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.
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!
Read and understand a Magic card
Mentally maintain board state
Threat Assessment (If you can't understand the board state, little chance for you to accurately assess threat)
Ability to Read the Table (ex. Karen is upset with Steve for blowing up her Blind Obedience, therefore I'll attack Charlie)
Empathy - Playing quickly/courteously (Metaclock article example), friendliness.
Commander skillz that pay the billz
These are the skills that create a framework for people to get better at playing Commander.
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