Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 468! Now that we’ve wrapped up our awards show, it’s time to get back into the thick of things with the recent spoilers from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty!  This week Mark and Adam are catching up on all the latest spoiler they can find. We’re also going to be talking about some of the best staples from the OG Kamigawa sets! There’s going to be Samurai, there’s, going to be Ninjas, there’s going to be turtles and rats… why does this feel like I’m talking about a kids cartoon? We also take a moment to talk about some of the weirdest tech we could find from Kamigawa and bring it here for your listening pleasure.

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

CommanderCast Episode 468

Posted: February 6, 2022

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

[Editor’s note: I am, apparently, unable to differentiate between the words “Destiny” and “Dynasty” this episode because new set names slide off my brain and into oblivion faster than the speed of light these days. My apologies if that bugs you.]

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty spoilerz

Cool cards we think are cool:

• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Covert Technician
• Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
• Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
• Jukai Naturalist
• Junji, the Midnight Sky
• Kappa Tech-Wrecker
• Lion Sash
• Mirror Box
• Runaway Trash-Bot
• Scrap Welder
• Secluded Courtyard
• Spirited Companion
• Tameshi, Reality Architect
• Tatsunari, Toad Rider
• Tempered in Solitude
• Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh

Interstitial fodder: 

• Was U2 ever a good band? Mark thinks “yes” (?), but definitely never a cool band.
• Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara still rocks.
• X-Men Unlimited is apparently really poopy
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Strategy

Best staples from Kamigawa block

As sorted by EDHREC data from:

Champions of Kamigawa

• Kodama’s Reach
• Sakura-Tribe Elder
• Ghostly Prison
• Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• Sensei’s Divining Top
• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• Shizo, Death’s Storehouse
• Forbidden Orchard
• Kokusho, the Evening Star

Betrayers of Kamigawa

• Ninja of the Deep Hours
• Mistblade Shinobi
• Heartless Hidetsugu
• Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• Higure, the Still Wind
• Kami of False Hope
• Umezawa’s Jitte

Saviors of Kamigawa

• Freed from the Real
• Sakashima the Impostor
• Kami of the Crescent Moon
• Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Technology

Weird Kamigawa Tech We Love 

• Blazing Shoal
• Blood Clock
• Charge Across the Araba
• Choice of Damnations
• Dense Canopy
• Evermind (paired with Elite Arcanist + Teller of Tales)
• Glimpse of Nature
• Honor-Worn Shaku
• Kusari-Gama
• Neko-Te
• Overblaze
• Reito Lantern
• Reverence
• Through the Breach

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!