All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and (for one last time) all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 500

Posted: October 31, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter. Or maybe delete your social media accounts in order to save your sanity and our society. Whichever.

Community

A salute to the comments section

Big thanks to:

• Jeremy
• Ward
• Stephen
• Phil
• Mike
• Dean
• Thefallingflowerpot
• Slugfarm (Devo’s “Can’t Get No Satisfaction” is a solid cover)

Interstitial fodder: 

• Something, something movies!
  • Adam watches Black Adam, Mark finally checks out Silver Linings Playbook.
• Something, something Video Games! (mostly Final Fantasy)
  • Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
  • FFXVI trailer, future Final Fantasies
• Something, something comic books!
  • Junji Ito Secret Lairs
  • Obligatory X-Men segment
• Something, something punk rock!
  • Adam returns to Jersey for a NoFX/Descendents show. It was really good.
• Something, something FOOD!
  • Best bagel toppings?

Strategy

Our last “meta-phor.”  Long live the bad puns.

Adam’s hottest takes: There is no strategy, there is no meta.

Technology

Final sign-off: what would we want to be next for Magic or EDH in general?

Adam:

• Abolish reserve list
• Abolish banned list
• Let the people dictate the game not the other way around
• Anarchy in the UK

Mark:

• Fix Arena/create a good digital version of Commander? (Maybe that’s a genie wish?)
• Stop it with the special booster nonsense
• Buffs over Nerfs! (Just try to keep that shit evenly distributed)

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thank you section:

• Eric & Noel (Rival’s Duel)
• Aaron (Uncle Landdrops) & Eric (Grandpa Growth) – (tons of articles by both + The Stack)
• Billy (“Notions of Horde” article series)
• Hayes (“Let’s Kill” article series)
• Dodo Bird Commander (Josh & Ryan)
• Shannon & Ryan (+Adam) – (The Trinisphere)
• Chris B. (“Staple Remover” + “Massive Art Attack” series)
• Josh & Greg (Coast to Coast Commander)
• Judson (Dusters comic)
• Rachel
• Calvin
• The old gang: Andy, Byron, Donovan, Neale, Jeremiah, Carlos, Chris, Scotty Mac, Shoe, Brionne, Sean (SwordstoPlow), Imshan, Oats, Cassidy, Brian (ISBPathfinder), MistVeilPlains

One last thing for the listeners: 

Go make stuff that you want to make.  Write some articles, do a blog, put up a YouTube video, start a podcast, do a Magic TikTok–whatever.

One last time, for old time’s sake: LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 499

Posted: October 17, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

CommanderCast comes full circle: Final Fantasy is coming to Magic in Universes Beyond “from 2024” (and Assassin’s Creed too, if that’s your thing).

Doing our due diligence: since the article above contains no links to Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams’ announcement during Hasbro’s Investor Day 2022 presentation, you can get an indirect confirmation by checking WotC CFO Deb Thomas’s remarks posted on Hasbro’s website for the event: “As Cynthia mentioned, we are expanding this [co-brand arrangement] aggressively for Magic with new partnerships planned with Final Fantasy and Assassin’s Creed along with our just released Warhammer 40,000 themed set.”

I’m mixing my metaphors here, but the sentiment still feels appropriate

Wizards of the Coast goes all-in on whaling with $999 fancy proxies

• “30th Anniversary Edition is a commemorative, collectible, non-tournament-legal product celebrating 30 years of Magic… available on November 28 [in North America]”
• “Nearly every 30th Anniversary Edition card included matches the rarity of its counterpart in Limited Edition Beta. There are no mythic rares, and no rarities have been shifted. These cards do, however, have modern wording and modern corners, and we’ve slightly touched up some of the art for a clearer, modern look.”
• “Each display of 30th Anniversary Edition will contain four packs of pure nostalgia reimagined in a modern context. Each pack contains 15 cards, 13 cards in the modern frame—1 rare, 3 uncommons, 7 commons, and 2 basic lands—plus one basic land in the retro frame, one additional retro frame card, and a token”
• “[E]ach dual land appears twice as frequently as any other non-dual land rare. This is true for both modern frame and retro frame dual lands.”

Interstitial fodder: 

• Potato Flowers in Full Bloom is a chill, low-poly Grimrock.
• Adam moves on to Final Fantasy IV
• “Mike Conner v. The Pain,” by Joshua St. Clair
• Is Korean BBQ a scam?

Strategy

Trends in EDH: bugbears of Commander’s Past (that are still legal in 2022)

• Arcum Dagsson
• Armageddon / Ruination / Sunder
• Blightsteel Colossus
• Bribery
• Hermit Druid
• Insurrection
• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• Kokusho, the Evening Star
• Metalworker
• Palinchron
• Rhystic Study
• Serra Ascendant
• Sharuum the Hegemon
• Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• Tooth and Nail
• Yawgmoth’s Will
• Zur the Enchanter

Technology

Our favorite commanders, by category

Favorite Glass Cannon commanders

• Adam: Seton, Krosan Protector
• Mark: Karn, Silver Golem

Favorite Casual commanders

• Adam: Hazezon Tamar
• Mark: Eligeth, Crossroads Augur + Siani, Eye of the Storm

Favorite Pubstomp commanders

• Adam: Merieke Ri Berit
• Mark: Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed / Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

Favorite Derpy commanders

• Adam: Masumaro, First to Live / Angus MacKenzie
• Mark: Phage the Untouchable

Favorite Tribal commanders

• Adam: Marrow-Gnawer
• Mark: Nath of the Gilt-Leaf (but Lorthos, the Tidemaker is the answer in my heart)

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 498

Posted: October 10, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Shout out: Stephen’s “Commander Sealed 2022 Tournament Report”

Favorite quote: “ I couldn’t in good conscience think of a single argument for any table not killing me first if I was on Braids.I actually asked my two-table trading pool if anyone wanted to play the OG Black Braids. Nobody was interested.”

“Starter Commander Decks Available December 2, 2022”

Interstitial fodder: 

• Mark plays Aperture Desk Job
• Adam finishes Final Fantasy 3 Pixel Remaster
• Peglin is the roguelike Peggle I never knew I wanted
• Pumpkin foods reconsidered

Strategy

Universes Beyond x Transformers spoiled commanders

*These are technically part of the Brother’s War set, as they’ll be inserted in those packs, according to IGN’s coverage of Hasbro’s PulseCon event.

• Arcee, Sharpshooter // Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe
• Blaster, Combat DJ // Blaster, Morale Booster
• Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant
• Cyclonus, the Saboteur // Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter
• Flamewar, Brash Veteran // Flamewar, Streetwise Operative
• Goldbug, Humanity’s Ally // Goldbug, Scrappy Scout
• Jetfire, Ingenious Scientist // Jetfire, Air Guardian
• Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force
• Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
• Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle
• Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer
• Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
• Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Champion
• Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
• Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier

Technology

New Brother’s War spoilers

• Mishra’s Foundry
• Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
• Recruitment Officer
• Surge Engine
• The Mightstone and Weakstone
• Urza, Lord Protector
• Urza, Planeswalker

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 497

Posted: October 3, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

• Commander Sealed update from Dean
• Is 2DH still viable in 2022?

(Fun fact: new Braids, Arisen Nightmare is 2DH legal)

See also: 

All the cards currently under $2

MTGStocks “Handy List,” 2DH: New legal cards

Interstitial fodder: 

• Mark might have to bail on Rings of Power, but this neat summation of The Silmarillion is totally worth watching.
• Shovel Knight Dig
• Haiku the Robot is the chill version of Hollow Knight.
• Best fair food!

Strategy

Warhammer 40k Commanders

• Abaddon the Despoiler
• Anrakyr the Traveller
• Be’lakor, the Dark Master
• Belisarius Cawl
• Celestine, the Living Saint
• Commissar Severina Raine
• Deathleaper, Terror Weapon
• Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
• Illuminor Szeras
• Imotekh the Stormlord
• Inquisitor Eisenhorn
• Inquisitor Greyfax
• Khârn the Betrayer
• Lucius the Eternal
• Magnus the Red
• Magus Lucea Kane
• Marneus Calgar
• Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
• Neyam Shai Murad
• Old One Eye
• Szarekh, the Silent King
• The Red Terror
• The Swarmlord
• Trazyn the Infinite

Technology

Other stuff we like from Dominaria United

• Academy Loremaster
• Chaotic Transformation
• Golden Argosy
• Inscribed Tablet
• Karn, Living Legacy
• Karn’s Sylex
• Micromancer
• Relic of Legends
• Salvaged Manaworker
• Serra Paragon
• Silverback Elder
• Temporary Lockdown
• Threats Undetected
• The Phasing of Zhalfir
• Vesuvan Duplimancy
• Weatherlight Compleated / Phyrexian Vivisector

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 496

Posted: September 26, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Too many spoilers to cover in one segment– or even one show.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Is there anything I like more, and yet understand less, than Warhammer?
• One more Final Fantasy down
• DreamStudio Lite beta
  • Are A.I.-Generated Pictures Art?
  • 

    You really roll the dice with DreamStudio Lite. Do you want cute or nightmare fuel?

    

• Covers that are better than their original recordings (Fugees, et. al)
  • Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O’Conner)
  • The Man Who Sold the World (Nirvana)
  • All Along the Watchtower (Jimmy Hendrix)
  • Higher Ground (RHCP)
  • I Fought the Law (The Clash)
  • Mad World (Gary Jules and Michael Andrews)
  • Ring of Fire (Social Distortion) 
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit (Tori Amos)
  • With a Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker)
  • Killing Me Softly with His Song (Fugees)
  • Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (Mikey and His Uke)
  • Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio (KISS version)
  • I Melt With You (Good Riddance)
  • Young Turks (Jughead’s Revenge)
  • Total Eclipse of the Heart (Dan Band)

Strategy

Dominaria United commanders, part 2

• Radha, Coalition Warlord
• Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
• Ratadrabik of Urborg
• Rith, Liberated Primeval
• Rivaz of the Claw
• Rona, Sheoldred’s Faithful
• Rulik Mons, Warren Chief
• Shanna, Purifying Blade
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• Sol’Kanar the Tainted
• Soul of Windgrace
• Squee, Dubious Monarch
• Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
• Tatyova, Steward of Tides
• The Raven Man
• Tori D’Avenant, Fury Rider
• Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight
• Uurg, Spawn of Turg
• Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
• Zar Ojanen, Scion of Efrava
• Zur, Eternal Schemer

Technology

Token Tech for 2022!! 

• Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• Biowaste Blob
• Circle of Dreams Druid
• Cryptolith Rite
• Elemental Bond/ Garruk’s Uprising[/card]
• Esika’s Chariot
• Ezuri’s Predation
• Gala Greeters
• Glittermonger
• Growing Rites of Itlimoc
• Harvest Season
• Huatli, Radiant Champion
• Idol of Oblivion
• Paradox Zone
• Pest Infestation
• Scute Swarm
• Selesnya Eulogist
• Strixhaven Stadium
• Tendershoot Dryad
• Timeless Witness
• Tireless Provisioner

Non-Selesnya goodies

• Academy Manufactor
• Combine Chrysalis
• Croaking Counterpart
• Curiosity Crafter
• Grand Warlord Radha
• Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
• Junk Winder
• Professional Face-Breaker
• Rose Room Treasurer
• Theoretical Duplication

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 495

Posted: September 19, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Does Magic even need a story?

*For reference, here’s a list of all the Magic novels.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Rings of Power, ep 2; Simarillion re-read.
  • If you want to be confused, dive deeper into the mess of rights holding for Lord of the Rings.
• Pop-Tarts are the devil’s pastries.
• Lorcana is now a thing. MIGHTY is our shrug.
• Untouchable songs.

Strategy

Dominaria United commanders, part 1

1. Aron, Benalia’s Ruin
2. Astor, Bearer of Blades
3. Baird, Argivian Recruiter
4. Balmor, Battlemage Captain
5. Bortuk Bonerattle
6. Braids, Arisen Nightmare
7. Danitha, Benalia’s Hope
8. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
9. Ertai Resurrected
10. Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
11. Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
12. Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
13. Jodah, the Unifier
14. King Darien XLVIII
15. Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
16. Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
17. Nael, Avizoa Aeronaut
18. Najal, the Storm Runner
19. Nemata, Primeval Warden
20. Queen Allenal of Ruadach

Technology

Jumpstart cards in Dominaria United

• Serra Redeemer
• Cosmic Epiphany
• Tyrannical Pitlord
• Ragefire Hellkite
• Briar Hydra

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 494

Posted: September 12, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

The NEW multi-colored Dominaria United Commander Commanders

• Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
• Cadric, Soul Kindler
• Dihada, Binder of Wills
• Jared Carthalion
• Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
• Shanid, Sleepers’ Scourge
• Verrak, Warped Sengir

Interstitial fodder: 

• Rings of Power, ep 1
• Adam embarks upon his maiden Final Fantasy 2 voyage
• House of the Dragon, ep 1
• Stews? STEWS!!

Strategy

Legends Reborn, woot, woot!

• Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer
• General Marhault Elsdragon
• Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
• Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
• Jedit Ojanen, Mercenary
• Ohabi Caleria
• Orca, Siege Demon
• Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
• Ramses, Assassin Lord
• Rasputin, the Oneiromancer
• Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord
• Sivitri, Dragon Master
• Stangg, Echo Warrior
• Tetsuo, Imperial Champion
• The Ever-Changing ‘Dane
• The Lady of Otaria
• Tobias, Doomed Conqueror
• Torsten, Founder of Benalia
• Tor Wauki the Younger
• Xira, the Golden Sting

Technology

Cycles in Dominaria United

Rare Kickers

• Archangel of Wrath
• Vodalian Mindsinger
• Stronghold Arena
• Temporal Firestorm
• Urborg Lhurgoyf

Defilers

• Defiler of Faith
• Defiler of Dreams
• Defiler of Flesh
• Defiler of Instinct
• Defiler of Vigor

New Lords

• Valiant Veteran
• Vodalian Hexcatcher
• Shadow-Rite Priest
• Runevelt Hordemaster
• Leaf-Crown Visionary

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 493

Posted: August 29, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

The mono-colored Dominaria Commander Commanders

• Baru, Wurmspeaker
• Emperor Mihail II
• Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
• Moira, Urborg Haunt
• Rosnakht, Heir of Rohgahh
• The Peregrine Dynamo
• Zeriam, Golden Wind

Interstitial fodder: 

• Finally finished Dungeon Encounters.
• She-Hulk is the Ally McBeal of the MCU and that’s not a bad thing.
• How High We Go in the Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu
• Donuts: Do or do nut? 

Strategy

Dominaria United mechanics 

• Enlist 
• Read Ahead
• Domain
• Kicker
• Stun Counter

Technology

Cards from Alliances that are actually worth playing in 2022 

• Benthic Explorers
• Casting of Bones
• Elvish Spirit Guide
• False Demise
• Fatal Lore
• Gorilla Shaman
• Gusta’s Scepter
• Inheritance
• Lat-Nam’s Legacy
• Lim-Dûl’s Vault
• Lord of Tresserhorn
• Nature’s Chosen
• Nature’s Wrath
• Phyrexian Devourer
• Pillage
• Ritual of the Machine
• Soldevi Adnate
• Storm Cauldron
• Surge of Strength
• Tornado

• Weird Alliance lands (Kjeldoran Outpost, Soldevi Excavations, etc.)

“Gimmes”

• Arcane Denial
• Force of Will
• Helm of Obedience
• Lake of the Dead
• Phelddagrif
• Thawing Glaciers

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 492

Posted: August 22, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Commander Sealed 2022 update

• About halfway sold out of tickets already

See also: Dean’s guest spot on Ep. 484 where he talks all about the event.

Interstitial fodder: 

• The Diofield Chronicle demo is pretty deece.
• X-Men volume 5 (disassembled/age of X-Man)
• 20 Minutes Till Dawn is a better version of Vampire Survivor
• What makes a good deli?

Strategy

When do you unleash your infinite combo?

• As early as possible (between turns 3 to 5)
• Low on cards/tapped out/have counterspells
• If someone else is on the brink of alpha-strike, winning.

Do you piecemeal or drop it all at once?

The social aspect of combo-ing off

See also: Commander Spellbook.com

Technology

Cards from Ice Age that are actually worth playing in 2022 

• Abyssal Specter
• Altar of Bone
• Arenson’s Aura
• Burnt Offering
• Dance of the Dead
• Diabolic Vision
• Enduring Renewal
• Fyndhorn Elves
• Glacial Chasm
• Glacial Crevasses + Sunstone
• Hallowed Ground
• Halls of Mist
• Hydroblast
• Illusions of Grandeur
• Infernal Darkness
• Jeweled Amulet
• Jokulhaups
• Leshrac’s Sigil
• Magus of the Unseen
• Marton Stromgald
• Merieke Ri Beret
• Mesmeric Trance
• Monsoon
• Norritt
• Orcish Lumberjacks
• Portent
• Pox
• Pyroblast
• Skeleton Ship
• Skull Catapult
• Soldevi Machinist
• Songs of the Damned
• Urza’s Bauble
• Withering Wisps
• Zur’s Weirding

“Gimmes”

• Necropotence
• Demonic Consultation
• Mystic Remora
• Nature’s Lore
• Brainstorm

• Pain lands
• Snow-Covered lands

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 491

Posted: August 8, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Mark & Adam are stepping down from the ‘cast. These next 10 episodes of CommanderCast will be our last hurrah.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Sandman, ep 1
• Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate is the best chess game
• Mark *might* have purchased 10 deluxe volumes of Berserk this week.
• Thor: Love and Thunder was just so-so

Strategy

Modern Planeswalkers that are actually worth playing in EDH

• Calix, Destiny’s Hand
• Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
• Grist, the Hunger Tide
• Kaito Shizuki
• Teferi, Master of Time
• Tyvar Kell
• Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

Kinda expensive mana-wise, but still worth playing

• Lolth, Spider Queen
• Mordenkainen
• Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Technology

Cards from Legends that are actually worth playing in 2022 (and won’t break your wallet)

• Arboria
• Avoid Fate
• Darkness
• Energy Tap
• Gauntlets of Chaos
• Greed
• Horror of Horrors
• Killer Bees
• Kismet
• Presence of the Master
• Reincarnation
• Time Elemental
• Visions
• Whirling Dervish
• Winds of Change

“Gimmes”

• Land Tax
• Mana Drain
• Sylvan Library
• Insert your favorite overpriced card here.

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 490

Posted: August 8, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Should you avoid the “feel bads”?

(i.e., Should you avoid doing things that you know will make the game less enjoyable for people?)

Interstitial fodder: 

• Adam discovers that Breaking Bad is actually good.
• Elden Ring, round 2
• Jean jacket vs leather jacket
• Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

Strategy

Actual “Legends Reborn” commanders (so far)

• Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
• Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
• Tor Wauki the Younger

*Worth reading: Bennie Smith’s “How Dominaria United’s Legends Retold Can Lead Commander Magic Decks”

Technology

Cards from Chronicles that are actually worth playing in 2022

• Active Volcano
• Aladdin
• Arena of the Ancients
• Cyclone
• Dance of Many
• Fallen Angel
• Flash Flood
• Juxtapose
• Land’s Edge
• Metamorphosis
• Recall
• Revelation
• Storm Seeker
• Takklemaggot
• Witch Hunter

The “Gimmes”

• Ashnod’s Altar
• Blood Moon
• City of Brass
• Concordant Crossroads
• Hell’s Caretaker
• Tron Lands (Urza’s Tower, et al)

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 489

Posted: July 25, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

“Legends Return: The First Dominaria United Previews Are Here,” by Adam Styborski

• Dominaria United releasing September 9, 2022.

New spoilers

• Llanowar Loamspeaker
• Touch the Spirit Realm (Game Day promo)
• Workshop Warchief (Game Day promo)
• Shivan Devastator
• Evolved Sleeper

*Editor’s note: the audio got too garbled for the last two cards. I tried to clean it up, but that just made it sound worse, so we did talk about these but unfortunately the internet gods deemed it unfit for your ears.  Our apologies.

• Jaya, Fiery Negotiator
• Temporal Firestorm

Interstitial fodder: 

• Mark finally joins 2022 and watches Squid Game.
• Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
• Video game golf is the only acceptable way to play golf
• Sandwich update!!

Strategy

Trying–and mostly failing–to play with One-drop pseudo-Level Up creatures.

• Ascendant Spirit
• Evolved Sleeper
• Figure of Destiny
• Warden of the First Tree

Pros

• Easier to reanimate
• Early drops to commit to board presence

Cons

• A lot of investment in one creature

Technology

We take our own crack at “Legends Reborn” with other old bad cards that need a tune up.

• Adun Oakenshield
• Ramses Overdark
• Tetsuo Umezawa
• Xira Arien

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 488

Posted: July 18, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Tony DiTerlizzi’s MtG Sketchbook on Twitter

See also: DiTerlizzi’s big ol’ list of Magic cards through the years.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Stranger Things finale **ALL THE SPOILERS!!***
• PowerSlave: Exhumed – terrible name, but good ‘90s shooter/metroidvania (see also: pretty deece Iron Maiden album)
• Adam finally gets around to watching Joker
• CommanderCast solves pizza

Strategy

How much better has mono-White card draw gotten recently?

• Aerial Extortionist
• Archivist of Oghma
• Battle Angels of Tyr
• Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• Cut a Deal
• Esper Sentinel
• Flumph
• Folk Hero
• Halo Fountain
• Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
• Master of Ceremonies
• Rumor Gatherer
• Sanctuary Warden
• Secret Rendezvous
• Sigarda’s Splendor
• Sky Crier
• Smuggler’s Share
• Sudden Salvation
• Sunset Revelry
• Tenuous Truce
• Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity
• Wedding Ring
• Welcoming Vampire
• Your Temple Is Under Attack

Cantrip creatures/artifacts/etc.

• Inspiring Overseer
• Potion of Healing
• Priest of Ancient Lore
• Resistance Squad
• Roving Harper
• Rune of Sustenance
• Search Party Captain
• Spirited Companion

Technology

New Game Night 2022 Legends

• Imaryll, Elfhame Elite
• Maeve, Insidious Singer
• Nogi, Draco-Zealot
• Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant
• Zamriel, Seraph of Steel

For reference: the mythic (but non-Legendary) creatures from the last Game Night set.

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 487

Posted: July 4, 2022

Intros: 

GUEST HOST: Stephen

Mark 

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Community

MOAR SETS!! MOAR CARDS!!

The “firehose” problem

Per the mothership: “Due to ongoing global supply chain challenges and delays in production, the global release of Warhammer 40,000 Commander decks is now October 7, 2022.”

Per the mothership’s Twitter: Wizards of the Coast is hosting #Magic30, the ultimate celebration of three decades of Magic: The Gathering in Las Vegas, October 28–30!

Interstitial fodder: 

• Homemade baklava was easier than I thought it would be.
• Games you put down and came back to (and enjoyed more).
• Stephen’s homemade pizza
• Stephen’s Buffy re-watch

Strategy

Part 2: All the Backgrounds!! (the other half of the backgrounds)

Black (2nd half)

• Criminal Past
• Cultist of the Absolute
• Haunted One
• Scion of Halaster

Red

• Dragon Cultist
• Guild Artisan
• Passionate Archaeologist
• Popular Entertainer
• Street Urchin
• Tavern Brawler

Green

• Acolyte of Bahamut
• Cloakwood Hermit
• Hardy Outlander
• Master Chef
• Raised by Giants

Pick-a-color

• Faceless One

Technology

Pairing up “Choose a Background” Legendary creatures with some of these Background enchantments

Stephen’s top 3 picks: 

THIS WEEK’S PICKS ARE…

• Wilson, Refined Grizzly & Sword Coast Sailor 
• Jaheira, Friend of the Forest & Cloakwood Hermit 
• Abdel Adrian, Gorion’s Ward & Far Traveler 

Mark’s top 3 picks:

THIS WEEK’S PICKS ARE…

• Durnan of the Yawning Portal + Passionate Archaeologist
• Karlach, Fury of Avernus + Guild Artisan
• Ganax, Astral Hunter + Feywild Visitor

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Steve – Email: ardentscribbler(at)gmail.com and you can check out his columns every Monday morning on CoolStuffInc.com.

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 486

Posted: June 27, 2022

Intros: 

GUEST HOST: Stephen

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Dean’s Commander Sealed 2022 event is officially up to 256 players!

Topic: a little Double Masters 2022 talk & EDH leagues

The NexGen EDH League just wrapped up a 12 month season that started last July and is on hiatus for 6 months. The point system Steve uses for NexGen Comics’ league has been adopted by Lost Coast Wizards in California. Steve will be working over the next half year to line up additional stores to try to get additional leagues to start up next January all using the same point system.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
• YouGov’s poll: “Dungeons and Dragons: Americans are most likely to be ‘Neutral Good’”
  • See also: FiveThirtyEight’s “Where Americans Fall On The D&D Alignment Chart”
• Stephen’s latest card alters
• Stephen’s Marvel movie rewatch

Strategy

Part 1: All the Backgrounds!! (so, really, half of the backgrounds)

White

• Far Traveler
• Flaming Fist
• Folk Hero
• Inspiring Leader
• Noble Heritage
• Veteran Soldier

Blue

• Candlekeep Sage
• Clan Crafter
• Dungeon Delver
• Feywild Visitor
• Shameless Charlatan
• Sword Coast Sailor

Black

• Agent of the Iron Throne
• Agent of the Shadow Thieves

*To be continued next week!

Technology

Pairing up “Choose a Background” Legendary creatures with some of these Background enchantments

Stephen’s top 3 picks: 

• Servok, Deathbringer & Raised By Giants
• Erinis, Gloom Stalker & Scion of Halaster
• Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher & Clan Crafter

Mark’s top 3 picks:

• Zellix, Sanity Flayer + Haunted One
• Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker + Street Urchin
• Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar + Cloakwood Hermit

Outtro/Contacts:

GUEST: Steve – Email: ardentscribbler(at)gmail.com and you can check out his columns every Monday morning on CoolStuffInc.com.

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: 

(at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 485

Posted: June 20, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

We discuss the “Revisiting the EDH Power Level Guide – Introducing Stopping Power” Reddit post by OneOfThoseBeebles

Interstitial fodder: 

• More Stranger Things?
• Damn you, Apple TV: Ted Lasso is a gem (also has one of the best Xmas episodes ever).
• Little Monsters
• Soft pretzel conundrum: mustard or cheese sauce?

Strategy

The multi-colored Commanders from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate

• Alaundo the Seer
• Astarion, the Decadent
• Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
• Bane, Lord of Darkness
• Bhaal, Lord of Murder
• Cadira, Caller of the Small
• Captain N’ghathrod
• Commander Liara Portyr
• Duke Ulder Ravengard
• Dynaheir, Invoker Adept
• Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
• Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• Gluntch, the Bestower
• Gorion, Wise Mentor
• Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
• Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
• Kagha, Shadow Archdruid
• Korlessa, Scale Singer
• Lozhan, Dragons’ Legacy
• Mahadi, Emporium Master
• Mazzy, Truesword Paladin
• Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
• Minthara, Merciless Soul
• Myrkul, Lord of Bones
• Nalia de’Arnise
• Neera, Wild Mage
• Nine-Fingers Keene
• Oji, the Exquisite Blade
• Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
• Raphael, Fiendish Savior
• Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
• The Council of Four
• Thrakkus the Butcher
• Zevlor, Elturel Exile

Technology

A smattering of the many cycles in CL:BfBG

• Ancient Dragons
• ‘S cycle
• Rare Initiative creatures
• Uncommon Dragons

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 484

Posted: June 13, 2022

Intros: 

GUEST: Dean

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Commander Sealed 2022!

When & Where: Sept. 17, Rochester, NY 

This is the third annual limited commander tournament benefiting The Trevor Project! Commander Sealed 2019 drew 36 players from across New York and neighboring states. 

• Angelo Guerrera of EDHREC took home the win with his Damia Sage of Stone deck.
• Commander Sealed 2021, which pulled in 64 players from as far away as Seattle, raised just over $4,500 for TTP. 
• Eric Nowicki of Buffalo took home the win with an astounding Karador, Ghost Chieftain deck.

*Check out the deck lists from the 2019 & 2021 events here.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Hacks season 2
• The Boys season 3
• Obi-Wan ep 4
• Return of the Sandwiches!!!!!

Strategy

We pour sugar all over Dean’s Ognis (now Saskia) Ball Lightning deck (and a little bit of his Hofri deck too.)

Technology

Cards that hate on ETBs (effects that we all need more of in life).

• Aboleth Spawn
• Authority of the Consuls, Blind Obedience
• False Floor
• Frozen Aether, Kismet
• Hushbringer
• Hushwing Gryff
• Imposing Sovereign, Kinjalli’s Sunwing
• Loxodon Gatekeeper
• Manglehorn
• Radiant Grace // Radiant Restraints
• Strict Proctor
• Root Maze
• Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• Tocatli Honor Guard
• Torpor Orb
• Uphill Battle
• Urabrask the Hidden

Outtro/Contacts:

GUEST: Dean – twitter: @GrubFellow

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Dean-

(at)GrubFellow

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 483

Posted: June 6, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Old men complain about too many commanders. Again.

• # of Commanders in 2022 (so far): 154
• # of Commanders in 2021: 192

*See also: episode 449 “Too Many Commanders? Is That Possible”

Interstitial fodder: 

• Stranger Things season 4
• The best part about Obi-Wan was the Flea cameo.
• Expeditions: Rome
• Best BBQ side dishes?

Strategy

The mono-colored Commanders from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate

• Faceless One
• Abdel Adrian, Gorion’s Ward
• Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody
• Lae’zel, Vlaakith’s Champion
• Lulu, Loyal Hollyphant
• Rasaad yn Bashir
• Alora, Merry Thief
• Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
• Imoen, Mystic Trickster
• Renari, Merchant of Marvels
• Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher
• Volo, Itinerant Scholar
• Safana, Calimport Cutthroat
• Sarevok, Deathbringer
• Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
• Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker
• Viconia, Drow Apostate
• Amber Gristle O’Maul
• Ganax, Astral Hunter
• Gut, True Soul Zealot
• Karlach, Fury of Avernus
• Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat
• Wyll, Blade of Frontiers
• Erinis, Gloom Stalker
• Halsin, Emerald Archdruid
• Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
• Skanos Dragonheart
• Wilson, Refined Grizzly

Technology

CL: BfBG mechanics 

• Initiative – new Monarch
• Background – it’s a partner enchantment
• Dungeons
• Adventure
• D20 dice rolling
• Goad
• Myriad
• Gates

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 482

Posted: May 23, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Double Masters 2022 spoilers & what we want to see for reprints

• Bring to Light
• Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• Liliana, the Last Hope
• Weathered Wayfarer
• Wrenn and Six

And other cards we hope get a reprint in this set

Interstitial fodder: 

• Adam saw Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Kids in the Hall reboot is actually, surprisingly really good.
• Sandman: Nightmare Country
• King Arthur: Knight’s Tale

Strategy

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate

Zevlor, Elturel Exile vs. Kess, Dissident Mage (spell copy theme)

• Acquire / Bribery / Inevitable Betrayal
• Banefire
• Clone Legion
• Death By Dragons
• Domineering Will
• Drain Power
• Electrodominance
• Fatal Lore
• Ghastly Conscription
• Into The Roil
• Knowledge Exploitation
• Psychic Spiral
• Rakdos’s Return
• Rousing Refrain
• Sorin’s Vengeance
• Swarm Intelligence
• Twinning Staff
• Worst Fears

Combo pieces:

• Tunnel Vision + Junktroller
• Thassa’s Oracle and practically anything else
• Demonic Consultation / Tainted Pact, etc.

Honorable mentions:

• Delirium
• Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
• Peer into the Abyss
• Vial Smasher the Fierce

And every single target removal spell ever

Technology

Warhammer 40k cards!!

• Abaddon the Despoiler
• Blood for the Blood God!
• Vanguard Suppressor

(And also a Fabricate reprint)

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 481

Posted: May 16, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

• New Secret Lair drops!
  • If you’d just like to support The Trevor Project directly, you can donate to that organization and not worry about the cut that Hasbro takes.

Interstitial fodder: 

• Moon Knight episode 6
• Reservation Dogs
• Our youth is too expensive
• Adam’s unhealthy obsession with spreadsheets & comic books

Strategy

Cephalid Tribal Strats!!

**Worth watching: for an actual decklist worth playing, watch Commander by Daenen’s “Embrace the Dark Side with Queza, Augur of Agonies” 

Commander: Queza, Augur of Agonies

Cycle hand control build (Nekusar 2.0?)

• Alhammarret’s Archive
• Ancient Excavation
• Arcane Denial
• Cut of the Profits
• Damnable Pact
• Dark Deal
• Drown in Dreams
• Echo of Eons
• Enter the Infinite / Omniscience
• Flux
• Folio of Fancies
• Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• Memory Jar
• Painful Truths
• Sphinx’s Revelation
• Sphinx’s Tutelage
• Teferi’s Puzzle Box
• Tolarian Winds
• Unfulfilled Desires
• Waste Not
• Whispering Madness
• Wizard Class

Esper cards for fun 

• Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• Esper Charm
• Obscura Confluence
• Void Rend
• Triskaidekaphile

Technology

Actual Cephs that might be worth playing (sometimes)

• Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor
• Backstreet Bruiser
• Callous Oppressor
• Cephalid Aristocrat
• Cephalid Broker
• Cephalid Constable
• Cephalid Facetaker
• Cephalid Illusionist
• Cephalid Inkshrouder
• Cephalid Looter
• Cephalid Pathmage
• Cephalid Retainer
• Cephalid Sage
• Cephalid Scout
• Cephalid Snitch
• Cephalid Vanda
• Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
• Llawan, Cephalid Empress
• Obscura Interceptor
• Psychic Pickpocket
• Revel Ruiner
• Shield Broker

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 480

Posted: May 9, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

• Beadle & Grimm’s super-overpriced Kamigawa schwag

Interstitial fodder: 

• Moon Knight episode 5
• Tunic is Legend of Zelda meets Dark Souls meets Fez (and is also very good)
• Fondue restaurants: better in concept than in execution
• Doom Patrol

Strategy

Non-Legendary New Capenna Commander cards

This set’s mechanics

• Audacious Swap [Casualty]
• Boss’s Chauffeur [Alliance]
• Caldaia Guardian[Blitz]
• Family’s Favor [Shield Counters]
• Flawless Forgery [Casualty]
• Mask of the Schemer [Connive]
• Mezzio Mugger [Blitz]
• Rose Room Treasurer [Alliance]
• Shield Broker [Shield Counters]
• Smuggler’s Buggy [Hideaway 4]
• Wave of Rats [Blitz]
• Xander’s Pact [Casualty]

Returning mechanics

• Angelic Sleuth [Investigate]
• Body Count [Spectacle]
• Change of Plans [Phasing]
• Contractual Safeguard [Addendum]
• Determined Iteration [Populate]
• Dodgy Jalopy [Scavenge]
• Dogged Detective [Surveil]
• Indulge // Excess [Aftermath]
• In Too Deep [Split Second]/[Clue]
• Killer Service [Food tokens]
• Lethal Scheme [Convoke]
• Life of the Party [Goad]
• Park Heights Maverick [Dethrone]
• Rain of Riches [Cascade]
• Sinister Concierge [Suspend]
• Skyboon Evangelist [Support]
• Skyway Robber [Escape]
• Spellbinding Soprano [Encore]
• Vivien’s Stampede [Melee]
• Management [Kicker]
• Writ of Return [Cipher]

Other cards that caught our fancy

• Boxing Ring
• Damning Verdict
• Extravagant Replication
• False Floor
• Industrial Advancement
• Make an Example
• Master of Ceremonies
• Smuggler’s Share
• Spiteful Repossession
• Tenuous Truce

Technology

Cycles in Streets of New Capenna Commander

Confluences

• Brokers Confluence
• Cabaretti Confluence
• Maestros Confluence
• Obscura Confluence
• Riveteers Confluence

Enemy Dual color cards

• Agent’s Toolkit
• Cryptic Pursuit
• Grime Gorger
• Life Insurance
• Prosperous Partnership

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 479

Posted: May 2, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

• Pack prices are going up.
• CommandFest events return in summer 2022

Interstitial fodder: 

• Moon Knight episode 4
• Triangle Strategy – best dumb name for a good game ever?
• Blasphemous
• Adam does a 5K

Strategy

Commanders in Streets of New Capenna

• Anhelo, the Painter
• Henzie “Toolbox” Torre
• Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
• Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
• Perrie, the Pulverizer
• The Beamtown Bullies
• Kros, Defense Contractor
• Parnesse, the Subtle Brush
• Phabine, Boss’s Confidant
• Tivit, Seller of Secrets
• Bess, Soul Nourisher
• Denry Klin, Editor in Chief
• Jolene, the Plunder Queen
• Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
• Syrix, Carrier of the Flame
• Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• Mari, the Killing Quill
• Vazi, Keen Negotiator

Technology

Cycles in Streets of New Capenna

Charms

• Obscura Charm
• Maestros Charm
• Riveteers Charm
• Cabaretti Charm
• Brokers Charm

Ascendencies

• Obscura Ascendancy
• Maestros Ascendancy
• Riveteers Ascendancy
• Cabaretti Ascendancy
• Brokers Ascendancy

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 478

Posted: April 11, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

• Streets of New Capenna spoilerz

Interstitial fodder: 

• Moon Knight episode 3
• The Blindside
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is 16-ish hours of dumb fun
• X-Men/Avengers: Bloodties

Strategy

Commanders from Streets of New Capenna Commander

• Cormela, Glamour Thief
• Errant, Street Artist
• Evelyn, the Covetous
• Falco Spara, Pactweaver
• Giada, Font of Hope
• Jaxis, the Troublemaker
• Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
• Jinnie Fay, Jetmir’s Second
• Lagrella, the Magpie
• Lord Xander, the Collector
• Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
• Ognis, the Dragon’s Lash
• Queza, Augur of Agonies
• Raffine, Scheming Seer
• Rigo, Streetwise Mentor
• Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
• Toluz, Clever Conductor
• Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
• Ziatora, the Incinerator

Technology

Treasure tech from New Capenna

• An Offer You Can’t Refuse
• Big Score
• Black Market Tycoon
• Bootleggers’ Stash
• Buy Your Silence
• Capenna Express
• Exhibition Magician
• Fake Your Own Death
• Gala Greeters
• Gilded Pinions
• Glittermonger
• Halo Scarab
• Hoard Hauler
• Involuntary Employment
• Jetmir’s Fixer
• Jewel Thief
• Most Wanted
• Ognis, the Dragon’s Lash
• Prizefight
• Professional Face-Breaker
• Riveteers Requisitioner
• Security Rhox
• Sticky Fingers
• Widespread Thieving
• Ziatora, the Incinerator

“Treasure” card types

• Courier’s Briefcase
• Glittering Stockpile
• Goldhound

“Sac a permanent” effects/ mana treasures

• Pyre-Sledge Arsonist
• Capenna Express
• Fatal Grudge
• Stimulus Package

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 477

Posted: April 18, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Streets of New Capenna spoilerz

Interstitial fodder: 

• Moon Knight episode 2
• Worth reading: “‘The Godfather’ bridged old and new Hollywood to save American moviegoing”
• Beastmaster still rules.
• Sandwich update

Strategy

Streets of New Capenna mechanics

• Connive

• Casualty

• Blitz

• Alliance

• Shield counters

• Hideaway

Technology

Hideaway cards!

• Howltooth Hollow
• Mosswort Bridge
• Shelldock Isle
• Spinerock Knoll
• Windbrisk Heights

Also:

• Watcher for Tomorrow

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 476

Posted: April 11, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

• Commander Legends: Battle For Baldur’s Gate preview cards
• Streets of New Capenna spoilerz

Interstitial fodder: 

• • The Batman
  • Moon Knight ep. 1
  • X-Men: Gold
  • Sandwich Update

Strategy

Crime bosses as Commanders

• Anowon, the Ruin Thief
• Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
• Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant
• Greasefang, Okiba Boss
• Kels, Fight Fixer
• Krenko, Mob Boss
• Phenax, God of Deception
• Ramses Overdark
• Sharuum the Hegemon
• Sygg, River Cutthroat
• Tinybones, Trinket Thief
• Tymaret, the Murder King
• Valki, God of Lies
• Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
• Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

Honorable mentions:

• Cheatyface
• Memnarch

Technology

Actual crime cards

• Abduction
• Assassinate
• Assault // Battery
• Blatant Thievery
• Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
• Breaking // Entering
• Bribery[/card]
• Conspiracy
• Extortion
• Hit // Run
• Larceny
• Mugging
• Murder
• Stolen Identity
• Vandalize

Honorable mentions:

• Armed // Dangerous
• Crime // Punishment
• Pillage

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 475

Posted: March 28, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Do we ever care about “unique in-store events”?

• Pro: “Hero’s Path” for Theros Block
• Con: everything else

See also:

• WPN announcement, “Boost In-Store Play with Unique Event Ideas”
• “Halo “Not A Drug” According To WotC,” by Nick Miller

Interstitial fodder: 

• Band of Brothers re-watch
• Silicon Valley re-watch
• Italian father’s day (St. Joseph’s Day)
• Best sandwiches, round 2 – a necessary update

Strategy

Shoring up your game plan with redundancy or ramp?: Include “backup” generals, protection, or just add more ramp?

• Rhys the Redeemed / Doubling Season, et. al.
• Torbran, Thane of Redfell / Gratuitous Violence or Fiery Emancipation
• Feldon of the Third Path / Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Technology

Ben Bleiweis’s “The 100 Worst : The Gathering Cards Of All Time, #25-1”

Top(?) 10 worst cards in Magic, according to Mr. Bleiweis:

• Tidal Flats
• Hint of Insanity
• Baki’s Curse
• Wood Elemental
• Zephyr Spirit
• Power Leak
• Armageddon Clock
• Deep Water
• Break Open
• Pale Moon

See also: Ben’s original “Worst” list from 2004

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 474

Posted: March 21, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Whatever happened to theme decks?

Interstitial fodder: 

• Obi-Wan trailer
• Moon Knight trailer
• Vulpes talk
• Best sandwiches, round 1

Strategy

What Do We Do with Reconfigure?

Technology

Fox Tribal!!

Commanders

• Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice
• Mila, Crafty Companion
• Opal-Eye, Konda’s Yojimbo
• Rune-Tal, Kitsune Ascendant
• Sensei Golden Tail
• Zirda, the Dawn Walker

Noteworthy Foxes

[*That blank space after the bullet point is most definitely intentional]

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

Be sure to check out our CommanderCast Facebook page. 

And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 473

Posted: March 13, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Streets of New Capenna spoilerz!