CommanderCast Ep 290 – Strictly Tier 1
July 17, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 290! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on MTGcast.com and our homesite: CommanderCast.com! This week Mark and Adam are talking all about tiers, baby! For those of you not in the know, tiers are kind of a ranking system with 1 being the highest and everything else falling into a lower tier. Not saying one is better than the other, but the higher the tier the more proficient and cut-throat the deck. This is a great way to keep your playgroup all on the same level of game play. If your group is more casual and based on fun, you may want to play a lower tier deck. But if you’re trying to be the best (like no one ever was) a higher tier meta might be what you seek. So if you’re down with that all you have to do is click the IB!!!
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CommanderCast Episode 290
Posted: July 17, 2017
Intros:
Adam
Mark
Community Question: Any interest in starting a page listing community member’s TappedOut decks?
Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.
Community:
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The Big List (seems bananas): “[List – Multiplayer] EDH Generals by Tier“
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The Smaller List (more reasonable): “EDH Generals by Tier“
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Honorable Mention: “The Commander Tiers,” by Erik Tiernan
“The Line”: What separates a Tier 1 deck from a Tier 2 (or Tier 2 from a Tier 3, etc.) ?
Our strictly science-based, totally objective rankings:
- Tier 1 – Cut-throat. Knives are out and ready to shank a fool at a moment’s notice:
- Tier 2 – Powerful, highly synergistic, but not dominating:
- Tier 3 – Casual, but effective:
- Tier 4 – UNLEASH THE DERP:
- Tier 5 – What Are You Doing With Your Life? (Vanilla/French Vanilla Generals)
- Lady Orca
- Barktooth Warbeard (Best name in Magic? Survey says “Yes.”)
- Jasmine Boreal
Strategy:
How do you move your deck up (or down) a tier in Commander? Is there a specific time or reason to do so?
- How do you use this information?
- Optimize vs. De-optimize for power
- Movin’ On Up:
- More tutors
- More optimal removal
- More instant speed interactions
- EDH rec
- Deck primers
- Slowin’ It Down:
- Remove key combo pieces
- Build a different deck
- Fewer tutors, more card draw
- Other 99
Technology:
Return of an old segment: “Bad Cards We Love”
Adam – Ondu Giant, Gate to Phyrexia, Chronatog
Mark – Stream of Acid, Skirsdag High Priest, Gideon’s Avenger
Outtro/Contacts:
CommanderCast – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast
Rachel – Email: wiehernandez(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)Blueram1409
Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone
Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com
Adam – (at)squire9999 // (at)thetrinisphere
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And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!