In this episode, Whase Boothi (Sean) and Delph Fibre (Phil) spoil the heck out of the new Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – go watch the movie before listening to this. We can’t even provide notes here because they will spoil events and characters in the movie, but we do talk a little bit of Magic: the Gathering – and where else can you hear such a fine Carrie Fisher impression?
Phil, Nate, and Sean talk about Christmas in Commander! Nate describes the holiday though the lens of a special Commander deck, and we all talk about a mysterious place called “Magical Christmasland.”
The cards we mention:
Nah, this would give away too much. You’ll just have to listen.
Nate, Phil, and Sean talk with Jason Alt about value white cards, #MTGFinance, and many other topics! This is part 1, part 2 is coming soon!
The cards we mention:
Crush of Tentacles (Oath of the Gatewatch leaked spoiler)
Shielded by Faith
Aethersnatch
Mizzix’s Mastery
Command Beacon
Past in Flames
Daxos the Returned
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (Oath of the Gatewatch leaked spoiler)
Starlit Sanctum (“Cleric land”)
Ashen Rider
Merciless Eviction
Assemble the Legion
Dueling Grounds
Growing Ranks
Angel of Despair
Kaalia of the Vast
Cathars’ Crusade
Blazing Archon
Emeria Shepherd
Reconnaissance
Mirror Entity
Return to Dust
Blind Obedience
Kami of False Hope
War Priest of Thune
Unquestioned Authority
Reciprocate
Morningtide
BFZ Allies
We talk about the tech (software) we use to prepare and playtest, & also feature underrated cards in commander/EDH.
Decked Builder is here.
Cockatrice (on Woogerworks) is here.
Decks we have tuned using Cockatrice are on DeckStats.
A very special nod to EDHREC.COM.
Cards we mention this episode:
Spelltwine
Rise of the Dark Realms
Austere Command
Royal Assassin
Reality shift
Aeon Chronicler
Shivan Reef (and all the pain lands)
Unravel the Aether/Deglamer
Apprentice Necromancer
Creature — Zombie Wizard
Doomed Necromancer
Into the Core
Curse of Marit Lage
Flashfires
Boil
Boiling Seas
Omen of Fire
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Listen to Phil, Sean, and Nate tell the story of the American Thanksgiving, including Derevi (guess why), cards with a special keyword ability (guess again!), and Sean’s interpretation of this mysterious and peculiarly American holiday.
Bruce Richard’s article on the Mothership is here.
Sperlers! We evaluate some of the latest MTG spoilers in the context of the Commander/EDH format.
