Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 327! This week, the celebration of Magic reaching 25 years of age continues with Mark and Adam going over some of the cards they enjoy from Magic Origins to Conspiracy: Take the Crown blocks.

So pull up your rocking chairs and click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 327

Posted: July 23

Intros:

Adam

Mark

**Worth Reading: “Andrew Jackson Highlander” series on EDHREC, by Brody Mikel.  I mentioned this series of Reddit posts on the show, but now Brody’s been picked up by EDHREC and I’m really excited to read his work.  If you like budget brews, you need to give this a read.  The first article is on Skullbriar, the Walking Grave and it’s superdope.

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

“Whatever happened to X former staple?”:  Sensei’s Divining Top

(I was thinking about this as a new community segment; plus, it gels nicely with this timeframe, as this marks the time in which I first remember seeing less and less of SDT, despite getting a reprint in June 2016 Eternal Masters)

Strategy

25 years of M:tG strategy:

Planeswalkers in EDH. What role does this card type play in a multiplayer context and how have they affected the game?

Top 100 Planeswalkers in EDHREC

Take for granted:

• Not as good in multiplayer as they are in 1v1
• Garner more hate than they deserve (usually)
• Ultimate abilities are strictly for Magical Xmas Land

How to run a “Superfriends” deck.

Technology:

Two favorite cards from each set:

Magic Origins

• Adam
  • Chandra’s Ignition
  • Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
• Mark
  • Thopter Spy Network
  • Flameshadow Conjuring

Battle for Zendikar

• Adam
  • Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • Scour from Existence
• Mark
  • Vampiric Rites
  • Hedron Archive

Commander 2015

• Adam
  • Blade of Selves
  • Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• Mark
  • Wretched Confluence
  • Command Beacon

Oath of the Gatewatch

• Adam
  • Goblin Dark-Dwellers
  • World breaker
• Mark
  • Dread Defiler
  • Crush of Tentacles

Shadows Over Innistrad

• Adam
  • Ever After
  • Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• Mark
  • Forgotten Creation
  • Anguished Unmaking

Eldritch Moon

• Adam
  • Decimator of the Provinces
  • Imprisoned in the Moon
• Mark
  • Sigarda’s Aid
  • Hanweir Battlements

Conspiracy: Take the Crown

• Adam
  • Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
  • Expropriate
• Mark
  • Throne of the High City
  • Stunt Double

Outtro/Contacts:

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