Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 321! This week, the celebration of Magic reaching 25 years of age continues with Mark and Adam going over some of the cards they enjoy from the Alara and Zendikar blocks.
So pull up your rocking chairs and click the IB!!!
CommanderCast Episode 321
Posted: June 4
Intros:
Adam
Mark
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Community
Rules stuff!!!
Old stuff we’re glad to see reprinted:
- Angelic Chorus
- Beast Within
- Diabolic Intent
- Doubling Season
- Dragon’s Breath
- Fertilid
- Greater Good
- Impulse
- Kor Spiritdancer
- Land Tax
- Magmatic Force
- Magus of the Candlabra
- Mangara of Corondor
- Mind’s Eye
- Mycosynth Lattice
- Mystic Confluence
- Nirkana Revenant
- Nyxathid
- Seedborn Muse
- Skyshroud Claim
- Sower of Temptation
- Swords to Plowshares
- Tidespout Tyrant
- True-Name Nemesis
- Vigor
- War’s Toll
New Stuff we like:
- Archfiend of Despair
- Sentinel Tower
- Rowan Kenrith and Will Kenrith
- Arena Rector
- Stunning Reversal
- Arcane Artisan
- Bonus Round
- Thrilling Encore
- Together Forever
- Bramble Sovereign
- Brightling
- Grothama
- Last one standing
- Spellseeker
I give up – there’s too much good stuff in this set to list it all
Strategy
25 years of M:tG strategy:
Tri-color decks: What’s the point of diminishing returns for adding colors in Commander?
- Manabase – consistency, utility
- Worth watching: The Professor’s “How To Build a 3 Color EDH / Commander Mana Base” (+1 for recommending the Lairs)
- Color cost (splash-ability)
- Flexibility – covering the weaknesses of other colors
Technology
Two favorite cards from each set:
Shards of Alara
Conflux
Alara Reborn
Magic 2010
Zendikar
Worldwake
Rise of the Eldrazi