Rival’s Duel 36- Enforcers of the Social Contract
March 5, 2015
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Rival’s Duel. This week, Eric and Nole take on something different. Commander players often talk about the social contract as a list of ideals for the perfect EDH experience. However, rarely do people talk about how to actually effect change in their group. Eric and Nole try to give tools to the listeners on how to be the agent of positive change for their playgroups. They also take a look at the first few DTK spoilers and put out a call for listener help to build an EDH deck. As always, full shownotes after the break.
Intro and DTK hype
The new set spoilers have already started and we already have 2 of the new legendary creatures. Eric and Nole talk about what we think about Dragonlord Silumgar and Sidisi, Undead Vizier.
Listener E-mail
Eric and Nole had lots of listener e-mail this week. First off, Nole needs your help finding pictures of shirtless men. He’s joked about it for long enough and now he wants your help to build it. If you have good cards for Tasigar that feature men (or male figures) without shirts, send them our way. They also help a player find the least blue feeling blue commander.
Building a better playgroup
At a base level, we as commander players want nothing more than our games to be feel good, whatever that definition of good is. Conflicts arise in playgroups when people have different definitions of good and those definitions come into conflict. Rather than just talk about what the ideal playgroup looks like, Eric and Nole talk about how to shape your playgroup using both social pressure and the cards in your deck.
Outro
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Shirtless Men Non Common Creature suggestions:
Balduvian Conjurer
Bloodsoaked Champion
Cairn Wanderer
Clone Shell
Coretapper
Corrupting Licid
Crashing Centaur
Craw Giant
Descendant of Masumaro
Drowsing Shaman
Experiment One
Farbog Boneflinger
Fell Shepherd
Frost Titan
Gaea’s Avenger
Gangrenous Goliath
Garruk’s Packleader
Gatekeeper of Malakir
Gluttonous Zombie
Gluetius Maximus
Guardian Beast
Guul Draz Assassin
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
Ichneumon Druid
Iwamori of the Open Fist
Jedit Ojanen of Efrava
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
Kiora’s Follower
Marang River Prowler
Master of the Hunt
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Nameless Race
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Ogre Marauder
Old Man of the Sea
Phantom Warrior
Priest of Gix
Reverent Hunter
Rishadan Footpad
River Merfolk
Riverwheel Aerialists
Scarwood Bandits
Scion of the Wild
Shapesharer
Slith Strider
Spellbane Centaur
Stronghold Assassin
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Tempting Licid
Togglodyte
Willow Satyr
Shirtless Men Non Common, Non Creature, Non Land Suggestions:
Altar of Shadows
Collective Restraint
Cowardice
Dawn of the Dead
Dead Drop
Fated Infatuation
Fated Return
Forbid
Force of Will
Govern the Guildless
Grafted Wargear
Gravestorm
Gruesome Encore
Icy Prison
Imp’s Taunt
Infernal Tutor
Jumbo Imp
Juxtapose
Krovikan Plague
Leonin Bladetrap
Lifegift
Living End
Living Wish
Mark of Sakiko
Mark of Eviction
Mark of the Oni
Mise
Natural Order
Null Profusion
Pain’s Reward
Phyrexian Vault
Plunge into Darkness
Razor Pendulum
Reanimate
Sadistic Sacrament
Sacrifice
Shifting Loyalties
Shoving Match
Shriveling Rot
Soul Feast
Still Life
Survival of the Fittest
Tainted Pact
Tangle
Thrull Retainer
Thwart
Urza’s Hot Tub
War Dance
Warped Physique
Water Gun Balloon Games
Wave of Terror
Wicked Pact
Shirtless men, all shirtless (Or near enough) human creatures.
Alley Grifters
Beastbreaker of Bala Ged
Bloodsoaked Champion
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Deathgreeter
Descendant of Masumaro
Drumhunter
Flesh Carver
Heidar, Rimewind Master
Hermit Druid
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
Iwamori of the Open Fist
Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
Kazandu Tuskcaller
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
Magus of the Mirror
Marang River Prowler
Omenspeaker
Onyx Mage
Priest of Gix
Qarsi High Priest
Reverent Hunter
Sage of Hours
Sphinx’s Disciple
Cabal surgeon is a great fit for the deck, well… sort of.
Shirtless men cards that I happened upon and with plenty having stuff to do with graveyard shenenigans.
BLUE
Force of Will (Alliances art only of course)
Delay
Fatestitcher (Do zombies count?)
Geralf’s Mindcrusher (It’s… made of men without shirts kinda)
BLACK
Attrition
Dictate of Erebos (Those men in his eyes are shirtless)
Grave Pact (Stronghold art only!)
Fell Shepherd
Flesh Carver
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
Living Death (FTV art, if a burly zombie counts)
Malevolent Awakening
Ob Nixilis, both versions (if demons count)
Shadowborn Demon (Once again, only if demons count)
Sacrifice
Stronghold Assassin (if zombies count)
Tyrant’s Choice
Bloodsoaked Champion
Empty the Pits(if zombies count)
Fated Return
Gruesome Encore
MORTAL COMBAAAAAAAT
Palace Seige
Sutured Ghoul (only blah zombie blah)
Tasigur’s Cruelty
GREEN
Hermit Druid(infamous, but hey he’s shirtless! Besides it’s not like you’re playing lab maniac)
Loaming Shaman (Centaurs are man horses sooooooo….)
Strength from the Fallen
MULTICOLOR
Far\Away
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
Necrogenesis (They’re kinda dead but…yeah)
Psychic Intrusion
ARTIFACTS
Junkyo Bell