Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 304! We’re your weekly source for Community, Strategy, and Technology, hosted on CommanderSociety.com and our homesite: CommanderCast.com! We are back from a two vacation bringing you all the holiday cheer we can.This week Mark and Adam are are talking about EDH Leagues with our guest this week Steve. We go over League building, the benefits of have one in you local area, and of course a few cards we suggest you may have an interest in for your own league. 

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CommanderCast Episode 304

Posted: Monday, Dec. 25, 2017

Intros:

Guest: Steve

Adam

Mark

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community:

Discussing Steve’s blog, Commanderruminations, his outstanding collection of mashup Magic art, and how he became a Commander content creator.

Strategy:  

Designing and implementing an EDH league

Worth reading: Steve’s amazingly comprehensive guide.

Ten discussion points on what NOT to do when setting up a point system.

DO NOT let your point system…

• …be unnecessarily complicated.
• …come across as being random.
• …include unrealistic categories.
• …intrude upon game play.
• …rule out certain strategies.
• …effectively ban cards.
• …encourage bad behavior.
• …turn the game into something other than EDH.
• …easily provide ways for players to collude.
• …result in more bookkeeping than you can handle.

Discussion on “Gen Points” – what are they & why should you use them?

Three things about Gen Points:

• …You can’t control how/why players will give Gen Points.
• …They need to matter, but matter less than winning & losing.
• …You can/should try to push players to use them in specific ways.

Discussion on the impact of prize support & pay-in on EDH League play.

Technology:

Cards and strategies to best farm points

Steve – Tana, the Bloodsower (goes wide, goes tall)
Fog

Adam – Maze of Ith, Sylvan Library

Mark – …has nothing to add to this list.  Again.

Outtro/Contacts:

Guest contact: check out Steve’s work on GatheringMagic & at ardentscribbler@gmail.com

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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!