The Power of the Dark Side: Library Hate
March 7, 2019
By Phil, AKA BeltFedWeapon
Part IX: Deck Hate
What’s that you say? You are unfamiliar with this concept? Well, for but a sliver of your soul, I will share the eldritch corners of my favorite color with you. This is not the first time I have said this, but for the right cost, Black can do just about anything in Magic – to include this one thing that no other color really does. (Well, Blue has one really good card in Supreme Inquisitor, but I digress.)
Deck hate cards are just that: they hate on the cards in your opponents’ decks and remove them preemptively from the game before they even have a chance to draw/tutor for them. It’s a prophylactic approach that’s not as popular as it should be since such spells don’t have an immediate effect on the board.
As such, the effect is hard to quantify because the stock and trade of these types of cards are plays that are NOT made by your opponents because you exiled that card before they got to them. Just because they are hard to analyze though does not mean you should eschew them. They’re great in certain configurations depending upon how you play Black. Further, all of the below cards are affordable, with Bitter Ordeal being the most expensive at about $8 as of this writing.
CommanderCast Ep 350 – The 350th’s a Charm
March 4, 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 350! On this week’s episode Mark and Adam are being… charming individuals as they go over Magic’s modal spells. Not really much to say but Mark does learn about a new upcoming set. The guys also go over a few cards that don’t make the cut when it comes to charms and why.
So lets stop waiting and Click the IB!!!
CommanderCast Ep 349 – Alara Bros Come At Me!
February 25, 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 349! On this week’s episode Mark and Adam back to talk about something that might be kinda of unpopular but Mark had to get off his chest. This week Mark jumps up on the soapbox to tell the world how he feels about the Alara block. After that note of crazy talk, the guys talk about being a peeper… in the show me yours and I might show you mines kind of play. Finally to wrap things up, they give you a few Ultimatums you can’t refuse.
So lets stop waiting and Click the IB!!!
CommanderCast Ep 348 – Petitioners Tech, et. al.
February 18, 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 348! This week Mark and Adam have a little bit of a mixed bag for you. Let’s start off with a quick discussion on some Banned cards and where the guys feel some of them sit. Should they be playable or do they earn the spot they have? After that, the guys go over a few of the cards that break the singleton part of our format by having a little bit of extra text on them that allows them to have no limits and a few deck that might help take advantage of that. Then we wrap things up with a few cards you might want to pick up soon because the prices for them are kinda low.
So lets stop waiting and Click the IB!!!
CommanderCast Ep 347 – The Legend of C.A.G., the acronym no one liked
February 11, 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 347! This week Adam is back and just in time to talk about the C.A.G. with Mark. What’s the C.A.G. you ask? It’s kinda of hard to explain… they’re like the Commander version of the Illuminati. You probably know some of them from an array of different outlets in the MTG community. Who are they, what do they do, why are they here, where are they now, and when will I stop typing about them and let you get to the show? Some of these questions may be answered and others are completely pointless.
So lets stop waiting and Click the IB!!!
CommanderCast Ep 346 – Generals & Genetics
February 4, 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 346! This week Adam is away again so Mark invited another guest on to the show. This weeks guest is Nick and he wrote an article that just touch Mark right in the nerd. If you know anything about genetics you should get a kick out of today’s article as we discuss Commander Phenotype… and if you don’t know i have a feeling it hits a lot closer to home than you think.
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