CommanderCast S3E9 [34]- Real Talk Redeux
September 8, 2011
Posted by ANDY aka GHoooSTS

I also want to provide extra thanks to my co-hosts. Brionne was super helpful as our point man for the mono-white discussion, and I assure you she was very good in this role. Alex also deserves extra thanks for making himself super accessible to us and you, answering pretty much any question, and generally chilling with us. Alex and Brionne also both came through big time when a file was lost and re-recorded a segment with me early on the weekend. Also, as always, Donovan prooflistened this joint up.
Also, don’t forget to check out the Circle of Judgement this week featuring Derfington! We pick our winners (if you’re lame, you can also just check the contest results page and scroll down) and talk our picks.
Show notes and links below. Enjoy.
SHOW NOTES
00:00 to 05:50: Intro:Who is this yelling at you? Why should you care? Also announcing the Season 3 Contest Winners and announcing the next Call-In Episode. Get the details and e-mail us to be on CommanderCast!
COMMUNITY
06:03 to 47:45: Rules Committee Real Talk II: Since S3E1, I have been soliciting your questions for the Commander Rules Committee’s Alex, who made an appearance in season 2. Alex has been kind enough to descend from the RC’s equivalent of Mount Olympus to grace us with his wisdom and insight. He answers questions from our listeners and ourselves for a long time.
48:00 to 49:37: Community Spotlight: Castles and Cooks: It’s games, it’s cooking, it’s ridiculously tasty. Check out Castles and Cooks and start getting fat!
STRATEGY
49:50 to 1:12:51: Mono-White: It’s mono-white’s turn to be discussed. Why play mono-white, and where are it’s strong points? What are the weaknesses? How can you compensate for the colour’s shortcomings? As tricky as this can be, you can count on Brionne to guide you into this topic. In fact, you better be counting on it, because me and Alex don’t know too much about mono-W in Commander.
As a note, this is a second recording of this segment, the first was lost. Donovan has a dramatic reenactment of the event. He was unable to make it to the recording.
Note, this is not what ultimately transpired, but is rather a horrifying view into what COULD have occurred.
TECHNOLOGY
1:13:02 to 1:24:16: Mono-White Technology: Here’s some helpful cards for mono-white decks.
Alex’s Picks:
Tempest of Light, Honour the Fallen
Donovan’s Pick:
Oath of Lieges, Divine Intervention
Andy’s Picks:
Gift of Estates, Balancing Act
Brionne’s Picks:
1:24:29 to 1:37:07: Entourage: Celestial Kirin: He’s a Spirit, he’s from Kamigawa, and he blows stuff up. He’s underused. Mono-white? Check. A perfect fit for this podcast, we’re assembling a skeleton around this explosive, underplayed Commander. Let’s do this shit.
Andy’s Picks:
Erratic Portal
Brionne’s Picks:
Blinking Spirit, Kami of False Hope, Ranger of Eos, Shining Shoal, Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Cleanfall, Yosei, The Morning Star, Charge Across the Araba
1:37:21 to closing: Outtro.
- Contest winners!
- How to join the live episode.
- The Comprehensive Rules, now with rules on Commander and sub-games: 714.2c and 714.5c!
- Three To The Face!: Calvin’s blog
- Bruce on the Command Tower
- Cast Through Time
- General show contact/Andy: E-mail CommanderCast(at)gmail(dot)com / Twitter @CommanderCast
- To Contact Donovan: E-mail donokun(at)gmail(dot)com / Twitter @d0su
- To Contact Brionne: E-Mail snapple.coffee(at)gmail(dot)com / Twitter @snapplecoffee
- To Contact Alex: PM Ban-Ki Moon over on mtgcommander.com’s forums
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