CommanderCast Ep 392 – Big Boi Mana Rocks
March 9, 2020
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 392! Last week the guys were all about the thicc bois! This week Mark and Adam are all about paying for all those extra junk in the trunk, with the Big Boi Mana Rocks! But first, is it just us or has Commander seem to become a topic most Magic content creators seem to be dipping into? Plus, we have an entourage segment featuring Yomiji, Who Bars the Way!
All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!
CommanderCast Episode 392
Posted: March 9, 2020
Intros:
Adam
Mark
Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.
Community
- Do all Magic content creators kinda have to cover EDH now because of its popularity?
Interstitial fodder:
- “Metallica hail discovery of “The Thing That Should Not Be” deep in the Pacific Ocean”
- Panels to Pixels’s video essay: “Why you’re wrong about Rob Liefeld”
Strategy
Big Mana Rocks!
(shamelessly pulled in large part from DougY’s EDHREC article, “Too-Specific Top 10 – Big Rocks”
1 – Worth Playing
2 – Niche
- Black Market
- Blinkmoth Urn
- Cadaverous Bloom
- Caged Sun
- Charmed Pendant
- Frontier Siege
- Gauntlet Of Might
- Gauntlet Of Power
- Gemstone Array
- Gilded Lotus
- Khalni Gem
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
- Mana Echoes
- Mana Reflection
- Nyx Lotus
- Primal Amulet
- Pyromancer’s Goggles
- Sisay’s Ring/ Ur-Golem’s Eye
- Thran Dynamo
- Tome of the Guildpact
- Zendikar Resurgence
3 – Not Worth it
- Altar of Shadows
- Bounty of the Luxa
- Covetous Jewel
- Dawn’s Reflection
- Diamond Kaleidoscope
- Dictate Of Karametra
- Dreamstone Hedron
- Elemental Resonance
- Empowered Autogenerator
- Firemind Vessel
- Mana Batteries (boo!)
Honorary Mention:
Technology
Yomiji, Who Bars the Way entourage segment!
(Secret tech: anything Yomiji can do, Sisay, Weatherlight Captain can do better)
Big reasons to run Yomiji:
- ‘Walkers
- Pillowfort
- Combo
- Stax
Draw
Nifty Planeswalkers
- Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
- Elspeth, Sun’s Nemesis
- Elspeth Tirel
- Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
- Gideon Jura
- Gideon of the Trials
- Karn, Scion of Urza
- Karn Liberated
- The Wanderer
- Ugin, the Ineffable
Protection
Ramp
Recursion
Sweepers
Tutors
Utility lands
Sac outlets du jour
Also-rans
- Mindslaver
- Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
- God-Eternal Oketra
- Hazduhr the Abbot
- Lena, Selfless Champion
- Yosei, the Morning Star
- Daring Archaeologist
- D’Avenant Trapper
- Legion’s Landing
- Shadowspear
- Konda’s Banner
- Oath of Gideon
- Shell of the Last Kappa
- Spear of Heliod
- Aetherworks Marvel
- Day of Destiny
- Blackblade Reforged
- Hope of Ghirapur
- Hammer of Nazahn
- On Serra’s Wings
- Serra the Benevolent
- The Chain Veil
- Heroes’ Podium
- God-Pharaoh’s Statue
- The Circle of Loyalty
Outtro/Contacts:
CommanderCast – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast
Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone
Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com
Adam – (at)squire9999
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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!