CommanderCast Ep 196 – Step Into the Kitchen
April 20, 2015
Hello everyone and welcome to Commandercast Episode 196! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite: Commandercast.com! We’re recording this on April 16th, 2015.
In lieu of our regular Community, Strategy, & Technology format this week, we’ve assembled a panel of judges to assess the seven different brews entered into this year’s Iron Chef Optimization Challenge. Prepare for the carnage!
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Guests:
Nole – Judges events
Eric – Judges you
Favorite Commanders This Week:
Eric – Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
Nole – Oros, the Avenger
Calvin – Marath, Will of the Wild
Clay – Scion of the Ur-Dragon
Mark – Sidisi, Brood Tyrant (also, check out Commander Theory’s Sidisi list that’s just empirically better than mine. It’s a great blog, too.)
William – Atarka old & young (because Will thinks it’s Burger King or something up in this joint).
News:
Follow this link to view all seven decks :MTG Salvation’s Iron Chef Deckbuilding Competition (you’ll need to scroll down a ways, but they’re all there. We promise.)
(Also, please enjoy this poem that we made Nole do a dramatic reading of: “It Is the Will of Zedruu” on MagicLampoon.com)
All scores range from 1-to-5 (with 5 being the best)
Deck #1: Zedruu the Kingmaker
Originality – 1
Power – 2
Elegance – 1
Zedruu – 3
Final Score – 7/20
Deck #2: Zedruu the Obvious!
Originality – 1
Power – 3
Elegance – 3
Zedruu – 3
Final Score – 10/20
Deck #3: Zedruu, the Cheesy Philanthropist
Originality – 4
Power – 2
Elegance – 2
Zedruu – 2
Final Score – 10/20
Deck #4: Zedruu, the Giving Enchantress
Originality – 5
Power – 4
Elegance – 4
Zedruu – 4
Final Score – 17/20
Deck #5: Zedruu, the Crouching Goat, Hidden Monk
Originality – 4
Power – 3
Elegance – 3
Zedruu – 2
Final Score – 12/20
Deck #6: Zedruu, the Pacifist
Originality – 1
Power – 4
Elegance – 2
Zedruu – 2
Final Score – 9/20
Deck#7: Zedruu, the Positive Phyrexian Arena
Originality – 1
Power – 4
Elegance – 3
Zedruu – 1
Final Score – 9/20
Outtro/Contacts:
William – Email: wiehernandez(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)blueram1409
Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone
Clay – Twitter: (at)edhpanda // Reddit: /u/EDHPanda // Cockatrice: Remillo
Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com
Aaron – Email: unclelanddrops(at)gmail(dot)com // Twitter: (at)UncleLanddrops
Eric – Email: EricBonvie(at)gmail(dot)com // Twitter: (at)ThatBonvieGuy
Nole – noleclauson(at)gmail(dot)com // Twitter: (at)MtGNole
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