CommanderCast Ep 418 – A Cascade, Cascade of Spoilers
November 2, 2020
Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 418! This week Mark and Adam are getting ready for the new cards from Commander Legends! Spoilers are back and we’re going deep with a ton of new cards! Legendary creatures, with and without Partner, new cards, reprints, and a whole lot more! But first, has WotC lost it in the creativity department? Find out if the guys think the WotC tab have finally jumped the shark.
All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!
Savor That Commander Flavor 26 – Of Praetors and World Eaters
December 13, 2012
By William aka BlueRam
“The feeble resistance of the flesh is over. Phyrexia spreads its shadow over all.” -Life’s Finale
“The emergence of the Eldrazi isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as long as you’ve already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets.”
—Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter ~All is Dust
The Praetors. If you haven’t seen one by now, consider yourself either lucky, or brain-dead. These five pillars of misery bring forth doom and despair upon anyone on the wrong side of the fence with a hulking display of power and suppression. They are the pinnacle Magic villainy. At one point, it was believed that these cards would be so overpowered that they would be banned from EDH completely.
Any time a player brought one of these praetors to the front lines you can expect panic and mayhem to ensue. These lords of suppression demand immediate attention. If they’re not countered, then the spot removal rains down on them. Urabrask and Sheoldred might be stopped, as can Jin-Gitaxias (if you’re quick enough), but Elesh Norn and Vorinclex both have immediate impacts on the game, wiping out creatures and locking down mana in one fell swoop.
A lot of people are still sore that Wizards ever released such horrors upon us and call them out as idiots who don’t know how to design for Commander. I, however, praise how well their design works.