CommanderCast Ep 252 – The Tears Are Real
July 4, 2016
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 252! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite, CommanderCast.com! We’re recording this on June 30th, 2016. This week the gangs all here and … well… there’s a big announcement from William.
CommanderCast Episode 252
Posted: July 4th, 2016
Favorite Commanders:
William – Emrakul, the Promised End
Calvin – Linvala the Preserver
Clay – Trostani, Selesnya’s Voice “The Spirit of EDH”
Mark – The Gitrog Monster
Community: Will’s farewell
Strategy: Best Commanders that say, “Draw a Card,” and how to build around them. To what extent does having a consistent source of card advantage alter or affect your deck design or your in-game strategy?
Ex) Azami, Selvala, Niv-Mizzet, Nekusar, Kozilek, Zegana, Damia, Xira Arien, Arcanis, Edric, Zedruu
Technology: Siren’s Call: cards that look good in theory and end up as crap in reality.
William: The Alpha Build Examples Island Sanctuary, Divine Intervention, Farrel’s Mantle
Calvin: Liar’s Pendulum, Curse of Shallow Graves, Shared Trauma
Clay: Archmage Ascension, Helix Pinnacle, Bludgeon Brawl
Mark: Symbiotic Deployment, Urza’s Blueprints, Storm Cauldron
Outtro/Contacts:
Guests:
CommanderCast – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)Commandercast
William – Email: Wiehernandez(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)Blueram1409
Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone
Clay – Email: EDHPanda(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)EDHPanda // Stream on Twitch: Pandalpaca (on twitter as (at)Pandalpaca)
Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com
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