decks every year.
      2. Maybe also the Commander Legends League that we are going to do is going to scratch this itch?
      3. Also, just sitting down to a draft at our LGS, like “What am I going to open?” And which of these cards that I’m drafting can I add to my already existing decks?
  1. I think for me, it’s less, and this may be why I don’t upgrade decks as often. This may also just be a function of having a LOT of cards lying around. Maybe also because the anticipation of seeing how a particular card will work in a deck is less than seeing if a whole deck will come together.
3. Can we get a similar feeling by upgrading a deck?
  1. For me, it’s kinda like Christmas, (or any other gift giving holiday/occasion) . Those presents are just sitting there under the tree, for weeks, and all you can do is just imagine what they are gonna be. It’s like a much longer version of “The Marshmallow test”
  2. 1. Heck, Christmas is like a year long exercise in delayed gratification. How many times have I told my kids, maybe for Christmas, or maybe for your birthday?
    1. Idea phase is usually pretty short, but can last a few days. You read an article/watch a video, and it percolates at the back of your mind for a bit
      1. Tangent: I’ve been trying to really pare down the cards I order for a new deck
      2. Specifically, I try to order less in number, and very much less in value.
        
        Many contributing factors. I didn’t own a shuffle-drazi, and it’s something I’ve wanted for a long time
        
        I was buying it from my LGS, and I pretty much just wanted an excuse to spend money there
        
        It felt like an effect that I 100% wanted in this deck, and there really aren’t many others like this (I don’t really plan on ever casting it in this deck, unless something has gone horribly wrong)
        
        For me, there is some sort of threshold that a card must cross, in order for me to order it. Oftentimes, if the card is like $0.50 or less, and I don’t own other copies of it, I’ll pretty much order it, if I think it’s really important to the decks game plan. The opposite of this is also true, like I ordered an Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre.
    2. The brewing phase, this is usually only a couple of hours, but is often revisited again once I get the cards physically in front of me
  3. For me the whole process, from idea to maiden voyage takes quite a bit of time.
4. Delayed gratification
  1. I wonder why I feel this way? For me, I think an analogy might be dominoes, like you spend all this time setting up this elaborate Rube Goldberg machine, and you can’t wait to kick it off, and watch it all happen!
  2. I find it interesting that after all this work, the payoff is so quick
5. From the minute I put the final sleeve on the deck, I have this intense desire to play it. And sometimes it’s days before I get a chance
  1. All this lead-up, or buildup, what happens if you just don’t like the deck?
  2. 1. What is it that you don’t like about the deck?
    2. 1. Play pattern
      2. Not fun to play against? Opponents got a little salty?
      3. Didn’t live up to your ideas/expectations?
      4. Is there a way to fix the deck and give it another go? Maybe the deck idea is good, but there’s another commander you can use?
      1. At the same time, if you do decide to dismantle it, don’t feel bad. This is a game, we play it to have fun, if you’re not having fun, see if the cards from that deck might have a better home somewhere else
    3. Give the deck at least a few games before you decide to dismantle it
    1. Don’t be complacent, think about cards in there that didn’t perform as well as you thought they might?
    2. Also, play it a few more times, maybe you just got an insane draw.
  3. What if the deck is awesome?
6. What to do with the deck post-maiden voyage?
Main Topic - That NEW Deck Feeling
1. Folks out in audience land, do you ever get that NEW deck feeling? Is it something you enjoy? Is your process from idea to maiden voyage short or longer? Did you enjoy this episode? Let us know because we want to give you what you want.
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Thassa, Deep-Dwelling Budget Deck Tech - Ep 69 Oct 28, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Mike McAbee
2. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite non Magic hobby! Three Packs of Zendikar Rising
3. New! We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Microsoft Zune
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @jumbocommander - 0:08, 11:19, 51:01
2. @ManaCurves - 3:06
3. @SpellTable - 10:22, 13:37
4. @GingerJ0E - 12:39
5. @MothershipGames - 9:55, 56:45
Ep 69 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: This deck tech was inspired by DJ of Jumbo Commander
2. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqRu2q2BaUM
  1. Explain what we mean by budget, no card over $5, save for Thassa herself
  2. $87.09 - https://scryfall.com/@z4ck38/decks/6b668ea6-4282-4324-a0cb-04ce597a6032
3. Budget Style
  1. Talk about some of the experiences in playing with the deck, and what pushed you over the edge to build it
4. Why is this deck cool?
  1. Blinking is pretty much the best, and us Commander players love to get our value
  2. Fblthp, the Lost
  3. Master of Waves (explain how during the flicker no one gets priority, so when state-based actions are checked, master is alive and well, and protecting their flock of elementals)
  4. Watcher for Tomorrow
  5. Mulldrifter
  6. Frost Titan
  7. Meteor Golem
  8. Pondering Mage
  9. Cunning Evasion
  10. Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
5. Blink and you might miss it
  1. Rishadan Cutpurse
  2. Rishadan Footpad
  3. Rishadan Brigand
6. Here there be Pirates, yarr!
  1. Note: Thassa is worded as follows: “At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.” This means that you get to keep anything you blink
  2. Overtaker
  3. Chamber of Manipulation
  4. Agent of Treachery
  5. Sower of Temptation (repeatable with Thassa, given enough turns)
7. Blatant Thievery
  1. Crystal Shard
  2. Conjurer’s Closet
  3. Ghostly Flicker + Archeomancer
  4. Displace
8. Department of Commander Redundancy Department
  1. Verity Circle (Might even be awesome against mana dorks)
  2. Dismiss into Dream
  3. Willbreaker
  4. Gadwick, the Wizened
9. Just give it a little tappy
  1. Here is the original decklist from DJ: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/thassa-blinks-the-best/
    1. Spellseaker
    2. Glen Elendra Archmage
    3. Vendilion Clique
    4. Venser, Shaper Savant
    5. Keeper of Keys
    6. Vedalken Shackles
    7. Panharmonicon
    8. Cyclonic Rift
    9. Temporal Manipulation
    10. Time Warp
    11. Ancient Tomb
    12. Homeward Path
    13. Miren, the Moaning Well
  2. Some notable cards cut for costs
    1. Training Grounds (Only works when Thassa is a creature)
    2. Hearthstone (Same caveat as Training Grounds)
    3. Erratic Portal
  3. Notable non-budget cards not in the original list
10. 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider (If you have the means, we highly recommend picking these up)
Main Topic - Thassa, Dwelling in the Deep
1. Thassa is the Sea’s Knees! What do you think about this deck? Have you played against Thassa? Is this the kind of deck you would like to play? Did you like the fact that we did some budget content?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

What does it take for YOU to build a deck? - Ep 68 Oct 21, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - MoneyMoo (you can find him whooping Zack’s butt in games of Magic)
2. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite non Magic hobby! Three Packs of Zendikar Rising
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Werther's Original Caramel Popcorn
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @LennyWooley - 2:02
2. @MothershipGames - 9:09
3. @SpellTable - 9:09
4. @tappedout - 12:18, 54:33
5. @archidekt - 12:18
6. @edhrec - 12:18
7. @scryfall - 13:44
8. @TheKristenEmily - 19:05
9. @chrisvondoom1 - 19:05
10. @jumbocommander - 20:22, 59:03
11. @CommandersBrew - 25:09
12. @blairwitchgreen - 43:23
13. @HenryStukenborg - 52:02
Ep 68 Community Spotlight:
1. Brewing and Building are separate
2. 1. Many people brew decks all the time, but never actually put them together. For some folks it’s almost a thought experiment. We’re interested in figuring out what exactly pushes us over the edge, to turn one of those thought experiments into reality.
  2. 1. I used to do this all the time, when I was a kid, scrawling notes/decklists into the margins of notes I was taking in class. This is one of the coolest things about Magic, the fact that there’s so much meta knowledge to explore. Also, having access to card databases, and the internet, in our pockets really makes this easy
    2. I totally did this too. I remember building shells of decks and just thinking about cards to fill other slots. I had a notebook and everything.
    1. I actually do both of these! I wonder how many folks out there do both? Is it like a 50/50 split, or do most folks out there build one way like 90% of the time? Let us know on Social Media!
    2. I do both as well. I’ll get something laid out online and then once i have all the cards in front of me I build the deck and it’s never exactly the same.
      1. There’s something that makes this feel like old-school Magic, where you just kinda build with what you have
      2. I just go through good stuff boxes and look for things, ie my kenrith deck.
    3. We’ve even talked about “Found Decks” on the show before.
  3. Conversely, some people don’t even actually brew until they have all the cards in front of them. I’ve definitely done this both ways
  4. What percentage of decks that you brew do you actually build in paper? I think it might be interesting to see who out there are the dreamers/brewers. I know for me this varies wildly over time, and depends on my mood/life situation.
  1. Is it when a new Commander gets previewed during preview season?
  2. Is it when you read an article, listen to a podcast, or watch a youtube video?
  3. Do you sometimes just flip through cards, and get inspiration?
  4. Did you get inspired while playing a game of commander?
  5. Maybe it’s been so many months since you last built a deck?
  6. Maybe you get inspired while taking one of your old decks apart?
  7. A fever dream late at night?
  8. Got 50$ burning a hole in your pocket? Or maybe you got a giftcard to your LGS?
  9. Maybe you need some content for your podcast?
3. We wanted to explore what exactly it takes for us to go over the threshold, and physically build a new deck in paper
  1. Maybe some folks have a lot more time, because they are stuck at home?
  2. The economy has been hit really hard, so maybe folks don’t have the resources to buy cards for new decks
  3. Tangent: How many new physical paper card players do you think we’ve gotten during the pandemic?
    1. Ryan’s New Decks
    2. 1. Winota, Joiner of Forces
      2. Inspired by an episode that we recorded: “Decks outside our comfort zone - ep 49”
        
        I think this one was born out of playing on Arena, or rather, that’s the final thing that nudged me over the edge.
      3. Rielle, the Everwise
        
        Inspired by an article by (@blairwitchgreen)
        
        https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/commander-top-10-ashaya-soul-of-the-wild/
      4. Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
      1. Braid-drazi
      2. Build from the ashes of emry
        
        Brokkos just wasn’t doing it for me.
      3. Kinnan Infect
    3. Zack’s New Decks
  4. I thought it might be interesting to talk about what got us to build each of the decks we’ve built during the pandemic.
    1. Ryan
    2. 1. Sisay Shrines
      2. Mina and Denn Gruul Planeswalkers
      1. Moist Naya Omnath
      2. Greven, Predator Captain
    3. Zack
  5. Decks we brewed but didn’t build:
    1. Ryan’s Stable Decks
    2. 1. Gonti, Lord of Luxury
      2. Inspired by playing against someone (Henry Stukenborg)
        
        Inspired by a random thought: “Could I build a mono-red, OPC deck? Which commander would I use? Grenzo exists?!?! Let’s do this!”
      3. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
        
        Definitely inspired by preview season (and my love for the morph mechanic)
      4. Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
        
        Inspired by watching Jumbo Commander content
      5. Braids, Conjurer Adept
        
        Inspired by art, had lots of Chandras in the deck
        
        Article about Planeswalker Uniqueness rule going away (August 28, 2017)
        
        https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/ixalan-mechanics
        
        Original built in 2015, the deck got a shot in the arm mid 2017
      6. Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
      1. Niv-Mizzet
      2. Built in the fall of 2018 when Guilds of Ravnica came out.
        
        It started as a fun spell slinger brawl deck, but when I realized the potential in full on EDH I built it and the rest is history.
        
        Built in the fall of 2019 after m20 came out.
        
        Inspired by my Muldrotha found deck that had a lot of cool etb effects and my love of landfall.
      3. Yarock
        
        Built in June 2019 when Modern Horizons came out.
        
        I’ve always been all about phyrexia, so i figured I’d build it for fun.
        
        Also my first mono colored deck.
      4. Yawgmoth
        
        Built earlier this year around Jan or Feb
        
        I had always wanted to build a five color commander.
        
        When I built it, I used only what I had which were “good stuff boxes” and ended up packing it full of cards that didn’t really fit elsewhere.
        
        Now it’s kind of the junk draw of my collection.
      5. Kenrith
      6. There are other decks, but they are currently being revamped.
    3. Zack’s Stable Decks
  6. Might also be interesting to go through each deck in our stables, to see what pushed us over the edge to build them
4. Is it harder to get motivated to build a deck during a pandemic?
  1. Biding your time - I tried to play Yarok to set up a play for the next turn, but the board got wiped. If I had waited two turns I could have played Palichron and Yarok in the same turn to get infinite mana to Villainous Wealth.
5. Zack Gets It Together
  1. We always find it interesting to reflect inwards, and see what is truly motivating our choices. Do folks out there enjoy episodes like this? How many decks have you physically built during the pandemic? What percentage of decks that you brew see the light of day?
6. Summary
Main Topic - What does it take for YOU to build a deck?
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Ashaya, Soul of the Wild Deck Tech - Ep 67 Oct 14, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Dylan Wood
2. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite non Magic hobby! Three Packs of Zendikar Rising
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Sherpa Lined Slipper Socks
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @TRayburn - 1:58, 9:07
2. @case_vickers - 1:58
3. twitch.tv/10sley - 1:58
4. @MothershipGames - 6:05, 52:09
5. @SpellTable - 6:05
6. @blairwitchgreen - 8:33, 10:38, 17:29, 37:37, 43:51, 51:32
7. @CraigBlanchette - 9:07
8. @edhrec - 10:01
Ep 67 Community Spotlight:
1. NOTE: I got Oblivion Stone wrong, it sacrifices itself, the Karn trick does work with Boompile though.
2. Read Ashaya
  1. https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/commander-top-10-ashaya-soul-of-the-wild/
3. I was inspired to build this by an article Bennie Smith wrote for Star City games (@blairwitchgreen)
  1. Disclaimer: My list is very much untuned. I’ve played it exactly once, and haven’t made any changes to it.
  2. https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/2594bc20-fa13-4abf-80c0-d4f37d7957c8
4. My list:
  1. I have a mono-colored deck of every other color and had been toying around with the idea of a mono-green deck, my previous thought had been a Pir, Imaginative Rascal, Super Friends deck. So, I was pretty much primed to build a mono-green deck.
  2. I had Titania, Protector of Argoth, and it was good, but people didn’t much like playing against it (and it was pretty linear).
  3. I also had a Yeva, Nature’s Herald deck (because OF COURSE I did). It was fine too, pretty much a good stuff deck, but I didn’t really enjoy playing it that much.
5. I have been wanting to build a mono-green deck for some time now.
  1. Let’s talk for a few minutes about how awesome mono-colored decks are.
  2. 1. So much room for utility lands!
    2. 1. I’m running 7 Utility lands that do NOT tap for green.
    3. Restrictions breed creativity. There’s just a lot of things you can’t do in a mono-colored deck (although Green is one of the better ones I think).
    4. Lots of basics, and lots of ways to fetch basics!
  3. Ashaya does something new/unique. I remember when the card was spoiled, people were like “Yeah, now I don’t care about my opponents playing Cyclonic Rift.” I remembered agreeing with that point, but also noting that they probably just wouldn’t play it, or would deal with Ashaya first. I hadn’t thought about the other side of this coin, but we’ll get to that later.
  4. It’s really fun just thinking about all of the crazy things you can do in this deck, and imagining all of your creatures as lands.
6. Why is this deck awesome/something listeners would want to play?
  1. Average CMC 3.56 (I might try to bring this down some)
  2. 8 Mythic
  3. 44 Rare
  4. 18 Uncommon
  5. 7 Common
  6. ---
  7. 37 Creatures
  8. 1 Planeswalker
  9. 8 Artifacts
  10. 5 Enchantments
  11. 5 Instants
  12. 4 Sorceries
  13. 39 Lands
7. Stats
  1. Greater Good (Oh man this card was NUTS when I played the deck. Along with Multani, Yavimaya’s Avatar)
  2. Return of the Wildspeaker
  3. Great Henge
  4. Guardian Project
  5. Rishkar’s Expertise
  6. Beast Whisperer
8. Card Draw
  1. Early creatures are super good because they give you a chance to “setup” for the turn when you play your Commander.
  2. Arbor Elf
  3. Beanstalk Giant
  4. Wood Elves
  5. Harvest Season - Imagine the MCL of having 3 early creatures, say Wall of Blossoms, Wood Elves, and Elvish Reclaimer out. Casting your Commander on Turn 4 (thanks Wood Elves!) and then tapping your 3 creatures to cast Harvest Season, and fetching up 3 Lands. I’m not sure this card is great in here (Might be better in a token deck), but I’ve always wanted to try it out.
  6. Green Sun’s Zenith to go get Dryad Arbor (This was great with Guardian Project in play!)
9. Ramp
  1. Magus of the Candelabra
10. Untapping lands (especially more than one at a time)
  1. Oblivion Stone
  2. Boompile
  3. Sword of Feast and Famine
11. Take advantage of all your creatures being lands (this is the other side of the Cyclonic Rift, that I hadn’t considered, running these in your deck, and being proactive with the effect)
  1. Titania, Protector of Argoth - Hard to wrath if this AND your commander are out.
  2. Gaea’s Liege - I’ve always loved this card, and you can do some broken stuff with it and Leyweaver
  3. Sylvan Safekeeper is a creature sac outlet in this deck. It’s super good in here!
  4. Sylvan Advocate is a 2 mana 4 / 5 that double anthems your whole team!
    1. Quirion Ranger - Imagine Bouncing your Eternal Witness to Untap your Gaea’s Liege. Or your Wall of Blossoms to untap your Ulvenwald Tracker
    2. Scryb Ranger
    3. Temur Sabertooth
  5. Reusing Enters the Battlefield triggers
  6. Cloning your creatures with Vesuva! I did the fun thing, I cast Ulvenwald Hydra, got a Vesuva to copy the Hydra, and then with the hydra-copy, fetched up Reliquary tower (because I had Greater Good in play)
12. Fun stuff
  1. So what do you think about this deck? Does it sound fun? Are there any spicy cards you would include? Let us know!
13. Summary
Main Topic - Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Omnath, Locus of Creation Deck Tech - Ep 66 Oct 07, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Sebastian Tinsley
2. 1. twitch.tv/10sley
  2. Played some games with Sebastian and Case last night
3. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite non Magic hobby! Three Packs of Zendikar Rising
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Softalk Antibacterial Landline telephone shoulder rest
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has set up an online store!
1. twitch.tv/10sley - 1:32
2. @case_vickers - 1:46
3. @MothershipGames - 8:52, 58:10
Ep 66 Community Spotlight:
1. https://archidekt.com/decks/788821#Omnath_Landfall
  1. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Fetch_land
  2. 1. Onslaught/Zendikar fetch lands
    2. Mirage fetch lands
    3. Shards of Alara panoramas
    4. Miscellaneous fetch lands
    5. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Bounce_land
    6. Undiscovered Paradise
    7. Might be worth running “Amulet of Vigor”
2. Talk about landfall
  1. Ramp
  2. 1. The Usual Package - Cultivate, Explosive Vegetation, etc...
    2. Azusa, Lost but Seeking
    3. Ramunap Excavator
    4. Wayward Swordtooth
    5. Exploration
    6. Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
    1. Path to Exile
    2. Krosan Grip
    3. Chaos Warp
    4. Beast Within
  3. Removal
    1. Roil Elemental
    2. Emeria Shepherd
    3. Zendikar's Roil
    4. Moraug, Fury of Akoum
    5. Phylath, World Sculptor
    6. Valakut Exploration
  4. Landfall
    1. Karametra, God of Harvests
    2. Radha, Heart of Keld
    3. Shalai, Voice of Plenty
    4. Tatyova, Benthic Druid
    5. Zacama, Primal Calamity
    6. Scute Swarm
  5. Dope Creatures
    1. Scapeshift
    2. Splendid Reclamation
    3. Nahiri’s Lithoforming
    4. World Shaper
    5. Life Gift
    6. Searing Meditation
  6. Ryan’s Top “3” Inclusions for the Deck
3. Slots
  1. So what do you think about this deck? Does it sound fun? Are there any spicy cards you would include? Let us know!
4. Summary
  1. Torment of Hellfire for 37 (potential 111 damage)
  2. Cadaverous Bloom
5. Zack Get’s it Together
Main Topic - Omnath, Locust of Creation
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

A League of Your Own - Ep 65 Sep 30, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week - Angel Rivera III
2. Patreon Contest - Show us the one card that you play that people always have to pick up and read. #WaitWhatsThatDo. You can win a 20$ gift card to Mothership
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Show us the one card that you play that people always have to pick up and read. #WaitWhatsThatDo. You can win a 10$ gift card to Mothership
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Deluxe Bingo Set from Pottery Barn
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @CMDRCentral_Max
2. @CMDRCentral - 0:34
3. @wisesquishy1 - 0:34
4. @danaroach - 0:34, 5:30, 11:25
5. @MothershipGames - 2:57, 10:29, 23:19, 50:35
6. @OrzhovDunn - 5:15
7. @EDHRECast - 5:30, 49:06
8. @mathimus55 - 11:25, 49:06
9. @JosephMSchultz - 11:25
10. @Top8Games - 13:25, 15:20, 43:03
11. @SheldonMenery - 13:25
12. @Marshall_LR - 15:20, 24:45, 44:19
13. @TolarianCollege - 19:57
14. @LennyWooley - 22:40
15. @GingerJ0E - 35:11
16. @dpkrausejr - 40:57
Ep 65 Community Spotlight:
1. This topic was inspired by the Boxing League that Brian David-Marshall
2. 1. Before Sheldon wrote the article Max and I were both like, “What’s a boxing league and I believe, one of CMDR Central’s patrons told us”
    1. https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/an-introduction-to-commander-booster-box-league/
  2. Sheldon wrote an excellent article on SCG:
    1. http://lrcast.com/limited-resources-560-paper-magic-at-home-with-brian-david-marshall/
    2. Seriously, how cool is this boxing league!?!?! And it is also a fun thing that people can follow along with content creators, like “What did BDM add to his card pool this week?” etc
    3. Can watch a bunch of this on Stream
  3. Learned about this through listening to an episode of Limited Resources
    1. @Max: To me a league is a way to help people play EDH the way they want without having to worry about power level. I’ve heard of leagues that are tailored for higher power decks or leagues tailored to keep the power level for all participants at a lower power level.
      1. Rewarding / punishing players for doing certain actions in game ie First Blood (+1) point, Infinite Combo (-2) points
    2. This can be done via a point system.
  4. What exactly IS a league?
    1. Zack and I have, in the past, run a league where we met every other week, and we had a lot of fun doing it
      1. A group of us from my LGS have done Pre-Con leagues. I think we did this for C15 & C16. Week 1 is precon as is, every week you get $5 in cards to add, you can bank your money if you don’t want to make any additions. Kept track via paper. These days it’d be super easy to create a google doc to track it all for everyone.
      2. Played for about 5 weeks. It’d always be our 1st game of the night then we’d play our “real” decks
    2. Max, have you ever been part of a league?
    3. Ryan - I even played in some in store leagues way back in the day
      1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_gYz_k66upbRTBVal9QLUNvc2c
    4. An example league from TCC that Zack and I used as a basis for our Commander league
      1. Committing to a continuous play schedule
      2. Keeping in touch with folks (This is especially important during our current times)
    5. Nice things about having a league
      1. Schedule, schedule, schedule! Make sure folks know when/where they will be playing
      2. Make the rules clear and explicit
      3. Be prepared to answer LOTS of questions
      4. Try to make it fun for EVERYONE!
      5. Be kind to your Commissioner, it’s a lot of work!
      6. @Max - Get everyone's opinion. Biggest thing I remember from the pre-con leagues was spending a few weeks discussing the point system and budget for each week.
      7. @Max - Compromise - You aren’t going to make everyone happy but you can do your best to make it fun for everyone.
    6. League Dos and Don’ts
      1. Playing for points changes the fundamental way multiplayer Magic is played
      2. Will people show up consistently if it’s for casual?
      3. If competitive, how will you track standings? (Hint: Spreadsheet!!!)
    7. Should your league be casual or competitive?
  5. Our experiences with running a league
    1. Organizing a league is very similar to organizing something like the Vegas Rotisserie
    2. So much fun! A lot of the fun was had around seeing what cards people drafted, etc. Meta-fun!
  6. Not quite a league, but man, how much fun was the rotisserie?
    1. This should be awesome!
    2. Folks at home can definitely do something like this, and it’s the perfect way to stay connected with your playgroup during this pandemic, also, since most of us won’t be playing in stores (Support your LGS if you can!), this is a good way to have an authentic Commander Legends experience
    3. We can stream opening card pools, as well as games, how cool is that?
  7. We’re gonna do a Commander Legends sealed league
  1. Leagues are fun! And they have lots of benefits. Have you ever participated in a league? Do you think you want to, now that you’ve heard this episode?
3. Summary
  1. Zack writes 100 times on a blackboard “I will not cast a board wipe when an opponent controls Revel in Riches”
4. Zack Get’s it Together
Main Topic - Running your own Commander League
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Zendikar Rising Top 8 - Ep 64 Sep 16, 2020

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - Show us the one card that you play that people always have to pick up and read. #WaitWhatsThatDo. You can win a 20$ gift card to Mothership
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Show us the one card that you play that people always have to pick up and read. #WaitWhatsThatDo. You can win a 10$ gift card to Mothership
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and “Ink pot and quill.” Mike thought we might find ourselves wanting to make a map for our adventures on Zendikar
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 1:23, 7:10, 54:22
2. @schmandrewart - 8:18, 27:01
3. @HipstersMTG - 9:07
4. @dpkrausejr - 14:25, 23:07, 42:15
5. @CommanderReplay - 23:07
6. @chrisvondoom1 - 42:15
7. @Cathaoir1 - 48:19
Ep 64 Community Spotlight:
1. https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/09/zendikar-rising-previews-begin-cards-mechanics-expeditions-and-more/
  1. Kicker
  2. Landfall
  3. Party
  4. modal double-faced cards
2. Mechanics
  1. 30 lands, with both foil and non-foil versions
  2. They will include all 10 fetch lands, the Battle Bond crowd lands, and powerful lands like Cavern of Souls and Wasteland.
3. Expeditions are back!
  1. Disclaimer - This is only for the cards previewed between Sept. 1st - 7th.
  2. We did not include the Dual Land DFCs on our lists
  3. Zack sets the over/under
4. Secret List Top 8
  1. Which cards from Zendikar Rising are you most looking forward to? Anything that should have been on your list? What is the number one card that is getting jammed into one of your decks as soon as you can get your hands on one?
5. Summary
Main Topic - Zendikar Previews
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Top 8 Kill on Sight Commanders - Ep 63 Sep 09, 2020

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1. Patreon Contest - Show us the one card that you play that people always have to pick up and read. #WaitWhatsThatDo. You can win a 20$ gift card to Mothership
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Show us the one card that you play that people always have to pick up and read. #WaitWhatsThatDo. You can win a 10$ gift card to Mothership
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and doilies
Thanks
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
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  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 1:05, 6:15, 49:00
2. @BillandTed3 - 3:04
3. @TeneberusOne - 6:15
4. @LennyWooley - 11:12
5. @TheTokenOtaku - 17:56
6. @edhrec - 47:49
7. @SpellTable - 49:30
Ep 63 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: This is strictly for Casual EDH, cEDH players don’t necessarily face this issue, but I bet they do key in on Thrasios/Tymna (or whatever the best Tier 0 deck is). Also, I imagine our local meta could influence this a bit.
  1. There are lots of Commanders that fit this description. The first one of these I remember was Narset, Enlightened Master (September 26, 2014). The combination of hexproof and lots of extra turn/combat steps makes the deck super hard to interact with. It often feels like you have to have a board wipe on the exact turn they play Narset. I was so bummed, because I opened up a foil copy.
  2. You know this type of Commander, because when you sit down to the table, you immediately feel defensive. For example, when I sit down with my Emry deck, I always immediately let people know that it’s construct tribal, but still has some power/ramp in it.
  3. We’ve got some patrons that have some pretty unique takes on some decks, for example Lenny has Mono-White Chulane, and Gumball-Urza. This is potentially a whole show topic on it’s own
    1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under
  4. Secret list, top 8 style
2. What is a KoS Commander?
  1. Which Commanders make your KoS list? Are there any on our lists that you disagree with? Any we forgot?
3. Summary
Main Topic - Kill on Sight Commanders
Mothership Again.
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Commander Legends A1 Bold Predictions - Ep 62 Sep 02, 2020

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1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
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You can find us on Twitter
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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @BearMaulings - 1:00
2. @case_vickers - 1:09
3. @MothershipGames - 1:49, 6:56, 1:06:15
4. @jasonsudeikis - 3:05
5. @rebeccasugar - 3:05
6. @danaroach - 3:05
7. @SpellTable - 7:26
8. @ChannelFireball - 8:07, 1:04:17
9. @GavinVerhey - 8:45, 12:42, 39:07, 45:28, 57:38
10. @SixthComma - 8:45, 9:10
11. @JulesRobins - 8:45, 48:05, 56:09
12. @scryfall - 9:10, 35:17
13. @blairwitchgreen - 9:39
14. @TolarianCollege - 12:42
15. @maro254 - 16:11
16. @sebmckinnon - 25:15
17. @SheldonMenery - 49:03
Ep 62 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: We’re recording this the week after Command Fest Online 2, huge shoutout to CFB! Very cool to participate and raise some money for charity at the same time.
  1. Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnTf1caAUM
    1. They announced the entire Commander Collection Green (Designed by Ari)
    2. 1. https://scryfall.com/sets/cc1?as=grid&order=set
        
        Chord of Calling
        
        Cultivate/Kodama’s Reach
        
        Eternal Witness
        
        Sylvan Caryatid
        
        Greater Good
        
        Beastmaster Ascension
        
        Rampaging Baloths
        
        Sakura-Tribe Elder
        
        Our predictions are BOOOOOOLLLLLLLD
      2. Back in episode 31 we predicted the following cards for Commander Collection Green
    3. Ari talked about “White in Commander” and what they are looking to change (or already have that we haven’t seen yet)
      1. Congratulations Gavin! So crazy that Gavin has been working on this for 6 years! If I ever need a confidant, I’m picking Gavin!
      2. The set’s flavor can pull from any place AND any time
        
        Any A1 Bold predictions here?
        
        I wanna see old stuff! -Z
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - We’ll see at least one card set on Phyrexia
        
        This means, only 4 non-evergreen mechanics, 3 old, 1 new
        
        A1 bold predictions for the 3 old (Does partner count here?)
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - 3 old mechanics: Kicker, Renown, Flashback
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Storm, Affinity, Shadow.
        
        It isn’t mechanically Commander Horizons
        
        Draft is 3 20 card boosters, Draft 2 cards from EACH pack. you end up with a 60 card deck.
        
        2 legends and a foil in every pack
        
        Sengir, the Dark Baron
        
        I’ve been wanting this since partners released in 2016
        
        Mono-colored Partners!
        
        Hal and Alena! How cool is it finally getting to see these 2?
        
        Prismatic Piper
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - 1 prismatic piper, 10 rare mono-colored legends (2 of each color). 30 uncommon mono-colored partners (6 of each color)
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - Teferi, mono blue rare Partner (pre spark, so a creature)
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Mono color weatherlight crew partners
        
        41 monocolored Partners! Over 1500 partner combinations now :)
        
        71 Total new Legends in the draft boosters
        
        30 non-partner, 2 / 3 color legends (so this means no 4 or 5 color legends in the set, if my math checks out)
        
        Keeper of the Accord
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - Teferi’s Protection will be reprinted!
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Blind Obedience will be reprinted
        
        Powerful white cards
        
        Extended Art
        
        Commander’s Sphere and Command Tower extended art
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - Cultivate extended art
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - Arcane Signet extended art
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Brainstorm Extended Art (ice age)
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Blood Artist
        
        Many other common/uncommon stables will get this same treatment
        
        32 Popular legends will get reprinted with Etched Foil treatment (These can appear in draft boosters)
        
        Each new legend (71 of them) can also appear in Etched Foil
        
        Etched foils appear in draft boosters infrequently
        
        Etched foils appear in every Collector booster
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - There will be a Niv Mizzet, Parun Etched Foil
        
        Man, this is giving me a conundrum, cause I want to draft the set, like BADLY, but also may be a while before I can get together with folks, and the extended art cards look awesome. Also are there extended art etched foils?
        
        Extended art cards ONLY appear in Collector Boosters
        
        Video of the treatment on Gavin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3p0xlcQJU
        
        Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - Kess, Dissident Mage will be one of the reprint commanders
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - Teysa Karlov will be one of the reprint commanders
        
        Etched Foils
        
        No double-faced cards
        
        Ryan Bold prediction - This will be a changeling, because the two legendary options don’t seem like fun draft environment cards: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=%28type%3Alegendary+type%3Akithkin%29 (Could also be a non-legendary creature, but the way Gavin said it makes me think it was a Ruse)
        
        Zack Bold prediction - it will be a five color sliver.
        
        At least one kithkin
        
        They used a spreadsheet to test the partners (so you know it’s serious!)
        
        Jeska will likely be a Planeswalker that can be a commander
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - This will be a new card, the current options aren’t great: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Acreature+commander%3AG+cmc%3D6+rarity%3Ac&unique=cards (Or Elvish Aberration is downshifted to common)
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - It will be Vorstclaw.
        
        6 mana common green creature that is NOT Colossal Dreadmaw
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - We will see a mono-Black Aetherborn uncommon legend
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - people holding a piece of fence
        
        New Characters
        
        All mono-colored legends have partner. Any 2 color or more legends won’t have partner (Stand-alone as Jules said)
        
        Enemy Crowdlands (Battlebond) are in this set!
        
        Releases November 6th
        
        Questions
        
        Anything goes here, let’s each at least put 3 bold predictions
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - We will finally see the W/B Angel that is a sister to Sigarda, Bruna, and Gisela
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - A pre-spark U/R Dack Fayden legend
        
        Ryan Bold Prediction - We will get a legendary creature that is a hint about the Wanderer, and it somehow involves Fblthp
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Praetors will be reprinted.
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Primeval Titan will be reprinted / unbanned
        
        Zack Bold Prediction - Urza Planeswalker
        
        Final Bold Predictions
        
        Booster Fun
    4. Commander Legends!!!
  2. Gavin Verhey, Ari Nieh and Jules Robins (Lead final designer of Commander Legends)
2. Commandfest Preview Panel
  1. What did you think of the Commander Legends panel from Command Fest Online 2? What cards are you most excited for? What predictions do you have for Commander Legends?
3. Summary
Main Topic - Commander Legends
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Pregame Scenarios - Ep 61 Aug 26, 2020

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1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Most unique deck you’ve seen out in the wild - 1 Double Masters pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and the Rolodex
Thanks
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
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  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 8:15, 48:58
2. @SpellTable - 8:52
3. @edhrec - 45:02
Ep 61 Community Spotlight:
1. The idea: We each take 2 decks from our stable, and the other co-host comes up with 3 “interesting” commanders to play a game with. We go through our thought process about coming up with an initial plan.
2. Disclaimer: This is in a vacuum. Initial plans can give us a place to start talking about strategy, but even good plans need to be adjusted, and most initial plans can probably go out the window quite quickly, but it’s probably worth talking about having a plan in general, and how this can apply later in the game when you reassess..
  1. Zack details the high level version of how Deck 1 works, and how it tends to win AND lose games. (Mention there is a link to the deck in our stables)
  2. 1. Any notable/important cards in your deck?
  3. Ryan reveals the 3 SECRET opponents!
  4. Initial thoughts
  5. Which person do you think you should take out first?
    1. What about your deck makes this a good idea? Silver Bullets?
  6. Which person do you think you’d have the best chance against in a heads-up scenario?
  7. Anyone you think might make a great early game ally?
    1. Any cards/typical effects these decks tend to run, that might be problematic for Zack’s deck?
  8. Ryan, why did you pick these 3 particular commanders?
3. Zack Deck 1 - Niv-Mizzet
  1. Ryan details the high level version of how Deck 1 works, and how it tends to win AND lose games. (Mention there is a link to the deck in our stables)
  2. 1. Any notable/important cards in your deck?
  3. Zack reveals the 3 SECRET opponents!Initial thoughts
  4. Which person do you think you should take out first?
  5. Which person do you think you’d have the best chance against in a heads-up scenario?
    1. Anyone you think might make a great early game ally?
  6. What about your deck makes this a good idea? Silver Bullets?
    1. Any cards/typical effects these decks tend to run, that might be problematic for Ryan’s deck?
  7. Zack, why did you pick these 3 particular commanders?
4. Ryan Deck 1 - Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  1. AudienceLand, what did you think of this? Was it interesting? Useful? Entertaining at least? Do you do any sort of pre-game analysis?
5. Summary
Main Topic - Pre-game Scenarios
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Level Up: Learning From Mistakes - Ep 60 Aug 19, 2020

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1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Most unique deck you’ve seen out in the wild - 1 Double Masters pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and serial cable to hook up printer
Thanks
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  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @BentzMr - 2:26
2. @MothershipGames - 7:07, 52:02
Ep 60 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: Commander is a SOCIAL game, winning isn’t everything, so watch with care how far you go down the competitive path.
2. 1. That being said, winning IS fun. And I’m sure there are lots of folks out there that would like to get better at Commander.
  2. It’s so much easier to make an episode about building better decks, it’s much harder to make an episode about how to help folks get better.
  1. Step 1: Admit that you are making mistakes.
  2. 1. It’s going to be hard to fix mistakes if you aren’t making any.
    2. It’s also MUCH harder to identify some types of mistakes in Commander vs Limited or Standard/Modern. This is because the consequences of making a mistake in a 1v1 game happen quite quickly after you make them, and often lead to the game being over.
      1. Changing the way you think about variance may also help. Think about what information you had instead of complaining about why you didn’t win.
      2. My opponent had the exact spell they needed to win! (Did they tutor one or more times that game?)
        
        I just needed one more turn! (Did you fail to realize an opponent was just a card away from a combo?)
        
        I got mana screwed/flooded! (Are you playing enough lands in your deck? How about ramp? Should you have mulliganed?)
        
        Everyone ganged up on me! (Were you playing Atraxa? Did you get off to an early lead?)
    3. Your first instinct should be to avoid blaming a loss on variance. This is not to say that variance doesn’t happen, and often-times variance does lead to bad times for you, but it your first instinct is to blame variance (Blame Variance!), then you may take the easy way out, and not really take the time to think about how you played that game
    1. Think about the things you played, and how folks responded.
    2. Did you make a play that aligned the whole table against you? Could/should you have waited to play it till later?
    3. Did you misidentify the biggest threat at the table?
    4. Did you leave a problematic permanent on the table for too long, hoping someone else would take care of it?
    5. Did you fail to realize that two of your opponents were going to team up, and 1-2 punch away your pillow fort?
    6. Did you take out the wrong player, when you had your chance to kill any of your 3 opponents?
    7. Should you have mulliganed?
      1. Ask them if they noticed any misplays on your part.
      2. Ask them what cards they had in their hand at the end of the game.
    8. It really helps if you can talk with your opponents after the game, especially if they are people you think play well!
  3. Think about your game, immediately after you play it. Reflect on how the game went.
    1. Sequencing!
    2. 1. Can be something as basic as playing your lands in the wrong order. Or tapping your lands incorrectly.
      2. Sometimes this is obvious, sometimes it’s not. Like sometimes you might not notice that there was a better way to sequence things, but sometimes you might not even think about sequencing things
      3. Honestly, this is one of harder things in Commander, because board states get so cluttered, so quickly. And you may forget you need to take out that Blind Obedience before you cast your Hasty creature.
      1. I think this is sometimes tricky for newer players, especially when playing against new opponents, or decks in an unknown meta.
      2. This can also include playing a card that is going to scare the other players into attacking you, thinking that it’s less scary than what some other opponent already has going on. An example could be playing Aura Shards, and not knowing that one of your opponents has 3 very important enchantment/artifacts in hand. You may not know this is a likely scenario, unless you’ve played against that player’s deck more than 1 time before.
    3. Incorrectly assessing threats
      1. Forgetting that your opponent played a Sylvan Safekeeper on turn 2.
      2. Not doing the math on how much damage you were going to take from 2 of your opponents having a Zulaport Cutthroat in play before you cast a board wipe
    4. Failing to notice an onboard trick
      1. These are not the droids you are looking for (or not hitting your saving throw versus a savvy political opponent
        
        So many times people make a deal, and get nothing out of it. Like someone promising not to attack you for two turns, when it’s obvious they weren’t planning on attacking you anyway
      2. Making a bad deal
      3. Making too many deals, and painting yourself into a corner
      4. Picking the wrong person to go to the final 2 with.
    5. Political
  4. Types of mistakes
    1. This can be a tricky thing. We are all getting together to have some social fun, so sometimes it’s not the greatest to be very strict with the rules. I know oftentimes I encourage my opponents to take stuff back
    2. You want to make sure you have a conversation about this before the game starts. It might be great to play with some stricter rules enforcement if the folks you are playing with are up for it. (It also could EASILY be NOT fun to do so).
    3. Maybe hold yourself to a higher standard? Essentially owning your mistakes. You don’t have to always do this, but it’s hard to learn from a mistake if there are NO consequences from making it. (If you’ve ever played with me, you KNOW I don’t often hold myself to a higher standard!) I think this is something especially hard to do if you’ve only ever been a casual player. Playing a lot of limited, and grinding at PTQs etc, really helps here, because you are often playing at a higher REL, and take backs aren’t an option.
  5. Take-backs?
3. How to learn from your mistakes
  1. Learning from your mistakes is CRITICAL to getting better at Commander. Two of your best tools for figuring out the mistakes you are making are “Thinking critically about games immediately after playing them” and “Talking with people who you respect, and getting their feedback”
  2. Audience land: Do you look for mistakes? Do you have any great lessons you’ve learned? We’d love to hear some of them!
4. Summary
Main Topic -Level Up: Learning From Mistakes
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Double Masters Top 8 - Ep 59 Aug 12, 2020

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1. Patron of the Week - MTG Lexicon (@MTG_Lexicon)
2. Patreon Contest - Most unique deck you’ve seen out in the wild - 2 Double Masters packs
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Most unique deck you’ve seen out in the wild - 1 Double Masters pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and VCR Tape rewinder
Thanks
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
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  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MTG_Lexicon - 0:56
2. @MothershipGames - 9:07, 51:49
3. @scryfall - 10:19, 12:46
4. @edhrec - 12:46
5. @CommanderReplay - 28:39
6. @TheKristenEmily - 28:39
7. @LennyWooley - 33:26
8. @chrisvondoom1 - 33:26
9. @MTGStocks - 40:46
Ep 59 Community Spotlight:
1. How did we do with our speculation?
2. 1. Here are the cards we speculated on. How did we do Zack?
  2. 1. Cabal Coffers
    2. Scroll Rack
    3. Cavern of Souls
    4. Rings of Brighthearth
    5. Sylvan Library
    6. Sensei’s Divining Top
    7. Phyrexian Altar
    8. Teferi’s Protection
  1. Define what we mean by important:
  2. 1. Cards that are often played in Commander that are getting pretty pricey. Also, cards that kinda have a unique/hard-to-replace effect (although these are often times the very cards that are pricey)
    1. Rare/Mythic sorted by edhrec relevancy:
    2. 1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3A2xm+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29&order=edhrec&dir=asc&as=grid
      1. https://scryfall.com/search?q=set%3A2xm+%28rarity%3Ar+OR+rarity%3Am%29&order=usd&as=grid
    3. Rare/Mythic sorted by price decreasing (kinda have to ignore some of the box-toppers in this search):
  3. Also, these scryfall searches are pretty cool:
  4. Zack picks over/under
  5. Zack List
  6. Ryan List
3. Top 8 most IMPORTANT reprints for Commander Secret List Style
  1. Double Masters looks like it’s got quite a few reprints for us Commander players. What cards are you most excited for? Which cards didn’t get reprinted that you wanted to see the most?
4. Summary
Main Topic -Double Masters Top 8
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Sisay Shrines Deck Tech - Ep 58 Aug 05, 2020

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1. Thank you to all our patrons
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Ship’s Wheel
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 1:34, 50:36
2. @CotB1 - 2:03
3. @TheKristenEmily - 2:03
4. @SciShowKids - 3:43
5. @MBorchik - 8:30, 46:20
6. @TeneberusOne - 50:49
Ep 58 Community Spotlight:
1. Deck genesis story
2. 1. I’ve always loved the Hondens from Champions of Kamigawa.(2004)
  2. I was inspired by a patron Michael Borchik (@MBorchik) to build a Kenrith deck, specifically with a less than perfect mana base. I decided to go ahead and make it a 5-color enchantress deck, with all 5 of the Hondens in it.
    1. This solved a couple of problems the Kenrith deck had.
    2. 1. I had to run too many tutors to reliably find the shrines
      2. Kenrith didn’t really interact well with the shrines
      3. Talk about how cool Sisay is, and how she does all the things a shrine deck would want.
    3. I sent email to myself to look at Sisay in the morning. Also, I included Kethis, Enduring Renewal, Estrid’s Invocation, Mirage Mirror, Sterling Grove, Privileged Position, Fountain Watch, Teshar (this was wrong, I was thinking of Shalai, and that’s also wrong) and Captain Sisay. Many of these didn’t make the final cut.
  3. I was just planning on updating my Kenrith Deck, and adding in the 6 new Shrines, but one night I was drifting off to sleep, and I had an idea. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain!
  1. The Shrines all scale as you get more shrines, kinda like the Slivers of enchantments. This will give you inevitability if the game goes long enough, and if there aren’t many “destroy all enchantments” effects.
    1. Do this live
  2. Let’s rank the original Hondens from worst to first in Commander
    1. Do this live
  3. Let’s do the same thing with the new Sanctums
3. So, what makes this deck so cool?
  1. Protection
  2. 1. Sterling Grove
    2. Privileged Position
    3. Greater Auramancy
    4. Fountain Watch
    5. Creeping Renaissance
    1. NOTE: Technically, you do NOT need to run these, because Sanctum of Tranquil Light is a single mana, and fetchable with Sisay before she is pumped up.
    2. Sword of the Chosen
    3. Shadowspear
    4. Sword of the Animist
    5. Blackblade Reforged
    6. Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  3. Sisay Enablers
    1. Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain (gonna be nuts in this deck)
    2. Niambi, Esteemed Speaker
    3. Various Enchantresses
  4. Card Draw
    1. Jhoira's Familiar
    2. Honor-Worn Shaku
  5. Ramp
    1. Captain Sisay
    2. Primeval’s Glorious Rebirth (Discuss if Eerie Ultimatum is just better?)
    3. Urza’s Ruinous Blast
  6. Legends Matter
    1. Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage
    2. Thran Temporal Gateway
    3. Weatherlight
  7. Historic Matters
    1. Meishin, the Mind Cage
    2. Profane Procession
    3. Search for Azcanta
    4. Teferi's Ageless Insight
    5. Oath of Kaya
  8. Other cool Legendary Cards
    1. Vernal Equinox
    2. Paradox Haze (Doesn’t work with 5/6 of the new Sanctums, but really cool with 1 of the 6!)
  9. Other cards
4. Other Categories of cards
Main Topic -Sisay Shrines Deck Tech
1. What a cool deck! Full of awesome interactions, and legendary cards. Also, it’s totally on point Flavor-wise (I mean there are THREE weatherlight Captains in this list…). To audience land, what cards would you put in here? Is this the kinda deck you would play?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Content Creation with Commander Replay - Ep 57 Jul 22, 2020

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it!
2. 1. Prize: Chandara Spellbook
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
  1. Prize: 2 Jumpstart boosters
4. Twitter contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it!
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://www.patreon.com/posts/39284479
We are hosting a Historic Brawl tournament for charity on MtG Arena.
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and record cleaning spray
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @CommanderReplay
2. @MothershipGames - 0:34, 9:14, 1:45:58
3. @CommanderFamily - 0:53, 1:46:42
4. @archidekt - 1:36
5. @UltraMan7000 - 6:40
6. @infinitokens - 10:00, 1:26:33
7. @SaffronOlive - 21:15, 47:05
8. @commandcast - 23:25
9. @TheKristenEmily - 24:57, 42:04
10. @CMDRCentral_Max - 40:44
11. @CommandSphere - 48:00
12. @PleasantKenobi - 48:47
13. @lannyt - 52:55
14. @MTG_Lexicon - 53:52, 1:13:38
15. @JakeBossMTG - 56:38
16. @SheldonMenery - 1:00:54
17. @UltimateGuard - 1:05:01
18. @JoshLeeKwai - 1:10:58
19. @Revelens_Light - 1:30:17
20. @Marshall_LR - 1:33:34
21. @neiltyson - 1:40:52
Ep 57 Community Spotlight:
1. PJ give a brief synopsis of what kind of content you create, and why folks should check it out
2. What do we like most about creating content?
3. What do we like least about creating content?
  1. Each of us talk about why
  2. 1. Ryan - It started as a way to kind of keep a record for my kids (hence the #MtGDad moments every episode). Also, Magic is something I’m very passionate about.
4. Why do we each create content?
  1. How much time do we each spend on the content we create each week?
  2. 1. PJ
    2. Zack - 2ish recording, 2ish editing (4-6 when it’s video), unknown on twitter, various amounts of time for graphic design, various amounts mailing things. 1-hour planning episode with Ryan, 1 hour if writing show notes
    3. Ryan - 2ish hours on the night we record, 1 hour planning the show (more if it involves building a deck). 1 hour proofing the show each week. 1 hour uploading the show. There are lots of other various time things as well.
5. Creating content takes time
  1. The Magic community is pretty friggin awesome
  2. When you create content consistently with another person, you really develop a special bond
  3. You get to know a lot of really awesome people, both other content creators, and your listeners/viewers
  4. It’s really cool the first time you meet, or interact with someone who you’ve helped make their life better (even if it’s just in some small way)
  5. You get to learn...like a LOT. I’ve always been a lifelong learner, and there’s pretty much no end to the stuff you can learn. Audio, video, lighting, web design, how to use social media, technology, woodworking, you name it.
6. What makes creating content worth it?
  1. Find a co-host(s) you have chemistry with, who you can trust, who are committed (unless of course you’re doing a 1-person show)
  2. Figure out the name. Seriously, take a LOT of time with this. We were almost “Commander Onramp”.(no we weren’t -z)
  3. Register the domain, look to see if there is anything else out there, past or present with the same/similar name
  4. Get accounts on all of the social media sites, Twitter, Instagram, Gmail account, patreon, Youtube, the sky is the limit here. Also, keep current with new social media things as they come about, and register those accounts.
  5. Figure out a schedule you can commit to and BE CONSISTENT
    1. we used LogoOrbit, and it can be pretty costly. There are cheaper alternatives out there, fiver, etc etc
    2. We placed our initial order for about $150 on April 29th, 2019. We Finished up with them on June 14th, and we must have gone back and forth like 50 times. We think it was worth the time and effort
    3. We were willing to spend the time and money on getting a good logo, because this wasn’t our first podcast and we knew we were going to be in it for the long haul.
    4. You can always rebrand later, but you definitely want a logo before you ever publish your first episode
  6. Get a logo
  7. Make your content available EVERYWHERE. We use libsyn to do this.
  8. PJ - Anything especially important with YouTube?
  9. It will take TIME before you get a regular set of listeners/viewers. Like even more time than you think (probably, I’m sure there are other stories out there about someone becoming an overnight success). Be patient,
  10. Be active on social media!
  11. It will take a while to get good. Creating content is like any other skill, Playing Guitar, Playing Magic, Sewing, whatever. I know I was SOOOO self-conscious in the beginning. I am, and probably always will be my harshest critic, but you can’t let that stop you if creating content is truly something you want to do.
  12. Not every episode will be great. Trust us! However, each episode is likely something you can learn from. If you do this, and constantly strive to get better, you WILL get better over time.
7. Tips for people thinking about starting a podcast/youtube channel
Main Topic -Content Creation
1. Creating content is NOT easy, but it CAN be worth it. What are some questions folks out in Audience Land have about creating content? Did you like this episode that was a lot less about playing Magic?
Summary
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Double Masters Speculation - Ep 56 Jul 15, 2020

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it! - Chandara Spellbook
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it! - 2 jumpstart boosters
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and astrolabe
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 6:20, 35:46, 40:25
2. @SpellTable - 7:15
3. @MTGGoldfish - 24:55
4. @CCOPodcast - 31:49
5. @CadPopCast - 31:49
6. @BrainstormBrew - 37:36
Ep 56 Community Spotlight:
1. How do we feel about masters sets in general?
2. 1. They went on indefinite hiatus a little over a year ago.
  1. Release Date: August 7, 2020
  2. Previews will be starting in mid July
  3. 332 cards
  4. 24 packs per booster box
    1. About $100 per VIP pack
  5. Boxes are preordering around $300 right now, so about $12 per booster
  6. 15-card booster packs, with two rares and two foil cards per pack! (And, yes, those foils can be up to two additional rares.)
    1. Supposedly so interesting two card combos? Maybe like Kiki-jiki + Pestermite?
  7. 2 first picks when drafting
  8. No fetch lands in this set
  9. Double masters will be available on Mtgo but NOT Arena
  10. Two non-foil showcase box topper cards included in each booster box
3. What Do We Know?
  1. Doubling Season
  2. Mana Crypt
  3. Blightsteel Colossus
  4. Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice
  5. Kaalia of the Vast
4. The Box Toppers… That we know about… What do we think about these.
  1. Reprint Imperial Seal?
  2. 1. Or a bunch of other portal cards
  3. Reprint Cyclonic Rift?
5. What’s the craziest thing they could do with this set?
  1. Cabal Coffers
  2. Scroll Rack
  3. Cavern of Souls
  4. Rings of Brighthearth
  5. Sylvan Library
  6. Sensei’s Divining Top
  7. Phyrexian Altar
  8. Teferi’s Protection
6. Reprints are truly needed for EDH
7. Sources
  1. What cards would you MOST like to see reprinted in Double Masters?
8. Summary. Double masters looks pretty sweet so far, but there’s still a lot we don’t know.
Main Topic - Double Masters Speculation
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Mutate Tribal Deck Tech - Ep 55 Jul 08, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the Week: Andrew Floury (@atfloury)
2. Patreon Contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it! - Chandara Spellbook
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it! - 2 jumpstart boosters
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering.and the jello mold
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
Commander Rules - 702.139a - f
1. @atfloury - 1:04, 32:26
2. @MothershipGames - 2:27, 11:43, 56:59
3. @Cathaoir1 - 2:47
4. @SpellTable - 12:43
5. @GuardianPod - 19:27
6. @TheKristenEmily - 22:07
7. @WurmCoyleEngine - 19:27, 32:26, 32:26
8. @edhrec - 30:03
9. @LennyWooley - 38:55, 46:37, 57:46
10. @chrisvondoom1 - 57:46
Ep 55 Community Spotlight:
1. We tried to build a mutate infect deck a while back and the results weren’t great, so I went back to the drawing board after seeing Coyle from Guardian Project Podcast. This time we’re focusing mostly on mutate and swinging more than we are infect, but you know me, there’s still a tiny bit of infect for the funsies.
2. Deck List: https://archidekt.com/decks/617252#Mutate_for_Days
  1. Discuss
3. Commander: Otrimi, the Ever-Playful or Brokkos
  1. Mention how fun (and maybe how expensive it was) to play with the comic book style art.
  2. Only 446 Decks on EDHrec at time of recording
  3. Highlight some of the cool things this deck can do!
4. Why would a listener want to play this deck?
  1. Mutate Creatures
  2. 1. Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
    2. Brokkos Apex of Forever
    3. Sea Dasher Octopus
    4. Boneyard Lurker
    5. Dirge Bat
    6. Dreamtail Heron
    7. Sawtusk Demolisher
    1. Viral Drake
    2. Triumph of the Hordes
    3. Grafted Exoskeleton
    4. Corrupted Conscience
  3. Infect
    1. Cephalid Constable - shout out to lenny
    2. Cold-Eyed Selkie - Draw
    3. Trygon Predator - Flying
    4. Yarok - need to add
  4. Target Creatures
    1. Birds of Paradise
    2. Gyre Engineer
    3. The Great Henge
    4. Harrow
    5. The usual suspects
  5. Ramp
    1. Phyrexian Arena
    2. Painful Truths
    3. Beast Whisperer
  6. Draw
    1. Deglammer
    2. Force of Vigor
  7. Artifact and Enchantment Removal
    1. Lignify
    2. Beast Within
    3. Deadly Rolick
  8. Single Target Removal
    1. Deadly Tempest
    2. Damnation
  9. Mass Removal
5. Slots:
  1. Crystal Shard (as a means to protect your giant Tall monstrosity from things like Swords to Plowshares), and get to retrigger all the mutates again
  2. Silhana Ledgewalker
  3. Temur Sabertooth
  4. Thalakos Scout
6. Ryan’s top Suggestions
  1. What do you think? Did we miss any cards?
7. Summary. This deck is pretty sweet! Etc, etc
Main Topic - Mutate Tribal Deck Tech
Super Patron - Andy Bentley
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Jumpstart Set Review - Ep 54 Jul 01, 2020

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it! - Chandara Spellbook
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Make your own themed jumpstart booster and let us know what you’d put in it! - 2 jumpstart boosters
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and 3-D glasses, but not the polarized stereoscopic ones, the rad fashion statement that is one red lens and one blue lens
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. virtualEDH.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @MothershipGames - 3:19, 9:32, 55:04
2. @netflix - 5:14
3. @SpellTable - 11:00
4. @chrisvondoom1 - 33:34, 44:51
5. @TheKristenEmily - 54:11
6. @BentzMr - 55:22
7. @CraigBlanchette - 55:22
Ep 54 Community Spotlight:
1. What is Jumpstart?
2. 1. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Jumpstart
  2. 37 new cards
    1. 120 Cards from Core 2021
    2. More than 400 reprints from before Core 2021
      1. Some themes
      2. Unicorns
        
        Chandra
        
        Dinosaurs
        
        Minotaurs
        
        Cats
    3. 121 Different “possible packs”
  3. almost 500 reprints
  4. Jumpstart will be on Arena
3. Secret List (8) new cards
4. Secret list (3) reprints
Main Topic - Jumpstart Set Review
Mothership Again.
Thanks for watching!
Super Patron - Andy Bentley
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Core 2021 Top 8 - Ep 53 Jun 24, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Tyler Coats
2. Patreon Contest - Post a picture of your favorite alter in the contest channel of slack and be entered to win an altered Isolated Chapel from @dmpalters
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Reply to tweet with a picture of your favorite alter in the contest channel of slack and be entered to win three packs of Ikoria.
You can find us on Twitter
1. Zack - Played with vEDH with Erin and her boyfriend, Nick. Also played with Andy and Coyle from Guardian Project Podcast
2. Ryan - (Say #MtGDad) Knock knock jokes (with audio)
What’s been going on in your personal life?
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering - The charcuterie board
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @DMPAlters - 2:13
2. @Kesswylie - 3:12
3. @CMDRCentral_Max - 3:12
4. @OriginalOestrus - 4:06
5. @GuardianPod - 4:35
6. @commandcast - 10:52
7. @MothershipGames - 40:26
Ep 53 Community Spotlight:
1. Secret lists
Main Topic - Core 2021 Top 8
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

The Positive Power of Commander - Ep 52 Jun 17, 2020

Patreon
1. Patreon Contest- Pictures of your favorite alters (not proxies)
2. 1. DMP alters - @DMPalters
  2. 1. Isolated Chapel
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
  1. Prize - 3 Packs of Ikoria
4. Twitter contest - Pictures of your favorite alters (not proxies)
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and hard disk platters
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. spelltable.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @OriginalOestrus
2. @magicmicscast - 0:43, 1:12:19
3. @loadingreadyrun - 1:26
4. @DMPAlters - 4:47
5. @Revelens_Light - 5:32
6. @ATXFestival - 13:21
7. @MothershipGames - 17:09, 13:20
8. @SpellTable - 17:50, 36:45, 58:45
9. @ChannelFireball - 18:34, 36:45
10. @EthanFleischer - 22:11
11. @LennyWooley - 28:24
12. @CMDRCentral - 39:35
13. @MTGStocks - 45:04
14. @cardhoarder - 47:10
15. @CoolStuffInc - 48:44
16. @goberthicks - 55:53, 58:11
17. @HobbesQ - 55:53
18. @goblinlorepod - 55:53
19. @MTG_Lexicon - 57:52
20. @ManaCurves - 57:52
21. @GuardianPod - 58:30
22. @infinitokens - 1:10:30
23. @BentzMr - 1:12:44
Ep 52 Community Spotlight:
1. Commander death and exile triggers rules change
  1. Why do we think this is?
  2. 1. Maybe because Commander is a way to express yourself, and that’s something people need now more than ever
    2. I’ve had more time to talk with folks while we play, and I’ve gotten to know more people, more intimately
    3. There’s almost always this time after the game, where we all turn the cameras to our faces, and just chat. Find out what things folks are struggling with in their lives, and hear their successes
2. Commander is an inherently social game, and we’ve seen the community come together during these trying times.
  1. It’s cool that we are getting to play with so many people we would rarely get to play with. We’ve gotten to play with many patrons, and it feels like a silver lining
  2. Shout out to SpellTable for developing a platform designed specifically for playing Magic via webcam
  3. Getting to play decks that are not part of our normal Meta
3. Webcam magic becoming the new norm
  1. Let’s talk about it
4. Erin got a chance to play in CFB’s CommandFest Online
5. Finance
Main Topic - The Positive Power of Commander

“Second, it seems that the bigger card stores (f.i. SCG) have a small amount of available stock of popular cards left. Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, people will have more logistical trouble selling their collections at LGS's but also at MagicFests and other venues. This could result in a lower supply of secondary market cards. The demand for popular cards could surpass the supply much faster than during normal circumstances. This causes the stock to dry up and prices to rise due to organic demand. Not because cards are in higher demand, but in lower supply. Do note that this is speculation on my part, based on what I see and hear on the socials.”

1. 1. 1. Source: https://www.mtgstocks.com/news/361
  2. Commander staples on Magic Online are going up
2. More people are streaming
  1. Specifically playing Commander
  2. Personal life
3. What have your experiences been like so far during quarantining and social distancing the past few months?
Thank Super Patron - Andy Bently
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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Contact Info

Commander Social Jeopardy - Ep 51 Jun 10, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Christopher Dewitt
2. Patreon Contest - Pictures of your favorite alters (not proxies)
3. DMP alters - @DMPalters
4. Isolated Chapel
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Pictures of your favorite alters (not proxies)
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Circuit City gift card
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. virtualEDH.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @danaroach
2. @GingerJ0E
3. @EDHRECast - 0:20, 1:09:18, 1:10:47
4. @CMDRCentral - 0:20, 1:10:47
5. @DMPAlters - 3:50
6. @RobbieSTrevino - 6:00
7. @LennyWooley - 6:59, 47:29, 1:03:28
8. @chrisvondoom1 - 6:59, 47:29, 1:00:59, 1:03:28
9. @MothershipGames - 15:06, 47:03
10. @Jon_Favreau - 14:28
11. @ChannelFireball - 17:13, 1:06:08
12. @thespikefeeders - 20:36
13. @lannyt - 24:35
14. @CommandSphere - 27:19
15. @CCOPodcast - 28:33, 1:03:28
16. @loadingreadyrun - 30:00
17. @weirdcards - 30:00
18. @PlayingPowerMTG - 32:44
19. @PKP_Magic - 34:28, 1:08:47
20. @TheKristenEmily - 34:49
21. @BentzMr - 40:28, 1:01:49, 1:04:42
22. @edhrec - 46:50, 1:10:47
23. @CCOBrando - 47:29
24. @CMDRCentral_Max - 56:41
25. @BWWings - 58:35
26. @MBorchik - 1:04:42
27. @SpellTable - 1:05:26
28. @infinitokens - 1:07:54
29. @MagicwithZuby - 1:08:47
30. @JosephMSchultz - 1:09:18
31. @ManaCurves - 1:09:18
Ep 51 Community Spotlight:
Main Topic - 0051 - Commander Social Jeopardy
Thank Super Patron - Andy Bently
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
Thanks for watching!
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Companions in Commander - Ep 50 Jun 03, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Lenny Wooley-Broder (@LennyWooley Ajani’s Gay Pridemate)
  1. Prize -Ikoria Collector’s Booster
2. Patreon Contest- Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
  1. Prize - 3 Packs of Ikoria
4. Twitter contest - Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and phonograph
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. virtualEDH.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @LennyWooley - 1:11
2. @JoshLeeKwai - 1:56
3. @chrisvondoom1 - 4:50
4. @dpkrausejr - 4:50
5. @GingerJ0E - 4:50
6. @MothershipGames - 8:49, 1:13:43
7. @SpellTable - 9:56
8. @ChannelFireball - 10:41
9. @wizards_magic - 49:58
10. @BentzMr - 1:15:15
Ep 50 Community Spotlight:
1. 702.138
Commander Rules!
1. Companions have caused quite a stir. Let’s see if we can find some good ways to use them in Commander
2. 1. Note: We are not including Lutri, the Spellchaser because it is banned, and we are also not including Yorion, Sky Nomad because you cannot meet the condition to play this card with a 100 card deck.
  1. Jegantha, the Wellspring {4}{R/G}
  2. 1. Slivers is probably obvious, but I wanted to go a different route.
    2. Commander: Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
    3. Summary: WUBRG Legends
      1. Niv-Mizzet Reborn
      2. Cromat
      3. Horde of Notions
      4. O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
      5. The First Sliver
    4. Cards:
      1. Shadowspear
      2. Sword of the Animist
      3. Umezawa’s Jitte
      4. Konda’s Banner
      5. Blackblade Reforged
      6. Sunforger (Not legendary
    5. Ways to ramp up Sisay’s Power
      1. Many Commander staples are single-dipped
      2. Cyclonic Rift
        
        Kodama’s Reach
        
        Putrefy
        
        Rhystic Study
        
        Rampant Growth
        
        Smothering Tithe
      3. Samut, Voice of Dissent
      4. Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
      5. Faeburrow Elder
    6. Bonus Cards:
    1. Note: You can use a changeling Commander, ala Morophon
    2. 1. Cat - 209
      2. Elemental - 463
      3. Nightmare - 59
      4. Dinosaur - 114
      5. Beast - 415
    3. Commander: Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
    4. Summary: Cat Tribal! Plus, Goad is awesome!
      1. Skyhunter Prowler
      2. Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
      3. Mirri, Cat Warrior (Forestwalk!)
    5. Cards: Flying cats y’all
  3. Kaheera, the Orphanguard {1}{G/W}{G/W}
    1. Commander: Kelsien, the Plague
    2. Summary: Mardu Pingers
      1. Gorgon’s Head
      2. Basilisk Collar
      3. Goblin Sharpshooter
      4. Fire Ants
    3. Cards:
      1. Enlightened Tutor
      2. Steelshaper’s Gift
      3. Wayfarer’s Bauble
      4. Gisela, Blade of Goldknight
      5. Dictate of the Twin Gods
      6. Repercussion
      7. Vicious Shadows
    4. Bonus Cards:
  4. Obosh, the Preypiercer {3}{B/R}{B/R}
    1. Note:
    2. 1. You may have one companion in the Commander variant. Your deck, including your commander, must meet its companion requirement. Your companion is not one of your one hundred cards.
      2. 2020-04-17, Gatherer Rulings
      3. Pharika could be interesting (Enchantment)
      4. ReaperKing could be interesting (Artifact)
      5. Golos (Artifact)
      6. Kethis, the Hidden Hand (All Legendary creatures, double discount)
    3. Commander: Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
    4. Summary: What’s better than ensuring your commander has NOTHING but creatures in the graveyard. And each creature is cheaper to cast. Self Mill theme.
      1. Underrealm Lich (bonus flavor points)
      2. Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
      3. Nyx Weaver
      4. Hermit Druid
    5. Cards:
      1. Ravenous Chupacabra
      2. Acolyte of Affliction
      3. Golgari Findbroker
      4. Syr Konrad, the Grim
    6. Bonus Cards:
  5. Umori, the Collector {2}{B/G}{B/G}
3. Ryan
  1. Keruga, the Macrosage {3}{G/U}{G/U}
  2. 1. Commander: Kruphix, God of Horizons
    2. Summary: Ramp like crazy, store up mana with your commander, play eldrazi
      1. Removal: Reclamation Sage
      2. Mana Ramp: Gyre Engineer
      3. Protection: Mystic Snake
    3. Cards
  3. Gyruda, Doom of Depths {4}{U/B}{U/B}
4. Zack
Main Topic - Companions in Commander

Commander: Zur the Enchanter

Summary: Self Mill

Cards:

Mill: Psychic Corrosion

Mill: Dreamborn Muse

1. Win-Con: Thassa’s Oracle, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Zirda, the Dawnwaker {1}{R/W}{R/W}

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King or Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

Summary: Ramp / Value

Cards:

1. 1. Mana Rocks: Arcane Signet
  2. Mana Dorks: Sylvan Caryatid and Birds of Paradise
  3. Win Con: Maze’s End. Field of the Dead
  1. Commander:Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
  2. Summary: Aristocrats
    1. Tutor: Entomb
    2. Sack Outlet: Viscera Seer
    3. Zack Favorite: Blind Obedience
  3. Cards:
2. Lurrus of the Dream-Den {1}{W/B}{W/B}
1. How do you feel about Companions in Commander?
2. Have any of you built a deck in Commander that uses a companion?
3. Do any of these decks spark your interest? Would you be interested in us doing a full deck tech on any of these? Perhaps we’ll make a Twitter poll
Wrap it up
Thank Super Patron - Andy Bently
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Decks Outside Our Comfort Zone - Ep 49 May 20, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Henry Stukenborg
  1. Prize -Ikoria Collector’s Booster
2. Patreon Contest- Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
  1. Prize - 3 Packs of Ikoria
4. Twitter contest - Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends
You can find us on Twitter
1. Zack - Home from my mom’s
  1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/locked-down-citizens-across-world-dress-take-out-trash-online-n1185011
2. Ryan - (Say #MtGDad) Veronica has been wanting to wear pretty dresses everyday, and so has Malcolm
What’s been going on in your personal life?
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and tiny spoon from New Hampshire
Thanks
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. virtualEDH.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @HenryStukenborg - 1:40
2. @DoubleDaves - 5:18
3. @MothershipGames - 9:15, 1:00:12
4. @SpellTable - 9:44
5. @ChannelFireball - 11:16
6. @GingerJ0E - 11:58
7. @Marshall_LR - 22:01
8. @TheKristenEmily - 24:01
9. @LennyWooley - 33:56, 37:40, 54:00
10. @Scraignoth - 41:01
11. @jumbocommander - 42:01
12. @BentzMr - 43:14, 59:37
13. @chrisvondoom1 - 45:40
Ep 49 Community Spotlight:
1. 716.5b
Commander Rules!
1. Deck outside Ryan’s comfort zone
2. 1. Aggressive Decks
    1. Arena
  2. Why?
  3. Zack discusses with Ryan
  1. Why?
  2. Ryan discusses some with Zack
3. Deck outside Zack’s comfort zone - Boros / Aggro
  1. Lenny (@LennyWooley)
  2. 1. Mono red is outside my comfort zone. I can brew it but I don't like playing it because it's not great at defense and I can't make plans with its card advantage.
    2. 5 color is also really tough unless I have a very specific idea in mind. Otherwise I get paralyzed by all the opportunity
    1. I struggle with playing blue. In particular the whole counterspell/draw go style. I feel bad countering someone's spell and even worse countering their commander, because I find it less enjoyable to play, I play it less which means I'm worse at it.
  3. Craig -(@Scraignoth)
    1. I'm an Aggro/Midrange player and have always struggled with control. I taught myself how to play control and that helped me to understand how better to fight against control. That being said blue is the color that eludes me the most but I'm always trying to expand my prowess in commander. my main problem is I'm a very proactive player and blue intrinsically plays a reactive game
  4. Andy Bently (@BentzMr)
    1. my main problem is I'm a very proactive player and blue intrinsically plays a reactive game
    2. After he left his comfort zone to play black - It took a second to get in a groove cause of what I’m typically drawn to, but once I got going, I really hit a groove. I kinda role played it. Since I’m a Dimir mage, I approached it as I was spying on everyone else to learn their secrets
    3. #MtgAmatureFinance also taught me what I don’t really like so I avoid spending on stuff that won’t hold my interest long term
  5. Chris von Doom (@chrisvondoom1)
    1. Discuss
  6. Four patrons have specifically spoken about blue control
4. What did some of our patrons have to say?
Main Topic - Decks Outside Our Comfort Zone
1. Stretch one’s horizons to include new things
2. Understand your opponents strategies better
3. Poker example, players that only put their chips in when they have the best hand
4. So, has anyone out there stepped outside their comfort zone? Let us know!
Wrap it up - why should we play decks outside of our comfort zone
Thank Super Patron - Andy Bently
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Deck tech: Brokkos, Apex of Forever - Ep 48 May 06, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Jeannie Taylor
  1. Prize -Ikoria Collector’s Booster
2. Patreon Contest: Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
  1. Prize - 3 Packs of Ikoria
4. Twitter contest - Your favorite picture of you playing magic with friends
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and vegimite
2. Joe for help with ztmcfjh
Thanks
1. @GingerJ0E - 2:07, 11:51, 29:22, 1:14:35
2. Zack’s Mom - 2:53
3. @HenryStukenborg - 4:49, 23:02, 41:30, 50:40, 53:31, 58:08, 1:07:01, 1:14:10
4. @animalcrossing - 9:26
5. @MothershipGames - 17:18, 1:04:15, 1:13:44
6. @CraigBlanchette - 19:43, 1:09:40
7. @CMDRCentral - 19:57
8. @scryfall - 22:14
9. @BentzMr - 1:11:19
10. @CardTyrant - 1:11:19
11. @KeshaRose - 1:13:22
12. @Scraignoth - 1:14:10
Ep 48 Community Spotlight:
1. 702.89 A -F
Commander Rules!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. virtualEDH.com
  2. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
  1. MOTHERSHIP BOOKS AND GAMES
5. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Discuss what we’re doing. Dedicate deck to Craig Blanchette
2. Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/521497#Craig's_Mutating_Infect
3. Discuss the origin of the original deck.
4. Why the change / who’s the new commander
  1. Infect Creatures
  2. Proliferate
  3. Single Target and Mass Removal
  4. Ramp
5. Slots
6. Currently at 118 cards w/ commander
7. Go through the deck with ryan
Main Topic - Deck tech: Brokkos, Apex of Forever
1. Andy “Mr. Big Bentz” Bentley
2. J.C. “Card Tyrant” Davidson
Super Patrons
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Livestream with Virtualedh.com - Ep 47 Apr 29, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: ChuckTheSlice (@ChuckSlice)
2. Patreon Contest - Take a picture or screenshot of your craziest board state and send it to us in a message on Patron and we’ll pick the best one to win a Stained Glass Foil Nahiri from War of the Spark
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three Packs of Theros: Beyond Death.
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Organic Turnips
2. Adam Christ and Jonathan Rowny
Thanks
1. @VirtualEDH
2. @TRayburn - 2:08, 22:24, 28:50
3. @ChuckSlice - 3:40
4. @animalcrossing- 9:50
5. @GingerJ0E - 10:28
6. @MothershipGames - 16:15, 22:00
7. @scryfall - 19:37
8. @thespikefeeders - 21:00
9. @GavinVerhey - 21:00
10. @themmcast - 24:14
11. @Kesswylie - 24:14
12. @HenryStukenborg - 24:33, 29:58, 38:45
13. @CraigBlanchette - 30:15
14. @MTG_Lexicon - 38:33, 46:12
15. @edhrec - 38:45
16. @real_diegoidi - 43:51
17. @TCGplayer - 45:20
Ep 47 Community Spotlight:
1. 107.1,a,b
Commander Rules!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Let’s summarize what virtualEDH.com is, and some of the cool features
2. 1. Person who’s turn it is is Highlighted! (anyone can use spacebar to change who’s turn it is)
  2. There’s a single button to click that flips your video around so it looks right-side up!
  3. Infect counter
  4. Lifetotal tracker
  5. Can add your commander and it shows up as hoverable under your life total
  6. Turn timer
  7. Best Feature: You can click on a card in play and it will pull it up (and retains a history of cards you’ve searched for this way). IMO this feature is 100% worth trying this site out
  1. How many people, and how long have you been working on it
  2. What are some enhancements that you have planned?
  3. Also, we noticed no voice, and I believe this was intentional, is that something we might see in the future?
    1. Specifically a way for someone to use their phone to display their boardstate, and another computer to join the game as a spectator to see everyone else's board?
  4. Any plans for mobile?
3. Some questions for Adam and Jon
4. Place for questions from Chat
Main Topic - VirtualEDH.com
1. Rethank Adam and Jon. Remind the folks where they can checkout your stuff, social media, patreon, etc.
Wrap it UP!
Re-thank Mothership and mention the codes and pre-orders for Ikoria
1. Andy “Mr. Big Bentz” Bentley
2. J.C. “Card Tyrant” Davidson
Thank the Super Patrons
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Ikoria Top 10 - Ep 46 Apr 23, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Michael Borchik (@MBorchik)
2. Patreon Contest - Take a picture or screenshot of your craziest board state and send it to us in a message on Patron and we’ll pick the best one to win a Stained Glass Foil Nahiri from War of the Spark
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three Packs of Theros: Beyond Death.
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Slide Rule
Thanks
1. @MBorchik - 2:49, 31:54
2. @GingerJ0E - 2:49
3. @CommanderReplay - 12:25
4. @TheKristenEmily - 12:25
5. @MothershipGames - 13:16, 1:09:30
Ep 46 Community Spotlight:
1. 103.5(a,b,c)
Commander Rules!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Disclaimer: We decided to exclude the Tri-lands cards from our lists. So, let’s talk about them here:
2. 1. Indatha Triome - W/B/G
  2. Ketria Triome - G/U/R
  3. Raugrin Triome - U/R/W
  4. Savai Triome - R/W/B
  5. Zagoth Triome - B/G/U
  1. Zazk’s turn to set the over/under (remember .5)
  2. Ryan’s List
  3. Zack’s list
3. Secret list style
4. Most Ryan-est card in the set?
5. Most Zack-est card in the set?
Main Topic - Commander 2020 Set Review
1. What are YOUR top 10 cards from Ikoria? Anything we didn’t include?
Summary - Ikoria is an amazing set, with Awesome flavor, and man how sweet are those Godzilla (kaiju) cards?
1. Andy “Mr. Big Bentz” Bentley
2. J.C. “Card Tyrant” Davidson
Thanks to the Super Patrons
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Commander 2020 Top 10 - Ep 45 Apr 15, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: William Toenjes
2. Patreon Contest - Take a picture or screenshot of your craziest board state and send it to us in a message on Patron and we’ll pick the best one to win a Stained Glass Foil Nahiri from War of the Spark
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three Packs of Theros: Beyond Death.
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Homemade Peanut Brittle
Thanks
1. @TooMuchDew - 2:28
2. @CommanderReplay - 6:10, 45:42
3. @Magical__Hacker - 6:10
4. @AminoMtg - 6:10
5. @MothershipGames - 15:05
6. @izzymedrano - 33:10
7. @GavinVerhey - 37:57
8. @TheKristenEmily - 44:52
9. @goberthicks - 56:47
10. @commandcast - 1:01:00
Ep 45 Community Spotlight:
1. Companion
Commander Rules!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Disclaimer: We decided to exclude the Free cards from our lists, because they might take up half the list, they are all that good! So, let’s talk about them here:
2. 1. Flawless Maneuver
  2. Deadly Rollick
  3. Deflecting Swat
  4. Obscuring Haze
  5. Fierce Guardianship
3. EACH deck has Arcane Signet! YAY!!!!
  1. Ryan’s turn to set the over/under (remember .5)
  2. Ryan’s List
  3. Zack’s list
4. Secret list style
5. Most Ryan-est card in the set?
6. Most Zack-est card in the set?
Main Topic - Commander 2020 Set Review
1. What are YOUR top 10 cards from C20? Anything we didn’t include?
Summary - C20 is Dope and it has dope cards.
1. Andy “Mr. Big Bentz” Bentley
2. J.C. “Card Tyrant” Davidson
Thanks to the Super Patrons
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Commander 2020 Preview Cards - Ep 44 Apr 08, 2020

Thank you to Wotc for the FREE preview cards!
1. Patron of the week: Anton Klement
2. Patreon Contest - Take a picture or screenshot of your craziest board state and send it to us in a message on Patron and we’ll pick the best one to win a Stained Glass Foil Nahiri from War of the Spark
Patreon
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three Packs of Theros: Beyond Death.
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and nifty pins!
2. Intern TH Elliot for help researching our preview cards and coming up with some fun interactions!
3. Joe Hoffman for helping setup and test the stream, and moderating chat
Thanks
1. @wizards_magic - 0:15, 15:57, 31:27, 59:55
2. @AllHailBolas - 1:36
3. @MothershipGames - 1:59, 13:38, 26:33, 28:59, 42:56, 1:01:51, 1:11:52, 1:14:45
4. @Scraignoth - 12:07, 19:04
5. @GingerJ0E - 12:40, 57:38
6. @TRayburn - 28:50, 34:30, 39:13
7. @abigbat - 38:28
8. @CMDRCentral_Max - 53:43
9. @scryfall - 57:58
10. @edhrec - 1:03:45
11. @TolarianCollege - 1:05:30
12. @CommanderReplay - 1:07:17
13. @BentzMr - 1:16:28
14. @CardTyrant - 1:16:28
Ep 44 Community Spotlight:
1. MUTATE - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/ikoria-lair-behemoths-mechanics-2020-04-02
Commander Rules!
1. https://store.mothershipatx.com
2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. Huge Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for giving us these FREE preview cards
  1. Marisi, Breaker of the Coil / Disrupt Decorum
  2. Hunted Dragon / Hunted Phantasm
  3. Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
  4. Forbidden Orchard
  5. And, you can also play this aura on your own creature, as a combat anthem
2. Martial Impetus
  1. Scroll Rack / Sensei’s Divining Top
  2. Path to Exile / Winds of Abandon
  3. Sylvan Safekeeper / Aura Fracture / Trade Routes
  4. Lotus Field / Nurturing Peatland
3. Verge Rangers
  1. Special Thanks to Paul Scott Canavan
  2. @abigbat
  3. http://www.paulscottcanavan.com/
  4. Bitter Blossum / Deadhorde Invasion / Ophiomancer
  5. Conspiracy / Arcande Adaptation
  6. Gravecrawler / Nadir Kraken / Phyrexian Altar
  7. Enrek Sahr, Master Breeder / The Locust God / Pawn of Ulamog
  8. Undead Augur / Relentless Dead / Viscera Seer
4. Species Specialist
  1. Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder / Aurelia, the Warleader / Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
  2. Blind Obedience / Authority of the Consuls
  3. Emrakul, the Promised End / Blightsteel Colossus / Sun Titan
5. Nahiri, the Harbinger
Main Topic - Commander 2020 Preview Cards
1. Andy “Mr. Big Bentz” Bentley
2. J.C. “Card Tyrant” Davidson
Thanks to the Super Patrons
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Commander Social Distancing - Ep 43 Apr 01, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Daniel Martin
2. Patreon Contest - Take a picture or screenshot of your craziest board state and send it to us in a message on Patron and we’ll pick the best one to win a Stained Glass Foil Nahiri from War of the Spark
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three Packs of Theros: Beyond Death.
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Ventilator mask
Thanks
1. Daniel Martin - 1:20
2. @BWWings - 10:52
3. @chrisvondoom1 - 15:25, 22:38, 24:51
4. @CommanderReplay - 18:50
5. @CommandSphere - 18:50
6. @thespikefeeders - 22:05
7. @TheKristenEmily - 22:38
8. @dpkrausejr - 23:50
9. @GuardianPod - 23:50
10. @GavinVerhey - 26:26
11. @maro254 - 26:26
12. @MothershipGames - 28:24, 41:19
13. @CotB1 - 29:54
14. @ChannelFireball - 30:49, 36:24, 44:22
15. @blakepr - 35:38
16. @SteveSunu - 35:38
17. @DjangoWexler - 35:38, 48:59
18. @wizards_magic - 43:39
19. @animalcrossing - 46:41
20. @GingerJ0E - 46:41
21. @MBorchik - 46:41
22. @fishcastmtg - 47:21
Ep 43 Community Spotlight:
1. 722.1, 722.2
Commander Rules!
1. Discuss Social Distancing
2. 1. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
  2. Wash your hands regularly with soap and water, or clean them with alcohol-based hand rub.
  3. Maintain at least 1 metre distance between you and people coughing or sneezing.
  4. Avoid touching your face.
  5. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
  6. Stay home if you feel unwell.
  7. Practice physical distancing by avoiding unnecessary travel and staying away from large groups of people.
  1. Twitter
  2. Facetime
  3. Texting
3. How we have been communicating with folks from home
  1. Play online via Arena or MTGO
  2. 1. Arena has made Brawl free to play until April 16th
    2. MTGO Brought back the Vintage cube for two weeks
      1. Rachel Weeks
      2. https://twitter.com/wachelreeks
        
        The Commander Sphere podcast
        
        https://twitter.com/CommandSphere
        
        https://twitter.com/CommanderReplay
        
        https://www.youtube.com/commanderreplay
      3. PJ
    3. Ryan and Zack played a game on MtGO with PJ and Rachel Weeks
    1. Technologies
    2. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkM_v1SFSm4
    3. Excellent video by The Spike Feeders for setting up a play area and camera
    4. Ryan and Zack played a test game via Skype, and it worked decently enough.
      1. https://twitter.com/dpkrausejr
      2. https://twitter.com/guardianpod
    5. Ryan played a game with Dan Krause, and Andy and Mike from Guardian Project Podcast
  3. Play together with real cards using a webcam or your phone
4. How can you get social and play mtg from your home
  1. Gavin has been doing these short daily teaser videos for Ikoria, and telling playtest design stories
  2. 1. Ikoria pre-release kits. Curbside pickup/Delivery
    2. Starting an online store for singles
    3. Running a Discord server, and some folks are running games in there, like pen and paper RPGs
    4. Reach out to your LGS, and see if there’s anything you can do to help.
  3. Our LGS has been doing curbside pickup as well as deliveries
    1. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestonline
    2. https://www.cfbevents.com/magicfestbox
  4. ChannelFireball
    1. twitch.tv/magic
    2. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/changes-release-ikoria-lair-behemoths-2020-03-26
  5. Weekly MTG Stream with Blake Rasmussen and Steve Sunu from 3-26-2020
    1. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/FNM_at_Home
  6. MTG Arena, Play FNM at Home
5. Other
  1. Watch netflix with friends https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netflix-party/oocalimimngaihdkbihfgmpkcpnmlaoa?hl=en
    1. Ryan, Zack, and Joe have been playing Animal Crossing and trading stuff.
    2. Zack has been playing Pokemon online
  2. Playing video games with friends
  3. MtG book
6. Other ways to be Social not playing magic
  1. Ryan has been able to spend more time with his kids
  2. Zack has been spending time with family.
7. Other benefits
8. Fear not things will get better (Zack)
Main Topic - Keeping it Social in the Time of Covid 19
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Chandra Spellbook Predictions - Ep 42 Mar 25, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Brando Calrissian
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Theros Beyond Death Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Nasicort
Thanks
1. @lildickytweets - 2:11, 6:22
2. @FlavorFlav - 3:34
3. @ghirapurigears - 13:40
4. @TolarianCollege - 16:11
5. @cspranklerun - 16:11
6. @blakepr - 16:11
7. @MothershipGames - 17:30
8. @deschampsart - 21:51
9. @HipstersMTG - 22:34
10. @CMDRCentral_Max - 29:42
11. @scryfall - 34:37
12. @edhrec - 35:13
13. @wizards_magic - 36:53
14. @Cathaoir1 - 42:11
15. @Xenozfan2 - 43:45
Ep 42 Community Spotlight:
1. Zack - 720.1,720.1a,720.1b,720.2
Commander Rules!
1. Here’s the announcement article:
2. 1. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-signature-spellbook-chandra-2020-03-13
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiM2E5X7dXM
3. Tolarian Community College announcement video:
  1. 8 cards
  2. 2 are known: Past in Flames (n) and Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  3. 5 cards will have new art
  4. 3 cards will have old art
  5. Available only at your LGS
4. What we know:
5. Over/Under, Zack’s turn
6. Secret List
  1. Chandra is totes cool.
7. Summary
Main Topic - Chandra Spellbook
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Our First Foray into cEDH - Ep 41 Mar 18, 2020

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1. Patron of the week: Jamie H
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - TBD Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering
Thanks
1. @TRayburn - 0:52
2. Jamie H
3. @MothershipGames - 2:59, 19:48, 42:05
4. @CMDRCentral - 10:47
5. @TheLabManiacs - 14:37, 17:41, 18:39
6. @thespikefeeders - 17:01
7. Lerker - 18:39
8. Sickrobot - 18:39
9. ShaperSavant - 18:39
10. @CommanderReplay - 19:48
11. @JasonEAlt - 46:41
Ep 41 Community Spotlight:
1. 721.2, 721.2a
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: Zack and I have played a total of 5 or so games of cEDH between us, so we are by no means experts
  1. EDH pushed to the limit, with no compromises made in deck building. All legal cards/combos are fair game, as is stax, etc
2. What is cEDH?
  1. We both love EDH, and it felt important for us to educate ourselves on cEDH
  2. We don’t plan on becoming Competitive Social or anything like that
  3. Since cEDH is part of EDH we wanted to have some experience playing so that we can have a frame of reference when discussing.
    1. Here’s a good link: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/list-multiplayer-edh-generals-by-tier/
  4. We spent a lot of time reading about, and watching videos on cEDH, researched quite a few decks in the meta.
    1. http://budgetbrews.club/
    2. Discord: http://budgetbrews.club/#Discord
  5. Budget EDH page
  6. We thought folks out there might find it interesting if they have never thought about venturing into cEDH territory
3. Why are we doing this episode?
  1. Ryan - 4 Color Curious Control, helmed by Thrasios + Vial Smasher
  2. 1. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/4c-rashmi-curious-control/
    2. This Deck was suggested to me by “Someone” from the Spike Feeders via Twitter DM. Maybe Jim???
      1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-KHswpZF1k
    3. Video about Curious Control by the Lab Maniacs (Warning, they may have some adult language)
    1. Based on: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/urza-paradox-scepter/
    2. Zack’s Version: https://archidekt.com/decks/420449#Urza_Power_Scepter_-_Semi_Budget_(cEDH)
  3. Zack - Urza, Power Scepter
4. Let’s talk about the decks we’ve made
  1. Played with Austin, and PJ from CommanderReplay
  2. 1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrudMyVbtvyVyadYddhousA
    2. https://twitter.com/CommanderReplay
    1. Players
    2. 1. Austin was playing Gitrog
      2. Zack was playing a borrowed Prosh + Food Chain combo deck
      3. PJ was playing a Boros, Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero deck
      4. Ryan was playing Curious Control
    3. PJ won on turn 4 or 5 with Gerrard, Loyal Retainers, and Grinding Station
    4. I had no idea what was going on. Austin was very kind and offered me advice, but a control deck is pretty hard to pilot when you’re not sure what is going on, and what all is possible (Hard to know what to counter, for example)
  3. Game 1
    1. Zack was going to get a new pod going, and we were waiting for some players to finish, so Austin, PJ, and I decided to shuffle up for a 3 player cEDH game
    2. PJ ended up winning this one is similar fashion, although, I think I did bad things like cast a Fire Covenant at sorcery speed, and countered the wrong spells, and basically stifled Austin (playing Gitrog), and was essentially king maker
  4. Game 2
5. Games we played at Mothership
  1. Ryan
  2. 1. Man, I am BAD at this format. I think a lot of this is unfamiliarity, and I’m sure that will come with time.
    2. It’s really interesting to play with all of these crazy combos/busted cards that I don’t normally play with, at least not in this density in my decks
    3. I feel like there is potentially more shuffling than in a normal game, because so much of the game is DEPENDANT on your starting hand. I think this is true because in a regular game of EDH, there is more time for you to play catchup, and often time folks will leave you alone if you’re mana screwed. That being said, being able to play a whole game in under half an hour is pretty sweet
    4. Fighting battles on the stack is pretty interesting, and not something we tend to see a whole lot of in our local meta
    5. I feel like I’m less able to express myself through Deck-building in cEDH, because I feel like many/most of the card choices for any given deck are necessary/required. Maybe my thoughts on this will change over time? I just know that many of the goofy/random type things I like to do in regular EDH are not viable in cEDH (example: Mr. OPC). That being said, I still think cEDH is pretty cool, and I want to get to know the format better.
    1. Playing cEDH was very disorienting the first time because I was playing a borrowed deck, but I still had fun!
    2. Ryan and I played tonight against each other and it was only slightly less disorienting than the last time, but it was a little easier knowing the deck and I still had fun.
    3. I think mulling correctly is important. I think you want to mull aggressively to get at least part of your combo or cards to get your combo.
    4. To play cEDH seriously I think you would have to study the meta of tiered cEDH decks to be able to combat them when playing yours and when playing EDH I’d rather be surprised at what people are playing vs seeing a commander and knowing it’s exact lines of play.
    5. I’m interested in casually playing cEDH when opportunities arise and I def see the appeal to it.
  3. Zack -
    1. We made sure that all 4 people knew exactly what we were signing up for, and I think that’s important.
    2. Also, I think most cEDH players genuinely DON’T want to pub stomp.
    3. Playing a crazy tuned cEDH deck versus non cEDH decks doesn’t seem like it would be much fun for the cEDH player
  4. We were playing socially, and having fun with folks during the games of cEDH that we played.
6. Our thoughts about cEDH
Main Topic - Our First Foray into cEDH
1. What do you think about cEDH? Have you tried it? Let us know your experiences!
2. Commander is many things, to many different people. cEDH is just one way to play this game, and it’s a valid way to play.
3. EDH and cEDH are not mutually exclusive. PJ and Austin both had non-cEDH decks with them, and we had fun playing a few games of regular EDH before we dove into cEDH
4. It’s really cool that there are so many different ways to play Magic, and even with Commander there are many ways to play. Magic is a great game, and everyone should be allowed to enjoy it the way they like
Summary
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Is Fast Mana Bad for Commander? - Ep 40 Mar 11, 2020

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1. Patron of the week: Caleb Ryder (@iCalebRyder)
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Theros Beyond Death Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Bocce Ball set
Thanks
1. @iCalebRyder - 1:12
2. @TRayburn - 19:58
Ep 40 Community Spotlight:
1. 106.6
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: We are not saying fast mana is good/bad/or otherwise. We just thought this is an interesting topic, and might be fun to talk about.
  1. Permanent
  2. 1. Sol Ring
    2. Mana Crypt
    3. Mana Vault
    4. Ancient Tomb
    5. Grim Monolith
    6. Carpet of Flowers (Is this as good in non cEDH?)
    7. Chrome Mox
    8. Mox Diamond
    9. Mox Amber
    10. Mox Opal
    1. There’s lots of temporary mana cards, often used in storm decks
    2. 1. Lotus Petal
      2. Lion’s Eye Diamond
      3. Dark Ritual
      4. Desperate Ritual
  3. Temporary
2. What is Fast Mana? Cards that can give you more mana than they cost, the turn you play them
  1. Land, Fellwar Stone, Mana Vault, Sylvan Library
  2. Land, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Sensei’s Divining Top
  3. Are crazy starts like this bad?
  4. How often do starts like this happen?
  5. Do crazy starts happen like this all the time in cEDH? We don’t know, but maybe some folks out there can let us know?
  6. What’s the craziest start YOU’ve ever had?
3. Fast Mana can enable some pretty crazy starts
  1. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/list-multiplayer-edh-generals-by-tier/
4. Is fast mana one of the things that separates EDH from cEDH? We aren’t cEDH experts, but looking at the tier list here, it sees a lot of play in cEDH decks:
  1. Is this fair, given that nearly every EDH deck runs Sol Ring?
    1. Most of the cards on this list are more than $50, some as much as $200+
  2. If Mana Crypt were less expensive, would this argument still be happening?
5. I’ve seen some folks on Twitter/Reddit complaining about their opponents using fast mana, oftentimes Mana Crypt is specifically called out.
  1. Does the way your deck is built change the amount of fast mana that is “appropriate”? If you’re playing Bird Tribal, is it OK to power up your deck with a little extra juice?
6. How much fast mana is too much?
  1. http://bit.ly/ryan_stable
  2. http://bit.ly/zack_stable
  3. Example: Ryan has a morph deck, and it’s pretty derpy. That deck runs a lot of fast mana, just so it can be on a similar playing field as a lot of other decks Ryan plays against in our meta
  4. Zack talks about Emry here
7. I don’t think running fast mana is good or bad, it’s just a thing decks can do. We play fast mana sometimes. Feel free to look at our stables:
  1. Ryan has a Gonti Deck, and it runs mana vault, but maybe that should just be Dark Ritual?
8. Mana vault vs Dark Ritual
  1. Ryan: I think that in general the effect is pretty similar, but again fast mana ramps you for the current turn, whereas Ramp cards make subsequent turns of yours better.
  2. At least the social contract doesn’t frown on blowing up folks fast mana, like it does about destroying lands
9. How does Fast mana compare to Ramp effects like Rampant Growth, Kodama’s Reach, Cultivate?
  1. Cards like Signets, Worn Powerstone, Fellwar Stone, etc
  2. Why are these cards less frowned upon?
10. We run lots of “Slow Mana” in Commander, which essentially acts a lot like ramp
Main Topic - Fast Mana
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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Evolving WIlds: Upgrading Niv Mizzet, Parun Mar 04, 2020

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1. Patron of the week: Kyle McGregor
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - TBD Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Thanks
1. @mcgregok - 1:12
2. @MothershipGames - 2:40, 43:18
3. @KikkomanKitchen - 6:15
4. @Pattapit - 8:35
5. @danaroach - 30:07
6. @GingerJ0E - 49:30
Ep 39 Community Spotlight:
1. 603.2d
Commander Rules!
1. Obligatory Commander Social Disclaimer: Please do not judge Zack for running off color fetches. UUURRR on turn six is hard y'all
2. Deck List - https://archidekt.com/decks/297545#Niv-Mizzy
3. Changes - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZbYCjuiEcp_2mxdFyyvttX-C5HraOcCnEqfGZy0Zltg/edit#gid=0
4. https://scryfall.com/@commandersoc/decks/ab6c063e-9fd5-4960-a243-5d9fc96b94ac
  1. Link to episode: http://bit.ly/CS_ep_20
5. The stable -> level up
  1. Near the end of 2017 I fell in love with Niv Mizzet, Parun. I’ve always loved drawing cards and being able to do damage to others was something I totally loved.
  2. I don’t claim to be great at building decks, but back then the way I built decks was way different than I do now. I didn’t exactly do slot theory and it was mostly just slam in good cards and hope for the best.
  3. I was doing pretty well with it for a while, but as time went on and I added more cards just for the heck of it the deck got worse and kind of fell out of favor.
  4. Near the end of 2019 I had been trying to make a draw-all-the-cards and take-all-the-turns type deck. At first I thought this would be a good strategy for Emry, but then realized, hey why not revisit Niv Mizz.
  5. The new theme for niv was Draw all the cards, take all the turns, and wheels.
  6. I have played five games with Niv since I have revamped and won all five.
6. Niv Mizz, the Parun
  1. 1 Dictate of Kruphix Didn't love the symmetrical nature
  2. 1 Experimental Frenzy Didn't love how it played
  3. 1 Merchant Scroll removing tutors
  4. 1 Firemind's Foresight Never really knew what to fetch
  5. 1 Palinchron slotted in thinking i'd do a combo, but never did
  6. 1 The Mirari Conjecture didn't love how it played
  7. 1 Venser, Shaper Savant didn't love how it played
7. Cards I took out and why:
  1. 1 Arcane Signet Mana Fixing
  2. 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods double damage from things like commander and psychosis crawler
  3. 1 Expropriate Moar Turns
  4. 1 Insurrection Win Condition
  5. 1 Leyline of Anticipation Love instant speed everything
  6. 1 Mind's Eye Cheap Card Draw
  7. 1 Nexus of Fate Moar Turns
  8. 1 Thought Reflection Double Card Draw Double Damage
  9. 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell Extra Damage
  10. 1 Windfall Wheels
  11. 1 Dockside Extortionist Ryan said it was good
8. Cards I added and why
  1. With the stable I can see what cards I’ve added and if something new doesn’t feel right you can always see what you removed.
  2. Decks need to have good synergies in them, not just combos or combos at all. Also just because a card is good, doesn’t mean it’s great for every deck.
  3. What is the deck you’ve revamped the most? Did it work out for you? We want to know.
9. Summary
Main Topic - Updating your decks
Thanks for watching / listening! Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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GP Zack's House - Ep 38 Feb 26, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Phillip Hlavac
2. Patreon Contest - 1 TBD Collector’s Pack
3. Patreon Brawl tournament - 1 TBD Collector’s Pack
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three Packs of TBD
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and for making a special appearance at GP Zack’s Big Ass House.
Thanks
1. @dpkrausejr
2. @GingerJ0E
3. @CMDRCentral_Max
4. @TRayburn
5. @philliphlavac - 2:07, 41:37
6. @chrisvondoom1 - 11:12
7. @kanyewest - 11:12
8. @taylorswift13 - 11:12
9. @Kesswylie - 11:32
10. @HellKatMTG - 11:55
11. @CCOPodcast - 11:55, 49:48
12. @CCOBrando - 11:55, 49:48
13. @commanderinmtg - 14:41
14. @UltraProIntl - 15:36
15. @ladygaga - 24:15
16. @TheKristenEmily - 25:43
17. @CMDRCentral - 39:40
18. @UrsaBearwalker - 51:35
Ep 38 Community Spotlight:
1. Introduction of GP Zack’s Big Ass House.
2. 1. Zack tells a story
  2. Shout out to Joe for getting things together
  3. Serendipitously turned out to be the same weekend of worlds
  1. Introductions
  2. 1. Dan - Long time friend of the show
    2. Joe - Slid into our DMs and then our hearts in vegas.
  3. Purphoros talk w/ dan
  4. Discuss how Joe helps kids
  5. Free form convo
3. Dan / Joe
  1. Introductions
  2. 1. Tim - Patron we met at MF Austin
    2. Max - Long time friend of the show
    1. Ask about sous vide machine
  3. Thank Tim about bbq
  4. Discuss Texas vs Wisconsin with Max
  5. Free form convo
4. Tim / Max
  1. What has been your favorite play of yours or someone else this weekend?
  2. What’s been the most fun non-mtg moment of the weekend?
5. Everyone
Main Topic -GP Zack's House
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Learning to Love the Mill - Ep 37 Feb 20, 2020

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1. Patron of the week: Haribo Weber
2. Patreon Contest - TBD Collector’s Booster
3. Patron Only Brawl Tournament - TBD Collector’s Booster
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three packs of TBD
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Pure Moods CD Direct from Europe Feat. Enya and Enigma
Thanks
1. Haribo Weber - 1:03
2. @ladygaga - 13:24
3. @Marshall_LR - 17:01
4. @lsv - 17:01
5. @BentzMr - 32:44
6. @DougYnerd - 39:06
7. @dolfo10564 - 39:25
8. @KithandC - 39:40
9. @scout_salvage - 40:10
10. @CadPopCast - 40:26
11. @DGrinas - 43:13
12. @yearofedh - 43:25
13. @wolfystar123 - 43:39
14. @MonoWhiteBorder - 43:51
15. @Xenozfan2 - 44:02
16. @AllHailBolas - 45:18
Ep 37 Community Spotlight:
1. 704.3
Commander Rules!
1. Obligatory disclaimer - We’re not telling you how to feel. We are simply discussing the results of polling on the subject of milling and stating why we feel the way we do.
  1. Millstone
  2. An alternate way to win, also a way to fuel your graveyard (ie your second hand)
2. What is Milling?
  1. This tends to be especially true for newer players. I know I used to feel this way when I first started playing Magic. I also used to look at the top card of my library after mulliganing, I don’t do this anymore. To the folks out there, do you look after mulliganing?
  2. Ryan’s Dad: story about using Millstone
  3. I want to possibly convince folks out there that this isn’t that bad, and could even be a good thing. Here’s how I convinced Zack
3. Some players really get upset when they get milled or Cards taken with Gonti/Grenzo
  1. Ryan asked these questions
  2. 1. Why are you sad when you get milled?
    2. Do you feel sad when you don’t draw a particular card during a game?
    3. Would you feel differently if the cards went to the bottom of your library instead of your graveyard?
    4. How would you feel if you could start with half of your deck in your graveyard?
    5. The mental energy you’re expending on thinking about the cards you could have drawn (or got milled), could be put to better use, like making a plan.
    1. Any number of possibilities could have been. Due to variance there is no way to guarantee the cards that would have milled would have been drawn.(Maybe a better way to phrase this is, it kinda just changes where your opponent cut your deck)
    2. The more you know what’s in your graveyard, the more you know about the other cards in your deck
  3. Zack said in general being milled made him feel slightly sad about the possibilities that could have been.
    1. Cards in hands are actual possibilities
    2. In this same way, cards taken with Gonti aren’t the same as cards taken with Blatant Thievery/Expropriate, cause you didn’t invest any resources like card/mana into the things being stolen
    3. Cards in your graveyard are a resource as well. Your opponent could cast Patriarch’s Bidding or Exhume for example
    4. Sometimes it does sting if your deck is built on a specific 2 card combo. I try not to rely on specific cards, because there’s no guarantee you’re going to see them during a game, unless you run a LOT of tutors, and that’s something I don’t frequently do.
  4. Being milled isn’t the same as discard
4. This conversation started after a game with Zack and Ryan where Ryan played Mesmeric Orb and Zack expressed annoyance about being milled.
  1. How does it make you are milled by an opponent
  2. 1. Happy - 25%
    2. Indifferent - 47.4%
    3. Sad - 20%
    4. Responses - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LMNxiqw6fM1_9_x6yz_4x66ukUiJbFj54FD7S3sre00/edit#gid=0
    1. Happy - 24.4%
    2. Indifferent - 47.4%
    3. Sad - 28.2%
    4. Responses - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LMNxiqw6fM1_9_x6yz_4x66ukUiJbFj54FD7S3sre00/edit#gid=898744610
  3. How does it make you feel when an opponent's Gonti, Lord of Luxury targets you.
5. We polled twitter and the general consensus was…
  1. Information about what’s left in your deck
  2. Deck thinning?
  3. An increasing number of EDH decks revolve around some sort of graveyard strategy.
6. The upsides milling
  1. Run removal for the things that are milling you.
  2. Giant Eldrazi like Kozilek, Butcher of Truth or Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  3. You can run cards like Homeward Path
7. What to do if you are being milled are cards taken
8. Summary - Being milled can actually be a good thing. So what do you think about being milled? Let us know how you feel on twitter or in the comments.
Main Topic - Learning to Love Mill
Thanks for watching! Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Deck Tech: Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded - Ep 36 Feb 12, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: David Saunders (@Xenozfan2)
2. Patreon Contest - Theros Beyond Death Collectors Booster
3. Patron Brawl Tournament - Theros Beyond Death Collector’s Booster
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Three packs of Theros Beyond Death
You can find us on Twitter
1. Zack - BeardedMTG (@infecthall) Sent us some beard balm
2. 1. https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeardedMTG
What’s been going on in your personal life?
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Polysorbate 60
2. Intern TH Elliot for helping make the final cuts in this deck
Thanks
1. @Xenozfan2 - 0:46
2. @infecthall - 3:13
3. @MothershipGames - 55:42
4. @scryfall - 56:36
Ep 36 Community Spotlight:
1. 700.5
Commander Rules!
1. Let’s talk about a brand new Commander from Theros Beyond Death
2. 1. Decklist: https://scryfall.com/@greenegeek/decks/a759686f-0f14-492d-9e6f-d495b24e773d
  1. Lands 37
  2. 1. Spinerock Knoll
    2. Endless Sands - If you really like this, you can run Safe Haven as well
    1. We really want a decent amount of Mana Rocks, cause Purph costs 5, and lots of colorless mana will allow us to use his ability more than once/twice a turn
    2. Solemn Simulacrum is a sweet 3 mana ramp spell + card draw once your commander is online
    3. Dockside Extortionist will probably be very excellent in this deck
  3. Ramp 10
    1. Magus of the Wheel is a 5 Mana Wheel effect with Purph in play
    2. Sandstone Oracle
    3. Dragon Mage
    4. KnollSpine Dragon
    5. Korvath’s Fury can draw a lot of cards and punish those Reliquary Tower players, gonna be sweet to cast this after your boy ZT Cyclonic Rifts
  4. Card Draw 10
    1. Ancient Stone Idol
    2. Angrath’s Marauders
    3. Archwing Dragon
    4. Bloodfire Colossus is kinda a 4 mana Wrath with your Commander out
    5. Hellkite Tyrant
    6. Hoarding Dragon
    7. Thundermare
    8. Worldgorger Dragon does some fun things on Defense, or in response to a wrath
    9. Homura, Human Ascendant can flip very easily in this deck
  5. Big Bois 17
    1. Feldon of the Third Path
    2. Goblin Engineer
    3. Stuffy Doll is a Fantastic Surprise Blocker, or sweet to Purph out into a Blasphemous Act or Chandra’s Ignition
  6. Other Creatures 4
    1. Cloudstone Curio
    2. Sundial of the Infinite
    3. Erratic Portal
    4. Conjurer’s Closet
    5. Lifeline
  7. Keep my Stuff 5
    1. Chandra’s Ignition
    2. Blasphemous Act
  8. Mass Removal 4
    1. Chaos Warp
    2. Duplicant
    3. Meteor Golem
  9. Single Target Removal 5
    1. Fires of Invention
    2. Flameshadow Conjuring
    3. Sneak Attack
    4. Mimic Vat
    5. Final Fortune
  10. 4Flex 7
3. Here’s the Slot breakdown:
  1. This deck is pretty sweet. There’s nothing better than having a Sneak Attack in the command zone. What do YOU think of this deck? Did we miss anything, does this sound like something you’d want to play? Hit us up on the twitters
4. Summary
Main Topic - Deck Tech: Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Commander on a Budget - Ep 35 Feb 05, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Commander’s Brew
2. Patreon Contest - Theros Beyond Death Collector’s Booster and Patron only Brawl tournament (Need to run a new legend from Theros Beyond Death) and another collector’s Booster
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - 3 Theros Beyond Death booster packs
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and reminding Zack to renew his Quicken subscription
Thanks
1. @CommandersBrew - 1:25, 13:22
2. @dpkrausejr - 2:18
3. @scryfall - 11:24, 15:30
4. @edhquarters - 14:18
5. @edhrec - 15:14
6. @jumbocommander - 42:05
7. @OrzhovDunn - 51:04
8. @themmcast - 51:04
9. @BashBrosPodcast - 51:04
10. @ChannelFireball - 53:26
Ep 35 Community Spotlight:
1. 705.1-705.2
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: We’ve both got pretty deep collections, and so we know a lot of times our content isn’t super Budget-Friendly, but we wanted to bring you some Budget Friendly content
  1. Start with a Commander Precon Deck
    1. You can’t windmill slam a Cyclonic Rift in.
  2. With between $5 to $10 in upgrade money from each session you had to get creative with the cards you put in.
  3. With this restriction you’re forced to find cards you might not have considered otherwise that might end up being really good.
  4. This also levels the playing field in terms of expensive cards
2. We’ve often played in Budget Commander Leagues
  1. Commander’s Brew - https://www.commandersbrew.com/
  2. Commander’s Quarters - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-w5MNByr4SNy3z2232sj0g
3. Other Budget conscious content creators
  1. Looked at the Top 100 cards from EDHRec, and 23 were less than $1
  2. 1. Most of the 23 cards broke down into a few categories:
    2. 1. Mana Dorks
      2. Llanowar Elves
        
        Elvish Mystic
        
        Avacyn’s Pilgrim
        
        Rampant Growth
        
        Farseek
        
        Signets: Golgari, Gruul, Selesnya, Simic
      3. Ramp
        
        Mortify
        
        Putrify
        
        Terminate
      4. Removal
    1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gehr29fObCCFCRkDQcEh5lBw86RAhtGo6Ui9bO3_BgM
  3. Spreadsheet used in this episode
4. Data from EDHRec
  1. Commander is becoming more and more popular, and that is making it more and more expensive to play, but Budget options exist, and they can be quite potent. Additionally, it’s always fun to try and level the playing field, and get your playgroup to make a budget deck or two, or do a league with the precons
  2. Listeners: What are some of YOUR favorite budget cards? Let us know via twitter!
5. Summary
Main Topic - Budget Commander
Commander Social Intro and Outro ThemeRaindrop by Declan DP https://soundcloud.com/declandp Licensing Agreement 2.0 http://www.declandp.info/music-licensing Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/LbIb9_5_qNE
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Deck Tech: Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths Self Mill - Ep 34 Jan 29, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Tim Rayburn
2. Patreon Contest - 6 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - 3 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and wooden clogs
Thanks
1. @TRayburn - 0:52, 16:30, 19:55
2. @mathimus55 - 2:00
3. @ChannelFireball - 5:25, 6:46, 17:43
4. @Stranjak - 5:45
5. @rileyquarytower - 5:45
6. @boltthebirdmtg - 7:47, 18:16
7. @officialyoungmc - 8:30
8. @philliphlavac - 9:16, 18:16, 19:55
9. @danaroach - 9:16
10. @SeanTabares - 13:10
11. @MothershipGames - 13:54, 33:38, 50:39
12. @CommanderReplay - 16:31, 19:55
13. @HenryStukenborg - 19:55
14. @mcgregok - 19:55
15. @RealJoeyPants - 26:29
16. @CMDRCentral_Max - 39:23
Ep 34 Community Spotlight:
1. Thanks to Channel Fireball
2. 1. Want to shout out Denis Stranjak (@Stranjak)
  2. 1. Podcast called Scry me a River with @rileyquarytower
    2. 1. https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/author/scry-me-a-river/
    3. Tell the story about Zack sending Ryan a podcast link called Scry Me a River
  3. Also, want to shout out Brandon (@boltthebirdmtg) for making us feel so welcome
3. Went to dinner with Tim, Brian, Elliot, PJ, Vanessa and had some good tacos and good conversations
4. Also went to dinner with Phillip and Lucas, at a Thai restaurant. We talked about a lot of things, including a deep dive on Pokemon
5. Summary ; MF Austin was a blast!
MagicFest Austin
1. https://archidekt.com/decks/355785#Self_Mill
2. Deck idea: The idea was to make the dream of a mill deck in EDH work. Usually with three opponents this is super hard, but then I thought… What if I mill myself? The following is what Ryan and I came up with.
  1. Ashiok, Dream Render - Mill yourself, exile everyone else's graveyard.
  2. 1. Prevents others from getting incidental value from Mesmeric Orb.
  3. Traumatize
  4. Whispering Madness
  5. Fleet Swallower is cool - played in muldrotha and milled myself with it.
  6. Leveler - if you have labman and a way to draw you win
  7. Stinkweed Imp - Dredge 5!!!!
3. Mill Package
  1. Narcomoeba
  2. Vizier of Many Faces
  3. Increasing Confusion
  4. Kederekt Leviathan
  5. Corpse Connoisseur
  6. Stinkweed Imp Golgari Thug
  7. Dread Return
  8. Morgue Theft
  9. Deep Analysis
  10. Forbidden Alchemy
  11. Rags/Riches
4. Cards that function from the graveyard
  1. Kederekt Leviathan - Just Dope! flood of tears on a creature, possibly twice. why haven't I been playing this card!
  2. Thassa, Deep-Dwelling - bounce Atris
    1. The Pile:
    2. Thought Scour
    3. Laboratory Maniac
    4. Deep Analysis
    5. Anticipate
    6. Reanimate
  3. Doomsday
5. Cool Cards
  1. corpse connoisseur + golgari thug / stinkweed imp
  2. Tunnel vision / demonic consultation + conjurer's bauble / dig through time / anticipate / impulse / narset
  3. Dread Return + Narcomoeba
  4. Conjurer's Closet + Thassa deep dwelling
6. Cool stuff this deck can do
Main Topic - Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths Self Mill
Commander Social Intro and Outro ThemeRaindrop by Declan DP https://soundcloud.com/declandp Licensing Agreement 2.0 http://www.declandp.info/music-licensing Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/LbIb9_5_qNE
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Making Magic Better - Ep 33 Jan 22, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Jacob Taylor
2. Patreon Contest - 6 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - 3 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and petri dishes
Thanks
1. @CMDRCentral_Max - 19:00
2. @GingerJ0E - 19:00, 31:50, 49:48
3. @MothershipGames - 19:30, 47:20
4. @TolarianCollege - 46:50, 50:40
5. @loadingreadyrun - 50:40
Ep 33 Community Spotlight:
1. 305.7
Commander Rules!
1. Magic is the greatest game and full of the best people. We should all be ambassadors and work to grow the game and bring in more great people.
  1. We should foster a community of inclusivity
  2. 1. Everyone deserves respect
    2. Spending time with folks with a different background or perspective, can give you a different perspective, and we think that’s a good thing
    3. Zack - Australia mail story
    1. Ryan tell a story
  3. Speak up when others are doing not cool things
2. A Magic Player is a Magic Player period.
  1. Kids could be present
  2. Others might not know you as well, and might not know when you’re joking. Sometimes, even innocent things, said with no ill-intent can be taken out of context
3. Be aware of your surroundings
  1. Ryan does this.
  2. Learn other’s stories
4. Invest in those around you
  1. Ask if they want advice. It’s better than just offering, as sometimes a player may be salty, and getting advice might be the last thing they want.
  2. Maybe give some of your draft chaff to a newer player.
  3. Be willing to teach
5. Help newer players
  1. Tokens, dice, life counter
  2. Knowing your deck
6. Come prepared
  1. Crack fetches on not your turn
  2. Top responsibly (Cheer’s with a top)
7. Play faster
  1. Pay attention
  2. Don’t be on your phone
8. Invest in the game
  1. Lift people up on twitter
  2. Look for opportunities to be positive
9. Be a positive role model in the community
  1. Spend money there, if you can
  2. Try and make sure the folks you play with have a good time, so they want to come back and play again
10. Support your LGS
  1. Donate your bulk to kids clubs
  2. Participate in Charity functions, if you can
11. Give back the community
  1. There are many ways to enjoy magic and they are all valid.
  2. One should find people who enjoy magic the same way they do to play.
  3. Be honest
  4. This will ensure that everyone has the most amount of fun
12. The Talk
  1. Be the kind of person you want to play against
13. Use your empathy hat
14. Summary - Magic is the best game, but we can make it better. Be excellent to each other
Main Topic - Making Magic Better
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
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The Epic Theros Set Review Crossover - Ep 32 Jan 15, 2020

This is part 3 of the 4 part Epic Crossover
1. Monday CMDR Central
2. 1. https://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/174-the-epic-theros-set-review-crossover-creatures
  2. All non-legendary creatures
  3. With Guest Brando from CCO
  1. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/commandercookout/episodes/2020-01-13T22_16_27-08_00
  2. Instants, Sorceries, and Planeswalkers with guest Zack Taylor
3. Tuesday Commander Cookout
  1. With Joey Schultz
  2. Ryan Peneff
  3. Max Crandell
  4. Ryan Greene
4. Be sure to tune in on Friday to EDHRec cast, where the EPIC crossover is happening and we’re gonna talk about all the Legendary Creatures from the set. HYPE!
1. Patron of the week: Carlos Ovalle (@cjovalle)
2. Patreon Contest - 6 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
Patreon
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - 3 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Werther’s Original Hard Caramel Candies
Thanks
1. @mathimus55 - 0:0:10
2. @CCOPodcast - 0:0:23, 56:15, 58:30, 1:05:52
3. @CCOBrando - 56:15
4. @CMDRCentral - 0:0:23, 1:05:52
5. @EDHRECast - 0:0:23, 1:05:52
6. @edhrec - 0:1:14
7. @cjovalle - 4:47
8. @joss - 7:41
9. @scryfall - 17:20
10. @Artofryanyee - 20:00
11. @victoradameart - 28:40
12. @TolarianCollege - 28:40
13. @CommandersBrew - 48:43
14. @JosephMSchultz - 0:3:26, 58:00
15. @BentzMr - 1:01:25
Ep 32 Community Spotlight:
1. Tolarian Community College video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD8dS55veKg
  1. Preview Card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhBGyhh9ZQQ
  2. Odric video (How does this have only 900 views?!?!?!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52knenkwOoE
2. Commander’s Brew
Media Links
1. 611.1, 611.2c
Commander Rules!
1. Here’s the search we used:
2. 1. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=-type%3Acreature+%28type%3Aartifact+OR+type%3Aenchantment+OR+type%3Aland%29+set%3Athb
  1. Elspeth Conquers Death
  2. Enigmatic Incarnation
  3. Escape Velocity
  4. Furious Rise
  5. Hydra’s Growth
  6. Kiora Bests the Sea God
  7. Minion’s Return
  8. Omen of the Hunt
  9. One with the Stars
  10. Setessan Training
  11. The Akroan War
  12. The First Iroan Games
  13. Treacherous Blessing
  14. Underworld Breach
3. Enchantments
  1. Altar of the Pantheon
  2. Nyx Lotus
  3. Shadowspear
  4. Soul-Guide Lantern
4. Artifacts
  1. Friendly Temples, eg. Temple of Enlightenment
  2. Labyrinth of Skophos
5. Lands
Main Topic - The Epic Theros Set Review Crossover: Artifacts, Enchantments, and Lands
1. Here’s where we each talk about our favorite card from the set (no matter the type!)
2. Matt - Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
3. Zack - Nyxbloom Ancient
4. Ryan - Wavebreak Hippocamp
Through-line
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
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2020 Predictions - Ep 31 Jan 08, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: FrugalBrutal
2. Patreon Contest - 6 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - 3 Boosters of Theros Beyond Death
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Pancake Robot
Thanks
1. FrugalBrutal - 1:12
2. @jfwong - 9:12, 50:38
3. @JoshLeeKwai - 9:12, 50:38
4. @GavinVerhey - 9:12, 17:00, 22:05, 50:38
5. @edhrec - 17:45
6. @MothershipGames - 46:44
Ep 31 Community Spotlight:
1. 106.4, 106.4a-b
Commander Rules!
1. What do we know?
2. 1. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/big-things-are-coming-commander-2020-2019-10-30
  2. 2020 Commander video from Command Zone and Wizards of the Coast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ncWcr7Pks
    1. 5 Decks
    2. 71 Brand new Cards
    3. aligning the Commander decks with Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. They'll release with Ikoria on April 24, and you'll even be able to try them (in casual play, of course) at the Ikoria Prerelease April 17–19!
    4. All the new cards in the decks are set in the world of Ikoria. (The reprints can be from anywhere.)
    5. the 71 new cards are not also found in Draft Boosters
  3. Commander (2020 Edition),
    1. 2 New decks
    2. 3 new cards per deck
  4. Zendikar Rising
    1. 8 Reprints
    2. 1. Our Predictions
      2. Chord of Calling
        
        Cultivate/Kodama’s Reach
        
        Eternal Witness
        
        Sylvan Caryatid
        
        Greater Good
        
        Beastmaster Ascension
        
        Rampaging Baloths
        
        Sakura-Tribe Elder
    3. Two versions: a premium (foil) and a regular edition
  5. Commander Collection: Green
    1. Over 70 brand-new legends for you to build decks with
    2. 20-card packs, with a foil and two legendary creatures in every single pack
    3. Cards can be from anywhere in space and time in the Multiverse
      1. Each has three new cards not found in boosters
    4. Two Commander Decks w/ Commander Legends
  6. Commander Legends
  1. Ryan - A Selesnya or Rakdos Commander will be printed that Ryan wants to build around
  2. Zack - Sanctioned 1v1 tournament brawl
    1. Z - Planeswalker Commanders in C20
  3. Zack - All Planeswalkers will be legal as Commanders
  4. Ryan - Over 100 new commanders (882 Current cards can be your commander)
  5. Ryan - tournament modes on arena (spectator mode)
  6. Zack - Magic Legends is in beta by the end of the year
  7. Both - Netflix cartoon will release in 2020
3. Serious
  1. Zack - Primeval Titan is unbanned and included in Commander Collection: Green
  2. Zack - Golos, Tireless Pilgrim will be banned in Commander
  3. Ryan - Monstrosity mechanic will be reprinted in Ikoria
  4. Ryan - We will see the return of some Eldrazi in Commander Legends
    1. R
    2. 1. Teferi’s Protection
      2. Lightning Greaves
      3. Mirari’s Wake
      1. Rhystic Study
      2. Toxic Deluge
      3. Merciless Eviction
    3. Z
  5. 3 Reprints we will see in 2020
4. Fun
  1. Ryan - No human drafts in 2020
  2. Both - Brawl available 24/7 for free
  3. Zack - Historic Brawl will become prominently played.
5. Arena
  1. 2020 will be a #HellaLitDopeFam year of commander, like the biggest year EVER! We’re totally stoked about it and can’t wait to see what WotC throws at us!!!
  2. What do you think about our predictions? Do you have your own predictions? Let us know!
6. Summary
Main Topic - 2020 Predictions
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
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Reflecting on 2019 - Ep 30 Jan 01, 2020

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Bear Maulings
2. Patreon Contest - Throne of Eldrane Bundle
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Throne of Eldraine Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. January 10-12 2020
2. https://www.cfbevents.com/events/MTGAustin
3. 3 day pass is $80 - https://my.cfbevents.com/tournament/7941
We’re gonna be guests at Channel Fireball’s Magic Fest Austin!!!
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and the black eyed peas
Thanks
1. @BearMaulings - 2:46
2. @ChannelFireball - 5:14, 26:31
3. @CommandersBrew - 14:10
4. @SeanTabares - 14:10
5. @commandcast - 14:56
6. @jfwong - 14:56
7. @JoshLeeKwai - 14:56
8. @AshlenRose - 14:56
9. @MothershipGames - 16:35
10. @OrzhovDunn - 21:50, 33:00
11. @danaroach - 21:50, 24:02, 36:15
12. @CMDRCentral - 21:50, 24:02, 36:15, 40:41
13. @JasonEAlt - 21:50, 33:00
14. @TinStHooligans - 22:59
15. @dellchildrens - 24:02
16. @CMDRCentral_Max - 24:02, 36:15
17. @CCOPodcast - 24:02, 32:01, 42:16
18. @CCOBrando - 24:02
19. @GingerJ0E - 24:02, 26:20, 30:20
20. @dpkrausejr - 24:02, 27:05, 30:20
21. @CadPopCast - 24:02, 32:01, 42:16
22. @PKP_Magic - 33:00
23. @fishcastmtg - 33:00
24. @HellKatMTG - 33:00
25. @wisesquishy1 - 36:15, 40:41
26. @Movember - 37:51
27. @ExoticMTG - 39:18
28. @maro254 - 40:41
Ep 30 Community Spotlight:
1. 514.1-514.3a
Commander Rules!
1. It’s been an awesome year for Commander and it’s been an awesome year for us!
2. June 11th - We launched Commander Social
  1. https://overcast.fm/+E4-y-VMzI
3. June 11th - Zack guested on Commander’s Brew
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtAP2AY1hj8
  2. 1. Command Zone episode 275: https://commandzone.collected.company/cf826dc0-3b8b-11e9-b293-9fdeb70c0232
    2. Command Zone episode 277: https://commandzone.collected.company/118a8910-a238-11e9-ba20-8b3082482149
4. July 3rd - Command Zone 2019 Commander Summit
  1. Played some games of Commander and did a Core 20 prerelease, and just had fun interacting with awesome folks.
5. July 5,6 - Rooster Teeth Convention in Austin
  1. https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
6. July 9th - We launched our Patreon
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnZfdlbrpK4&t=674s
7. Jul 29, 2019 - Zack appears on Cult of Film with Dana Roach hosted by Jon Dunning to discuss 500 Days of Summer
  1. The Rotisserie - Raised $1740 for Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin
  2. 1. Dana - From @cmdrcentral
    2. Max - From @cmdrcentral
    3. Ryan - From @CCOPodcast
    4. Brando - From @CCOPodcast
    5. Danny K - Friend of the show. Attender of GPs
      1. http://bit.ly/CS_ep_9
    6. Joe Hoffman - Friend of the show
  3. First ever Command Zone at a Magic Fest
  4. Commander Party
8. August 22nd - MagicFest Las Vegas
9. September - We hit 1000 Twitter Followers, and we did our first ever audience question episode
  1. http://bit.ly/CS_ep_13
10. September 4th - We had Joe Hofmann (@GingerJ0E) and Dan Krause(@dpkrausejr) on our show, which we recorded in Las Vegas!
  1. https://overcast.fm/+R4VMPmx28
11. September 4th - Ryan guested on Commander Ad Populum
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHDBK8yxwV8&t=1s
12. Sep 17, 2019 - Zack appears on Supreme Verdict with Cody Smith(@fishcastmtg), Kat Light(@HellKatMTG), hosted by Jon Dunning(@OrzhovDunn) and Pixie Kitten (@PKP_Magic)
13. October 24th - We did our first ever Twitch stream!
  1. https://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/153-pet-decks-with-commander-social
14. October 28th - Ryan and Zack on CMDR Central
15. November - We participated in Movember, and raised $420 Dollars for charity
  1. https://www.31daysofchristmas.com/
16. December 15th - Teamed up with ExoticMTG (@exoticmtg) and their 31 Days of Christmas Giveaway
  1. https://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/166-head-to-head-possible-commander-rule-changes
17. December 16th - Zack guests on CMDR Central
  1. Ep 8 - Top 10 Commander Skills - http://bit.ly/CS_ep_8
  2. Ep 17 - New to Commander - http://bit.ly/CS_ep_17
  3. Ep 20 - The Stable - http://bit.ly/CS_ep_20
18. Our Top episodes?
  1. What a year it has been! Thanks to everyone for coming along on this ride with us.
  2. We try to focus on always improving, and so we want to know: What do you want to see us do next year? We’d love to hear from you!
  3. We are so grateful and thankful for ALL OF YOU!
19. Summary
20. Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous new year.
Main Topic - Year in Review
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Recording your games - Ep 29 Dec 25, 2019

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: CardTyrant (@CardTyrant on Twitter)
2. Patreon Contest - Throne of Eldrane Bundle
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Throne of Eldraine Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. January 10-12 2020
2. https://www.cfbevents.com/events/MTGAustin
3. 3 day pass is $80 - https://my.cfbevents.com/tournament/7941
We’re gonna be guests at Channel Fireball’s Magic Fest Austin!!!
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Choco Tacos
2. Lee for help with the awesome spreadsheet charts and number crunching
Thanks
1. @CardTyrant - 2:39
2. @ChannelFireball - 3:50, 38:17
3. @jimmyfallon - 13:38
4. @dpkrausejr - 17:35, 27:20, 41:40, 43:29, 45:00
5. @danaroach - 21:16, 51:10
6. @EDHRECast - 21:16
7. @MothershipGames - 23:41
8. @jumbocommander - 31:34
9. @GingerJ0E - 38:32
Ep 29 Community Spotlight:
1. 101.4
Commander Rules!
1. I recorded all of my games for the entire year of 2019, and I think this is something listeners might enjoy doing, and if not that, at least be interested in hearing about my games for the year
2. 1. Listeners, we want to know if you enjoyed this type of episode, and we’d love to hear if you start recording your games!
  1. Explain how I recorded all the results
  2. 1. Take notes with Phone, and then transfer to a spreadsheet at the end of the year (Might be better to start off with a spreadsheet at the beginning of the year)
    2. I’ll make a template from my spreadsheet and share it with all of you! - http://bit.ly/CS_gamelog
    1. Date
    2. Location
    3. Player 1 (usually me): Deck Played
    4. Player 2: Deck Played
    5. Player N: Deck Played
    6. One or two sentence summary of who won, and how they won
  3. An entry looks like so:
3. Methodology
  1. Zack makes a guess at all of these:
  2. 1. How many games played?
    2. How many games Zack played with me?
    3. Where did I play most often?
    4. What percentage of games were 2,3,4,5,6 player?
    5. Which deck I played the most? How many times?
      1. Dive in a bit here
    6. Which deck had the best win percentage?
    7. How many different decks I played?
    8. How many different people did I play against this year?
      1. Who did I have the best record against? (played 5 or more times)
      2. Who did I have the worst record against? (played 5 or more times)
    9. Notable win/loss ratios against people?
    10. My overall win/loss percentage?
    11. Zack’s overall win/loss percentage?
4. To the Numbers!
  1. It was really fun and interesting to record all of my games for the year. I really do encourage listeners out there to do this. It all started with a question to myself “How many games of Commander do I actually PLAY in a year?” Audience, was this interesting? Please let us know. Hope everyone out there has a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful Holiday season.
5. Summary
Main Topic
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1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
4. You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com
5. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial
6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info

Using Removal Effectively - Ep 28 Dec 18, 2019

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Ursa, Bearwalker (@UrsaBearwalker)
2. Patreon Contest - Throne of Eldrane Bundle
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Throne of Eldraine Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. January 10-12 2020
2. https://www.cfbevents.com/events/MTGAustin
3. 3 day pass is $80 - https://my.cfbevents.com/tournament/7941
We’re gonna be guests at Channel Fireball’s Magic Fest Austin!!!
1. 31 different content creators are each giving away a prize every day in December!
2. Enter to win here: https://www.31daysofchristmas.com/enter-to-win
Exotic MTG’s 31 Days of Christmas Giveaway (Our video is already out, but there’s still time to enter and possibly win other content creator’s giveaways)
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Meat Thermometer
Thanks
1. @UrsaBearwalker - 0:32
2. @ChannelFireball - 4:30
3. @ExoticMTG - 7:41
4. @scryfall - 14:37
5. @BWWings - 16:36
6. @kanyewest - 16:36
Ep 28 Community Spotlight:
1. 207.2c
2. 1. Slaying Fire {2}{R}
  2. Instant
  3. Slaying Fire deals 3 damage to any target.
  4. Adamant — If at least three red mana was spent to cast this spell, it deals 4 damage instead.
Commander Rules!
1. Zack - Sometimes I have trouble knowing when to use removal, and I thought maybe other folks out there might feel the same
2. 1. New players sometimes use removal as soon as they have it to cast
  2. These are somewhat generic scenarios, and the stuff we talk about this episode can be generally applied, but there are always exceptions
  1. Early Sol Ring
3. Are Mana rocks worth destroying?
4. Vorinclex - optimal time to remove
  1. When a scary thing on the stack which is better?
5. Removal vs Counterspell
6. Destroy a creature that is hurting the table(ie Collector Ouphe), but not you?
  1. Ryan has a series of questions here
7. Rest in Peace and there’s an Emry or other graveyard using player at the table.
8. When to use a board wipe?
9. When to use a single target removal?
10. Destroy a PW now or closer to an ultimate? (maybe someone else will take care of it)
11. Holding removal in case someone else does your dirty work for you (in the business we call this a Ryan move)
12. How to tell what is the one thing you should remove? (Enchantments and artifacts example)
  1. When to use removal as a political tool?
13. Removal and politics
Main Topic - Using Removal Effectively
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
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2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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Top 8 Commander Cards of 2019 - Ep 27 Dec 11, 2019

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Zane Thorp
2. Patreon Contest - Throne of Eldrane Bundle
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Throne of Eldraine Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. 31 different content creators are each giving away a prize every day in December!
2. Subscribe to us on Youtube and turn on notifications to see our video on Dec 15th.
3. Enter to win here: https://www.31daysofchristmas.com/enter-to-win
Exotic MTG’s 31 Days of Christmas Giveaway (5 days from when you hear this)
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering
Thanks
1. Zane Thorp - 1:10
2. @MothershipGames - 3:03
3. @ExoticMTG - 3:25
Ep 27 Community Spotlight:
1. 703.1, 703.2, 703.3, 703.4c
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: These are OUR top cards, not necessarily the most powerful (but they might be!)
Main Topic - Top 8 Commander Cards of 2019
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2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Top 8 Commanders of 2019 - Ep 26 Dec 04, 2019

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1. Patron of the week: Gabriel
2. Patreon Contest - Throne of Eldrane Bundle
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter Contest - Throne of Eldraine Promo Pack
You can find us on Twitter
1. 31 different content creators are each giving away a prize every day in December!
2. Subscribe to us on Youtube and turn on notifications to see our video on Dec 15th.
3. Enter to win here: https://www.31daysofchristmas.com/enter-to-win
Exotic MTG’s 31 Days of Christmas Giveaway
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and for the fried pheasant for Thanksgiving!
2. Kelly for awesome pecan cheesecake!
Thanks
1. Gabriel - 0:52
2. @TolarianCollege - 2:10
3. @MothershipGames - 2:40
4. @ExoticMTG - 3:27
5. @CardTyrant - 4:18
6. @scryfall - 12:00
7. @EthanFleischer - 13:50
8. @GingerJ0E - 17:38
9. @CMDRCentral_Max - 20:31
10. @CCOPodcast - 41:03
11. @McDonalds - 41:43
Ep 26 Community Spotlight:
1. 716.4
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: We didn’t necessarily pick the best/most busted Commanders. We picked our favorites.
2. There were a total possible 79 Commanders from 2019. Here’s the search we used to generate that: https://scryfall.com/search?q=year%3D2019+-is%3Areprint+is%3Acommander&as=grid&order=name (Thank you Scryfall!)
3. This was a hard list to pair down.
4. Secret List
  1. Please let us know what your top 8 Commanders for 2019 are!
  2. Commander 2019 was an AWESOME year for Commander, and 2020 is shaping up to be an even MORE amazing year for Commander! If we do another show like this next year, it’s probably going to be a LOT harder :)
5. Summary
Main Topic - Top 8 Commanders of 2019
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Having a Plan: Win Cons - Ep 25 Nov 27, 2019

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2. Patreon Contest: Win a Brawl Deck of your choice
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Foil Kenrith, the Returned King
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and a Metronome
Thanks
1. TH the Intern - 0:50
2. @dpkrausejr - 2:00
3. @chrisvondoom1 - 4:03
4. @MaxBloomfield4 - 6:48
5. @BentzMr - 22:59
6. @kanyewest - 23:54
7. @MothershipGames - 31:41
8. @MetalMatReturns - 32:56
9. @CommandersBrew - 37:08
10. @KayJewelers - 41:05
Ep 25 Community Spotlight:
1. 601.2f, 601.2g
Commander Rules!
1. Having a plan Starts even before you sit down to a game
2. 1. It happens when you’re building your deck
  2. 1. Decks should have a plan and ultimately, aside from everyone having fun while playing, this plan should end in winning.
    1. Games vary wildly, be ready to adapt your plan, or drop it all together
    2. 1. Sometimes the board gets clogged up, and you need to wait on a Board Wipe before you commit anymore resource
      2. Sometimes an opponent casts Wheel of Fortune, or Windfall, and now you have to come up with a new plan, cause your old plan is in the graveyard
      3. Sometimes you may have to rely on resources outside your deck, like Politics
  3. Be ready for your plan to change at a moment’s notice
    1. Super Friends
    2. Poison counters
    3. +1/+1 Counters
  4. Some Commanders facilitate having a plan more than others. Example, Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice
  5. Some Commanders are harder: Example Ertai the Corrupted, Tatyova, Benthic Druid
    1. Zack - I have lots of ideas for decks and I’ll see cool commanders that have sweet synergies that allow me to do cool things like generate infinite mana, draw a bunch of cards, or do other things like that, but I always have a problem finishing games.
    2. If you remember from two episodes ago, a slot ryan and I didn’t overlap in was wincons. This is because I like to specifically spell out what cards I plan to use to win, whether it be a combo or an eldrazi.
      1. Ryan - This is how I win :)
    3. Most games I kind of spin my wheels and do things, but I rarely win.
  6. Plan for your win-cons
    1. Example: Ryan has an Aryel, Knight of Windgrace deck, and cannot win outside of the combat step. Glacial Chasm/Constant Mists are nearly impossible for that deck to beat
    2. 1. Maybe add some cards like Skull Storm or Approach of the Second Sun, or Torment of Hailfire
      1. Maybe play a card like Meteor Golem (Thanks to Matt Jorgenson @MetalMatReturns)
      2. Maybe a Laboratory Maniac or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
      3. Maybe Rite of Replication or Echo Storm
    3. Emry, Lurker of the Loch gets completely shutdown by Rest in Peace
  7. Maybe even have a backup plan or two.
  1. Attacking with fat creatures. Oftentimes this is accentuated with a little bit of the ole Craterhoof Behemoth, or Overrun, or Triumph of the Horde
    1. Mirrodin besieged
    2. Darksteel Reactor
    3. Revel in Riches
    4. Mortal Combat
  2. Alternate condition win cons
    1. Sharuum, Phyrexian Metamorph, Bitter Ordeal
    2. Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond
  3. Comboing out the table
  4. Milling Out someone, or Large amounts of mana and a Stroke of Genius
    1. Exsanguinate
    2. Torment of Hailfire
    3. Expropriate
    4. Past in Flames
    5. Mizzik’s Mastery
  5. Big Mana/Spells
3. So what are some common Win Cons?
  1. You’ll find games easier to navigate when you have a plan. It’s also a good idea to build in some backup plans, and maybe even some cards to counterspell or protect your primary plan. So plan on tuning into us next week for more Commander Content
4. Summary
Main Topic - Having a Plan
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Working for Your Wins - Ep 24 Nov 20, 2019

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  1. ALSO, Patron ONLY Brawl Tournament, winner to get a Brawl Deck
2. Patreon Contest - Win a Brawl Deck of your choice
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
You can find us on Twitter

1. Twitter contest - Foil Kenrith, the Returned King
1. https://moteam.co/commander-social?mc=1
Movember

Thanks
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Maple Tree Tap
1. Andrew Harmon - 1:25
2. @chrisvondoom1 - 5:23
3. @GingerJ0E - 5:23
4. @PKP_Magic - 5:41
5. @Kesswylie - 6:01
6. @theMMcast - 6:01
7. @danaroach - 25:27
8. @CMDRCentral - 25:27
9. @thespikefeeders - 31:12
10. @BentzMr - 37:02
11. @JasonEAlt - 39:06
Ep 24 Community Spotlight:
1. 500.1
Commander Rules!
1. This topic is a little more on the psychological side of things, but I thought it would be an interesting thought experiment about why we play magic, and maybe why we like Commander chief amongst formats
2. So, WHAT is Working for a Win? To me, it’s the notion that a close game or a hard fought game is more satisfying to win.
  1. I played a LOT of video games in the 80s.
  2. 1. Super Mario Brothers
    2. Zelda
    3. Mega Man
    4. Metroid
    5. Ghosts n’ Goblins
  3. These games were TOUGH! If you didn’t grow up playing these games, and you’ve never gone back and played them you can look up ppl playing these games on youtube
  4. Zack’s game was X-Com UFO Defense
  5. In order to beat many of these types of games, it required a LOT of persistence, and banging your head against a wall in frustration. Many of the games didn’t have a save system, so you just had to play repeatedly until you got good enough to beat them.
  6. There weren't any walkthroughs you could look up on the internet. There wasn’t internet.
3. Part of this may stem from growing up during the time that we grew up
  1. - That euphoric feeling when you finally DO best a video game.
  2. 1. I remember I got in front of my TV and got my parents to take a “selfie” (ie polaroid) of me standing next to the credits when I beat the original Final Fantasy NES game.
  3. Zack - didn’t really get into beating games until college / post college when I beat the first few Halo games in a row as well as the first couple of Gears of War. It was an awesome feeling knowing these games were pretty difficult and there were a lot of times I just had to keep playing through to keep going. I remember getting soo mad at this on thing in GoW where I was behind like a counter and there was a dude on a cannon and two dude covering him and I’d jump out and die almost immediately. It took me two days to beat that I i remember being immensely proud when i did.
4. So WHY do we like working for a win?
  1. Disclaimer: This next bit mostly applies to Multiplayer games.
  2. 1. I think Magic players WANT a good game. I think most people would describe a good game as one that is CLOSE. Essentially, I think Magic players want to WORK for their WINs. (Audience, do you think this is true?)
    2. Even coming from a Standard / Modern grinder perspective games that are blowouts always felt like hollow victories.
  3. If a game is a good game, and a close game, it will often feel like a puzzle. We as humans like feeling smart, and so it’s only natural that we enjoy solving puzzles. Part of what makes Magic such an amazing game is that it continually generates new and unique puzzles for us to solve.
    1. Example story about Dana getting 6 alt-lose kills in-a-row in back-to-back games.
    2. 1. Mirrodin Besieged:
      2. 2U Enchantment:
        
        As Mirrodin Besieged enters the battlefield, choose Mirran or Phyrexian.
  4. Getting good stories. Games where you have to Work for your Win often generate good stories. Another thing about us humans, we enjoy a good story.
5. HOW does working for a win apply to Magic?
Main Topic - Working for Wins

Mirran — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.
Phyrexian — At the beginning of your end step, draw a card, then discard a card. Then, if there are fifteen or more artifact cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses the game.

1. 1. 1. 1. Atemsis, All-Seeing
      2. 3UUU 4 / 5 Flying Sphinx
        
        2U tap: draw two cards then discard a card
        
        When Atemsis, all-seeing deals damage to player you may reveal your hand and if there’s 6 different mana costs in the hand that player loses the game
      1. Once in league i was playing niv mizzet and just went off. I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I remember everyone at the table was cheering for me to get the win and I did!
    2. Zack any good stories you want to share?
      1. Zack - This speaks to my philosophy on EDH where I don’t care if i win or loose, I just want to see crazy things happen! I want to have awesome stories to tell whether I win or lose!
    3. Also, I think that games with good stories are more satisfying for EVERYONE involved, win or lose.
    1. Ryan - I personally haven’t played very much cEDH
    2. cEDH players players probably do a fair amount of this, cause they have lots of interaction to fight through, so maybe their deck wins in the same way most games, but they are trying to balance WHEN to go for it, and when to leave up interaction for their opponents
    3. If you’re out there, and you like/play a lot of cEDH, holler at us, and let us know if this is correct, and how you might feel.
  2. cEDH (or Competative EDH) may really feel like this.
    1. This is why we have the talk to ensure everyone is playing an equally powered deck and thus have an equal chance at winning.
  3. Why we all want decks of similar power levels, so that each game is not just a cake walk. Cake walks don’t generate good stories.
  4. Ryan - Working for a win is part of why I personally don’t like playing a LOT of tutors. I do play some, but I often find I like to play more narrow tutors
  5. Working for a win is also probably a lot of the reason that I like playing with O.P.C. (cause it oftentimes makes the puzzle harder, or at least more interesting, AND the pieces of the puzzle change depending on WHO I’m playing against)
  6. Zack - working for a win for me is why i always like to play some convoluted combo in my decks, but not run tutors for them. I like the idea of having to fight to survive long enough to get the pieces assembled. Usually these are alt win cons.
  1. Magic is the best game ever, and the ability to work for our wins is probably a big part of what makes magic so good. Did we get this right? Do you enjoy working for your wins? Let us know in the comments below, or via Twitter
2. Summary:
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A Tail of Two Emrys - Ep 23 Nov 13, 2019

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1. Patron of the week: Lee
  1. ALSO, Patron ONLY Brawl Tournament, winner to get a Brawl Deck
2. Patreon Contest - Win a Brawl Deck of your choice
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - Foil Kenrith, the Returned King
You can find us on Twitter
1. https://moteam.co/commander-social
2. We’re growing sweet staches and walking 60 miles in the month of November
Movember
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering and Peanut Butter Parfaits
Thanks
1. Lee - 1:12
2. @GavinVerhey - 3:48
3. @GingerJ0E - 15:45
4. @CMDRCentral_Max - 15:45, 22:26
5. @danaroach - 33:31
6. @CommandersBrew - 49:42
7. @MothershipGames - 1:01:47
Ep 23 Community Spotlight:
1. 110.1, 110.5
Commander Rules!
1. While Ryan and I tend to gravitate towards similar decks and playstyles, we often take different approaches to how we would build decks. Tonight we are comparing Ryan’s Emry deck to Zack’s!
2. 1. Zack’s Deck: https://archidekt.com/decks/258206#Zack's_Emry
    1. Ryan’s Budget version: https://archidekt.com/decks/269099#Ryan's_Emry_-_Budget
  2. Ryan’s Deck: https://archidekt.com/decks/266924#Ryan's_Emry
    1. Joe Hoffman, Max Crandell, Brando Calrisian
  3. Thanks to the Folks that helped us work on these decks
  1. Zack - To draw all the cards, and take all the turns
  2. Ryan - Robots in de-Loch. Constructs wage a war to destroy the evil forces, of the Zack-ticons (Construct Tribal)
3. Deck Motivation / Plan
  1. Maybe make some graphics for this
    1. Removal - 12
    2. Ramp - 8
    3. Card Draw - 8
    4. Synergy - 5
    5. Counterspells - 4
    6. Wincon - 6
    7. Combo - 6
    8. Moar Turns - 4
    9. Flex - 9
    10. Lands - 37
  2. Zack’s Slots
    1. Constructs - 13
    2. Commander Synergy - 6
    3. Self Mill - 5
    4. Card Draw - 8
    5. Ramp - 8
    6. Recursion - 6
    7. Removal - 4
    8. Board Wipes - 4
    9. Flex - 9
    10. Lands - 36
  3. Ryan’s Slots
    1. Ryan
    2. 1. 42 Artifacts
      2. 30 Creatures
      3. 8 Instant
      4. 4 Enchantment
      5. 3 Sorcery
      6. 37 Land
      1. 27 Artifacts
      2. 11 Creatures
      3. 15 Instant
      4. 6 Enchantment
      5. 9 Sorcery
      6. 2 Planeswalker
      7. 37 Land
    3. Zack
  4. Card types
    1. Ryan - 3.06
    2. Zack - 4.13
  5. Average CMC
    1. Surprisingly, we overlapped in very few cards:
      1. Academy Ruins
      2. Castle Vantress
      3. Darksteel Citadel
      4. Inventors' Fair
      5. Seat of the Synod
    2. Lands
      1. Cyclonic Rift
      2. Duplicant
      3. Flood of Tears
      4. Mind Stone
      5. Mirrodin Besieged
      6. Reality Shift
      7. Solemn Simulacrum
    3. Non-lands
    4. HOW DID I FORGET SOL RING!!!!!!??!?!?!?!!?!
  6. Overlap
4. Stats - Before we get into it let’s compare some data points on the deck
  1. Ryan
  2. 1. Giant Robots - Arcbound Ravager, Metalwork Colossus, Myr Battlesphere, Torrential Gearhulk, Traxos, Triskelion
    2. Artificer’s Intuition, 13 zero and one mana artifacts, Also this allows for potential Emry on Turn 1
    3. Paradoxical Outcome - Potential to return lots of cards, and draw lots of cards
    4. Self Mill to get lots of Fuel for Emry in the yard
    5. Urza, Lord High Artificer - Finally have a place to play this
    6. Scrapyard Recombiner - 15 Constructs (13 in the construct category and two in other categories)
    7. Artifact Sac Outlets - Dedicated ways to use out of Emry’s replay effect.
    8. Recursion - Emry does this, but so does Scrap Trawler, Trading Post, Junk Diver, Salvaging Station
    9. Untapping Emry to bring a LOT of things back - Minamo, School at Water’s Edge, Freed from the Real
    1. Sol Ring
      1. Extra Planar Lens
      2. Caged Sun
    2. Mono Color gotta have mana doublers
    3. Mirrodin Besieged
      1. Dramatic Reversal
      2. High Tide
      3. Reset
    4. Isochron Scepter with two drop instants
    5. Cyclonic rift and clones
    6. Chasm Skulker
    7. Mystic Forge
  3. Zack
5. Fun card synergies
  1. Zack
  2. Ryan - Not your typical Emry deck. I tried to make sure there weren’t any infinite combos in the list. Each turn is going to feel like a puzzle, on how to extract the most value out of your cards. Plus, Huge robots!
6. Why my deck is the most fun to play / play against
  1. Let us know by voting in our week long poll.
7. So what did you think of our decks?
Main Topic - A Tail of Two Emrys
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The One About Brawl - Ep 22 Nov 06, 2019

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1. Patron of the week: Max Crandell
2. Patreon Contest - November Giveaway: Brawl Deck of Your Choice
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - November Giveaway: Foil Kenrith, the Returned King
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering
Thanks
1. @CMDRCentral_Max - 1:46, 2:16, 5:37
2. @CMDRCentral, @danaroach, @wisesquishy1 - 2:16
3. T.H.e Intern, @TheTokenOtaku, @Tequila_Nebula, @chrisvondoom1, @GingerJ0E - 5:37
4. @MTG_Arena - 14:00, 18:27
5. @MothershipGames - 23:30
6. @StarCityGames - 24:00
7. @Sunyveil - 24:00
Ep 22 Community Spotlight:
1. 606.4
  1. Legendary Artifact
  2. Whenever you activate a loyalty ability of a Chandra planeswalker, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
  3. {1}, {T}, Discard a Mountain card or a red card: Draw a card.
2. Chandra's Regulator {1}{R}
Commander Rules!
1. Commander Social Brawl Stream: https://youtu.be/N4Khy6SZBig
2. Starcity Games article by @Sunyveil: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/39143_Twelve-Card-Upgrades-To-Throne-Of-Eldraines-Preconstructed-Brawl-Decks.html
Main Topic - Brawl
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Top 8 Commander Spooky Scenarios - Ep 21 Oct 30, 2019

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1. Patron of the week: Adam Hicks (@Elspethlives)
2. Patreon Contest - This month’s contest is almost over. Throne of Eldraine Pre-release kit (Provided by @MothershipGames)
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest - This month’s contest is almost over. Three Throne of Eldraine booster packs
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for audio engineering
Thanks
1. @Elspethlives - 1:24
2. @snoobic - 1:52
3. @MothershipGames - 2:15
4. @CMDRCentral_Max - 14:47
5. @CCOPodcast - 14:47
6. @JoshLeeKwai - 19:40
7. @kanyewest - 25:59
8. @Card_Kingdom - 26:36
Ep 21 Community Spotlight:
1. For Cole
2. 117.3c
  1. Creature — Horror
  2. When you cast this spell, any player may discard three cards. If a player does, counter Phantasmagorian.
  3. Discard three cards: Return Phantasmagorian from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. 6/6
3. Phantasmagorian {5}{B}{B}
4. Planeswalkers
Commander Rules!
1. We’re getting a little vulnerable this week and discussing the things that scare us a little in commander.
2. Maybe these things don’t bother you. If you have ways to deal with these things hit us up on twitter
3. Ryan / Zack Things that Scare us in Commander Secret list
4. What do you think about these things? Do any of them scare you? Are there things that scare you we didn’t list? Hit us up
Main Topic - Things that Scare us in Commander
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The Stable - Ep 20 Oct 23, 2019

The Stable - Ep 20

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11. @archidekt - 14:22, 25:48
12. @Top8Games - 32:29
13. @GavinVerhey - 32:29
14. @HenryStukenborg - 39:56
15. @jumbocommander - 43:51
Ep 20 Community Spotlight:
1. 800.4, 800.4a
Commander Rules!
1. What is the stable?
2. 1. It’s a place to keep the decks you play often, up-to-date.
  2. 1. This is not for ALL of your decks (unless you only have a few decks)
    2. I have like 25 decks, and I’m not proposing to keep up with all of them, I’m proposing that you select the true gems, the ones you you always have fun playing, and thinking about
    1. This can be nice if you have decks in many different tools, such as Tappedout, or Archidekt, or the new Scryfall Deck Editor
  3. It’s a single place you can access that has all your decks in one place.
  4. There’s a social component to the stable as well. I propose that folks can share their Stable with other people, and that it can be a way to let other people (in person and on the internet) get to know them. A business card that you can hand to other folks that says “I’m this kind of Commander player!”
  5. I like the idea of doing this because I am constantly updating decks, but don’t have a way to track those changes and if they are improvements or not. Ryan - Historical Data!
    1. The chances of getting a deck exactly the way you want it the first time you play it is pretty slim.
    2. This lets you track what’s working for you and not working for you.
  6. A way to force us to consider upgrading decks
  7. Summary - This probably isn’t a new idea, and it’s probably something that some of you out in audience land already do. I just wanted to establish this idea, and get some conversation around this topic, maybe also establish some common terms we can use in this discussion. Also, I’m really bad at updating decks, and we’ll see this when I get to my personal Stable later this episode
  1. This is player dependant, but the more decks in your stable, probably the less attention you can give to each deck.
  2. Probably no more than 10 depending on how often you play.
3. How many decks should be in a stable?
  1. Spreadsheets Obvs!
4. How are we going to keep track of this?
  1. discussion
5. Always brewing new decks (Ryan) vs Constantly seeking new cards to upgrade current decks (Zack)
  1. Available to the public here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uWr1dnkuHoyinfyCGf3A2g1WTcTLi6L5
    1. Created 8/22/2019
    2. Recently Updated! (4 cards in, and 4 cards out)
  2. Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
    1. Created 2/26/2019
    2. There are some new cards I’m really excited to put in here (Tome of Legends and Robber of the Rich). I also know there are a few cards in here which are underperforming, and me getting all analytical about my Stable is going to help me put in the effort to keep the decks I love shiny and performing well
  3. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
    1. Created 6/17/2017
    2. This was originally a “found deck”
    3. This is one that I’ve added and removed some cards from, but I can’t tell you what they are, because I haven’t been keeping track of it
  4. Gonti, Lord of Luxury
    1. 11/15/2018
    2. This deck is literally unchanged from when I built it. Granted, I had a great starting point to launch from (Thanks Jumbo Commander). This deck is really fun, and I play it all the time, and it deserves some attention.
  5. Braids, Conjurer Adept
    1. 12/18/2015
    2. Last, and definitely not least. This is probably my oldest deck, that I still consistently play. One of the reasons I’m so hesitant to update this deck is that it is one of my favorites, and it’s really hitting the sweet spot between flavor and function, and I don’t want to mess it up. If I keep the historical data, I can always go back to a previous version of the deck, and I don’t have to be scared of messing it up
  6. Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
6. Ryan’s Stable
  1. Available to the public here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wkry2pB66Xpj8BR2YfHsKysLMmAq5oV8K58UIYpoVUs
    1. Created when Modern Horizons released
  2. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
    1. Created when War of the Spark released
  3. Tatyova, Benthic Druid
    1. Created when Guilds of Ravnica released.
  4. Niv Mizzet, Parun
    1. Created originally when Sahili C18 Deck released.
  5. Artifact Deck
    1. Created when M20 released
  6. Yarok
7. Zack’s Stable
Main Topic - The Stable
1. This is a great way to track your favorite decks and be able to look back over time at how they’ve changed
Summary
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Heinz A1 Bold Review of Commander 2019 Predictions - Ep 19 Oct 16, 2019

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5. @archidekt - 17:23
6. @HellKatMTG - 34:42
7. @OrzhovDunn - 35:03
Ep 19 Community Spotlight:
1. 609.5
Commander Rules!
1. We are honorable podcasters, and we definitely have to hold ourselves to a higher standard. So, you demanded it, and now we are gonna to revisit our A1 Bold predictions for Commander 2019
2. Here’s where you can find the previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoDge2h9ToY
Main Topic - Heinz A1 Bold Review of Commander 2019 Predictions

We’re going to start of with some of our less bold predictions

Four playable commanders per deck
1. True
1. True
No planeswalker commanders

Now for some predictions from our Patrons!

Mono Color Decks - TH
1. False
2. TH obviously didn’t spend enough time in the corner contemplating his predictions.
1. False
2. Well, Joe had a good idea, but clearly he wasn’t as correct as we have been so far (Forshadowing)
Plane themed - Joe Hoffman
1. False
2. A 7 piece combo deck is a very interesting idea (and a very tasty one too!). What would a deck like that looks like?
Tribal, Control, Vehicles, Seven Piece Combo - Andy Bentley

Now for some of OUR predictions

Four Color Decks w/ Three Color Partner Commanders - Zack
1. False
1. False
Enemy Crowd Lands - Ryan
1. False
Five Planechase cards per deck to voltron into a full set - Zack
1. False
Mono color partner commanders - Ryan
1. False
Triplet Commander in 3 color decks - Zack
1. False
Themes: Colorless, Five Color Elemental, withHorde of Notions reprint, R/G Werewolf, Esper Hard Control - Ryan
1. False
Orzhov People holding fence tribal - Zack

Now onto Reprint guesses

1. Zack's Reprint Guesses
2. 1. Bird Stuff
  2. I’m into birds
  1. Sneak Attack, Maze of Ith, Parallel Lives, Patriarch's Bidding, Gauntlet of Power, Consecrated Sphinx, Vedalken Orrery, Teferi's Protection, HM: Rhystic Study, Phantasmal Image (Clever Impersonator WAS reprinted)
3. Ryan's Reprint guesses (We talk about this clip BEFORE we show it)
  1. OK, so we didn’t really get a whole lot of these right. In fact, we didn’t really get ANY of these right, other than the SUPER OBVIOUS ones, but hey, at least we tried, and hopefully it was entertaining.
4. Summary
  1. Zack got it right and wins at life.
5. Clever Impersonator
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Alela #HellaDopeLitFae Deck Tech - Ep 18 Oct 09, 2019

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2. Kelly for coordinating all of our giveaway mailouts
Thanks
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2. @Lefblade - 2:14
3. @CCOPodcast - 3:38
4. @maro254 - 10:48
5. @TCGplayer - 10:48
6. Lee - 21:27
7. @archidekt - 22:23
Ep 18 Community Spotlight:
1. 406.5
2. 1. If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won't give you permission to cast it as a creature spell. 2019-10-04, Gatherer Rulings
Commander Rules!
1. Got this for pre-ordering a box of Throne of Eldraine from our LGS, the Mothership
Sub-Topic: Throne of Eldraine Collector Booster
1. Bitterblossom has been one of my favorite cards since I came back to Magic. I saw it in a list on the internet for Ertai, the Corrupted and have been in love with it ever since. I’ve always planned on building a Faerie deck, but felt kind of stuck with Oona as my commander. With the release of the Esper Faerie Commander I felt like lightning struck
Main Topic - Alela, Artful Provocateur Deck Tech

Deck List: https://archidekt.com/decks/217534#Esper_Fae

1. Slot Theory
2. 1. Ramp
  2. Tribal
  3. Creatures
  4. Pillowfort
  5. Draw
  6. Tutor
  7. Targeted Removal
  8. Mass Removal
  9. Flex
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New to Commander - Ep 17 Oct 02, 2019

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1. @SheldonMenery - 14:36
2. @MothershipGames - 17:45
3. @edhrec - 19:41, 21:10, 45:59
4. @scryfall - 20:43, 36:59, 47:39
5. @mtgsalvation - 21:30
6. @archidekt - 21:54, 36:59
7. @ManabaseCrafter - 34:59
8. @tappedout - 36:59
9. @MTG_Arena - 38:27
10. @commandcast - 45:59, 47:39
11. @CommandersBrew - 45:59
12. @commanderinmtg - 45:59
13. @CMDRCentral - 45:59
14. @jumbocommander - 47:39
15. @edhquarters - 47:39
Ep 17 Community Spotlight:
1. Welcome! You’re discovering the BEST format in Magic: the Gathering (We maaaay be biased, but hey)
2. Who is this episode for? We assume that you are at least slightly familiar with Magic. Maybe you played a long time ago, maybe you’re brand new to the game, but you at least know the basic rules. Also, we think veteran players might enjoy listening to this episode, and we certainly hope that anyone out there will send this episode in particular to new players they teach, or anyone who is interested in learning about the greatest Magic format.
Main Topic - New to Commander

What is Commander?

Arguably the MOST popular Magic format of all time!
40 life, multiplayer format, where you have a Legendary creature as your Commander
1. Example: You choose Meren of Clan Nel Toth
2. This means you can play Black Cards, Green Cards, Black AND Green cards, and any number of artifacts you want. You cannot play with White, Blue or Red cards. To further clarify you cannot play with Terminate because it’s got Red in it’s color identity
3. Hybrid mana cards (Ex. Kitchen Finks) are both GREEN and WHITE in terms of color identity. So, Kitchen Finks cannot go in a mono-green deck.
Your Commander’s Color Identity determines what cards you’re allowed to play.
1. This means that you can only play ONE of each non-basic land card
Commander is a 100 card SINGLETON format
1. SO MANY! Cards all throughout the history of Magic
2. There is a Banned list maintained at: http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php
3. It’s actually a pretty small list, 39 cards at the time of this recording (In ALL the history of Magic)
What cards are you allowed to play with?

Why is Commander so great?

It’s a SOCIAL format! Commander can be a time when you get together with your friends and just have a good time and laugh etc.
1. I’ve made some life-long friends playing Commander
The community is Amazing! We constantly see newcomers welcomed with open arms, and folks are always happy to help people become part of this community
1. Ryan likes to play with Other People’s Cards, and built a whole Mono-red deck around it
Personal expression! Commander is a format where players can really express themselves through the decks they build and how they play
It’s the Battlecruiser format of Magic! Folks can play with the biggest, baddest cards, and there is more game space to have crazy things happen that wouldn’t in a normal game of Magic.
Your skill in politics can be just as important as the power level of your deck. This leads to a natural balancing effect, where the power dynamics shift as the game goes on
1. You can play super casual, all the way up to cEDH (Explain here that the format started off as Elder Dragon Highlander, a.k.a EDH, and that cEDH stands for Competitive EDH)
2. It’s important to find a playgroup that fits your style, and power level.
There are different levels of power when it comes to Commander

How to get started

Start with a precon! There’s no better time than now
Find out when Commander Night is at your LGS.
1. Decide who your commander is going to be. This can be a favorite legendary character from days past or it could just be a commander who has a mechanic you find interesting.
  1. Decide a plan of attack
  2. Look for cards that synergize with your commander or just look fun to play with.
  3. Use sites like Scryfall to do searches for specific things (ie. Landfall)
  4. If you’re coming up short of a full 100 you can do internet research on sites like edhrec and archidekt for deck lists
  5. Remember this is your deck, so build it in a way that will be fun for you and those you play with.
2. How to decide what cards to put in
Zack’s steps to make your first commander deck

Tips for a new player

Tips from Discord and Twitter go here
1. Ramp and Card draw are the building blocks of Commander
2. 1. Briefly Define Ramp and Card Draw
  2. With 40 starting life total, you can usually afford to spend the first few turns ramping. This will allow you to cast bigger cards, more quickly, and have a bigger impact on the game
  3. You are usually playing against 3 other opponents. So, for every card you draw, your opponents are collectively drawing 3. Having more card draw can lessen this difference.
  4. There are many reasons to want Ramp and Card Draw. Whole episodes can be devoted to these topics, but this is a good place to start
  1. Especially for new players coming from other formats that is a weird and unintuitive thing but it's important to understand this or there will be some social tensions and feel bads
3. How the social contract works.
4. Mana curve matters.
5. Build a deck with a game plan and a direction
6. Threat assessment, or more accurately, how to effectively deal with problem permanents/spells without drawing a ton of hate.
7. How to build a solid mana base/ramp package.
8. Settle on a list before buying singles.
9. The stack
10. Priority
Play removal! Especially for artifacts and enchantments
Board Wipes are important, but so is single target removal
It’s OK to take time to READ all the cards! Don’t be intimidated by this, even myself as a veteren player, I have to read a card just about every turn of the game!
There’s a LOT of cards, and this can be kinda scary, but it’s OK to NOT know everything

Resources for learning more

So. You’re interested is peeked, and you want to dive deep into this wonderful format, where can you go to learn more?
1. Edhrec.com
2. http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php (pay particular attention to Philosophy of Commander and the social contract: http://mtgcommander.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19170 )
3. Podcasts: Command Zone, Commanderin, Commander’s Brew, CMDR Central
4. Youtube - Game Knights, Jumbo Commander, Commander’s Quarters
5. Scryfall

Summary

1. Commander is great! And now is a great time to be a Commander player with the new C19 decks just having come out.
2. It’s a fun, Social format, to share with friends
3. If you are new to Commander, let us know! We’d love to help you embrace this amazing format
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Throne of Eldraine Week One Previews Top 8 - Ep 16 Sep 25, 2019

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Ep 16 Community Spotlight:
1. 607.1 and 607.3
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: These are only after cards that have been previewed up until September 14th (the first week). Also, this does not include the cards in the Brawl decks that don’t appear in booster packs, a la Arcane Signet
  1. Gingerbrute
  2. Trapped in the Tower
  3. Robber of the Rich
2. Ryan Flips out about the flavor of this set. HYPE TRAIN!
3. Ryan Top 8
4. Zack Top 8
Main Topic - Throne of Eldraine Week One Previews Top 8
1. Learn by teaching. I’m going to be teaching some people who are new to Magic
2. 1. PSA: You can get Welcome Decks at your LGS (Thanks Mothership!)
  2. 1. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Core_Set_2020/Welcome_decks
      1. Each deck is a monocolored, thirty-card, ready-to-play sample deck, consisting of basic lands, commons, 4 uncommons and 1 rare.
    2. Zack - Open one of the decks, and fan it out a bit
  3. Teaching someone is a great way to cement your knowledge and understanding of a topic. Think about a time you’ve taught somebody at work a new product, or skill, you probably gained a greater understanding of the skill on your own
Zack gets it together
Super-Patron Slide
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1000 Followers Q&A - Ep 15 Sep 18, 2019

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You can find us on Twitter
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2. Intern TH Elliot
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2. @UltimateGuard - 3:02
3. @Kesswylie, @Dudardd - 3:51
4. @UltraProIntl - 4:51
5. CommanderContender - 9:11, 39:53
6. @Pattapit - 14:45
7. @gillespie1977 - 16:40
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9. Diego - 20:47
10. @PKinter13 - 24:33
11. @GavinVerhey - 25:56
12. @ChaosCharlie - 27:17
13. @GingerJ0E - 29:10, 34:56
14. @dpkrausejr - 31:43, 37:16
15. @CCOBrando - 32:26
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18. @CCOPodcast - 34:56
19. @chrisvondoom1 - 37:59, 51:49
Ep 15 Community Spotlight:
1. CommanderCrusader - What is a replacement effect?
2. 614.1 / 701.14
3. Stinkweed / Regenerate / Dredge
Commander Rules!
1. How did y’all become so cool? Yet, @z4ck38 wants to play stasis
2. If you were able to “Sarkhan” a previous Magic storyline (as in go back in time and change it), which ones would you change, why, and how would the ongoing story be affected?
3. If you could make any change(s) (if any) to commander, what would it be? And why?
4. what’s your pet card? And what card - no matter how good it is - you don’t like it?
5. Are there any commanders you want to see we don't Really "have" yet? Like either story characters who don't have (good) cards or maybe a mechanic that doesn't have a commander yet?
6. I'm building my love song to my favorite card type: Estrid-only enchantments. It will be heavy on control magic type auras. What win cons would you use? Thnx"
7. What is one deck in any format outside of commander that you would like to play/pilot and why?
8. What was your favorite deck you played at MF Vegas? Any memorable plays? Favorite deck you played against?
9. Is there a Commander/color combination outside of your normal wheelhouse you’ve considered building but haven’t?
10. "What commander cards won't you play because of the social contract? Is Armageddon ok? Winter orb? And on the other side of that, what cards do you include in decks to get the party started?
11. If you could travel the planes with one Planeswalker, who would it be and why?
12. If you could summer vacation on any plane where would you go?
Main Topic - 1000 Followers Q&A
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Deck Tech: Greven Predator Captain - Ep 14 Sep 12, 2019

Patreon
1. Patron of the week: Jacob Andresen
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Intern TH Elliot
Thanks
1. Jacob Andresen - 1:08
2. @UltimateGuard - 1:25
3. @UltraProIntl - 2:10
4. @dpkrausejr - 33:06
5. @archidekt - 39:19
Ep 14 Community Spotlight:
1. 605.4a
Commander Rules!
1. Link:
Main Topic - Deck Tech: Greven’s Hatred

Ramp

Sol ring
Signet
Talisman
Bontu's Monument

Removal

Vandalblast
Go for the Throat
Ravenous Chupacabra / shreikmaw
Bedevil

Board wipe

Blasphemous Act
Decree of pain

Draw

Bolas's Citadel
Phyrexian Arena
Faithless Looting

Recursion

Reanimate / Animate Dead / Dread Return
Phyrexian Reclamation

Commander Synergy

Bridge From Below
Black Market
Bitterblossom
Gravepact
Cauldron of Souls
Stalking Vengeance
Villis

Synergy Creatures

Squee, Goblin Nabob
Ball Lightning
Rotting Regisaur

Life Gain

1. Disciple of bolas
2. Kokusho, the evening star
3. Gary
4. Venser's Journal
1. Going to build / test this deck and report back
Zack Gets It Together
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Magic Fest Las Vegas - Ep 13 Sep 04, 2019

Patron of the week: Ryan Flannery
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Intern TH Elliot
3. Karl
Thanks
1. @GingerJ0e, @dpkrausejr - 0:38
2. Ryan Flannery - 2:38, 50:46
3. @CCOPodcast, @CCOBrando - 13:20
4. @CMDRCentral_Max - 13:20, 52:44
5. @danaroach - 13:20
6. @MTGVincent, @JoshLeeKwai, @jumbocommander - 28:13
7. @Kesswylie, @benbatemanmedia, @TappyToeClaws, @ghirapurigears, @ketjak, @GavinVerhey, @WotC_Matt - 30:30
8. @snoobic - 37:28
9. @Elspethlives - 37:28, 49:15
10. @Xenozfan2 - 41:52, 52:15
11. @xBeauGaming - 42:56
12. @Orelav31 - 47:08, 51:26
13. @NathanKnowles16, @djbooba, @AustinMCrider - 49:15
14. Scott, Jeff, Charles, Andrew, Sergio, Jeremy, Kenny, Thomas - 49:15
Ep 13 Community Spotlight:
1. 601.2d
Commander Rules!
1. Link to Magic Fest prep episode with @dpkrausejr: https://brotherswarcast.libsyn.com/preppin-fo-gps-with-danny-k-ep-74#4WdpRwHdFZ67ydjg.14
Main Topic - Vegas
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
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C19 Legendary Leftovers Part 2 - Ep 12 Aug 29, 2019

Patreon
1. About our Patreon
2. Thanks to all of our patrons
3. Patron of the week: Salvage Scout
4. Patron giveaway: https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-patron-28980429?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter giveaway: https://twitter.com/commandersocial/status/1159109532250968064
You can find us on Twitter
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
Thanks
1. @scout_salvage - 1:50
2. @MothershipGames - 3:05
Ep 12 Community Spotlight:
1. 313.5
Commander Rules!
1. Sultai
2. 1. Rayami, First of the Fallen - Ryan
  2. 1. Creepy Doll / Stuffy Doll / Darksteel Myr
    2. Nightveil Predator
    3. Bassara Tower Archer
    4. Skullclamp
    5. Toxic Deluge / High Market
    6. Honorable Mention: Mwonvuli Beast Tracker
    1. Yawgmoth
    2. Any Infect Creature
    3. Experiment Kraj
    4. Invisible Stalker
    5. Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
  3. Volrath, the Shapestealer - Zack
  1. Atla Palani, Nest Tender - Ryan
  2. 1. Aether Flash
    2. Zacama, Primal Calamity
    3. Irregular Cohort
    4. Nesting Dragon
    5. Mirror Entity
    6. Honorable Mention: Skullclamp (Seriously, this card does work in nearly all of these decks)
    1. Bedlam
    2. Rhythm of the Wild
    3. Insurrection
    4. Blazing Archon
    5. Xenogos, God of Revels
  3. Marisi, Breaker of the Coil - Zack
3. Naya
Main Topic - C19 Legendary Leftovers Part 2
Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social!
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1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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C19 Legendary Leftovers Top 5 - Ep 11 Aug 21, 2019

You can find us on Twitter
1. Ryan - @greenegeek
2. Zack - @z4ck38
3. Together - @commandersocial
4. Twitter contest: https://twitter.com/commandersocial/status/1159109532250968064
1. Donate to the cause here:
2. 1. https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=47038
Vegas Rotisserie
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
Thanks
1. Commander Contender - 1:24
2. @dpkrausejr - 5:04
3. @MothershipGames - 5:50
4. @GavinVerhey - 35:05
5. @CommandersBrew - 35:39
6. @zack_stella - 35:39
Ep 11 Community Spotlight:
1. 513.2
Commander Rules!
1. Jeskai Legendaries
2. 1. Pramikon, Sky Rampart - Zack
  2. 1. Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
    2. High Alert
    3. Wall of Denial
    4. Rolling Stones
    5. False Peace
    6. Silent Arbiter
    1. Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
    2. Sensei Divining Top
    3. Mystic Forge
    4. Mystical / Enlightened Tutor
    5. Soothsaying
    6. Soul Fire Grandmaster
  3. Elsha of the Infinite - Ryan
  1. Chainer, Nightmare Adept - Ryan
  2. 1. Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
    2. Squee, Goblin Nabob
    3. Skullclamp
    4. Master of Cruelties
    5. Trading Post
    6. Gamble
    7. Corpse Connoisseur
    1. Read the card. What kind of deck would this inspire you to build? Why is this card cool?
    2. Kokusho, the Evening Star
    3. Rekindling Phoenix
    4. Cavalier of Night
    5. Bitterblossom
    6. Hatred
  3. Greven, Predator Captain - Zack
3. Rakdos Legendaries
Main Topic - C19
1. Speed reading / Comprehension
Zack Gets It Together
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2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Gencon Commander 19 Previews - Ep 10 Aug 14, 2019

Thanks
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
1. @dpkrausejr - 1:40
2. @MothershipGames - 2:50
3. @izzymedrano - 31:22
Ep 10 Community Spotlight:
1. 301.5
Commander Rules!
1. https://scryfall.com/sets/c19?order=spoiled
Main Topic - Gencon Commander 19 Previews
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2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
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Commander Rotisserie Draft - Ep 9 Aug 07, 2019

Thanks
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Patron @chrisvondoom1
1. @chrisvondoom1 - 1:01
2. @MothershipGames - 1:43, 27:23
3. @edhrec - 10:20, 29:35
4. @danaroach - 22:05, 34:36
5. @CMDRCentral_Max - 22:05, 29:18
6. @CCOPodcast, @CCOBrando, @dpkrausejr, @GingerJ0E - 22:05
7. @scryfall - 43:15
Ep 9 Community Spotlight:
1. 706.12
Commander Rules!
1. What is the Vegas Rotisserie
2. 1. Define what a rotisserie draft is
  2. It’s on Twitter
  3. It’s for Charity - Supporting Dell Children’s Hospital - https://www.dellchildrens.net
  1. So Ryan tells me he has this idea he wants to tell me, but he wants to tell me to my face. We meet up for lunch at BDubs as we are wont to do. Ryan tells me about this rotisserie draft thing and as a fantasy football player I was TOTALLY in!
    1. Charity
    2. 1. This is REALLY important to us. Being able to use our podcast to make the world a better place has always been one of our biggest goals.
    3. Interaction with the community
    4. Having fun!
  2. The Idea def hit all of the checkboxes we want to be doing
3. How we came up with the idea
  1. Thanks to the ppl who helped
  2. 1. Kelly
    2. Lee
    3. BJ
    4. Peter
    5. T.H.
    6. Mike
  3. Huge Thank You to Lee for creating the spreadsheet!
4. The Mock Draft
  1. Drafters and their most likely commanders
  2. 1. Dana - From @cmdrcentral
    2. 1. Marchesa, the Black Rose
      1. Anafenza, the Foremost
    3. Max - From @cmdrcentral
      1. Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
    4. Ryan - From @CCOPodcast
      1. Horde of Notions
    5. Brando - From @CCOPodcast
      1. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
    6. Danny K - Friend of the show. Attender of GPs
      1. Mayael the Anima
    7. Joe Hoffman - Friend of the show
      1. Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
    8. Ryan Greene - One of your hometown heroes from @commander Social
      1. Yarok, the Desecrated
    9. Zack Taylor - One of your hometown heroes from @commander Social
    1. Ryan - Talk about how I chose which commanders to pick
    2. Zack - Going with my the most A1 BOLD picks I can think of and going by my gut!
      1. We looked at what the most likely Commanders for each player would be
      2. Determined cards we thought might be highly contested
        
        Ryan - Ramp
        
        Zack - Enters the Battlefield effects
      3. Determined what cards would be most important to our decks strategy
    3. Picking cards for the 99
  3. How we are making picks
    1. Community members can donate to their favorite content creator in the draft
    2. Each $5 donated to a player increases their overall budget by $1, and adds 5 points to their “Power-Up pool”
      1. “Cut the line” - 50 points - Make a pick instantly. Then the draft continues as normal. This does not take your turn for the round. Limit one per player
      2. “Wait your turn” - 100 points - Cause target drafter to go last this draft round. Limit one per player
      3. “Clone” - 250 points - This round you may select a card that has already been drafted. This allows you to break the rules of the rotisserie format. Limit one per player
      4. “Blatant Thievery” - 500 points - You steal a previously drafted card from another player. That player immediately makes a replacement pick. The player stolen from gets their budget returned for the stolen card. Limit one per player.
    3. Each player may spend their Power-Up points in the following manner:
  4. Community Engagement
5. The Current Draft
  1. Here’s where the Rules/FAQ/Spreadsheet are
  2. 1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10oHVjnokpsGH1_PIrvSQv6Ikm6PdOXre?usp=sharing
    2. 1. We have made these publicly available, so that ANYONE out there can run their own rotisserie draft
      1. Main tab “Group Picks” pulls all the picks into one easy place for your group and/or the public to follow along
      2. Stops folks from picking duplicates. This is important when there are nearly 600 individual cards picked
      3. Tracks your balance for you
      4. Formats the tweet, so you literally just have to hit a single button, and it will Tweet your pick, your remaining budget, the hashtag you have chosen, and @ the next person whose turn is after yours
      5. Creates some nice little charts and graphs that show your mana curve, card types, and colors
    3. The spreadsheet does everything for you
  3. Determine your players - We’ve done a draft with exactly 8 players, because this makes for 2 pods of 4 players, and should ensure decently powerful decks
  4. Set a budget - We chose 200, and this excludes mana-producing lands, because we thought that might be less interesting to watch, and it allows people to only have to make 70 picks instead of 100
  5. Determine your “Draft hours window”. Ours is currently from 10am - 10pm Central, but obviously this might change depending on your group
  6. Depending on how “available” your group is, this can take up to 4 weeks to make all of the picks
6. How to run your own Rotisserie Draft
  1. https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=47038
7. Summary - This is super fun! We encourage anyone out there that has a playgroup to consider doing this. Let us know what you think, and there’s probably still time to get a donation in for a good cause:
Main Topic - The Rotisserie
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Top 10 Commander Skills - Ep 8 Jul 31, 2019

Thanks
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Intern TH Elliot
1. @BentzMr - 1:27
2. @GingerJ0E - 2:30
3. @chrisvondoom1 - 4:28
4. @danaroach - 4:56
5. @OrzhovDunn - 4:56
6. @CCOPodcast - 9:38
7. @MothershipGames - 41:14
8. @commandcast - 43:24
9. @lsv - 43:55
10. @edhrec - 45:46
11. @CMDRCentral_Max - 47:49
12. @earthdyedred - 50:13
Ep 8 Community Spotlight:
1. What it’s all about - Ryan
2. 1. Check out the Draft live here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10oHVjnokpsGH1_PIrvSQv6Ikm6PdOXre?usp=sharing
  2. Consider donating to the cause for Dell Children’s Hospital here: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.teamParticipants&teamID=47038
  3. The hashtag - #VegasRotisserie
  1. Dana and Max from CMDR Central
  2. Dan Krause prominent community member
  3. Joe Hofmann generous contest donor
  4. Ryan and Brando from Commander Cookout
  5. Your hometown heroes Ryan and Zack
3. Who’s in it:
Rotisserie
1. 504.1-2
Commander Rules!
1. Disclaimer: This is a framework of skills that we think ALL Commander players can practice to get better at the game. We aren’t necessarily going to go into HOW to get better at these skills this episode, but we thought it was important to recognize WHAT the skills are. Maybe we’ll go into each of these skills, and how to get better at them in future episodes. To the Audience, let us know if that is something you would like!
  1. Read and understand a Magic card
  2. Mentally maintain board state
  3. Threat Assessment (If you can't understand the board state, little chance for you to accurately assess threat)
  4. Ability to Read the Table (ex. Karen is upset with Steve for blowing up her Blind Obedience, therefore I'll attack Charlie)
  5. Think Ahead and have a plan
  6. Politics
  7. Comprehensive Rules Knowledge
  8. Technical Play
  9. Comprehensive Card Knowledge
    1. The Meta Clock by https://twitter.com/earthdyedred
    2. 1. https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/brandonisleib-102312-the-metaclock/
  10. Empathy - Playing quickly/courteously (Metaclock article example), friendliness.
2. Commander skillz that pay the billz
  1. These are the skills that create a framework for people to get better at playing Commander.
  2. What do you think about these skills? Did we miss any? If we were to do a deep dive on one of these skills, which one would you want us to do first? Let us know
3. Summary
Main Topic - Top 10 Commander Skills
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Zack Gets it Together Theme
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
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A1 Bold Predictions for Commander 2019 - Ep 7 Jul 24, 2019

Thank audience
1. Please remember to like and subscribe and tell a friend
2. Please check us out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
3. Our special patron of the week is Phil Delcuca of Commanderin’ Fame!
4. This month we are doing a Patron only contest for a Core 2020 bundle brought to you by Mothership Books and Games (www.mothershipatx.com/‎ and https://www.instagram.com/mothershipatx/). To be entered become a patron by July 31st!
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
Thanks
1. @ketjak - 1:25
2. @MTG_Arena - 2:01
3. @GavinVerhey - 2:01, 20:30, 30:00, 35:50, 40:30
4. @MothershipGames - 5:28, 9:56
5. @RoosterTeeth - 9:56
6. @ChannelFireball - 17:00, 22:48
7. @TheProxyGuy - 18:15
8. @jfwong - 22:48
9. @JoshLeeKwai - 22:48, 49:56
10. @HeinzKetchup_US - 23:12
11. @GingerJ0E - 26:40
12. @BentzMr - 27:27, 38:52
13. @CMDRCentral_Max - 51:08
14. @JasonEAlt - 1:01:12
Ep 7 Community Spotlight:
Up N Smoke BBQ: https://www.yelp.com/biz/up-n-smoke-bbq-austin
1. 717.2
Commander Rules!
1. Command Zone Pass - $79.99
2. 1. 4-Day access to the Command Zone: Premium Casual Play Area with comfortable seating & table space, access to special guests & fellow Commander fans
  2. 4 On-Demand Commander Events
  3. FOIL Sol Ring Promo!
  4. CFB Deckbox
  1. A random Commander 2019 Deck
  2. Comfortable tables with snacks and a cash bar
  3. Live Q&A with Gavin Verhey
  4. Tons of special guests
  5. Door Prizes
  6. A non-foil Sol Ring promo
  7. CFB sleeves, deck box and drawstring bag
3. Friday Commander Party - $59.99
4. What do you think about these packages? Will you be joining in?
MF Vegas

Main Topic - A1 Bold Predictions for Commander 2019
1. What do we know for really real
2. 1. Releasing August 23rd (Same weekend of MF Vegas)
    1. A special Sol Ring Commander promo (foil and non-foil) with new art by Mark Tedin will be released at Grand Prix Las Vegas, just before the release of Commander 2019.[2] It will be available through Commander events at MagicFests throughout the year, and at select conventions in 2020.
  2. Promo Sol Ring will not be the art in Commander 2019
  1. Four decks rather than five.
  2. Multiple viable commanders in each the deck
  3. Planeswalkers will not be the main commanders.
3. Reasonable Assumptions
  1. TH, the Intern - Mono colored decks
  2. Joe Hoffman - Each deck will be themed by plane
  3. Andy Bently - Each deck will be one of the following themes, Tribal, Hard Control, Vehicles, and 7 Piece Combo)
    1. Example: Deck is UBRW, Partner 1 is UBW, Partner 2 is RBW
  4. Zack - 4 Color decks, with 3 color partner Commanders
    1. Enemy-colored Crowd Lands (these are the ones from Battlebond, Sea of Clouds, etc)
    2. A 5 card cycle of Mono-colored “Partners”, (1-1-1-2 in each deck), not designed to be commanders of the deck
      1. A 5 color Elemental themed deck (because Elementals feature prominently in standard right now)
      2. A Colorless Deck, with 3 new colorless legendaries
      3. A R/G Werewolf deck, with an awesome Werewolves matter Commander
      4. An Esper Control Deck
    3. The 4 decks will be:
  5. Ryan:
4. @HeinzKetchup_US A1 Bold Predictions
  1. Disclaimer: This is Commander Social Secret list style, so we don’t know what is on each other’s list
  2. Ryan -
  3. Zack -
5. Top 8 reprints we want for Commander 2019
1. I beat Ryan in a game in the M20 Pre-release. I should have won game two, but I didn’t go all in on an attack i should have that lost me the game.
2. I’ve def been doing some late night streaming, so if you want to tune in, you can tell me what you think I'm doing right or wrong!
Zack Gets It Together
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Lands! Not Just for Mana - Ep 6 Jul 17, 2019

Patreon page: patreon.com/commandersocial
1. Thank you!!!!!!
2. We will be giving away a Core 2020 Bundle to lucky patreon member. At the end of July, any patron will be eligible to be entered into this drawing.
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
Thanks
1. @commandcast - 1:56
2. @MondoNews - 4:25
3. @danaroach - 5:15
4. @edhrec - 20:21, 35:18
5. @archidekt - 35:37
6. @CMDRCentral_Max - 45:50
Ep 6 Community Spotlight:
1. 406.3
Commander Rules!
1. Define: Lands that have an effect other than generating mana.
2. We love these cards because they can act like spells, and can add power to your deck without taking up a spell slot.
3. Caution: You should use these sparingly, as they often come with downsides, like coming into play tapped, or only adding colorless mana.
4. Some Utility Lands, such as Maze of Ith, or Glacial Chasm, don’t add mana. When I build a deck I tend not to include these in my land slots (I think of them as zero cost permanent that makes me skip my land drop for the turn)
  1. 0 colors: ALL the Utility Lands!!!!
  2. 1 color: 8ish
  3. 2 color: 6ish
  4. 3 color: 4ish
  5. 4&5 color: 3ish
  6. Obviously this changes depending on how early you need certain colors of mana, or how color cost intensive your cards are (Cryptic Command, etc)
  7. You can run more of these the more solid the rest of your land base is (fetches, shocks, duals, oh my. But mention some good budget options here. Ravnica bounce lands, 5 color lands, Evolving wilds etc
5. Also, the more colors your deck is, the less of these you can afford to run. A rule of thumb (and by no means perfect):
  1. Zero Utility Lands in the EDHRec top 100 for the past week, 2 weeks, or year.
    1. 31 - Reliquary Tower
    2. 40 - Bojuka Bog
    3. 79 - Kessig Wolf Run
    4. 83 - Rogue's Passage
    5. 95 - Alchemist's Refuge
  2. The following cards are the Utility Lands on the top 100 Lands for the last two years:
6. Utility lands on EDHRec Top 100
  1. Maybe your commander is super important to your strategy, and your meta is counterspell heavy: Cavern of souls.
  2. Maybe you need a certain spell to resolve: Boseiju
  3. Sometimes you want to recur some junk: Hall of Heliod’s Generosity / Academy Ruins
  4. Maybe you want to destroy your opponent’s oppressive land: Strip Mine / Wasteland / Ghost Protocol
7. You can use these kinds of lands to shore up a deck’s weakness:
  1. Expedition map
  2. Trinket Mage
  3. Sylvan scrying
  4. Weathered Wayfarer
  5. Any all purpose tutor
8. How to find these lands
  1. Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  2. Karn's Bastion
  3. Cavern of Souls / Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  4. Kjeldoran Outpost
  5. Tolaria west
  6. Kor Haven
  7. Winding Canyons
  8. Dark Depths / Arixmethes / Creeping Tar Pit / Mutavault / Inkmoth Nexus
  9. Thespian Stage
  10. Vesuva
  11. Academy Ruins
  12. Emergence Zone
  13. Inventor's Fair
  14. Strip Mine / Wasteland / Ghost Quarter
  15. Hall of the Bandit Lord
  16. Scavenger Grounds
  17. Prahv, Spires of Order
  18. Kher Keep
9. Some of our favorites
  1. Utility lands rock and if you aren’t using them #GetItInYourDeck
10. Summary
Main Topic - Utility Lands
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Core 2020 Set Review - Ep 5 Jul 10, 2019

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1. @danaroach - 3:23
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6. @CMDRCentral_Max - 26:24
7. @MothershipGames - 1:05:49
Ep 5 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: We are reviewing these cards in the context of Commander
  1. Angel of Vitality
  2. Cavalier of Dawn
  3. Loxodan Lifechanter
  4. Sephara, Sky’s Blade
  5. Starfield Mystic
2. White (5)
  1. Agent of Treachery
  2. Artemsis, All-Seeing
  3. Cavalier of Gales
  4. Flood of Tears
  5. Masterful Replication
  6. Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
  7. Portal of Sanctuary
  8. Tale’s End
3. Blue (8)
  1. Cavalier of Night
  2. Rotting Regisaur
  3. Scheming Symmetry
  4. Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  5. Vilis, Broker of Blood
4. Black (5)
  1. Cavalier of Flame
  2. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
  3. Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  4. Chandra’s Regulator
  5. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  6. Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  7. Marauding Raptor
  8. Repeated Reverberation
5. Red (8)
  1. Cavalier of Thorns
  2. Elvish Reclaimer
  3. Gargos, Vicious Watcher
  4. Nightpack Ambusher
  5. Shared Summons
  6. Voracious Hydra
6. Green (6)
  1. Kaalia, Zenith Seeker
  2. Kethis, the Hidden Hand
  3. Kykar, Wind’s Fury
  4. Omnath, Locus of the Roil
  5. Yarok, the Desecrated
  6. Rienne, Angel of Rebirth
7. Gold (6)
  1. Bag of Holding
  2. Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
  3. Mystic Forge
8. Artifact (3)
  1. Cryptic Caves
  2. Field of the Dead
  3. Lotus Field
9. Land (3)
Main Topic - Core 2020 set review (for Commander)
1. Core 2020 looks pretty sweet for Commander!
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Azorius Superfriends - Ep 4 Jul 04, 2019

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1. @jumbocommander - 0:59, 28:29
2. @danaroach - 2:15
3. @alyankovic - 2:49
4. @MothershipGames - 6:43, 23:56
5. @CommandersBrew - 8:32
6. @archidekt - 26:29
7. @PVDDR - 52:04
8. @fivewithflores - 52:23
9. @StarCityGames - 52:31
Ep 4 Community Spotlight:
1. Zack
2. 1. Game one - a player kept recurring wasteland and strip mine to destroy most of my lands. Lost to another player’s voltron’ed up commander, who also went on to win the game.
  2. Game two - Was able to get an infect counter on every player at the table. Got out Seedborn Muse and Karn’s bastion. The player on my right won with a combo where he had infinite mana and card draw, cast Enter the Infinite, put season’s past on top of his library, used beast within on all of our permanents, then uses reality shift to mill out libraries.
  1. Game 1 Urza comboed off on Turn 4
  2. Game 2 Urza comboed off on Turn 5
    1. Edgar Markov played by Ivan
    2. The Ur0Dragon played by Simon
      1. Michael Rite of Replicationed a Woodfall Primus and left Ivan (playing Edgar with a single plains). However, Ivan had Azor’s Gateway, and eventually flipped it, adding 40ish mana each turn
      2. Simon (Ur-Dragon) took out Michael
      3. Ivan (Edgar) used Forerunner of the Legion to find Mirror Entity. I had Raff in play and a Contagion Engine, and I politiced Ivan to attack Simon (otherwise I’d wipe his team of 1/1s)
      4. On my turn, I cast Karn Liberated, and exiled the flipped Azor’s gateway.
    3. Riku of Two Reflections played by Michael
  3. Game 3 Everyone played lower powered decks
3. Ryan
Games We Played
1. 408.2 -> 113.3
Commander Rules!
1. Helmed by Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage
2. 1. The idea here is that I can flash in Planeswalkers on the person to my right’s endstep, and then untap and wrath away all the creatures
  2. https://archidekt.com/decks/117406#Azorius_Super_Friends
  1. Planeswalkers - 23 (This might be too many)
  2. 1. Tell the story of how TH does Hypergeometric Distribution
    2. 1. In probability theory and statistics, the hypergeometric distribution is a discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of successes (random draws for which the object drawn has a specified feature) in draws, without replacement, from a finite population of size
      2. With 20 PW it’s roughly 80% chance to draw one on Turn 1, and it goes up from there
    3. 2 Gideons, 4 Jaces, 2 Karns, 2 Narsets, 3 Teferis, 2 Tezzerets, 2 Ugins
    4. Could have Ultimated Karn Liberated the turn I played him (but that’s not super fun).
    5. Almost ultimated Narset, Transcendant (Emblem, opponent’s can’t cast non-creature spells)
    1. Board Wipes! 6 (and don’t forget about Humility)
  3. Interaction - 10
    1. The Chain Veil
    2. Deepglow Skate
    3. Arena and Academy Rector (Omniscience, Inexorable Tide, Meishin, the Mind Cage, Mystic Barrier, Sphere of Safety
  4. Synergy - 9
    1. All mana based ramp, the usual suspects, Sol Ring, Signet, Thought Vessel, Mana Vault
  5. Ramp - 9
    1. Karn’s Bastion
    2. Kor Haven
    3. Kjeldoran Outpost
    4. Winding Canyons (This is greedy with only 5 creatures, but explain WHY)
  6. Lands - 38
    1. Many of the cards I’ve talked about previously fit into this category, so I’ll just go over a few of the others here:
    2. 1. Teferi’s Protection (How Appropriate!)
      2. Ignite the Beacon
      3. Contagion Engine
  7. Flex - 10
  8. Summary: The deck played OK, but it feels like it needs more card draw. I was planning on all of my card draw coming from Planeswalker loyalty abilities, but that’s not super reliable.
3. Slots
Main Topic - Ryan’s Azorius Superfriends Deck
1. Who’s the Beatdown
2. 1. Republishing of original article. http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/fundamentals/3692_Whos_The_Beatdown.html
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Commander Social Spellbooks - Ep 3 Jun 26, 2019

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2. Intern TH Elliot Brainstorming lunch. Out of the corner for vorinclex
1. @Pattapit - 2:02
2. @snoobic - 6:25
3. @jumbocommander - 7:02
4. @TolarianCollege - 7:02
5. @edhrec - 8:45
6. @MTG_Arena, @blakepr - 17:39
7. @goberthicks - 30:23
8. @CommandersBrew - 39:04
9. @Marshall_LR, @lsv - 51:13
10. @BWWings - 52:05
Ep 3 Community Spotlight:
1. Oathbreaker
2. 1. Ryan - Ashiok / Entomb
  2. Zack - Wren and Six / Crop Rotation
  3. Game one - Ryan got Sire of Stagnation and Sheoldred out. Zack killed with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. Ryan tried to mill Zack out. Zack won with Valicut
  4. Game Two - Ryan got Sire of Stagnation and black praetor out and made Zack taste it.
  5. Zack - I’m going to pivot to Lord Windgrace / Crop Rotation for access to black.
Games We Played
1. 709.2
Commander Rules!
1. Jay Parker, Arena’s new Game Director, was on MtG Weekly with Blake.
2. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8UFFFKO8-g
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8UFFFKO8-g&t=1149s
  2. Fall Rotation at the release of set codename “Archery”
  3. Sets rotating out Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core 2019
3. New format on Arena at Standard rotation
MtG News
1. Signature Spellbook Secret Lists
Main Topic - Signature Spellbooks
1. Listened to Limited Resources episode on WAR draft archetypes and discussed the blue / red spell deck with ryan.
2. Drafted last night and went 6/3.
3. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UKTguQeKBU
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Commander Horizons Secret Lists - Ep 2 Jun 19, 2019

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1. @royalglavor, @MTG_Lexicon - 1:04, 6:19
2. @MothershipGames - 1:22, 6:19
3. @andyhullbone - 2:01
4. @mtgcommander - 5:12
5. @JasonEAlt - 41:50
6. @PVDDR - 46:33
Ep 2 Community Spotlight:
1. London Mulligan starts with Core 2020.
2. 1. Rules Committee Tweet: https://twitter.com/mtgcommander/status/1135695111864573952?s=20
MtG News
1. Game 1
2. 1. Ryan - Gonti
  2. Zack - Ayli
  3. TH - Tatyova
    1. Elliot won with Baloth triggers for days, and cast Vorinclex like 3 times, with Sword of Feast and Famine as well as Sword of Fire and Ice
  4. Nick - Derevi
  1. Ryan - Vial Smasher + Thrasios
  2. Zack - Sharuum
  3. TH - The Scarab God
    1. Elliot countered Ryan’s Expropriate, and then Zack comboed out the table with Sharuum, Phyrexian Metamorph, and Disciple of the Vault
  4. Nick - Adeliz
3. Game 2
Games we played
1. 811.5
Commander Rules!
1. Secret Lists
2. 1. Urza is easily one of the best cards in the set and would have made both of our lists, so we chose not to include him.
Main Topic - Modern Horizon’s Secret Lists
1. Spikesacademy.com
2. 1. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
3. Envision a scenario in which you win and try to achieve it
4. It's hard to make decisions if you don't know what I'm trying to accomplish
  1. Are you trying to get the city's blessing?
  2. Do you have an overrun effect?
  3. Are you trying to get to late game?
5. Should you block with a 2/2
  1. Playing a Dragon Lord Ojutai
  2. 1. Counter the ramp so that you can get your dragon out faster and the opponent can't punish you with an Ugin
    1. Don't counter ramp. Counter their big spells.
  3. Playing
6. Examples:
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Commander Social Begins - Ep 1 Jun 11, 2019

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1. Richard Garfield - 17:57
2. @danaroach - 32:38
3. @MothershipGames - 45:46
4. @scryfall - 47:27
Ep 1 Community Spotlight:
1. 309.2
2. 1. Read 901.3
Commander Rules!
1. Magic Hero origin stories
2. 1. Ryan - Bitten by a radioactive Magic Card, and gained the ability to sense what my opponents were thinking, as well as block creatures with Flying
  2. 1. Tell the story of when I first started playing
    2. 1994, at the age of 15. Taught to play by Jonathan
    3. My dad learned how to play, to make sure that the game wasn’t “demonic” as there was a Dungeons and Dragons panic back then
    4. Played all the time at a local book store named Book Source
    5. Played all through high school and dipped off a bit during college
    1. My Dad would give me $10 and let me go into the mall to buy Revised Starters and Legends and The Dark boosters from Waldenbooks on the promise I wouldn’t tell my mom he let me get them.
    2. Taught myself to play and played alone for a long time until a card shop opened up.
    3. We played in a card shop housed in a small stucco building that was attached to the bus station.
    4. Eventually my mom found out as i started to get better and winning local events.
    5. I took a break after Urza’s Destiny as I moved to a new town and didn’t know anyone who played.
  3. Zack - I was recruited by the CIA at a young age and taught the skills to play cards as part of my cover to fit in at a high school in a rural East Texas Town.
  4. Trudy’s story
  5. DMF Houston
    1. Ryan - I played up until Time Spiral (around 2006). Then kept playing somewhat irregularly very casually Kitchen Table magic with friends a few times a year
    2. 1. Made my first Commander deck in August of 2013
      2. Came back to collecting cards again during Khans of Tarkir (2014)
    3. Zack - Brandon and I played a bunch of card games trying to ignore the allure and obsession we knew playing magic could become. Finally broke down in, bought two planeswalker decks, and realized what we had been missing.
    4. I went on spring break in 2013 to playrest Star Wars LCG with a friend who used to play competitively and sell MtG cards. He told me about a format called EDH. I was talking to Ryan and he mentioned he played that format too.
    5. Ryan and I both went to a Pre-Release for Theros with some friends.
  6. Story of how we came back to Magic
    1. Zack tells the story
  7. Our first game of Commander together
    1. Ryan - Glissa the traitor
    2. 1. Bought cards on August 9th, 2013
      1. Zack funded this deck by selling a foil sword of fire and ice
      2. Ryan has the original Ertai, the Corrupted I bought after I gave it to him when he gave me a signed one from GP Houston last year.
      3. https://archidekt.com/decks/95862#Ertai,_the_Corrupted
    3. Zack - Ertai, the Corrupted
  8. We each talk about our first Commander decks we ever built:
  9. Discuss that we were both free during the day and spent a lot of time playing magic and hanging out.
3. Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it social!
Main Topic - Commander Social Begins
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Game Show Extravaganza - Ep 100 Jun 06, 2019

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2. Intern TH Elliott for getting all the party decorations.
1. @edhrec - 13:49, 37:32
2. @JasonEAlt - 15:26, 19:35, 53:38
3. @danaroach - 45:49
4. @Starbucks - 54:05
5. @GavinVerhey - 1:04:33
Ep 100 Community Spotlight:
1. 720.3
Commander Rules!
1. Price is Right
2. 1. Guess the Price of a staple EDH card
  1. Ryan and Zack answer questions from a Judge Quiz
  2. http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz139563ffc130.html
3. Judge Questions
  1. Guess the percentage of decks a card shows up in for a particular commander.
4. Bitter Feud
Main Topic - All the Games!
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The Saline Solution - Ep 99 May 28, 2019

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2. Thanks to our Intern, TH Elliot
1. @MTG_Arena - 10:28
2. @MothershipGames - 10:28
3. @JasonEAlt - 22:18
4. @snoobic - 22:45
5. @edhrec - 29:19
6. @dpkrausejr - 55:45
7. @queervidual - 55:45
Ep 99 Community Spotlight:
1. 602.5a (Read main rule first, 602.5)
Commander Rules!
1. Define: Saltiness
2. Let’s be honest: Everyone gets Salty sometimes, it’s nearly impossible to avoid. But maybe by investigating the way we feel, we can get salty less often, and perhaps handle the times when we do get salty, a little better?
  1. Saltiness might be different for different people
3. What makes Ryan and Zack Salty?
4. If you think about, with a base 25% chance to win a game, cards that are making you lose the game, shouldn’t produce as much salt as they do
  1. Remind ourselves that we are playing a GAME and that it’s supposed to be fun!
  2. Take a moment to think about your mood. Is there something going on in your life that is making you more prone to getting salty? Maybe now is not the time to get into a competitive situation
  3. Run more answers
  4. Not take things personally.
  5. Realize if someone is acting different than they normally do, and if so, some of your normal behaviors might be perceived differently, so dial it back a bit?
  6. Have the talk to prevent saltiness
    1. Ryan - Often times I like to play a mono-red (or more of my just-for-fun decks). I go into the game not planning to win. I still play to win, but I don’t have the expectation of winning, so I usually don’t get salty
  7. Focus on having fun as much as winning
5. What can we do about getting Salty? Are we getting salty more often than we should?
  1. Do you win more than 25% of the games?
  2. Do you often times find people groaning when you play specific cards?
  3. Are people not wanting to play with you?
  4. Are you a sore winner or loser?
6. We like to turn the focus inwards, so we want to ask “Do we sometimes behave in a way that could contribute to other’s Salinity levels?
  1. Disclaimer: We don’t play against much MLD in our meta, so none of that made our lists
    1. https://edhrec.com/top/salt
  2. Also, EDHRec has a list of Salty cards, check it out here:
    1. secret
  3. Zack
    1. secret
  4. Ryan
7. Ryan and Zack’s Top 8 Cards that make them want to be salty.
8. Summary. This is a great game, with an amazing community, let’s all try to make it a little better, and get Salty less often, and try to be more understanding when people we play with get Salty.
Main Topic - Salt in Commander
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Drafting for fun and profit - Ep 98 May 21, 2019

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1. @Marshall_LR, @lsv - 6:42, 21:34, 33:23
2. @ChannelFireball - 21:34,33:23
3. @karsten_frank - 21:34
4. @MothershipGames - 33:19
5. @MTG_Arena - 58:32
Ep 98 Community Spotlight:
1. Talk about Big Jon winning, narrowly
League Update:
1. Explain what draft is
  1. Get 3 sealed boosters booster
  2. Pack 1, Open pack, select a card, pass the remaining cards to your left
  3. Pack 2 same, but pass to the right
  4. Pack 3, same, pass to the left again
2. Crack-a-pack
  1. It’s a great way to get new cards (Value!)
  2. It’s a way to get entertainment value out of opening booster packs
    1. It’s hard to keep in mind all of the cards you have drafted so far
    2. Have to keep in mind curve considerations
    3. Have to remember which color cards you have already drafted
    4. Figuring out which colors/color pairs are open
    5. You can actually feel pretty mentally drained after doing an entire draft
  3. Drafting feels very skill intensive
    1. Go into detail here, about puzzle solving
    2. How this is similar to Commander (No two games are the same)
  4. Novel gameplay situations happen
3. Explain why we like draft
  1. Mention that in the past, you would draft more than 1 set at a time
    1. Morph! (Even 3 color morphs)
    2. Outlast
    3. Good Mana fixing (oh the joy of opening a fetch land!)
    4. Really powerful cards (because they were 3 color)
    5. Prowess
  2. Triple Khans of Tarkir
    1. Easily forced u/b or b/w
    2. Ingest mill
    3. Awaken - lands into creatures
  3. Triple Battle for Zendikar
    1. Investigate (Clues!)
      1. Ulvenwald Mysteries (2G - Enchantment when a non-token creature dies, investigate, when you sac a clue, make a 1/1 human token)
    2. Madness
    3. Flip cards (Werewolves)
    4. Delirium (And self mill to go along with it)
  4. Shadows Over Innistrad
    1. Was so awesome because it encouraged bluffing, and made for this excellent tension. Example:
      1. Tap: Sparksmith deals X damage to target creature and X damage to you, where X is the number of Goblins on the battlefield.
    2. Sparksmith - 1R - 1/1
    3. Battering Craghorn - Morph: 1RR - 3/1 First Strike
      1. Whenever Skirk Commando deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal 2 damage to target creature that player controls.
    4. Skirk Commando - Morph: 2R - 2/1
  5. Onslaught
4. Favorite draft formats of the past
  1. Ryan is definitely guilty of this some, and it feels kinda good when you are able to “Get Away with it” and still win the draft (Free value)
  2. Zack does it...
5. How do we feel about rare drafting?
  1. In General
    1. Drafted at Mothership on Wednesday
      1. War of the Spark draft is really Fun!
        
        U/B
        
        Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage was really good
        
        Bond of Insight (3U sorc, each player mills 4, return up to 2 instant/sorcery)
        
        Angrath
        
        Blast Zone
        
        Opponent cast Honor the God-Pharaoh (2R, sorc, discard a card, draw two cards. Amass 1)
      2. Ryan drafted this:
        
        Fblthp Story Narset’s reversal
        
        Neoform
        
        Ashiok’s Skulker
        
        Kiora
        
        Mowu + teferi’s time twist
      3. Zack drafted this:
  2. In Person
    1. MTGA is really great.
    2. It’s super convenient
    3. You don’t have to dedicate a full night, all at once
    4. Drafting against bots feels kinda bad, but it does tie in to that convenience factor
  3. Online
6. Drafting online vs in person
7. Summary: Drafting is super fun! And, if you have a local game store, and have never tried it, you totally should!
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Quiz Time - Ep 97 May 14, 2019

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1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
1. @Greg_Weisman - 10:50
2. @Marshall_LR - 16:25
3. @CMDRCentral_Max - 27:50
4. @BrainstormBrew - 29:53
Ep 97 Community Spotlight:
1. Link to Forum Post: http://mtgcommander.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19104
2. New rule 0
Sub-topic: Update to the Commander Rules

Rule 0: These are the official rules of Commander. Local groups are welcome to modify them as they see fit. If you’d like an exception to these rules, especially in an unfamiliar environment, please get the approval of the other players before the game begins.

Rule 13 reworded

Abilities which bring card(s) you own from outside the game into the game (such as Wishes; Spawnsire of Ulamog; Karn, the Great Creator) do not function in Commander.

COMMANDER RULES!
1. Explain how the segment works
  1. 301.5b
2. We generated a random rule, and here it is:
Sub-topic: The book
1. Getting in a ton of drafts, and it’s a really fun Draft format
2. Limited Resources Common and Uncommon set review: http://lrcast.com/limited-resources-488-war-of-the-spark-set-review-common-and-uncomon/
Sub-topic: Playing #MTGWAR on #MTGA
1. Explain how it’s gonna work.
2. http://quizland.com/f2quiz.mv?f161+NOMUSIC
3. Pause to grade
4. How did we do? Go over correct answers
Main Topic - Quiz Time
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Tezzeret Tribal: Deck Tech - Ep 96 May 07, 2019

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1. @CMDRCentral_Max - 51:17
Ep 96 Community Spotlight:
1. Ryan played in 2 sealed leagues
2. Overall thoughts on the sealed format.
Sub-Topic: #MTGWAR on Arena
1. Deck thesis:
2. 1. All the Tezzerets! (well, most of them) Lots of artifacts. Hidden commander: Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  2. Actual Commander: Sharuum, the Hegemon
    1. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Tezzeret
  3. Vorthos stuff here
  4. Because Tezzeret is evil, we are gonna make this evil combo-y
  5. Full Deck List: https://archidekt.com/decks/69903#Tezzeret_Tribal
    1. Lands: 38
    2. 1. Karn’s Bastion
      2. Inventor’s Fair
      3. Artifact Lands x4
      1. Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
      2. 5 Colorless Planeswalkers
        
        Tezzeret the Seeker
        
        Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
        
        Tezzeret, Artifice Master
        
        Tezzeret, Cruel Machinist
        
        Tezzeret, Master of Metal
      3. Other Tezzeret’s
    3. Planeswalkers: 11
    4. Artifacts: 22 (28 total, with creatures, lands and Commander)
    5. Removal: 6
      1. General statement: We want these because they don’t kill Planeswalkers
    6. Board Wipes: 4
      1. Pact of Negation
    7. Countermagic: 3
    8. Ways to find Tez: 5
    9. Flex: 10
  6. Slot break down:
  1. Infinite Mana combos:
  2. 1. Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith + 2 mana,
    2. Thopter Foundry + Ashnod's Altar + Sword of the Meek + 1 mana
    3. Thopter Foundry + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Sword of the Meek + any artifact to sac for mana.
    1. Sensei's Divining Top + Rings of Brighthearth + any infinite mana combo
  3. Infinite card draw:
  4. Win Combos:
    1. Time Sieve + Thopter Foundry + Sword of the Meek + 4 mana
  5. Infinite Turns
    1. Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice
    2. Mycosynth Lattice + Darksteel Forge + Nevinyrral’s Disk
  6. Stax
3. C-C-C-Combos
Main Topic - Tezzeret Tribal
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Top 10 War of the Spark Cards - Ep 95 Apr 30, 2019

Top 10 War of the Spark Cards - Ep 95

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1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
1. @CraigBlanchette - 4:04
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wcKYNvmtAM
2. @jumbocommander - 8:23
3. @CMDRCentral_Max - 8:23
4. @commandcast - 19:38
5. @JoshLeeKwai - 20:29
6. @blakepr - 45:22
7. @wizards_magic - 45:22
Ep 95 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: This is a secret list
  1. secret
2. Ryan
  1. secret
3. Zack
Main Topic - Top 10 Cards for Commander from War of the Spark
Thank everyone for listening. You can always leave us a review in the iTunes store.
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War of the Spark Previews: Week 2 - Ep 94 Apr 23, 2019

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1. @commandcast - 17:53
2. @commanderinmtg - 26:22
3. @indusconcept - 30:28
4. @deschampsart - 49:03
5. Raymond Swanland - 50:38
6. Jaime Jones - 55:51
Ep 94 Community Spotlight:
Main Topic - War of the Spark Previews (Week 2)

Friday - April 5th

Monday - April 8th

Ral, Storm Condit
Parhelion II
Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
1. Command Zone video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMsOeJd_VA
Feather, the Redeemed
Solar Blaze
Roalesk, Apex Hybrid

Tuesday - April 9th

Karn, the Great Creator
Jaya, Venerated Firemage
Dovin, Hand of Control
1. Commanderin video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIFcAPFAnE
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
Chandra, Fire Artisan

Wednesday - April 10th

Thursday - April 11th

Friday - April 12th

1. Niv-Mizzet Reborn
2. Finale of Promise
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How to Upgrade Your Deck - Ep 93 Apr 16, 2019

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1. @jumbocommander - 5:39, 40:13
2. @MothershipGames - 7:41
3. @quailancer - 15:35
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5. @CommandersBrew - 41:48
6. @TCGplayer - 19:20
7. @Card_Kingdom - 19:40
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9. @scryfall - 39:31
10. @TheManaSource - 41:00
11. @CraigBlanchette - 43:27
12. @ghirapurigears - 43:52
Ep 93 Community Spotlight:
1. Played at Mothership last night, and met up with a Listener, Ben, who drove all the way in from San Marcos
2. Also got to play with Alden, who Ryan had played with before
  1. Game 1
  2. 1. Zack playing Ayli
    2. Ryan playing Gonti
    3. Ben playing Rona. Disciple of Gix
    4. Alden playing Meren of Clan Nel Toth
    5. Zack did something SILLY this game (wrathing with 22 creatures in play while Ryan had Revel in Riches
    6. Ryan ended up winning after doing some Erratic Portal shenanigans with Gonti and Panharmonicon, then using Alden’s Overwhelming Stampede and Eldrazi Monument for the win
    1. Zack playing Niv-Mizzet Parun
    2. Ryan playing Mr. OPC Grenzo
    3. Ben playing Jodah
    4. Alden playing Edgar Markov
    5. Ryan ended up winning when Alden had a crazy Damnable Pact on the stack by sacking a bunch of goblins to Siege Gang Commander and Goblin Sharpshooter
  3. Game 2
    1. Zack playing Saheeli
    2. Ryan playing Alden’s Edgar Markov deck
    3. Ben playing Jodah
    4. Alden playing Lord Windgrace
    5. Ben ended up winning this game with a hefty amount of planeswalkers, including Ultimating Ral, Izzet Viceroy
  4. Game 3
3. We played 3 games
LGS Fun!
1. A lot of new players have trouble knowing how to make their decks better.
  1. How often are you playing the deck?
  2. How often do you find yourself with dead cards in hand?
2. How do you know when it’s time to upgrade your decks?
  1. Decide if you’re completely scrapping the deck, or just adding a few cards
  2. Is there a new Commander that you want to helm the deck? That’s closer to an overhaul
3. Decide what your Goal is going to be: entire deck overhaul vs. small upgrade
  1. Maybe you save up for big upgrade, but there are plenty of good cards that are cheap AND good!
  2. Trade in old cards that you may not want anymore. A lot of stores give you a bonus if you take store credit over cash.
4. Updating your deck doesn’t have to cost a TON of money.
  1. Give the deck several plays with the new cards before you decide if you like them or not.
  2. Ask playgroup if you can start a game with a couple of new cards in your opening hand.
  3. Ryan - I keep the last 20 or so cards originally cut from the deck, WITH the deck, so that I can always try out something new, when I find something that isn’t working.
5. Play it
  1. Focus on where you deck is weak. Do this by asking yourself some questions
  2. 1. What decks have been problematic / have I been losing to?
    2. 1. How have those decks been winning?
      1. Mana troubles?
      2. Never having enough cards in hand?
      3. Losing to problematic Artifacts/Enchantments?
    3. How has my deck been losing?
    4. Do you often find yourself with a bunch of high casting cost cards in your hand. Maybe it’s time to lower your curve
    5. Are there times when your deck isn’t doing what it’s supposed to - why is that?
    1. If built with slot theory and deck is doing okay - swap slot for slot (Ie. Removal for Removal)
    2. If you switch cards 1 for 1 from slots write down what you swapped and when you draw new card think if you’d rather have new card or old card.
    3. If you’re getting decimated - reevaluate which slots you have, and how many cards you assign to each slot type
  3. Slot Theory
  4. When a new set comes out if you see a card you like add a note in your phone.
    1. EDHRec new cards feature
    2. YouTube Videos
    3. Podcasts
    4. Scryfall - look for similar cards
    5. Lastly...your friends! - Consult friends and playgroup for advice. All of us Magic players LOVE talking about Magic
  5. What are some resources for inspiration on upgrading your deck.
    1. Counter magic heavy?
    2. Combo heavy?
    3. Infect?
    4. Token based decks
  6. Consider your meta
6. How can you maximize upgrading your deck?
  1. Changing the way your deck functions by removing too many cards that make your deck an deck (tokens, discard, control,
  2. Sometimes upgrading a deck turns into me brewing a new deck.
7. Potential Pitfalls
  1. I consider this one of the first successful EDH decks I’ve ever built
  2. 1. It was originally a budget brew for Season Two of the EDH League.
    2. I’ve put a few new cards into the deck, but I’m starting to see cards that feel not great when I draw them.
    1. Lands - 38
    2. Creatures - 23
    3. Instants - 9
    4. Sorceries - 9
    5. Enchantments - 10
    6. Artifacts - 11
  3. Deck Stats
    1. Exquisite Blood
    2. Ethereal Absolution
    3. Approach of the Second Sun
    4. Hour of Revelation
    5. Kaya's Wrath (We’ll talk about why this is not so great)
    6. Fumigate
  4. Cards I want to add
8. Upgrading Zack’s Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Main Topic - Updating your decks (Inspired by Quincy Quail @quailancer on Twitter)
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War of the Spark Previews: Week 1 - Ep 92 Apr 09, 2019

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1. @MothershipGames - 1:17
  1. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipuYNE4yn6I
2. @CommandersBrew - 4:19
3. @GavinVerhey - 9:03, 20:57
4. @SebMcKinnon - 11:08
5. @Cathaoir1 - 31:50
6. @jfwong - 41:16
Ep 92 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: We are filming this on April 4th, so we can only talk about cards that have been released so far (Including our own!)
2. Note: Individual card links not available on Gatherer yet, so check out the full list so far here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/warofthespark/cards
  1. War Screecher
  2. Role Reversal
    1. Our preview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX42Pw5jc2k
  3. Banehound
  4. Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves
3. Thursday
  1. Deathsprout
  2. Single Combat
  3. Sorrin, Vengeful Bloodlord
  4. Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  5. Lazotep Plating
  6. Storrev, Devkarin Lich
4. Wednesday
  1. Gleaming Overseer
  2. Fblthp, the Lost
  3. Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
5. Tuesday
  1. Mowu, Loyal Companion
  2. Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
  3. Teyo, the Shieldmage
  4. Vivien’s Arkbow
  5. The Wanderer
  6. Teferi, Time Raveler
  7. Karn’s Bastion
6. Monday
  1. Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  2. Time Wipe
  3. Bolas’s Citadel
  4. Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  5. Dreadhorde Invasion
  6. Flux Channeler
  7. Emergence Zone
  8. Ajani, the Greathearted
  9. Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  10. Ignite the Beacon
7. Sunday
Main Topic - War of the Spark Previews: Week 1
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Top 8 Cards We Should Be Playing! - Ep 91 Apr 02, 2019

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1. @CommandersBrew - 2:25
2. @MothershipGames - 6:06, 41:38
3. @jumbocommander - 18:16
4. @DreamtimeDrinne - 35:25
5. @RealRagavan - 42:43
6. @JDofCommander - 42:43
7. @Pattapit - 42:43
Ep 91 Community Spotlight:
1. Introduction: These are cards that we haven’t played with, and really want to
2. Zack - Secret
3. Ryan - Secret
4. @jumbocommander “What’s in My Shopping Cart” video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxUtYeg6ZfE
5. Audience: What cards are on the list of cards YOU should be playing with? Let us know in the YouTube comments, or on Twitter
Main Topic - Top 8 cards we should be playing
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War of the Spark on the Horizon - Ep 90 Mar 26, 2019

War of the Spark on the Horizon - Ep 90

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1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
1. @kreugan - 1:48
2. @MothershipGames - 4:46
3. @CommanderReplay - 5:12
4. @blakepr, @MatthewLNass, @KingCash_7191 - 8:56
5. @BrandSanderson - 33:41
6. @TheTokenOtaku - 35:01
7. @Tequila_Nebula - 35:01
8. @wizards_magic - 48:54
Ep 90 Community Spotlight:
1. Played with PJ and Lin.
2. 1. PJ’s channel on YouTube is “Commander Replay” - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrudMyVbtvyVyadYddhousA
3. Actually won a game with MR. OPC Grenzo.
4. Was a really fun moment when I thought I was going to win with Yuriko, by flipping Draco off the top of my library, and PJ unequipped Sunforger to get Teferi’s Protection, and Lin also cast Teferi’s Protection. Man that card is good!
Games at our LGS
1. Modern Horizons
2. 1. Explain what Modern Horizons is: A set direct to modern with brand new cards and reprints (that are not currently legal)
  2. 1. Sweet intro video with Cassius Marsh, and Matt Nass
    2. 1. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/388229057
        
        Cabal Therapist
        
        http://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-spoiler/cabal-therapist/
        
        http://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-spoiler/serra-the-benevolent/
        
        Serra the Benevolent
      2. Two cards from that video
    3. Modern Horizons is probably going to be PRETTY sweet for Commander players
      1. Ryan
      2. Expropriate
        
        Riptide Laboratory
        
        Council’s Judgement
        
        Thought Vessel
        
        Teferi’s Protection
        
        Cabal Coffers
      3. Zack
    4. What are some awesome Reprints that could be included in MH, that we each want to see?
    5. Would be really cool to see some sweet new legendary creatures in Modern Horizons
  1. HYPE! This set is SO CRAZY!!!!!
  2. 1. Planeswalkers are one of the coolest card types in the game!
  3. Teaser video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn_0ZjpjntE
    1. Link to a reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ayufiu/all_36_war_planeswalkers_in_one_image_with_names/
    2. Notable PW NOT making an appearance:
  4. Stained glass article here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/closer-look-stained-glass-planeswalkers-2019-03-08
    1. People have been speculating Planeswalkers will universally be allowed to be commanders.
    2. Depending on how good all the PWs are, we could see a lot of super friends decks showing up, especially in Brawl!
    3. That being said, I think WotC will be trying to get planeswalkers out in color combinations not already represented by commanders in Brawl
  5. So what does all of this mean for EDH?
    1. Ryan
    2. 1. Jaya
      2. Chandra
      3. Sorrin Markov
      1. Jace.. duh
      2. Saheeli
      3. Davriel Cane (Skeletor)
      4. Bonus: Ugin
    3. Zack
  6. What Planeswalkers are we most excited to see?
    1. Probably some common/uncommon PW, at the very least rare
    2. Every Pre-release kit has a FOIL stamped PW AND another foil stamped card
    3. Maybe some PW with no Ultimates, or maybe only minuses or only pluses
  7. A Planeswalker in every pack. What do we think this means?
3. War of the Spark
4. Summary - We are beyond hyped for both of these products.
5. And, as if the hype weren’t enough, we got a FREE preview card from WAR, given to us by Wizards of the Coast! If you want to make sure you get to see the preview card as soon as we can show you, the Subscribe button is waiting :)
Main Topic - Modern Horizons and War of the Spark
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The Talk - Ep 89 Mar 19, 2019

The Talk - Ep 89

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1. @MothershipGames - 09:15, 26:28, 44:05
2. @commandcast - 32:27
3. @edhrec - 34:51
4. @JoshLeeKwai - 36:07
5. @dpkrausejr - 37:28
Ep 89 Community Spotlight:

Main Topic - The Talk (The Decks and the Dice)

Why have the talk?

To make sure everyone is on the same page regarding what kind of game is being played.
To ensure everyone has fun. I think if you ask most people, they would say they have a better time playing Magic when the games are close/even
Anecdotes about the talk.
1. What do you think the power level of your deck is from 1-10?
2. Are you running combos?
3. How fast do you usually win? How many turns do your games usually last?
4. Are you playing mass land destruction
Questions you can ask:
1. People will also see you as someone who strives to play balanced/Fun games.
The more you have the talk, the easier it will be to bring up in the future.

Why might it be hard to have the talk

Anxiety
New people

Pubstomping

Definition: When an organized team of friends/clan members plays against a team of "pubs" - random people who join a public server.
Does this happen? Probably, but not nearly as much as one might think.
I think sometimes CEDH players can get a bad wrap in this regard. I don’t think there are CEDH Boogey men out there, trolling events, trying to ruin folks days.
We should all remember: “Magic is a game for everyone”, there are all kinds of ways to play and just because one playstyle doesn’t fit you, doesn’t invalidate it or mean others don’t enjoy Magic in that way.

Evaluating your decks

On average most people I’ve played say their decks are between six and seven on the power scale.
1. This happens because there really is not standardized scale by which to measure your deck. This is a very hard problem to solve, because there are so many nuances in the power level of a deck
2. I don’t think people are intentionally dishonest about the power of their decks.
3. Maybe in their playgroup their deck does amazing and they think it’s higher
4. Perhaps it is the opposite and they do not as well in their playgroup despite their deck being very powerful. Maybe because the rest of their playgroup has super ultra mega powerful decks
  1. Ryan - Grenzo, 6-6.5
  2. 1. Deck link: https://www.topdecked.me/decks/9b3fdf2b-82ca-4f6a-b859-9e7feae1e5ef
    2. Has a theme, but plays some cards that are kinda bad, like Dark-Dweller Oracle
    3. Has some powerful cards, like Mindslaver, but no way to recur it.
    4. Also has Gauntlet of Might, which can get out of hand pretty quickly
    5. Also, playing cards like Indomitable Creativity, which has high variance
    6. But can also just draw Insurrection and win a game
    1. Deck link: https://www.topdecked.me/decks/d5fbf9d2-2a66-4d44-afc2-904954f16ea5
  3. Zack - Saheeli 7.5 - 8
5. Ryan and Zack talk about how they would rate their decks
I’ve often found not all decks people play feel as powerful as they say, sometimes they are lower or higher.

How to prepare for playing with people you don’t know at your LGS or big event

1. 1. Bring decks of varying power levels.
  2. 1. Often times I let the other players know about 3-4 decks I have with me, and I see if they are interested in playing against any of them.
  3. Be prepared to have the talk. I’d even go so far as to say that YOU dear viewer should try and initiate the talk.
    1. Ryan will initiate the talk
    2. Zack will introduce himself
    3. Ryan asks Zack questions (Zack is playing Muldrotha) Ryan will eventually suggest he plays his Gonti deck
  4. (Ryan and Zack roleplay a talk)
  1. Trying to make an inviting event that caters to newer/more casual players is GOOD for our format. It will bring new players to our community, and that is a win for everyone.
2. Mothership Games, our LGS, now has a two days set aside for EDH one more competitive / combo and one for newer more casual players
3. Summary. We all want to play GOOD games of Magic. Even though it may be a little outside your comfort zone, having the talk can lead to a better overall experience, and even opens up lines of communication after the game, to discuss how it went. The more we all take measures such as having the talk, the better the game gets for everyone involved, it’s a win-win.
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MF’in in Los Angeles! - Ep 88 Mar 12, 2019

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1. @ketjak - 3:06, 9:04, 29:38, 32:41, 34:48, 51:31
2. @ghirapurigears - 9:04, 29:35, 35:55
3. @commanderinmtg - 3:06
4. Mark Poole - 4:45
5. @postrk - 4:56
6. @PeteVenters - 5:24
7. @BaxaArt - 5:37
8. Mark Tedin - 6:03
9. @howardlyonart - 7:39
10. Dragon and Meeple - 9:04, 20:18
11. @CommandersBrew - 9:37, 29:58, 48:19
12. Jeremy Ferrell - 11:24
13. @djbooba - 16:04
14. @GavinVerhey - 23:50
15. @snoobic - 26:30, 30:45, 34:54, 41:46
16. @JoshLeeKwai - 30:04, 39:00
17. @MTGVincent - 30:27, 34:54, 43:30
18. @Pattapit - 30:45, 34:54, 35:55, 41:46, 42:35
19. @BentzMr - 31:03, 51:41
20. @goberthicks - 31:21, 35:55
21. @theMMcast, @Kesswylie, @benbatemanmedia - 35:12
22. @SwordsToPlow - 35:56
23. @SeanTabares - 37:50, 51:41, 54:49
24. @andyhullbone - 51:41, 54:49
25. @KingCash_7191 - 41:54, 44:07
26. @CraigBlanchette - 43:26
27. @trbrtsn - 43:26
28. @DanaFischerMTG - 44:07
29. @Orelav31 - 46:54
30. @CFBEvents - 55:38
31. @jumbocommander - 56:38
Ep 88 Community Spotlight:
Main Topic - Magic Fest Los Angeles Wrap Up

Best Things

Friday

Burritos by Phil’s house (Juanito’s)
Having cards signed
Dinner at Poke Bowl place.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGzOk4wwk1Q
  1. Jeremy (Ferrell)
  2. Jimmy (Kovacs) (@djbooba)
  3. Chris (Buskirk) Proprietor of Dragon and Meeple (https://www.facebook.com/dragonandmeeple/)
  4. Gavin Verhey (@GavinVerhey)
2. Interviews
3. Ryan and Zack played a game with the Commander’s Brew Crew and Ryan won with a dirty deck...
  1. Ryan watched the end of this game and it was awesome to watch the 3 underdogs go crazy and high five each other
4. Zack played with Kenji and some other dudes, was about to combo out, when someone used Soul Conduit to switch his life total and Kenj flashed in Bogardan Hellkite
Dragon and Meeple
1. Commanderin’
2. The Commander’s Brew
3. Josh Lee Kwai
Meeting other content creators
1. Vinny
2. Nic and Kenji
3. Andy Bentley
4. Olivia Golbert Hicks (@goberthicks) (Who also makes awesome metal stuff, including a SWEET Vial Smasher that JLK showed us)
Meeting awesome new people

Saturday

Burritos by Phil’s house
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQsjRlz9S1g
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ZmUznPLVc
Frank & Sons
Went to a party hosted by Masters of Modern (Alex Kessler and Ben Bateman)
1. https://deckstats.net/deck-18500263-ce1f60cf478fb3f8dc23e611fe368a90.html
Played an awesome DnD type Commander game where Nick played a Zedru Deck that has “Dungeons” and “Boss Monsters” that was designed by Sean (@SwordsToPlow)

Sunday

Burritos by Phil’s house
Ryan and Zack play a game of EDH with Josh Lee Kwai, and Ian and Levi
1. https://twitter.com/KingCash_7191/status/1102420026584260609
Meeting and having Cassius Marsh tweet out a picture with Zack
Ryan got to play a game with Craig Blanchette, Vinny T, and Terry Robertson
Cassius talking to Dana Fischer (@DanaFischerMTG), who is the youngest person to make day two of a GP
Ryan and Zack look at vendors
Phillip (#mtgdad)
ZOMG Zack found a highly desirable playmat!
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg5xSZ9qL1E
Denny’s

Worst Things

1. Wearing flip flops on Saturday
2. Falling asleep while playing games
3. The Commander’s Brew guys didn’t bring rejected chocolates from Butler’s Wife...
  1. https://twitter.com/CommandersBrew/status/1102051644706078721?s=20
4. No play space on Saturday
1. MF LA was awesome!
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Magic Fest LA Prep - Ep 87 Mar 05, 2019

Magic Fest LA Prep - Ep 87

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1. @MothershipGames - 6:37
2. @UltimateGuard - 6:37
3. @commanderinmtg - 10:24
4. @ketjak - 10:24, 16:01, 16:51, 21:56, 22:15
5. @ghirapurigears - 10:24, 16:01, 22:15
6. @CommandersBrew - 10:24,
7. @SeanTabares - 10:24, 16:01, 16:51, 22:15
8. @andyhullbone - 10:24, 16:01, 16:51, 22:15
9. @PeteVenters - 11:27
10. @postrk - 11:27
11. @BaxaArt - 13:07
12. Mark Poole - 13:29
Ep 87 Community Spotlight:
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Deck Tech: Grenzo, Havoc Raiser - Ep 86 Feb 26, 2019

Deck Tech: Grenzo, Havoc Raiser - Ep 86

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1. @UltimateGuard - 01:54
2. @MothershipGames - 02:36, 33:31
3. @commanderinmtg - 19:05, 21:59, 37:25
4. @CommandersBrew - 25:33
Ep 86 Community Spotlight:
1. Slot Theory
2. 1. General discussion about how decks can only have so many slots
  2. If your deck was 39 land and the rest Opt, it would be very bad
  3. Modal cards are awesome, because they essentially “increase” the number of slots in your deck
  4. Lands with spell-type effects, such as Academy Ruins, also basically increase the number of slots in your deck
  5. If you set up a “Slot Table” for your deck, you can make sure that you have enough of the types of effects that you want in your deck
  1. Deck Statement: Mr. OPC! (aka Mono-Red Other People’s Cardboard)
  2. I came up with the Slot Table for this deck, before I selected any cards to go in it. I have no idea if the numbers I have picked for each slot are correct, but I’ll refine that after playing with the deck more
  3. Number in Parenthesis was at the start, number after is how many ended up in the deck
    1. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
    2. Terrain Generator
    3. Myriad Landscape
    4. Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
    5. Kher Keep
    6. Hanweir Battlements
    7. String Mine
    8. Wasteland
    9. 31 Mountains
  4. Land - (39)
    1. Skullclamp
    2. Experimental Frenzy
    3. Prophetic Flamespeaker
    4. Dark-Dweller Oracle
    5. Endless Atlas
    6. Vance's Blasting Cannons
    7. Outpost Siege
    8. Oracle's Vault
    9. Commune with Lava
    10. Apex of Power
    11. Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  5. Card Draw (10) 11
    1. Sword of the Animist
    2. Mana Geyser
    3. Curse of Opulence
    4. Mox Amber
    5. Surveyor's Scope
    6. Wayfarer's Bauble
    7. Burnished Hart
    8. Gauntlet of Might
    9. Ruby Medallion
    10. Explorer's Scope
    11. Trove of Temptation
    12. Sol Ring
  6. Ramp (10) 12
    1. Treasure Nabber
    2. Chaos Wand
    3. Stolen Strategy
    4. Etali, Primal Storm
    5. Dire Fleet Daredevil
    6. Mindslaver
    7. Oblivion Sower
    8. Captivating Crew
    9. Dualcaster Mage
    10. Wild Ricochet
    11. Insurrection
    12. Hellkite Tyrant
    13. Helm of Possession
    14. Mindclaw Shaman
  7. OPC (15) 13
    1. Chaos Warp
    2. Electrodominance
    3. Volcanic Offering
    4. Grab the Reins
  8. Single Target Removal (4) 4
    1. Blasphemous Act
    2. Indomitable Creativity
    3. Chandra, Flamecaller
  9. Mass Removal (3) 3
    1. Break Through the Line
    2. Bedlam
    3. Disrupt Decorum
    4. Urabrask the Hidden
    5. Fumiko the Lowblood
  10. Commander Synergy (5) 5
    1. Siege-Gang Commander
    2. Tempt with Vengeance
    3. Krenko, Mob Boss
    4. Hanweir Garrison
  11. Token Maker (4) 4
    1. Vandalblast
    2. Loyal Apprentice
    3. Goblin Matron
    4. Goblin Sharpshooter
    5. Feldon of the Third Path
    6. Sensei's Divining Top
    7. Sunbird's Invocation
    8. Scroll Rack
  12. Flex Slots (9) 8
    1. This deck is #HellaDopeLitFam
    2. I’ve played it Twice, and it was super fun each time. I really like how it fits my play style, but I had to be super creative to come up with cards, based on the number of slots I picked for each category
  13. Summary
3. Grenzo Deck Tech
Main Topic - Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
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Psychosis Crawling - EP 84 Feb 12, 2019

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1. Sheldon Menery - 00:02:06, 00:16:38
2. Corbin Hosler, Brainstorm Brewery - 00:07:48
3. TopDecked app - 00:14:44
4. CAG (http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38218_Introducing-The-Command) - 00:16:40
5. Mark Rosewater - 00:33:40
6. Ron Spencer - 00:38:48
7. Dan Krause - 00:45:34
Ep 84 Community Spotlight:
1. Commander Advisory Group
2. 1. http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz101089b94e80.html
3. Quiz Time
Main Topic - Psychosis Crawling
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Slinging Spells and Drawing Cards, A Niv-Mizzet Story - Ep 82 Jan 22, 2019

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1. Mothership Books and Games - 00:13:16, 00:51:24
2. Correction: Dig Through Time doesn’t trigger Parun - 00:14:48
3. See our Commander 2018 Preview Card Video for Chaos Warp - 00:35:48 (https://youtu.be/sjyr-fQfEuk)
4. @noahbradley - 00:40:21
5. @JoshLeeKwai- 00:45:14
Ep 81 Community Spotlight:
1. Getting ready to start up for Season 6 - The Brawl.
League Update:
1. See the Deck here:
2. Opened Niv-Mizzet in my Pre-Release pack and have been really wanting to build around him for a while, but just got around to it.
3. The idea of the deck is to cast a bunch of instants to draw a bunch of cards to do a bunch of damage.
4. Aside about how we built the deck together, sitting in the same room.
5. Cards
Main Topic - Deck Tech of Niv-Mizzet Parun EDH Deck

Card Draw

Counterspells

Spell Duplication

Spell Recursion

Removal

1. Time Warp
2. Karn's Temporal Sundering
Turns
Creatures
1. Firemind's Foresight
2. Merchant Scroll
Tutors
Artifacts
Lands
Win Conditions

Cards We Cut

Remand
Izzet Locket
High Tide
Stormtide Leviathan
Hypothesizzle
River’s Rebuke
Psychic Corrosion
Cards that said Look at X cards from the top of your library and put Y cards into hand.

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Get on the 2019 Hype Train - Ep 80 Jan 08, 2019

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1. Correction: Ravnica Allegiance is NOT coming out on Arena on January 8th - 00:11:50
2. @BrandSanderson (https://magic.wizards.com/en/story) - 00:13:40
3. @Gladwell - 00:14:00
4. @commanderinmtg - 00:15:48
5. @TolarianCollege - 00:29:42
6. @CrypticStudios - 00:35:10
7. @dpkrausejr - 00:38:43
8. @maro254 - 00:40:05
9. @CommandersBrew (https://overcast.fm/+E4-wODTus) - 00:45:23
10. @MtgDeckCheck - 00:53:15
Ep 80 Community Spotlight:
1. Further evolution and development of MtG Arena
  1. Big tournaments!
    1. No mobile client in 2019
  2. Ryan BP: Will exit from Beta in 2019
  3. Standard, Pauper, and Singleton Tournaments on the fly
  1. Upcoming Expert sets
    1. Ravnica Allegiance - release date: January 25, 2019
      1. Zack - Probably Ravnica
      1. Zack - (Phyrexia)
    2. Milk: Spring 2019
      1. Zack - (Chronicles)
    3. Archery: September 2019
    1. Zack - BP: Garruk comes back to kill the MTG UNIVERSE
  2. Core 2020
    1. Ryan’s bold prediction: PARTNERS!
  3. 2019 Commander Set
    1. Ryan’s guess: Conspiracy 3
    2. Modern Genesis
  4. Other Boutique set
2. Card sets
1. 1. Spellbook: Chandra!!!!
    1. Like the DnD board games
  2. Other intro player set/boardgame/thing thing
  1. Wizards announce an MtG Cartoon
  2. Maybe possibly, is it too soon? Nah, it can’t be too soon, is it? Magic MMO by Cryptic is not released but the release date is ANNOUNCED in 2019. Zack - But they try to monetize the beta starting in Dec 2019.
  3. Wizards begin to include a code with each booster that gives you a booster in Arena.
2. Bold predictions!
3. GP Zack’s Big Ass House
  1. “My Christmas gift for all of you is a quote: “In my twenty-three years working on the game, I have never been more excited for a suite of Magic products than I am for 2019. Magic fans are in for an amazing year!” #WotCStaff” - https://twitter.com/maro254/status/1077624839827992576
  2. “To clarify my quote from earlier. I’ve been excited about individual sets in the past, but this is the first time I’ve expressed enthusiasm for an entire year’s worth of products. #WotCStaff” - https://twitter.com/maro254/status/1077825655922819072
4. Mark Rosewater’s Tweet:
5. No matter what, we are in for some surprises and 2019 is looking great!
  1. Ryan - BP: More stories like from Brandon Sanderson
  2. Ryan - BP: Commander 2019 decks come with Arena redeem code
  3. Zack - BP - Like the DnD board games
  4. Zack - BP - Big year for MtG Puzzlequest.
6. A1 Spicy Predictions
Main Topic - 2019 Predictions and Hype
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1. Water: Not even in the top 10!!!
2. No way is Canada’s Snack game anywhere NEAR USA
3. 10 - Leftover Mac and Cheese from Ryan’s Daughter’s Dinner
4. 09 - Beef Jerky (Peppered is best, hands down, no argument!)
5. 08 - Rejected Chocolates Butler’s wife gets from the factory
6. 07 - Breakfast Tacos
7. 06 - Poutine
8. 05 - Chex Mix
9. 04 - Ryan’s Leftover Halloween Candy
10. 03 - Chipotle
11. 02 - Beer
12. 01 - Cheese Log and Triscuits
Outro - Top 10 Snacks in ‘Murica!

Preppin' fo GPs with Danny K - Ep 74 Nov 27, 2018

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1. @StarCityGames - 22:01, 25:55, 41:04
2. @ChannelFireball - 14:08, 22:01, 27:03
3. @JoshLeeKwai - 19:00, 43:48, 57:28, 58:35
4. Gameknights (https://youtu.be/VVg2u4bBWUY) - 27:03
5. @commandcast - 27:03, 54:25
6. @CommandersBrew - 30:42
7. @commanderinmtg - 35:35, 41:40, 53:55
8. @UltimateGuard - 38:20
9. @JasonEAlt - 40:18
10. @seantabares - 40:18, 47:46
11. @MoxReuby - 40:18
12. @TolarianCollege - 41:15, 43:48
13. @TheManaSource - 41:15, 45:07
14. @EthanFleischer - 43:48
15. @jfwong - 43:48
16. @jumbocommander - 54:25
17. @GavinVerhey - 57:28
18. @MissMariapants, @MegTheWolff, and @GLHFMagic - 57:28
19. @KingCash_7191 - 58:35
20. @MoxBoarding - 1:00:30
Ep 74 Community Spotlight:
1. Picking an Event
2. 1. What do you want to do at a MtG event? Be sure to pick an event that meets your expectations.
  2. 1. Casual Commander - Recommend SCG Con or GP Vegas
    2. Main Event/Tournament
    3. Side Events - Limited/Modern/Standard/Commander
    4. Collect art/cards/meet MtG Celebrities
    5. Meet with friends and hang out (best part of MtG Events)
      1. Las Vegas has some amazing food and attractions
      2. Seattle his the home of the WotC and The Mox Boarding House
    6. Is it in a city that interests you?
    1. Choose an event that meets your budget and travel capabilities
    2. Costs can be shared - discuss more in budgeting section of notes
  3. Travel and Budget
  1. Make travel plans early.
  2. 1. If flying use a site like Kayak to set a price alert to get the best deal.
    1. Advantage - Saves money/Share costs
    2. Disadvantage - Less privacy/Close Quarters/May be on other people’s schedules
      1. Not always close to the event
        
        No Maid Service
        
        Seattle Concierge Service had Umbrellas to loan out.
        
        Great source of info on where to eat and what to see
        
        No Concierge Service
        
        No room safe
        
        No Shuttle Service to and From/Airport
        
        No in hotel restaurant/bar
      2. Less amenities than a Hotel
    3. Air BnB tends to be cheaper, but:
  3. Advantages/Disadvantages of splitting Hotel/Air BnB costs
    1. Most events have at least 3 types of registration
    2. 1. Main Event (Tournament) (Usually these days you are not allowed to register for a main event the day of the tournament)
        
        Limited
        
        SCG Con has a Commander Package
        
        Special access to a Commander Only Area
        
        Comes with other Extras such as playmats/pins/ and deck box
        
        Special/Commander
        
        On Demand (4 round) events
      2. Side Events
        
        Comes with some combination of the Main Event and/or Side Events with some added extras.
        
        Infinite Challenge Packages - Unlimited entries into a specific Side Event (not as common now)
        
        Extras typically include special access to a VIP party or head of the line privileges
      3. VIP Package
        
        Free/Cheap Events at GPs and MtG Cons
        
        Casual play where space is available
        
        GP Vegas is especially known for the large number of casual players
        
        Meeting artist
        
        Window Shopping
        
        Art Shows
        
        Panels (There were a couple of cool panels at GP Vegas this year. One on cosplay and how to make costumes. Another cool one was “Who’s Turn is it Anyway?” an improv show) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7k_MDRu_o
        
        Special Side events sponsored by Content Creators. (Commanderin Cosplay Events)
        
        Play a game with your favorite MtG Celebrity
        
        Lines can be long for favorite Personalities
        
        Spellslinger Events
      4. You DO NOT have to buy any registration to enter and have fun at MtG event
  4. Pre-register for the events you want
3. Preparing to Attend a GP/MtG event
  1. If flying:
  2. 1. Pack cards and collection separate from luggage/clothing
    2. Do not check card collection.
      1. This may not be true for extremely budget airline ticket.
    3. You are typically allowed 1 carry on item and 1 personal item such as a backpack as long as it fits under the seat.
      1. What luggage are you allowed?
      2. Are there additional fees?
      3. What happens if you miss your flight?
        
        No moving seats
        
        No rebooking if you miss a flight if it is your fault
        
        First one to be forced off the flight if the flight is full
      4. Basic Economy tickets are very restricted.
    4. Read and Understand the terms of your ticket.
    5. Recommend getting the airlines Economy/Business Economy tickets (1 step above Basic Economy)
      1. For smaller regional airports, be there 2 hours a before the flight
      2. Large international hubs such as ATL or LAX, be there 3 hours before your departure
      3. REMEMBER: If your ticket says the plane leaves at 08:30, that means the doors close at 08:20. Once the doors on a plane are closed, you are not getting onto a plane.
      4. Expect to be delayed in at security due to your card collection. (This has happened to me just about every time! Mention JLK’s hilarious tweet: https://twitter.com/JoshLeeKwai/status/1053334228539064321 )
    6. SHOW UP TO THE AIRPORT EARLY
    1. Going a long distance driving?
    2. 1. Share the driving with a friend
      2. Plan for stops
        
        FuelLog
        
        Triptik
      3. Budget for gas (apps can help plan this)
        
        Waze
        
        Mapquest
      4. Plan for Traffic (apps can help with this)
  3. If Driving:
    1. Try to limit yourself to one personal item filled with MtG cards/decks
    2. 1. It is easier to maintain physical security of your collection if it is easy to handle and store.
      2. Ryan - I try to REALLY challenge myself to only bring the top 5 Commander decks I’m interested in playing for the weeknd (and maybe also a brawl deck or two). Also, a good idea to bring different decks of varying power level, cause you don’t know who you will play against all weekend
  4. Do NOT overpack
4. Travelling
  1. Be Friendly and Open to New Experiences
  2. 1. No one owes you their time
    2. Everyone’s else may have different ideas of what is fun
    1. Be aware of your surroundings
    2. Do not leave your stuff unattended
    3. Hook your backpack/travel bag to a chair leg or to you
    4. Make sure zippers are not easily opened
      1. If you have a large and/or expensive collection you can get insurance for it
      2. It is a special rider that is added to your homeowners or renters insurance.
      3. It is cheap
      4. For extremely price items, insurance companies will want physical proof such as receipt of purchase or a picture of the item.
      5. Keeping a digital copy of your decks/collection online can help you during a claim.
        
        A police report is required to file an insurance claim
        
        Inform the event organizers, let them know if there are any unique items that may identify the collection
      6. If you are unfortunate and your collection is stolen at an event, immediately file a police report
    5. GET INSURANCE!
      1. Especially if you are in the Main Event
      2. On site food is typically overpriced and not the greatest quality.
    6. Bring Snacks and Water
      1. Ask random people to play with you
      2. Make a sign advertising
      3. Post to twitter with a picture of the table number you are at and the Hashtag for the event, e.g. #GPVegas
        
        Once started a game with someone’s casual deck - turned out to be a crazy Thassa combo deck that got Omniscience out on turn 4.
        
        Don’t get mad - be polite
        
        Find a group that you enjoy
        
        Make new friends
      4. Not all decks are made the same
    7. If you are just there to play Casual Commander
      1. Visit your favorite artist
      2. Card signing are typically $1 -$2 per signature
        
        Make sure to UNSLEEVE your cards while you are standing in line. Don’t be that person making everyone wait while you are unsleeving double-sleeved cards
        
        Be prepared with what you want. You are not the only person in line.
        
        Most artist love discussing their artwork, but be respectful of their time, especially if they are busy.
        
        It’s really cool to meet and have conversations with MtG Celebrities. Most of the ones I have met are super happy to sign a playmat, and you’ll come out with an amazing, one-of-a-kind souvenir
        
        It’s good to have a few different color of sharpies available
        
        Also, a playmat with a bright color background, makes sure signatures show up really well. (For example, the first playmat I made with the BW logo was on a black background, which just didn’t work out all that well).
        
        Blank playmats are often available at the tournament site
      3. Bring a playmat and some sharpies!
        
        Panels include everything from format specific discussions, comedy sketches, to instructional how to’s.
      4. Attend a Panel
        
        Most events are held in large cities
        
        Visit and experience the local sites
        
        Some really great after-hours experiences can be had, not limited to a great dinner out with some cool podcast hosts :-P
      5. Get out of the Convention Hall
    8. Events are more than Game Play
  3. Maintain your Personal and Physical Security
5. Attending an Event
  1. Be prepared
  2. Manage Expectations
  3. Have Fun
6. Summary
Main Topic - How to make the most of a Big Magic Event

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Zack’s Vampires - Ep70 Oct 23, 2018

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2. Vanessa for being awesome
3. Tiffany for the logo/icon
1. Zack’s deck story
  1. Threats - Vampire Synergy
  3. Removal (Sunforger)
  4. Draw
  5. Escalation
    1. Link to Tapped out Deck: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/22-10-18-vamps-for-days/?cb=1540251518
  6. You too can have all of this for $200
2. How I build a deck (Stacks)
Main Topic - Zack’s Vampire Deck
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GRN Previews: Part Deux - Ep 67 Oct 02, 2018

Thanks
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
1. @zack_stella - 00:11:45
Ep 67 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: We are only talking about cards that we think are deece++ in Commander, and we are not going to mention cards that we already talked about in last week’s episode. So, if you don’t hear your favorite card here, chances are we talked about it last week
2. White
  1. Devious Cover-Up
  2. Drowned Secrets
3. Blue
  1. Midnight Reaper
  2. Severed Strands
4. Black
5. Red
6. Green
7. Gold
1. 1. Guildmages’ Forum
2. Land
Main Topic - GRN Previews: Part Deux

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MtG Accessories Review - Ep65 Sep 18, 2018

MtG Accessories Review

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2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
1. @BCWSupplies
2. 1. 00:14:26
  2. 00:34:13
3. @Card_Kingdom - 00:57:58
4. @Cathaoir1 - 00:55:44
  1. 00:16:25
  2. 00:27:08
  3. 00:45:45
5. @commandcast
6. @commanderinmtg - 00:24:03
7. Dragon Shield - 00:17:57
  1. 00:11:51
  2. 00:13:52
  3. 00:15:10
8. KMC
9. Monster Deck Boxes - 00:28:43
10. @MothershipGames - 00:27:47
  1. 00:47:42
  2. 00:51:41
11. @MTGApps
12. @mutility - 00:46:51
13. @stanleytools - 00:31:12
14. @StarCityGames - 00:29:29
  1. 00:10:46
  2. 00:12:08
  3. 00:15:58
  4. 00:24:57
15. @TolarianCollege
  1. 00:02:31
  2. 00:20:16
  3. 00:26:14
  4. 00:40:57
  5. 00:42:41
  6. 00:53:38
16. @UltimateGuard
  1. 00:16:25
  2. 00:27:07
  3. 00:35:42
  4. 00:56:56
17. @UltraProIntl
Ep 65 Community Spotlight:
1. Homage to The Professor
2. 1. TCC Report Card - http://www.tolariancommunitycollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/TCCReportCardLive.pdf
  2. Ice Bucket Challenge (Double Sleeves FTW) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKrU35UDH18
  1. KMC Perfect Fits
  2. 1. https://www.kmcsleeves.com/products.php?cat=Perfect+Size
    1. https://www.kmcsleeves.com/products.php?cat=4
  3. KMC Hyper Mat
    1. https://www.ultrapro.com/product_info.php?products_id=6429
  4. Eclipse Sleeves (Packs of 100 now, as I learned from Command Zone)
    1. http://www.dragonshield.com/standard-sleeves/matte-100
  5. Dragon Shield
3. Sleeves
  1. Ultimate Guard Flip N Tray
  2. 1. https://ultimateguard.com/en/flip-n-tray/flip-n-tray-100-xenoskin
  3. 200 Card Twin Flip N Tray Xenoskin Deck Case - https://www.amazon.com/Card-Twin-Flip-Xenoskin-Black/dp/B016CWIEMK/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1535859571&sr=8-7&keywords=ultimate+guard
    1. https://ultimateguard.com/en/boulder/boulder-100-deck-case
  4. Ultimate Guard Boulder
    1. https://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=71_138
  5. WotC Ultra Pro
4. Deck Boxes
  1. Stanley 10 compartment box: https://www.zoro.com/stanley-compartment-box-10-compartments-014710r/i/G0295827/feature-product?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwa689JKb3QIVDBlpCh3Ghgz9EAQYAiABEgLxnfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
  2. Standard 800/1000 count BCW cardboard boxes: https://www.bcwsupplies.com/800-card-storage-box
  3. Library Card Catalog
    1. Ultimate Guard QuadRow ZipFolio: https://ultimateguard.com/en/quadrow/quadrow-zipfolio
    2. Ultra Pro 4 Row Binders: https://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=69_180
  4. Binders
5. Home Storage
  1. Superhive
  2. 1. https://ultimateguard.com/en/superhive/superhive-550
  3. Ultimate Guard Arkhive 400+ XenoSkin Card Game, Green, One Size - https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guard-Arkhive-XenoSkin-Green/dp/B01MAXUCDJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1535859571&sr=8-3&keywords=ultimate+guard&dpID=31vcOKu8WUL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
6. Travel Storage
  1. Lifelinker App
  2. 1. https://collected.company/lifelinker/
    1. http://slie.ch/mutility/
  3. Mutility
    1. MTG Trades - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mtg-trades/id736701892?mt=8
    2. MTG Guide - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mtg-guide/id378754271
  4. Tangent: Speaking of Apps, there are these two excellent MtG companion apps for the iPhone
    1. https://mtg.gamepedia.com/File:Life_Counter_Arsenal.jpg
  5. Spin Down Dial Life Counter (Like from Commander Anthology 2017)
7. Life Trackers
  1. Ultimate Guard Mat Case
  2. 1. https://ultimateguard.com/en/accessories/flip-n-tray-mat-case
    1. https://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=70_141
  3. Ultra Pro Mats
  4. Card kingdom - The Command Center - https://www.cardkingdom.com/mtg-supplies/the-command-center
8. Playmats
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Battlebond Set Review - Ep49 May 29, 2018

Battlebond Set Review

Thanks
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2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
1. @CCOPodcast - 00:04:17
2. @commanderinmtg - 00:04:17, 00:26:38
3. @CommandTime - 00:04:17
4. @MothershipGames - 00:07:21
5. @GavinVerhey - 00:26:38, 01:01:53
6. @CommandersBrew - 00:28:42
7. @GabySpartz - 00:33:42
Ep 49 Community Spotlight:
1. Disclaimer: Just the cards spoiled up until 5/24
2. Battlebond cards not available in Gatherer yet, so check them out here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/battlebond-2018-05-25
  1. Regna, the Redeemer & Krav, the Unredeemed
  2. Will Kenrith & Rowan Kenrith
  3. Toothy, Imaginary Friend & Pir, Imaginative Rascal
  4. Virtus the Veiled & Gorm the Great
  5. Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom & Okaun, Eye of Chaos
  6. Sylvia Brightspear & Khorvath Brightflame
3. Partners
  1. Arena Rector
  2. Play of the Game
  3. Regna’s Sanction
  4. Brightling
4. White
  1. Arcane Artisan
  2. Fumble
  3. Game Plan
  4. Huddle Up
  5. Out of Bounds
  6. Spellseeker
5. Blue
  1. Archfiend of Despair
  2. Stunning Reversal
  3. Thrilling Encore
  4. Virtus’s Maneuver
6. Black
  1. Bonus Round
  2. Najeela, the Blade-Blossum
  3. Korvath’s Fury
  4. Stolen Strategy
7. Red
  1. Bramble Sovereign
  2. Generous Patron
  3. Pir’s Whim
8. Green
  1. Archon of Valor’s Reach
  2. Last One Standing
9. Multicolored
  1. Victory Chimes
10. Artifact
  1. Talk about all 5 Crowd Lands at once
11. Land
12. Reprints
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Deck Tech: Muldrotha, the Gravetide - Ep45 May 01, 2018

Deck Tech: Muldrotha, the Gravetide - Ep45

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2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
  1. J-Gravy - Twitter @joshgravytrain and Instagram @JayGravy
  2. Niels - Twitter @mtgkaylesh
  3. William - @Daxx200
  4. Zachary - @NekroZach
  5. Michael
  6. Connor
  7. Justyn
  8. Joshua
3. The Facebook group for suggestions
1. Facebook Group peeps: 00:11:19
3. @Copain26 - 00:18:40
4. @commandcast - 00:56:38
Ep 45 Community Spotlight:
1. Deck theme - Getting things to the yard and playing them
2. 1. Note this is a first draft of the deck.
  2. 1. https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/attack-of-muldrotha-1
  1. 25 creatures
  2. 16 Sorceries
  3. 7 Artifacts
  4. 1 Enchantment
  5. 12 Instants
  6. 38 Lands
  7. 3.29 Average CMC
3. Stats
4. Creatures
5. Instants and Sorceries
  1. Sultai Ascendancy
6. Enchantments
7. Artifacts
  1. Looting
  2. Dredge
  3. Creatures with ETB effects
8. Discuss Synergies
  1. Seal of Doom
  2. Seal of Primordium
  3. Lotus Petal
  4. Second Chance (Risky)
  5. Contamination (This is just MEAN)
  6. Mindslaver (Also mean)
  7. Altar of Dementia
  8. Urza's Bauble / Mishra's Bauble
  9. Expedition Map
  10. Memory Jar
  11. Survival of the Fittest
9. Discuss cards Ryan thinks should be added
Main Topic - Attack of the Muldrotha
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We'll Be Back Next Week Mar 06, 2018

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Episode 24 - Art of the Group Game Nov 21, 2017

Art of the Group Game

Today we're going to talk about how to bring your A-game for the group game. Group games in MTG can range from silly and casual to cutthroat and political. The Commander format lends itself to a more casual atmosphere since the decks are usually slower off the block, but getting knocked out first always sucks so we're going to talk about what it takes to thrive and survive in a multi-hour game against your closest geeks. But before we get to the Art of the Group Game…
Community Spotlight:
1. Mad Hatter - 00:04:40
2. @z4ck38 - 00:13:54
Thanks
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
3. Special Thanks to Dylan Hicks for the use of their Thunder Clap sound in the episode: http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Nature/Storm/Lightnin-Dylan_Hi-8584/index.php
Main Topic - Art of the Group Game
1. Overview of what a group game is
  1. Touch on some of the group game types
    1. Kitchen Table Magic
    2. Emperor / Two Headed Giant
    3. Arch-Enemy
    4. Commander
  2. Talk about finding the right number of players per table
    1. I like 4. Lee made a table
  3. Review the specifics of the Commander group rules
    1. Command Zone
    2. 21 points to kill with commander
2. Powerful Mechanics
  1. Talk about what types of card mechanics are powerful in group games
    1. Targeting all opponents
      1. Extort - Blind Obedience
    2. Targeting all players
      1. Pestilence / Pyrohemia
    3. Abilities that scale with opponents
3. Un-fun Mechanics
  1. Things that make the game too slow
    1. Staxy cards - Winter Orb
    2. Meekstone
  2. Things that kill the pace of the game
    1. Wipes
    2. Mass LD (Armageddon)
  3. Things that make players feel left out or bored or lose control
    1. Long combos
    2. Shared Fate
    3. Possibility Storm
4. Fun Cards
  1. Talk about our favorite group cards
    1. Ryan
    2. Lee
      1. Pestilence
      2. Crown of Doom
      3. Syphon cards (see links above)
5. Politics
  1. Tricks for manipulating the table
    1. Fake Favors
    2. Threat naming
    3. Round Table Beats
  2. Grudges
    1. Linger threats
  3. Sequential game strategies
    1. When you are going to lose you can set up some good karma for the next match
    2. Make joke alliances before games, and then do something beneficial to the partner… the implications are binding.
Signoff
1. Lee, where can people find you online? Please don’t
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Episode 13 - Commander 2017 First Impressions Sep 05, 2017

Commander 2017 First Impressions

Thanks
1. Mike Condon for the music and editing
2. Tiffany for the logo/icon
3. Special Thanks: Blake Rasmussen (on Twitter @blakepr) for giving us a shoutout on the Daily Magic Update
Main Topic - Commander 2017 First Impressions
1. Cards that played well
  1. Cats
    1. Hammer of Nazahn
    2. Traverse the Outlands
  2. Vampire
    1. Edgar Markov
    2. Patron of the Vein
  3. Wizard
  4. Dragon
    1. Fractured Identity
    2. Kindred Discovery
2. Curses!
Signoff
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