So I was reading my Twitter feed and this guy, Chris Landsdell, kept hinting (occasionally just saying) he wanted to be on CommanderCast. So you know what I did? Asked him to come on the show. Of course, this wasn’t a typical invite with a week or so’s notice; instead, me, Carlos and Donovan were like “shit” when the fourth guy didn’t show up. So Chris parkour’d through the internet into our Skype discussion and within minutes, we were doing our thug thizzle laying down the podcast I present for your listening pleasure today.

00:00 to 03:05: Intro: Introducing the podcast, your hosts, and a brief rundown of podcast news for the week.

COMMUNITY

03:14 to 14:54: Free-For-All Roundtable: Poison Round 2: Back in Season One Episode 4, we did a Roundtable on poison, ultimately deciding we should probably wait and see what the completed Mirrodin/Phyrexia block brought to the table. Now we have all those tools. How do we feel about Poison in Commander?

14:05 to 17:05: Spotlight: CMDRDecks: If you remember the Deckbuilder’s Spotlight in Season One of CommanderCast, this is something similar and better. CMDRDecks is a YouTube channel that updates every Friday with videos of deck rundowns sent in to the administrator. Give them a look in you’re into this kind of thing, the content is some of the best of this kind out there.

17:15 to 36:42: Growing Your Game: Based on Chris’ recent article, we talk about growing the game. Hopefully nobody is listening to CommanderCast and not playing Commander due to a lack of local players, but it can never hurt to have more. In this segment, we discuss how to encourage growth of your local scene and the tools you have at your disposal for this. We also touch on building an online playgroup that everyone finds mutually agreeable, and generally talk about how to serve as an ambassador for Commander.

STRATEGY

36:53 to 53:58: Archetype Rundown: Token Swarm: We’re talking about how to play a Token Swarm-type deck to overrun your opponents with a crush of tokeny mans. Why bother with this archetype? Where will they fare well, and what are the weaknesses? Which decks give a Token deck the most trouble?

54:12 to 1:07:07: False Idols: 1-for-1s are Bad: Tearing down another of  Commander’s false idols, this week we’re ripping the notion 1-for-1s are bad to shreds. Spot removal and the like are commonly looked down upon for not supplying card advantage, but they also serve a vital role that some people are seemingly losing sight of. Listen to this segment, and start putting Nature’s Claim in your decks.

TECHNOLOGY

1:07:20 to 1:20:14: Technology: Secret Tech: Chris Edition: You know it, you love it. Secret Tech is back up in this bitch.

Chris’ Picks:
Common: Armillary Sphere, Sprout Swarm, Whitemane Lion
Uncommon: Return to Dust, Treacherous Urge, Clutch of the Undercity
Rare: Phyrexian Rebirth, Planar Portal, Radiate

1:20:28 to 1:39:14: Technology: Humiliating Losses of Chump Cards: Sometimes you lose a game. Sometimes, you also lose a bit of dignity in the process. Listen as we form a tear-soaked support group over our losses to embarrassing cards.

Donovan’s Humiliator: Dust Corona
Andy’s Downfall: Leechridden Swamp
Chris’ Dominatrix: Uril the Miststalker (?)
Carlos’ Harbinger of Failure: Sorrow’s Path (OH NO…)

1:39:51 to closing: Outtro.

• Season 3 Contest (in case you somehow missed the other links or something)
• Chris’ writings and podcastings
• Article on Growing Your Game
• My crappy YouTube videos from Season 1
• CMDRDeck’s good YouTube videos
• Byron’s “1-for-1s Aren’t That Bad” video