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Now displaying: May, 2021

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

Check Us Out on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/commandersocial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial/

Contact us on Twitter @commandersocial
Ryan - @greenegeek
Zack - @z4ck38

Email: cast@commandersocial.com

May 26, 2021
  1. Patreon
    1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
      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
    2. 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  
  2. 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!
  3. 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
  4. 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
        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
      2. +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
      3. Protection/Stax
        1. Anguished Unmaking
        2. Despark
        3. Fracture
        4. Inkshield
        5. Mortify
        6. Swords to Plowshares
        7. Utter End
      4. Removal
        1. Martial Coup
        2. Merciless Eviction
        3. Winds of Abandon
      5. Mass Removal
        1. Smothering Tithe
        2. Talisman of Hierarchy
      6. Ramp
        1. Read the Bones
        2. Phyrexian Arena
        3. Night's Whisper
      7. Draw
        1. Approach of the Second Sun
        2. Urborg / Karma
      8. Alt Win Cons
    3. Cards
    4. Summary - What do you think of this deck? Are there any cards I missed?
  5. Main Topic - Breena the Negotiator
  6. Keep it Social!
    1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
    2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
  7. 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
  8. Contact Info
  9. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
May 19, 2021
  1. Patreon
    1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
      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
    2. 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  
  2. 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!
  3. 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
  4. Ep 95 Community Spotlight:
  5. Main Topic - Dan and Games
  1. Links to Lasagna Tier episodes
    1. A Definitive System For Power Ranking
      1. https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/commandsphere/id/13449089
    2. Lasagna Tier EDH: Explained

 

  • Lasagna Tier Staples

 

  1. 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?
  1. 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.
  2. A place for Dan to talk about anything that is important to him
  3. Summary
  1. Keep it Social!
    1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
    2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
  2. 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
  3. Contact Info
  4. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
May 12, 2021
  1. Patreon
    1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
      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
    2. 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  
  2. 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!
  3. 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
  4. 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)
  5. Main Topic - #MtGMentalHealth

 

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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. 
  4. 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. 
  5. The Wrap Up
  1. Keep it Social!
    1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
    2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
  2. 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
  3. Contact Info
  4. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
May 5, 2021
  1. Patreon
    1. Patreon Contest - What is your favorite indie game? Friend of the Show, Lee Saenz has made a video game called “Triple Jump”
      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
    2. 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  
  2. 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!
  3. 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
  4. 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)
        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.
      2. 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)
      3. Fun to Play
      4. Balanced to play against each other
      5. 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
        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)
      2. 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
      3. 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
      4. 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
      5. 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
      6. 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
        1. Edgar Markov 60.08
          1. All time low $2.39
          2. Spent an entire year < $5
          1. All-time low $12.29
          2. Spent 3 months < $20
        2. Teferi's Protection 44.13
          1. All-time low $2.99
          2. Spent a year < $10
        3. Kindred Discovery 40.7
          1. All-time low $3.23
          2. Spent a year < $6
        4. The Ur-Dragon 39.65
          1. All-time low $1.49
          2. Spent a year < $7
        5. 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
      2. C18 - $73.88
        1. Dockside Extortionist 48.22
          1. All-time low - $13.28
          2. Quickly went to $20, and after 8 months just kept going up
        2. Ohran Frostfang 17.92
        3. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 5.1
        4. Sevinne's Reclamation 4.36
        5. Apex Altisaur 3.18
      3. C19 - $78.78
        1. Fierce Guardianship 34.43
          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
        2. Deflecting Swat 30.1
        3. Deadly Rollick 15.58
        4. Flawless Maneuver 8.3
        5. Ethereal Forager 4.07
      4. 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
      5. 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?
  5. Main Topic - Precon Showdown
  6. Keep it Social!
    1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
    2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
  7. 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
  8. Contact Info
  9. © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
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