Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 387! The Gods of Theros have returned in the newest set Theros Beyond Death. This week Mark and Adam are going over which ones have grown to be worthy of our devotion and which ones have lost the hearts of the people. We also go over a few sequel cards and try to figure out if Devotion is worth it in Commander. Plus, a ton of movie discussions for you to fight about in the comments.

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CommanderCast Episode 387

Posted: January 27, 2020

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Topic: What makes a good follow-up or “sequel” card?

Top 5 “sequel” cards in Magic

Adam’s list:

1. Comet Storm (Fireball)
2. Legion’s Landing (Kjeldoran Outpost)
3. Shamanic Revelation (Collective Unconscious)
4. Karn Liberated (Karn, Silver Golem)
5. Jace, the Mind Sculptor (Jace Beleren)

Honorable Mentions:

• Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Mark’s list:

1. Neheb, the Eternal (Neheb, the Worthy)
2. Elspeth, Sun’s Champion (Elspeth, Knight-Errant)
3. Exsanguinate (Drain Life)
4. Lotus Field (Lotus Vale)
5. Ashiok, Dream Render (Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver)

Honorable Mention: 

• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (Selvala, Explorer Returned)

Interstitial fodder:

• Dr. Sleep: thumbs up

• Sequelitis (watch this)

• Barred for Life

• Worth Reading: “Why Anime Art Styles Change” 

Top 5 & bottom 5 movie sequels

• Terminator 2

• Aliens

• The Dark Knight

• Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan

• The Empire Strikes Back

• • Hot Takes: 

• • • Army of Darkness

• • • The Matrix: Reloaded

• • Honorable Mention: Bladerunner 2049, Godfather Part II
• • BAD sequels:

• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

• Grease 2

• Highlander 3

• Jaws, any after the first

Strategy

The Gods, revisited (+ some Titans)

O.G. mono-colored Gods (plus some extras):

• Erebos, God of the Dead
• Heliod, God of the Sun
• Nylea, God of the Hunt
• Purphoros, God of the Forge
• Thassa, God of the Sea

• Athreos, God of Passage
• Xenagos, God of Revels

Gods of the new hotness:

• Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
• Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

• Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• Klothys, God of Destiny

Titans (Why didn’t we call this segment “Remember the Titans”? Swing & a miss)

• Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger
• Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
• Erebos’s Titan

Technology

Best Devotion cards

• Abhorrent Overlord
• Acolyte’s Reward
• Altar of the Pantheon
• Aspect of Hydra
• Blight-Breath Catoblepas
• Daybreak Chimera
• Disciple of Phenax
• Drag to the Underworld
• Elspeth, Undaunted Hero
• Evangel of Heliod
• Fanatic of Mogis
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Karametra’s Acolyte
• Klothys’s Design
• Marshmist Titan
• Master of Waves
• Mogis’s Marauder
• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Nylea’s Disciple
• Nylea’s Huntmaster
• Nyx Lotus
• Reverent Hoplite
• Reverent Hunter
• Sanguimancy
• Setessan Petitioner
• Skyreaping (w/ not so great Seb McKinnon art)
• Thassa’s Oracle
• Thassa’s Rebuff
• Threnody Singer
• Thunderous Might

Honorable mentions: they made devotion counters??

• Bloodthirsty Ogre
• Pious Kitsune

Outtro/Contacts:

One of these ways is an abomination

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