Episode 106— July 18th, 2022
Commander Deck Building Inspiration, Self-Imposed Restrictions, and Guidelines
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3:17On Commander “Deckbuilding Templates”
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7:23Using a Commander as your nucleation point
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9:29High level approaches and thinking of your deck as a vote for what game you’d like to play
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17:57Setting restrictions for yourself then optimizing within them to avoid making overpowered decks
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24:41The merits of including at least one infinite win-the-game combo
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28:11The advantages of a low mana curve
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34:21Our current Commander decks
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43:13Our old commander decks we miss the most
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45:55Outro
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48:49CubeCon Info with John from Cultic Cube
Andy and Anthony discuss Commander and their personal approaches to deck building. They talk about some of their favorite decks, what they look for in the format, and what motivates them to brew.
Discussed in this episode:
- MythBusters
- Lucky Paper Commander Map
- Guardian Project Podcast
- Command Zone’s New Commander Deck Template
- Catcher in the Rye
- EDHREC
- Deck: Zedruu Voltron: Little Auras, Great Beats
- Deck: Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith Spy Kit
- Deck: Andy’s Goblins
- Andy’s Gameplay Video with The Guardian Project
- Cultic Cube
- CubeCon Ticket Sales
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