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Feb 24, 2021
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- Ep 84 Community Spotlight:
- What is a warm blanket card?
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- Pretty much a reactionary card that can save your bacon. These will be at instant speed for the most part.
- 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.
- These types of cards are one of the big reasons I like playing at instant speed
- 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.
- Ways to protect your board, or protect your combo could go here as well.
- One of the benefits of cards like this is that you only use them when you need to.
- 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.
- 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.
- Often times, these cards can catch opponents unaware, and really leave them open for business
- Building a reputation for “Always having an answer”
- White
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- Teferi’s Protection
- Swords to Plowshares/Path to Exile
- Comeuppance
- Selfless Squire
- Reverse Damage
- Honorable Passage
- Eye for an Eye
- Selfless Spirit
- Counterspells
- Illusionist’s Gambit
- Aetherize
- Evacuation
- Cyclonic Rift
- Misdirection
- Commandeer
- Blue
- Sudden Spoiling
- Darkness
- Simulacrum
- Imp’s Mischief
- Black
- Chaos Warp
- Electrodominance
- Tibalt’s Trickery
- Sneak Attack
- Red
- Constant Mists
- Arachnogenesis
- Spike Weaver + Genesis in your graveyard
- Obscuring Haze
- Crop Rotation + Maze of Ith
- Green
- Deflecting Palm
- Ice-Fang Coatl
- Gold
- Trading Post
- Nuisance Engine
- Artifact
- Maze of Ith
- Kor Haven
- Kher Keep
- Glacial Chasm
- Land
- 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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Feb 10, 2021
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- Patreon Contest - Which Magic card has the most metal name? You could win a Kaldheim collector’s booster.
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- Ep 82 Community Spotlight:
- 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.
- 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.
- Decklist - https://archidekt.com/decks/1144778#Salty_Snow_Sultai
- Jorn, God of Winter // Kaldring, the Rimestaff
- Commander
- Maze of Ith
- Sculptor of Winter
- Rime Tender
- Frost Raptor
- Ice-Fang Coatl
- Commander Synergy
- Heartbeat of Spring
- Mana Reflection
- Dictate of Karametra
- Mana Doublers
- Horn of Greed
- Tatyova, Benthic druid
- Rhystic Study
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Stroke of Genius
- Draw
- Feed the Swarm
- Assassin's Trophy
- Vraska's Contempt
- Putrefy
- Force of Vigor
- Single Target Removal
- Dead of Winter
- Blood on the Snow
- Mass Removal
- Crop Rotation
- Sylvan Scrying
- Gyre Engineer
- The usual ramp package
- Ramp
- Fierce Guardianship
- Swan Song
- Mystic Confluence
- Mana Drain
- Negate
- Counterspells
- Vedalken Orrery
- Leyline of Anticipation
- Flex
- Sakura-Tribe Scout / Llanowar Scout / Skyshroud Ranger / Walking Atlas + Retreat to Coralhelm + Karoo Land
- Infinite Landfall
- Freed from the Real / Gyre Engineer
- Basalt Monolith / Rings of Brighthearth
- Infinite Landfall + Lotus Cobra
- Infinite Mana
- Infinite Turns
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- Mystical Tutor + Seasons Past + Time Warp
- Sakura-Tribe Scout / Llanowar Scout / Skyshroud Ranger /Walking Atlas + Retreat to Hagra + Karoo Land
- Kill Table + Gain infinite Life
- Infinite Landfall + Zendikar's Roil
- Infinite 2/2’s
- Other Combos
- Stroke of Genius + Thassa’s Oracle
- Torment of Hailfire
- Exsanguinate
- Mana Sinks
- Dark Depths + Thespian’s Stage
- Marit Lage's Slumber
- Other WinCons
- Glacial Revelation
- Aqueous Form
- Tyrite Sanctum
- Sunstone
- Mouth of Ronom
- Narfi, Betrayer King
- Cards Ryan would add!
- Winter Orb
- Static Orb
- Back to Basics
- 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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Jan 27, 2021
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- Patreon Contest - What are your MtG new year’s resolutions?
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- Ep 81 Community Spotlight:
- MtG Origin Story
- Mono-White Chulane
- Gumball Urza
- What are some fun decks you’ve built?
- Do you start with the commander or the 99?
- Or maybe some out-of-left-field concept?
- Deck building Process
- What can folks out there do, if they want to try their hand at making a unique deck?
- How do you get your inspiration?
- 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?
- What makes a Commander “too good?”
- Urza for sure
- Which Commanders currently fit the “too good” mold?
- 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?
- How do you find these wonderfully weird and obscure cards?
- 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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Jan 20, 2021
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- Patreon Contest - What are your MtG new year’s resolutions?
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- @MTGMoo - 3:45
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- @TheTokenOtaku - 14:45, 44:15
- Ep 80 Community Spotlight:
- 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 counters and -1/1- counter negate one another.
- 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.
- This can matter for cards like Marchesa, the Black Rose, or any creature with Persist or Undying
- Interaction between -1/-1 vs +1/+1 counters
- 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.
- Attacking:
- https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Combat_phase
- Beginning of Combat Step
- Declare Attackers Step
- Declare blockers step
- If there is First or Double strike the combat phase is extended to have another combat damage step.
- Combat Damage step
- End of Combat step
- Talk about the card Reconnaissance here.
- Combat Phases
- Trample creatures assign lethal damage to all creatures blocking them, and then the rest carries over
- Ball Lightning vs Llanowar Elf
- Simple example:
- Trample
- Static Ability
- 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
- Deathtouch
- As we mentioned above “Trample creatures assign lethal damage to all creatures blocking them, and then the rest carries over”
- Aggressive Mammoth (8/8 Trample)
- Mammoth is blocked by:
- Hill Giant x3
- What do you think happens?
- Ohran Frostfang
- Here’s the thing, even one damage from a creature with deathtouch is considered lethal (702.2c), so here’s a scenario:
- Trample + Deathtouch.
- Think of these as creatures with spears, or some other long weapon
- Black Knight vs Grizzly Bear
- First Strike
- This creature deals First strike damage, and then normal damage. This can cause deals damage triggers to happen twice.
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- Prophetic Flamespeaker
- Double Strike
- This is NOT bringing a creature back from your graveyard, but it would make sense if it was...
- This has mostly been replaced by “Becomes indestructible until end of turn”
- It’s a replacement effect
- Remove all damage marked on it
- Tap it
- If it’s an attacking or blocking creature, remove it from combat
- The next time ~ would be destroyed, instead:
- Regenerate does a few things.
- Regenerate
- Mind control effects and the summoning sickness the creature gets when you control it.
- https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rulestips/2012/08/multiplayer-monday-what-happens-when-a-player-leaves-the-game/
- (i.e., library, hand, exile, battlefield, graveyard, command, stack)
- all objects OWNED by that player leave the game.
- all control effects controlled by that player end
- anything still controlled by that player gets exiled.
- What happens when players leave the game?
- A zone. The stack is the zone in which spells, activated abilities, and triggered abilities wait to resolve. See rule 405, “Stack.”
- FILO or LIFO (they mean the same thing)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The stack
- Players get priority
- Holding Priority (this can be tough on Arena, but it can be done!)
- Priority is the right to cast a spell, activate an ability, or take a special action.
- Players can't cast spells, activate abilities or take special actions at a time when they do not have priority.
- 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.
- Priority starts with the player who takes the first action, then rotates clockwise to each player.
- Priority
- 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.
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- List of State Based actions can be found here: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/State-based_action
- State Based Actions
- Main Topic - Rules
- Summary
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- Hopefully these rules have been helpful. What rules confused you as a new player? What rules still confuse you?
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Jan 13, 2021
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- Ep 79 Community Spotlight:
- 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. .
- This week we have a special guest, Case Vickers, one of our patrons!
- Case’s MtG origin story and discussion about his connection to the set
- Web - Fiction
- Kaldheim Fest video with Jimmy Wong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPuibfU7Xjc
- Main Topic - Kaldheim
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- 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.
- 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
- Halvar, God of Battle / Sword of the Realm
- Valkyrie Harbinger
- Sigrid, God-Favored
- Absorb Identity
- Alrund, God of the Cosmos / Hakka, Whispering Raven
- Reflections of Littjara
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- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
- Elderfang Ritualist
- Goldspan Dragon
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw
- Surtland Flinger
- Red
- Canopy Tactician
- Realmwalker
- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
- Valki, God of Lies / Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter
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- 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
- https://twitter.com/WotC_Matt/status/1347319802356928512
- Rampage of the Valkyries
- Esika, God of the Tree
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent
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- Pathways
- Snow Duals
- The World Tree
- Snow matters effects
- More Praetors
- 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?
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Dec 30, 2020
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- 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.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52knenkwOoE
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- @MTGMoo - 00:08
- @MothershipGames - 9:20
- @10sley2 - 10:50, 20:00, 23:30, 33:12, 58:13
- @case_vickers - 10:50, 14:27
- @MtgProphet - 10:50, 36:27, 41:55, 50:43
- @nateethegreattt - 10:50, 24:38, 31:40, 55:07
- @edhrec - 15:29, 49:55
- @MTGMuddstah - 16:42
- @CasuallyMTG - 17:17, 25:10, 38:15
- @jeremynoell - 18:32
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- @ManaCurves - 18:32
- @thespikefeeders - 18:32
- @LennyWooley - 38:34, 44:15, 1:03:46
- @schmandrewart - 38:34
- @commandcast - 52:12
- @TheTokenOtaku - 53:36
- @OrzhovDunn - 1:01:31
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- @GingerJ0E - 1:01:16, 1:03:46
- @JqlGirl - 1:01:36, 1:03:19, 1:03:46
- @JoshLeeKwai - 1:06:15
- Ep 78 Community Spotlight:
- Moo’s Story - How Moo got into magic.
- How did you learn how to play
- How has it been starting to play via Spelltable for the most part?
- Singleton vs 4x
- How do you feel having started MtG via Commander vs 60 card magic?
- Basic Questions
- What was your first deck?
- Discuss entering the playgroup and how your decks affected it.
- What’s your latest deck?
- How did Zack and Prophet (outsiders) joining the playgroup affect dynamics?
- Understanding Power Levels and Playgroup Dynamics
- What’s the most important part of a Commander deck?
- How do you go about building decks?
- Is anything overpowered
- Do you feel anything is underpowered?
- What’s the most powerful magic card?
- What do you think of the current state of Commander?
- 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!
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Dec 23, 2020
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- Patron of the Week: Nick Cooper (@Slapdashh)
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- @PKP_Magic - 1:08:15
- Ep 77 Community Spotlight:
- 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
- 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
- I compiled the data into a spreadsheet (huge shoutout to @dpkrausejr !)
- This was actually kinda fun, as it let me re-live some of the cool moments of the year.
- I recorded all the games on my phone, and then pretty much took 3-4 days to transfer them over in the last week.
- 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 :)
- Recording your own games
- How many total games do you think I played?
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- 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
- How many games do you think were in person vs on webcam?
- How many different places do you think I played at?
- Location, Location, Location
- How many different decks do you think I played?
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- Decks and how many times I played them
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- Including deck win percentages
- Deck Diversity
- How many different opponents?
- Who did I play with the most? (besides Zack)
- How many games did I play with Zack?
- Who has the best win percentage against me?
- Opponents
- Which did I play against the most? And how many times?
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- Go over chart in detail
- Commanders played against
- Games played over time (chart)
- Number of players per game 3,4,5,6
- Percentage that the player that went first won? (again, thanks for including this Dan!)
- My overall win percentage?
- Other stats
- 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.
- Stats as compared to last year
- MF Austin, and being Guests of Channel Fireball
- GP Zack’s House
- 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)
- Playing on stream with the creators of SpellTable
- Maybe I show my notes for this game, and we see how much Zack remembers it?
- Streaming with Andy and Coyle from Guardian project
- Command Fest Online 2, shoutout to Channel Fireball
- Getting to play a game with Josh and Amber
- Getting to play a game with Craig Blanchette and a Patron
- Streaming with Schmandrew Art
- Mike’s Record - https://open.spotify.com/album/6B5kSbXpiXpWuwpWfCDMJC?si=TOh8U6-3T5Ke-mwIrRIcmw
- Streaming with Andy Hull and Mike Carrozza
- Getting to stream with our patrons every week!
- Cool Moments
- Main Topic - Ryan's Stats for 2020
- 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!
- Komiku - Battle of Pogs
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Zack Gets it Together Theme
- Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
- You can check us out at commandersocial.com
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- Contact Info
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Dec 2, 2020
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- @ScaredJared - 1:31
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- @CommandersBrew - 3:04
- @andyhullbone - 4:06
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- @MothershipGames - 9:47
- @kajafoglio - 25:02
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- @OriginalMtGArt - 25:25, 28:48, 41:34
- @GingerJ0E - 25:36
- @InkedGaming - 27:03, 29:29, 50:57
- @UrsaBearwalker - 27:03
- @wachelreeks - 27:48
- @schmandrewart - 28:09
- @postrk - 28:48
- @UltimateGuard - 29:29, 33:29
- @TolarianCollege - 32:13, 54:43
- @UltraProIntl - 32:12, 32:43
- @kmcsleevesusa - 34:35
- @DragonShield_ - 34:46
- @infinitokens - 36:59
- @MTGProShop - 42:47
- @danaroach - 43:43, 49:33
- @realCardsphere - 44:44
- @CCOPodcast - 47:34, 50:14
- @Revelens_Light - 47:34
- @CMDRCentral - 47:34
- @TRayburn - 48:57
- @CMDRCentral_Max - 48:57, 49:33, 52:11
- @LennyWooley - 51:33
- @voodoorusty - 51:33
- @aaroncainboxes - 53:37
- @infecthall - 52:55
- @Leifkicker - 54:43
- Ep 74 Community Spotlight:
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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.
- Booster packs
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- Draft Boosters
- Collector Boosters
- Avoid loose boosters of very old sets!
- https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-legends-preconstructed-decks
- This can be great, but you want to make sure you’re not getting the MtG player something they already have
- Precons, like the Commander decks
- https://cardgamebase.com/zendikar-rising-gift-edition-bundle-contents/
- These can be good for newer players
- I like that it has a collector’s booster in it
- I do like the storage box
- Holiday Gift Boxes
- Sealed product can fall into a couple of different categories
- Sealed Product, Boosters, Boxes, etc
- 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
- https://www.originalmagicart.store/
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- Can also get art prints here (Really nice if you get it framed)
- Tokens also. Many Artists have custom tokens for sale as well, like RK Post
- Ursa Bearwalker - https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/artists/ursa-bearwalker
- Rachel Weeks - https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/artists/rachel-weeks
- https://www.inkedgaming.com
- Also has tokens and prints
- https://schmandrewart.com/shop
- https://ultimateguard.com/en/accessories/mat-case-xenoskin
- You can even buy a box just for the playmat!
- Playmats
- Sidewinder - https://ultimateguard.com/en/sidewinder/sidewinder-100-xenoskin
- Boulder - https://ultimateguard.com/en/boulder/boulder-100-deck-case
- Ultra Pro Satin Tower - https://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=71_143
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- Deck boxes
- https://shop.ultrapro.com/products/eclipse-gloss-sleeves
- https://www.dragonshield.com/webshop/sleeve-crafter/114-sleeve-crafter.html (this is in BETA)
- Sleeves
- https://www.infinitokens.com/
- https://arteza.com/b/dry-erase-markers
- Also nice to get a set of colored dry erase markers
- Infini Tokens
- Cool mtg themed dice
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- https://cardgamebase.com/best-dice-for-mtg/
- Dice
- Accessories
- https://mtgproshop.com/
- Clothing
- 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
- Ryan aside here about how I treat myself with these, when I wouldn’t buy cards like Gilded Drake otherwise.
- Gift Cards to your LGS
- @CCOPodcast
- https://www.revelenslight.com/
- Alters
- Singles
- Patrons suggestions
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- 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
- https://www.inkedgaming.com/collections/dice-bags
- Many also suggested Dice bags
- Lenny has a plushie of Grothama that his husband made for him: What an amazing gift!
- Really cool examples of some altered art basic lands (which is really cool, cause they can be moved around from deck to deck)
- https://www.aaroncaincustomboxes.com/
- https://leifkicker.com/deck-boxes/
- @infecthall - https://www.etsy.com/shop/naturallynerdysoaps
- You can find tons of stuff on Etsy
- Custom deck boxes
- Learning to play MtG if you don’t already :)
- The truly unique stuff
- Main Topic - Gifts for the Magic Player in Your Life
- 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!
- Komiku - Battle of Pogs
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Zack Gets it Together Theme
- 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
- twitch.tv/greenegeek
- Ryan individually @greenegeek
- Zack individually @z4ck38
- Contact Info
- © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
Nov 25, 2020
- Patreon
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- 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)
- 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.
- Ryan - @greenegeek
- Zack - @z4ck38
- Together - @commandersocial
- You can find us on Twitter
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- SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
- SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
- https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
- Thursday nights come play at mothership!
- Our LGS has setup an online store!
- @MothershipGames - 6:49
- @edhrec - 7:48
- @TCGplayer - 12:55
- Ep 73 Community Spotlight:
- 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.
- 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)
- Pitch our ideas
- Main Topic - Most Wanted: Partner Pairs
- 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!
- Komiku - Battle of Pogs
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Zack Gets it Together Theme
- 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
- twitch.tv/greenegeek
- Ryan individually @greenegeek
- Zack individually @z4ck38
- Contact Info
- © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
Nov 18, 2020
- Patreon
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- Patron of the Week - Brandon Douglas
- 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)
- 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.
- Ryan - @greenegeek
- Zack - @z4ck38
- Together - @commandersocial
- You can find us on Twitter
- https://store.mothershipatx.com
- SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
- SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
- spelltable.com
- https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
- Thursday nights come play at mothership!
- Our LGS has setup an online store!
- @TRayburn - 1:09
- @atfloury - 2:22
- @PKP_Magic - 2:22
- @MothershipGames - 6:36
- @maro254 - 13:02
- @CCOPodcast - 20:03
- @GavinVerhey - 20:03, 31:16
- @AndyZupke - 29:46
- @realCardsphere - 29:46
- Ep 72 Community Spotlight:
- We stand by our predictions here at Commander Social, so it’s only fair that we see how well we did
- - We’ll see at least one card set on Phyrexia - 14:36
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- - Phyrexian Rager and Phyrexian Triniform
- Mana Drain and Scroll Rack are old right? Honestly, I don't know what I expected re: “Old Stuff.”
- - I wanna see old stuff! - 14:09, 14:14 ??
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - 3 old mechanics: Kicker, Renown, Flashback - 15:50
- - Old Mechanics: Monarch, Cascade, Partner
- - New Mechanic: Encore
- - 15:33 - "I don't know if Partner counts..."
- I thought WotC stood WotZ, I guess our wants don’t align. I really thought we might get some shadow.
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Storm, Affinity, Shadow. - 16:15
- - 5 Rare, 5 Mythic, 30 uncommon
- - Ryan realizes there can be Mythic Mono-colored partners - 1:00:00
- - 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
- I’m kind of sad about this, but Nevy and Tormod really make up for it.
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Mono color weatherlight crew partners - 29:27, 30:47
- - NOPE, we got Eligeth, Crossroads Augur - https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/66/eligeth-crossroads-augur
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - Teferi, mono blue rare Partner (pre spark, so a creature) - 28:45
- People want to have “fun” I guess. It’s not called Zack Legends after all. lol
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Blind Obedience will be reprinted - 34:11
- - Does a secret lair count?
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- Totes, half points!
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - Teferi’s Protection will be reprinted! - 33:46
- One day EVERYONE will realize this is the best art!
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Brainstorm Extended Art (ice age) - 37:40
- https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-legends-variants
- - I was THIS close!!! Kodama's Reach, not cultivate (as far as I can tell)
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - Cultivate extended art - 36:46 or maybe at 37:00
- Viscera Seer is close, right?
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Blood Artist - 37:49
- - DING DING DING!
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - Arcane Signet extended art - 37:00
- I really thought there was a chance for this for some reason, but we still got some dope reprint etch foils.
- - Zack Bold Prediction - There will be a Niv Mizzet, Parun Etched Foil - 40:15
- - NOPE
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - Kess, Dissident Mage will be one of the reprint commanders - 44:11
- Pretty bold, but honestly there was a five color sliver in Modern Horizons, so I’m not surprised.
- https://blog.cardsphere.com/60-new-partner-pairs-for-commander/
- - Zack Bold prediction - it will be a five color sliver. - 47:23
- - NOPE
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - Teysa Karlov will be one of the reprint commanders - 44:33
- I guess Vorstclaw is actually the worst-claw!
- - Zack Bold Prediction - It will be Vorstclaw. - 52:40
- - NOPE: Kinsbaile Courier - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Akithkin+set%3Acmr
- - Ryan Bold prediction - This will be a changeling, Kithkin - 47:50
- A lot of people holding spears, that could have been fashioned from a fence.
- - Zack Bold Prediction - people holding a piece of fence - 54:35
- - NOPE: Jeska and Tevesh - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3Acommander+type%3Aplaneswalker+set%3Acmr
- - Non-shownote prediction - "There will be exactly one Planeswalker that can be your commander" - 50:40
- No one really wants this. Glad i was wrong.
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Praetors will be reprinted. - 59:44
- - YEP - Fin-Clade Fugitives - https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/227/fin-clade-fugitives
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - This will be a new card, 6 mana green common creature - 51:50 (or 52:20)
- It’s coming in a Secret Lair!!!!
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Primeval Titan will be reprinted / unbanned - 1:00:41
- - NOPE - https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3Apartner+color%3DB+set%3Acmr+rarity%3Au
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - We will see a mono-Black Aetherborn uncommon legend - 55:40
- This felt pretty bold, but there’s already a silver bordered five color urza.
- - Zack Bold Prediction - Urza Planeswalker - 1:03:18, 1:03:25
- - Ryan didn't consider Thrasios being one of the 32 reprint legends - 56:40
- - NOPE
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - A pre-spark U/R Dack Fayden legend - 1:00:15
- - NOPE, as far as I can tell.
- - 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)
- - YEP - https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Liesa
- - Ryan Bold Prediction - We will finally see the W/B Angel that is a sister to Sigarda, Bruna, and Gisela - 59:23
- Predictions
- Ryan Final Tally: 4/16
- Zack Final Tally: 0/13
- Main Topic - Reviewing Our Commander Legends Predictions
- 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!
- Komiku - Battle of Pogs
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Zack Gets it Together Theme
- 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
- twitch.tv/greenegeek
- Ryan individually @greenegeek
- Zack individually @z4ck38
- Contact Info
- © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
Nov 11, 2020
- Patreon
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- Patron of the Week - Joshua Swope
- 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)
- 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.
- Ryan - @greenegeek
- Zack - @z4ck38
- Together - @commandersocial
- You can find us on Twitter
- https://store.mothershipatx.com
- SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
- SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
- spelltable.com
- https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
- Thursday nights come play at mothership!
- Our LGS has setup an online store!
- @TheTokenOtaku - 0:56
- @MothershipGames - 6:17, 1:02:18
- @LennyWooley - 13:28
- @MBorchik - 48:05
- @commandcast - 53:28
- @blairwitchgreen - 55:11
- Ep 71 Community Spotlight:
- 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.
- Over/Under - Ryan’s turn to set it
- Our lists
- Main Topic - Commander Legends
- 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!
- Komiku - Battle of Pogs
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Zack Gets it Together Theme
- 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
- twitch.tv/greenegeek
- Ryan individually @greenegeek
- Zack individually @z4ck38
- Contact Info
- © Copyright 2020 Leaky Dinghy, LLC
Nov 4, 2020
- Patreon
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- Patron of the Week - Nathan Swann, your name in lights tier
- 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)
- 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.
- Ryan - @greenegeek
- Zack - @z4ck38
- Together - @commandersocial
- You can find us on Twitter
- Mike Condon for audio engineering and The Clapper
- Thanks
- https://store.mothershipatx.com
- SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
- SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
- spelltable.com
- https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
- Thursday nights come play at mothership!
- Our LGS has setup an online store!
- @MothershipGames - 9:21, 18:17
- @SpellTable - 10:13
- @Marshall_LR - 19:43
- @GingerJ0E - 24:03
- @realCardsphere - 34:48
- @PackCrackFever - 35:32
- @PKP_Magic - 35:56
- @edhrec - 40:38, 48:00
- @CommandersBrew - 41:14
- @blairwitchgreen - 51:20
- Ep 70 Community Spotlight:
- 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.
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- 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)
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- Maybe there’s a lesson we can learn in Magic here.
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- 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.
- Maybe also the Commander Legends League that we are going to do is going to scratch this itch?
- 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?
- 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.
- Can we get a similar feeling by upgrading a deck?
- 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”
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- 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?
- 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
- Tangent: I’ve been trying to really pare down the cards I order for a new deck
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- 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.
- 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
- For me the whole process, from idea to maiden voyage takes quite a bit of time.
- Delayed gratification
- 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!
- I find it interesting that after all this work, the payoff is so quick
- 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
- All this lead-up, or buildup, what happens if you just don’t like the deck?
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- What is it that you don’t like about the deck?
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- Play pattern
- Not fun to play against? Opponents got a little salty?
- Didn’t live up to your ideas/expectations?
- 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?
- 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
- Give the deck at least a few games before you decide to dismantle it
- Don’t be complacent, think about cards in there that didn’t perform as well as you thought they might?
- Also, play it a few more times, maybe you just got an insane draw.
- What if the deck is awesome?
- What to do with the deck post-maiden voyage?
- Main Topic - That NEW Deck Feeling
- 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.
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