Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 336! This week, Mark and Adam are back to talk a bit about some interesting things people got in the mail recently. Then they move on to Pumping and Dumping, Big Mana, Spending Green… Plus there’s a retro cycle review.

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

CommanderCast Episode 337

Posted: November 12, 2018

Intros:

Adam

Mark

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Community

We discuss WotC’s “Ultimate Box Topper” spoilers.  Cool idea or desperate plea for relevance?

Strategy

From Phil’s comment on episode 335:

“…a successful ‘big mana’ deck to me means that no matter what, your commander is a card you can cast and then DUMP that excessive mana through productively”

“Big Mana” commanders:

Categorize by mana DUMP effect

• Damage
  • Ashling the Pilgrim
  • Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood
  • Marath, Will of the Wild

• Enabler (enables other strategies by producing big mana)
  • Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
  • Omnath, Locus of Mana
  • Rasputin Dreamweaver
  • Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • Teferi, Temporal Archmage
  • Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • Zedruu the Greathearted

• Mill
  • Geth, Lord of the Vault
  • Oona, Queen of the Fae

• Draw
  • Azor, the Lawbringer
  • Erebos, God of the Dead
  • Kefnet the Mindful
  • Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
  • The Locust God
  • Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

• Pump
  • Bladewing the Risen
  • Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • General Tazri
  • Jazal Goldmane
  • Jenara, Asura of War
  • Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
  • Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
  • Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • Nylea, God of the Hunt
  • Shalai, Voice of Plenty

• Steal
  • Memnarch

• Token generation
  • Daxos the Returned
  • Heliod, God of the Sun
  • Nemata, Grove Guardian
  • Oketra the True
  • Slimefoot, the Stowaway
  • Verdeloth the Ancient

Technology

Retro cycle review:  Myojin from Kamigawa

• Myojin of Cleansing Fire

• Myojin of Infinite Rage

• Myojin of Life’s Web

• Myojin of Night’s Reach

• Myojin of Seeing Winds

Outtro/Contacts:

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

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

Adam – (at)squire9999 // (at)thetrinisphere

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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!