Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 394! This week Mark and Adam are stuck inside, as are we all, so what time better them now to go over some of the best One Drops in Magic! First we kick things of with some random hints at what we’ll see in the next set, Ikoria! Then we wrap up with a Entourage segment staring Syr Carah, the Bold!

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 394

Posted: March 23, 2020

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

• Gavin spills the beans on Twitter

• I’m stuck at home, so I figured… why not spill some secrets about Ikoria Commander? 😁 You’ll find another batch in my next video on Monday, too. Enjoy the hints! #wotcstaff #MTGIkoria pic.twitter.com/gx6l4cmy5M

  — Gavin Verhey (@GavinVerhey) March 20, 2020

• and Maro throws out some Ikoria teasers via his Blogatog post

Interstitial fodder: 

• Donuts
• Gamestop! Fuck you! 
• Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
• The pie was a failure

Strategy

Building your deck around 1 CMC cards

• Fewer lands needed

• Draw is key

• Recursion is key

Pairs well with:

• Elf Ball (Ezuri)

• Helix Pinnacle/Infinite Mana (Seton)

• Storm (Mizzix, Keranos, The Locust God, Arjun, Jori En)

• Eggs/Cheerios (Sharuum, Glissa, Jhoira)

Technology

Entourage segment: Syr Carah, the Bold

Big reasons to run Syr Carah:

• Aetherflux Reservoir
• Grapeshot
• Ignite Memories
• Dictate Of The Twin Gods

Draw

• Thrill Of Possibility
• Magmatic Insight
• Cathartic Reunion
• Combustible Gearhulk
• Fateful Showdown
• Humble Defector
• Khorvath’s Fury
• Magus Of The Wheel
• Tormenting Voice
• Wheel Of Fortune
• Wild Guess

One-drop burn spells

• Lightning Bolt (still the best)
• Burst Lightning
• Collateral Damage
• Firestorm
• Gut Shot
• Last-ditch Effort
• Pact Of The Titan
• Firebolt
• Forked Bolt
• Lava Spike
• Reckless Abandon
• Thud
• Shard volley
• Shock
• Sonic seizure
• Wild Slash
• Scent of Cinder

Multi-target spells:

• Flame Rift
• Rain of Embers
• Price of Progress
• Volcanic Fallout
• Arcbond

Removal

• Active Volcano
• Artifact Blast
• Pyroblast
• Red Elemental Blast

Ramp

• Braid Of Fire
• Desperate Ritual
• Infernal Plunge
• Mana Geyser + Reiterate
• Neheb, the Eternal
• Pyretic Ritual
• Rite Of Flame
• Runaway Steam-kin
• Seething Song
• Treasonous Ogre

Recursion

• Past In Flames
• Dreadhorde Arcanist
• Goblin Dark-dwellers
• Mizzix’s Mastery
• Squee, Goblin Nabob
• Backdraft Hellkite
• Underworld Breach

Sweepers

• Cave-in
• Fireblast
• Earthquake effects

Tutors

• Gamble

Utility Lands

• Dwarven Mine
• Spinerock Knoll
• Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Also-rans

• Final Fortune
• Sulfuric Vortex
• Skullcrack
• Rampaging Ferocidon
• Conflagrate
• Rolling Thunder
• Young Pyromancer
• Guttersnipe
• Firebrand Archer
• Aria of Flame
• Charmbreaker Devils
• Dualcaster Mage
• Electrostatic Field
• Mirrorwing Dragon
• Thermo-Alchemist

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!