CommanderCast Ep 277 – Off-Color Blue Aggro
April 3, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome to the real CommanderCast Episode 277! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite: CommanderCast.com! The guys are back this week. Mark and Adam go over Office Color Deck ideas. This week it’s all about Aggro! A Deck based on the idea of going into the red zone. So what’sthe catch? Well they guys are doing it in blue… Yeah…
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CommanderCast Episode 277
Posted: April 3, 2017
Intros:
Adam
Mark
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Community:
Aggro philosophy
- Turn cards sideways every turn
- Curve out
- Minimal spell slots
- Removal to get through
- Card draw
- Protection
- Combat tricks
- Often lower land count
Strategy:
Why is blue normally bad at aggro?
- Combat tricks are subpar
- Blue is more reactive
- Lack haste and power from creatures
How can blue be aggro?
- Good at evasion/protection
- Great card draw to keep the threats coming
- Lock opponents boards for alpha strikes
Commander
- Sun Quan, Lord of Wu (Evasive aggro)
- Mistform Ultimus (Tribal Voltron)
- Meloku the Clouded Mirror (Tokens)
- Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor (Flying aggro)
- Thada Adel, Acquisitior (Merfolk tribal)
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker, Tromokratis (big stompy)
- Honorable Mentions: Kira, Great Glass-Spinner + Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Technology:
- Ramp
- Teferi, Temporal Archmage
- High Tide
- Turnabout
- Reality Spasm
- Dreamscape Artist
- Throw caution to the wind: Dream Halls
- Evasion
- Removal
- Pseudo-Board Wipes[/card]
- Targeted Removal
- Freeze mechanics
- Bounce mechanics
- Haste
- Tempo
- Card draw
- Tricks
- Mean shit
Outtro/Contacts:
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