CommanderCast Ep 197 – Aggro-vated Assault
April 27, 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 23rd, 2015.
This week, to wrap up Red Month, William, Calvin, Mark, and Aaron talk about playing Aggro! the guys discuss the ideas of spreading damage vs focused damage, ways to get away with being the aggro player, and a few personal favorite cards we like to play when we plan to head into the red zone! Plus, we discuss a few underrated legends you may want to give a shot next time you’re building for assault!
All this and more await with the click of an IB
Commandercast Episode 197
April 23rd, 2015
Guests:
Favorite Commanders This Week:
Aaron – Wort, the Raidmother
Calvin – Keranos, God of Storms
Mark – Eron the Relentless (Commander ’95!)
William – Atarka!!!!!!
News:
RED MONTH
Mythic Clique
FNM Path to Exile – July
Community: The Damage Sharing Program
Aaron’s article proposes re-discussing “spreading the love”. So let’s do that!
Strategy: Playing around removal and threats
Just how far do you go to keep yourself from overextending or avoiding removal?
Technology: You Never Saw Them Coming
We’ll discuss lesser known or less popular commander options for aggressive decks
(Food for thought: Sean Patchen’s “Life After Combo – A Commander’s View of Competitive Aggro” on Legit MTG)
William – Gahiji, Honored One
Calvin – Dong Zhou, the Tyrant, Lieutenant Kirtar
Mark – Sygg, River Cutthroat,
Aaron – Akuta, Born of Ash
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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
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