Podcast appearances and mentions of sol ring

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Andy and Anthony take a step aside from their typical focus on Cube and reflect on the recent shake ups in Commander. They talk about the major bans that have rattled the format and their feelings about Wizards of the Coast formally taking control of the fan-made format which has become the dominant form of the game. View all cards mentioned in this episode Discussed in this episode: Commander RC banned and restricted announcement WotC's announcement on taking over the Commander format WeeklyMTG with Gavin Verhey and Aaron Forsythe Dana Roach's response on Twitter Degenerate Micro Cube Bosh'N'Roll's video on the bans Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 1:10 - Basic rundown of the events of the past two weeks in Magic 5:00 - The banning of Dockside Extortionist, Nadu, Winged Wisdom, Mana Crypt, and Jeweled Lotus in Commander 12:02 - “Rule Zero” and why it does not work 15:58 - The respective strengths and flaws of Commander and Cube 23:48 - On the deplorable backlash from a vocal subset of Magic players 39:16 - A clarification of our stance on proxies 44:02 - Magic and consumption as self expression 58:30 - What about Sol Ring? 1:02:21 - Wizard's of the Coast's concept about managing the Commander format with a series of tiers 1:09:39 - Summary and conclusions Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts' Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy's “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony's “Regular” Cube If want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube submit it on our website. You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 If you'd like to show your support for the show, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Musical production by DJ James Nasty

You're on your way to see Jurassic Park for the first time, and the person guiding the tour has told you to put your seatbelts on. The belts tighten around you, and the tour guide turns with their heart shaped glasses. This isn't Jurassic Park. This is a Powerpoint presentation on Sol Ring. Lyght (@ThePhiRexian), THE Sol Ring Contrarian, joins us this episode to talk Monster Hunter, Transformers comics, #IndominusPosting and the nuances of card choices, and how you don't have to play Sol Ring, Arcane Signet or Command Tower! (It's a bad feature!) Content Salty Commander Cards that are Healthy for the Format Is Bloomburrow's Gifting a Card a Balanced Design? The Silver-Bordered Project EDHREC Just Got an Upgrade Brew Review Episode 19: Dave The Noob and Umbris, Fear Manifest @thelovelymedusa on Twitter Decks Cole: Commanders Seen in 2024 Games Quinn: Humorous Juxtaposition [blue black faeries (control)] Most Wanted (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander) Lyght: Indominus Rex EDH (You Asked For More Teeth) Blue/Owen EDH (A Dog and Her Less Cool Human) Zacama EDH (Ravenous and Goad are Control Mechanics) Indoraptor EDH (A Creature of the Future Made From Pieces of the Past) Pantlaza EDH (Was Wrong About Pantlaza)

Gaia's Cradle gespielt, den gegnerischen Sol Ring mit Force of Will gecountert - das Spiel ist so gut wie gewonnen! Oder? Hätten wir vielleicht auch günstiger davonkommen können, indem wir die "at home"-Variante von teuren und berühmten Karten gekauft und gespielt hätten? Und ist jede Karte, die ähnlich aussieht, auch wirklich ein passender Ersatz für das schwer im Geldbeutel liegende Original? Freddy, Marius und Jochen checken mal auf dem Basar.[Werbung] Wir werden von Ultimate Guard gesponsert - an unserer Themenwahl oder Ansichten ändert das nichts, es gibt nur immer mal wieder Shoutouts und Hinweise auf Neuigkeiten und Produkte. http://tinyurl.com/commanderkompass- Discord: https://discord.gg/Mu2EBCUwjK Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3rVEuy5 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3bX7fVP Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3eWvxAS Twitter: https://twitter.com/edh_kompass Anchor: https://anchor.fm/commanderkompass- Editor: https://twitter.com/merlotter

Magic WTF enfin de retour ! Lors de la 1ère édition de Commander L'Assemblée, j'ai invité Bambichon du Pincecrâne, Joël (de Sol Ring chez Bandit) et Azz L'Épouvantail à se joindre à moi pour partager nos textes d'ambiance les plus WTF ! Et bordel, on a bien rigolé

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Tamrielo   Hey Folks! This week we are down a Thalen which bumps a topic that we bumped last week, but whatever we have more! Bel starts off the show with a discussion about Blaugust coming soon and how the changes in the social media landscape are introducing it to more people.  From there we talk about the One of One Ring search being over, which dives into a discussion about whether or not the Sol Ring being an auto-include is good or not. Kodra has been using the SteamDeck as a primary travel computer and this works shockingly well.  We talk about the weird game that is Dave the Diver and then branch off into a discussion about whether or not Pizza Tower is actually good.  Tam shares some nostalgia for revisiting the Battlezone ‘98 Remaster and how it is a type of RTS that never really had its day.  Finally, Kodra and Ash share some of their progress in Four Job Fiesta as it is nearing the end of that event.   Topics Discussed: Blaugust is Coming 2 Million Dollar Card Found Debate about Magic the Gathering “Auto Includes” SteamDeck as a Primary Machine Dave the Diver Pizza Tower is Good? Battlezone ‘98 Four Job Fiesta

Land, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Birds of Paradise - sieht so der perfekte erste Zug in einer Partie Commander aus? Wie können wir über das gesamte Spiel hinweg sicherstellen, keine Ressourcen zu verschwenden und immer das Optimum aus unserer Hand und unserem Mana herauszuholen? Und ist das in einer Partie EDH überhaupt so wichtig wie im klassischen Magic, eins gegen eins? Jochen und Freddy wagen sich an das Thema und haben hoffentlich hilfreiche Einblicke für euch parat! - Discord: https://discord.gg/Mu2EBCUwjK

The debate is on! Sol Ring may be the most played card in commander, but it's also one of the most controversial! This episode, our panel of experts sits down to discuss the merits of Sol Ring in the commander format. Is it too good? Does it make games better or worse? What would Commander look like without it? And the greatest question of them all, should it be banned? Find out in this episode of Fact or Fiction! -------- Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone -------- OUR OFFICIAL MERCH STORE: If you love our content, then you should see our merch: https://store.commandzone.com/ Show your support at the next FNM, Commander night, or Magic event with our apparel and stickers. Already a Patreon supporter? Then enjoy exclusive discounts on the store! -------- EBAY: In a world full of fakes, it's time to get real with the ebay Authenticity Guarantee. Visit https://www.ebay.com/ for terms. FACTOR: Eat clean 24/7 with fresh prepared meals from Factor! Head to https://www.factormeals.com/command40 and use code command40 to get 40% off your first box. INDEED: Need to hire? You need Indeed! Check out the platform where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place at https://www.indeed.com/commandzone  -------- CARD KINGDOM: The Command Zone is sponsored by Card Kingdom! If you want to receive your cards in one safe package and experience the best customer service, make sure to order your Magic cards, sealed product, accessories, and more at Card Kingdom: http://www.cardkingdom.com/command  ULTRAPRO: Huge thanks to UltraPro for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to check out their PRO GLOSS eclipse sleeves and super classy MYTHIC COLLECTION deck boxes. If you want to keep your cards protected and support the show, visit: https://ultrapro.com/command -------- Relevant Links: Gaurav Gulati Twitter: @DoubleGXG IG: @doublegxg More Bannings Announced! RIP Flash | The Command Zone | Magic: The Gathering Commander / EDH:  https://youtu.be/SCo-_b9xXlk  TCC In Response series https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvqw7t0kbGX-ONF1YcnLpIq3Q3nKblu-e  Exactly How Good is Sol Ring? Commander Gameplay STATS (pt1) l CZ 238 l Magic the Gathering EDH https://youtu.be/Iwdb_kPCwNU  Was Arcane Signet a Mistake? | Good Morning Magic | C21 https://youtu.be/uqH0aq2uw_A  Commander Staples That Aren't Worth the Price | The Command Zone 518 | Magic The Gathering EDH https://youtu.be/BTsMQiKb8jA  -------- Follow us on Instagram: @CommandCast Follow us on Twitter: @CommandCast @JoshLeeKwai @jfwong @wachelreeks Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commandcast/ Email us: commandzonecast@gmail.com -------- Commander Rules and Ban List: https://mtgcommander.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 18, Episode 15: Brew Session (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds) The dream of Sol Ring is alive and well thanks to March of the Machine's astonishing blue mana dork, Omen Hawker. This little one drop taps for stunning amounts of mana — but only to pay for activated abilities. It's the kind of unique effect that promises so much power, but at the expense of consistency. Outside of oddballs like Zirda, Biomancer's Familiar, Powerstone tokens and Renowned Weaponsmith, specialized mana producers like Omen Hawker were mostly going it alone. Enter Training Grounds. This slick little reprint from March of the Machine: Aftermath suddenly doubles our options for a deck full of activated abilities, and opens up combo loops besides. It's not an exact parallel: not every Omen Hawker deck will be a Training Grounds deck, but every Training Grounds deck can potential benefit from the Omen Hawker. This is a brewing space that has barely been touched in three decades of competitive Magic, so it's all the more exciting to finally see what activated abilities can do. Cavedan and David are brewing up a storm with eight new decklists featuring Omen Hawker, Training Grounds, or both. We've got Pioneer Drafna combo decks, Shark Typhoon control decks, pump knight aggro, Nykthos devotion, and even turbo Urza's Saga. If that sounds far fetched, consider that Omen Hawker has already notched a 12th place Challenge finish in Modern, using Wizardcycling of all things! And the synergies in Pioneer keep getting better and better. It's a great time to be a blue creature brewer, so head on down to The Training Grounds and Activate Your Game (TM).   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com   Timestamps [0:00] Manacymbal presents: Activate Your Game [8:06] Brew Session: Omen Hawker + Training Grounds [10:36] Key synergies [16:41] Key similarities and differences [21:05] UW Hawker Control by Pascal Maynard [22:23] David's UW Lotus Hawker [29:59] David's Simic Drafna Combo [39:05] David's Sultai Tome Diviner [43:30] Dan's Dimir Captive Weird [47:38] David's Dimir Wizard Class Combo [52:17] Article: The complete guide to Blue Nykthos Devotion (ft. Omen Hawker) by laa11 [57:59] Izzet Wizardcycling by xfile [1:02:13] Dan's Sultai Tyvar Kitchen

Season 18, Episode 15: Brew Session (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds) The dream of Sol Ring is alive and well thanks to March of the Machine's astonishing blue mana dork, Omen Hawker. This little one drop taps for stunning amounts of mana — but only to pay for activated abilities. It's the kind of unique effect that promises so much power, but at the expense of consistency. Outside of oddballs like Zirda, Biomancer's Familiar, Powerstone tokens and Renowned Weaponsmith, specialized mana producers like Omen Hawker were mostly going it alone. Enter Training Grounds. This slick little reprint from March of the Machine: Aftermath suddenly doubles our options for a deck full of activated abilities, and opens up combo loops besides. It's not an exact parallel: not every Omen Hawker deck will be a Training Grounds deck, but every Training Grounds deck can potential benefit from the Omen Hawker. This is a brewing space that has barely been touched in three decades of competitive Magic, so it's all the more exciting to finally see what activated abilities can do. Cavedan and David are brewing up a storm with eight new decklists featuring Omen Hawker, Training Grounds, or both. We've got Pioneer Drafna combo decks, Shark Typhoon control decks, pump knight aggro, Nykthos devotion, and even turbo Urza's Saga. If that sounds far fetched, consider that Omen Hawker has already notched a 12th place Challenge finish in Modern, using Wizardcycling of all things! And the synergies in Pioneer keep getting better and better. It's a great time to be a blue creature brewer, so head on down to The Training Grounds and Activate Your Game (TM).   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

No guest this week as Andrew, Rob & Steve discusses the games they've been playing this winter. Andrew played a Magic the Gathering meets Warhammer 40k commander extravaganza with Necrons, Tyranids and a Sol Ring. Steve played Smash Up where you combine themed card decks to take over bases. Rob continues playing World of Warcraft: Dragon Flight to flex their dragon riding skills. --Idon'tcaribou and the Igloo Warriors: This barn is missing two walls. Outside is an infinite tundra of icy conditions, swirling wind, snow and frosty grass. Inside are lofts with hay and stalls containing normal caribou. Broken-off antlers litter the floor. A coat rack next to the door has fur-lined parkas that give you advantage against ennui and cold damage.A massive igloo with smaller crunchroach igloos all over it is in the center of the room. This is the turtle-like shell of the Idon'tcaribou, a dire beast with antlers growing out of it in all directions. It gores with its antlers, which break off and immediately grow back in a new shape. It shoots freeze rays from his eyes and has a 10-foot aura of ennui that's linked to the cold (crunchroaches are immune).Art: Tiger Wizard  Words: Steve AlbertsonStory by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Rob Bellury—This episode is sponsored by Exalted Funeral, and we discuss their new release the Herbalist's Primer, a system-agnostic illustrated guide to real-world magical plants. Inspired by the 19th-century herbalists and the millennia of folklore, myths, and legends, it brings a wealth of easily-accessible, organized information straight to your gaming table.—Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games.Let us know if you run this or any of our other adventures and use the hashtag: #maddungeonYou can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Epiclevelsrapgods.compatreon.com/epiclevelsinstagram.com/epic_levelstwitter.com/epic_levelsfacebook.com/epiclevelsrapgodsSubscribe to us on your favorite podcast player, leave a comment and tell your friends.Get nerd merch and stay up to date at EpicLevelsRapGods.comThe Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Rob Bellury & Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting AKA Mason Grant who also makes tabletop games that you can purchase at Gamma Wave Games.© 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Episode 257: The Commander Smiths talk about their polls at the beginning of the show. So which Sol Ring art won for #whatcardgetsyouhard and the Championship is announced for the top keywords. Poison is the main topic. Fill in the Bleep has returned and we end the show with a Elesh Norn x2 for #StapleVs. Enjoy!   Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite https://scryfall.com/card/ima/18/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite V Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines https://scryfall.com/card/one/10/elesh-norn-mother-of-machines   LIVE Stream HERE https://youtu.be/StNidRkcNio     $1k Giveaway HERE!! Enter for FREE https://youtu.be/YJd8yhZQYKM   A FREE way to support the show is to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page and LIKE/SHARE our videos and podcasts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mttoLhPuTpOUMsqF1O-og?view_as=subscriber   Follow us on twitter where you will see any video we post, polls, giveaways and any schedule changes. @CommanderSmiths   Lastly, you can email us at CommanderSmiths@gmail.com with Stump the Smith Savant cards, Questions or just to chat.   Recent Videos from the CommanderSmiths   What Card Gets You HARD? https://youtube.com/shorts/Qgbg935ZUz0?feature=share   Curated MTG https://youtube.com/shorts/F-O6yaGP48g?feature=share   NEW Discord Gameplay Round 16 https://youtu.be/ZdfPT5Et1ac   Spotlight Decks Searching For The Spotlight  #Braids, Arisen Nightmare Part 1 https://youtu.be/uZTZtBFjH3k Part 2 https://youtu.be/9inEtyQcugM   #Zangief the Red Cyclone https://youtu.be/Sl9rLRFoGg8   #Tocasia Dig Site Mentor https://youtu.be/-YsdsLYpYpI   MTG Switcheroo Lowery https://youtu.be/y8E3uggtFl8   Yuriko https://youtu.be/6Hu2Wf23paI   Deck Harvesting: Warhammer 40k https://youtu.be/QKp5Z7sJmBs     NEW Secret Lair Break Point! https://youtu.be/awJXnVGzpHA   Commander, 99 or Muff Garbage: Baulder's Gate https://youtu.be/p0xyIFvKL8w https://youtu.be/wOqrDQ5BnJA   Box Cracking! Recent Battle Boxes: Dominaria Remastered Collector Booster Boxes https://youtu.be/MP-0a7kaL7g   Battle Boxes GIVEAWAY: New Capenna https://youtu.be/U_ZWaQPvEZI   Adam: #Unfinity Collector Booster Box https://youtu.be/0AO7XR03v5w   Lowery: #Warhammer40K https://youtu.be/QKp5Z7sJmBs   JUST THE TIPS! How to sell on eBay https://youtu.be/6nfUp_ZKvDU How to Make Full Art Proxies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2NCnyjMdI&t=   Shipping Mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThYSQCIuc-Q   Shipping for $.05 Cents! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSI5TCY_9I0&t   Shipping PREMIUM for $.25 Cents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lGc17pTRBA&t

Welcome to Episode 26! It's another Mail Time Episode! In our episode today, we talk about having tunnel vision for a specific card, teaming up to beat a pubstomper, and stealing a Sol Ring on Turn 1. We also talk about how Sam is very susceptible to peer pressure, and we cover a very polarizing salty card of the week.  ____ Join our Patreon!  Email us at howlingsaltmine@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @thehowlingsaltmine Follow us on Twitter: @HowlingSaltMine Check out our Moxfield. Podcast art by the talented Devin Burnett! @j.d.burnett

This week, we take a look at an Urza, Chief Artificer list that aims to animate Sol Ring and beat you with it. Giant, Sol Ring Voltron. We present to you, SWOL RING!Huge thank you to our sponsors, Fusion Gaming Online. They're your source for all of your gaming needs.You can find them here: www.FusionGamingOnline.com. You want a 5% discount off all of your MTG order? Head over to Fusion Gaming Online and use exclusive promo code: CCOSPRING at checkout. Doing so will get you sick value and let everyone at Fusion Gaming know that their relationship with CCOPodcast is a good one. For a limited time, you can also use promo code CCOPERKS to get 10% of your order credited back to your account. Use both codes at checkout while they are both available!Geekwood affiliate link: https://www.geekwood.ca/?ref=ccopodcastCCOPODCAST coupon code to get a 10% discount and special gift (while supplies last).This week's listener-submitted decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/2280510#Sol_Ring?_More_Like_SWOL_RINGWant your deck or topic featured on Commander Cookout Podcast? Check out the reward tiers at Patreon.com/CCOPodcast. There are a lot of fun and unique benefits to pledging. Like the CCO Discord or getting your deck featured on the show.Ryan's solo podcast, Commander ad Populum:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/commander-ad-populum/id1462182009YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CommanderadPopPodomatic: https://cadpopcast.podomatic.com/@CadPopCast on TwitterBrando's YouTube channel:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TraumaX36@CCOBrando on TwitterYou can listen to CCO Podcast anywhere better podcasts are found as well as on CommanderCookout.com.Now, Hit our Theme Song!Social media:Facebook.com/CCOPodcast@CCOPodcast and @CCOBrando on TwitterPatreon.com/CCOPodcast

With many people expecting the new Brother's War set to bring a number of playable artifact cards to Pioneer, we thought now would be a good time to look into the format and see just how many playable artifacts there are. Look at any eternal format in Magic the Gathering, and you can find some iconic artifacts: Sol Ring in EDH, Metalworker in Legacy, Aether Vial in Modern, but what comes to mind when you think of Pioneer? In this week's episode we go over which artifacts in Pioneer are vying for that recognition, talk about what kind of artifacts the format is missing, and also make a wishlist for the rest of the Brother's War set and what artifacts we'd like to be reprinted into Pioneer from older sets. If you're wondering what more artifacts means for Pioneer, don't miss this episode!   Our Discord: https://discord.gg/SBRF8DH Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/MtgPioneer You can find our other episodes on the Untap Leagues website as well! https://untapleagues.com/author/the-first-pioneers/

In this episode Anthony aka. Uber Bear and Stu have an intriguing conversation on cards that can be considered highly powered even potentially unhealthy outside of the most powerful cube environments. The topic all started with Stu and Anthony chatting over libations…."Where does Sol Ring belong?" We discuss the merits and pitfalls of Sol Ring, Armageddon, Mana Drain,Recurring Nightmare, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Channel, and some honorable mentions. This was a fun yet mentally stimulating episode suitable for veteran cube players, cube curators of all levels and those simply wishing to try creating a cube for the first time.We hope everyone is enjoying the content as much as we are excited to produce them. Thank you for listening and as always happy cubing! Wanna see the cards we are talking about?  Links to the show notes-  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vZwn4xerGAImtId1E2YDPbd1VMc_G4X8?usp=sharing   How to reach and join the discussion with Team Uber Cube: Find us at Twitter @UberCubeMTGPod@JustStuMTGReach Us at UberCubeMTGPodCast@gmail.comLink us on Discord #UberCube      If you love the content and want to be a supporter of the show, please consider visiting our Patreon page. We have tiers of all levels that can both help us expand the show and allow you to be part of the discussion. https://www.patreon.com/ubercube?fan_landing=true      Lastly if you love the show and would consider giving us a 5-star review on your favorite pod player that would be truly amazing! Thank you from Team Uber Cube for listening and happy cubing! Inked Gaming Affiliate Uber Cube is now a Inked Gaming affliate. Support the show and find awesome supplies, playmats, etc.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

There's a whole world of 1-drops out there. Ramp and removal, tutors and counters – if you play your cards right, one mana can do it all! This episode, we're helping you win big by thinking small as we break down the best 1-drops the format has to offer. Besides that pesky Sol Ring, of course. Check it out and up your game! ---------- Take your shot to play Commander one-on-one vs POST MALONE for $100,000 bucks! Download the WhatNot app and use this link to bookmark Posy's stream, then watch live on August 4th at 6pm PST for a chance to win:  https://whatnot.onelink.me/zALw/u3lw6pym ---------- Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! http://www.patreon.com/commandzone ---------- OUR OFFICIAL MERCH STORE: If you love our content, then you should see our merch: https://store.commandzone.com/ Show your support at the next FnM, Commander night, or Magic event with our apparel and stickers. Already a Patreon supporter? Then enjoy exclusive discounts on the store! ---------- BETTERHELP: Start living a happier life today! Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health. Get 10% off your first month by visiting: https://www.BetterHelp.com/CommandZone UPSIDE: Download the free Upside App and use promo code COMMAND to get $5 or more cash back on your first purchase of $10 or more. EXPRESS VPN: Secure your online data today with the VPN that we use and trust. Visit https://www.expressvpn.com/command today and get an extra THREE MONTHS FREE. PRICELINE: Priceline knows every trip is a big deal. Download the Priceline app or go to https://www.priceline.com/ to see how much you could save on airfare, hotels, and more. ---------- CHANNEL FIREBALL Check out the brand new Channel Fireball Marketplace for the widest selection of cards from licensed professional vendors. And be sure to use our affiliate link to let them know we sent you: https://www.channelfireball.com/command ULTRAPRO: Huge thanks to UltraPro for sponsoring this episode and providing awesome prizes for our giveaways. Be sure to check out their new PRO GLOSS eclipse sleeves and super classy MYTHIC COLLECTION deck boxes. If you want to keep your cards protected and support the show, visit: https://shop.ultrapro.com/command ---------- Relevant Links:  DJ: Twitter: @jumbocommander Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JumboCommander Site: https://jumbocommander.com/ Gavin Verhey: Twitter: @GavinVerhey Instagram: @GavinVerhey Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodMorningMagic Game Knights #51 - Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty w/ Post Malone!  https://youtu.be/zJIKljeQK88 CZ442 - Most Underrated Mechanics https://youtu.be/j-4kCGICPn0 Scryfall: https://scryfall.com/ ---------- Follow us on Instagram: @CommandCast Follow us on Twitter: @CommandCast @JoshLeeKwai @jfwong Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commandcast/ Email us: commandzonecast@gmail.com ---------- Commander Rules and Ban List: https://mtgcommander.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Es sind nur noch wenige Tage bis wir das neue Commander Legends Set in den Händeln halten dürfen. Alle Karten sind noch nicht bekannt und dennoch möchten wir dir eine kleine Aufstellung der bisher besten Reprints geben.   Hier kannst du Patrick supporten und das kostenlose Lexikon nachhören: www.patreon.com/omegazaibatsu   Hier gehts zu Patricks StartUp Page: www.tcg-vault.de    Magic the Gathering:   Kindred Discovery Blade of Selves Nature's Lore Reflecting Pool Bramble Sovereign Lightning Bolt Luxury Suite   Spoiler der Woche   Trends der Woche: Ledger Shredder Arcane Signet  Sol Ring  

Tons of info on upcoming Magic the Gathering sets gets dropped and we've got the details for you! Find out info about Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, Double Masters, Warhammer 40K, and Dominaria United. PLUS: The return of Store Championships, a way to get a foil promo Sol Ring and the New Capenna Championship this weekend where TONS is at stake including 19 spots in this year's World Championship. Help support the show on Patreon! Visit the GLH5 Website Watch The Upkeep on YouTube Follow us on Twitter Peep our Insta Like our Facebook Buy Some GLH5 Swag Follow us on Twitch

Sol Ring? Nah! Cyclonic Rift? Who needs it! These commanders intentionally avoid the most popular staples in EDH.  Want access to exclusive content, the Challenge the Stats spreadsheet, EDHRECast Discord, and more? Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Want to see the decks we play? Check them out here: https://edhrec.com/articles/edhrecast-our-decks/ Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55

Hey everyone, we thought we'd give a short update on why we haven't been uploading as regularly as you're used to. We plan to continue to upload content, but on a less regular basis. Thanks for listening from Kevin, Eric, Riley and Ainsley!

O Magic dá cada vez mais incentivos para personalizarmos nosso gameplay, mas o seu grupo de jogo aproveita isso? Quando foi a última vez que você reuniu seus amigos para discutir as cartas ou experiências de jogo que vocês mais gostam de trazer para a mesa, e aquelas que vocês querem deixar de fora? A Guilda pega carona no mais recente devaneio do padrinho do Commander Sheldon Menery - os banimentos modulares - e convida você a pensar e agir fora da mesa de jogo, buscando aprimorar aquilo que verdadeiramente importa: a diversão de todos os envolvidos. Siga A Décima Primeira Guilda nas redes sociais: • Instagram - @11guilda • Twitter - @11guilda Dúvidas ou sugestões? Entre em contato com a guilda: contato.11guilda@gmail.com Nosso expediente: • Pauta e Host: Rafael Reis • Edição e Pós: Fellipe Cicconi • Finalização e Arte: Rafael Reis Links citados no episódio: • The Concept Of A Modular Banned List For Commander • Exactly How Good is Sol Ring? Commander Gameplay STATS (pt1) l CZ#238 l Magic the Gathering EDH Outros créditos: • Carta da thumbnail: Fenda Ciclônica - Arte: Chris Rahn • Disco Knights - Quincas Moreira • Down Time In My Soul - RAGE • Imperial Forces - Aaron Kenny • Lau Tzu Ehru - Doug Maxwell • Sao Meo Orchestral Mix - Doug Maxwell_ Zac Zinger • Swampland - Chris Haugen • Swells - Underbelly & Ty Mayer • The Loner - DJ Williams • Who's Using Who_ - The Mini Vandals A 11ª Guilda Podcast é um conteúdo de fã não oficial permitido sob a política de conteúdo de fãs. Não aprovado/apoiado pela Wizards. Porções do material usado são propriedade da Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

Sol Ring, Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell: Wer eifrig Commander-Decks baut, kennt die absoluten Grundfesten unseres Lieblingsformats, die sogenannten Staples. Allerdings stehen sie auch im Ruf, das Format eintönig und Spiele allzu ähnlich zu machen. Wir haben uns mal genauer angeschaut, was Staples so bedeutsam macht und wie man am besten mit ihnen umgehen kann, ohne sich und andere zu langweilen.

Episode 185: The Commander Smiths discuss all of the fun new sets for the coming year along with the current Secret Lair and if it is worth a purchase. We also have Savant and a new end segment of Staple VS. and this week is Sol Ring vs. Mana Crypt. Enjoy!   Release Schedule for the next year- https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/49140/magic-the-gathering-release-calendar-2022-2023   Secret Lair- https://secretlair.wizards.com/us   Support the show by donating to out Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/commandersmiths   A FREE way to support the show is to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page and LIKE/SHARE our videos and podcasts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mttoLhPuTpOUMsqF1O-og?view_as=subscriber   Follow us on twitter where you will see Proxy of the Week, Not Sharing with Adam, MTG News and any Schedule changes. @CommanderSmiths   Lastly, you can email us at CommanderSmiths@gmail.com with any song suggestions, specs, decks, Questions or just to chat.   Recent Videos from the CommanderSmiths   Proxy Time LIVE! https://youtu.be/So5vXlgYBtE   Proxy Time! #Short https://youtu.be/QMLd01FJ_pw   Curated MTG https://youtu.be/TC8Y8tdmt4I   Fork You! https://youtu.be/c5Svl9zy42Q   Recent Battle Boxes: Theros Beyond Death https://youtu.be/c9uIKioQMTk   Box Cracking: MH2 Adam: https://youtu.be/upuwd2ohwkc   Cockatrice Gameplay https://youtu.be/zG--lbeTCt0   How to Make Full Art Proxies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2NCnyjMdI&t=   Shipping Mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThYSQCIuc-Q   Shipping for $.05 Cents! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSI5TCY_9I0&t   Shipping PREMIUM for $.25 Cents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lGc17pTRBA&t

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian continue their 100th episode Centennial Celebration spectacular with their ongoing review of Limited Edition Alpha. In this episode they review Simulacrum through Sol Ring. Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at SoManyInsanePlaysPodcast@gmail.com.

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian continue their 100th episode Centennial Celebration spectacular with their ongoing review of Limited Edition Alpha. In this episode they review Simulacrum through Sol Ring. Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at SoManyInsanePlaysPodcast@gmail.com.

In this episode we break down 2 of our personal decks!  Tim doesn't talk about creatures because he's more well rounded than that, and Chris manages to invent a new way to build a goblin tribal deck.  Listen in to find out how much of that was a lie!https://www.casualcommanderpodcast.comhttps://linktr.ee/casualcommanderIf you'd like to help support the podcast, be sure to check out our patreon! Each level will give you great benefits, such as discord privileges, merch discounts, and more.https://www.patreon.com/casualcommander#MagicTheGathering #MTG #EDH #Commander #CasualCommander #Podcast

Patreon Patreon Contest - What card do you want to seem timeshifted the most” - win two packs of time spiral remastered. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.  Ryan - @greenegeek Zack - @z4ck38 Together - @commandersocial   You can find us on Twitter https://store.mothershipatx.com SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf Thursday nights come play at mothership! Our LGS has setup an online store! @MothershipGames - 5:53 @BentzMr - 9:50 @nateethegreattt - 17:50 @MikeMac389 - 18:21 @Blackneto_ - 41:00 @michaeldlynch - 41:00 @hate_your_deck - 41:00 Ep 86 Community Spotlight: Disclaimer: This is not the only way to play EDH, people can and should play this game the way that makes them and their playgroup the most happy. That being said, it’s sometimes fun to see how far you can push the limits. Also, it’s often nice to have an assortment of different power levels, so that you can play in any pod, and maybe also great if it’s the end of the evening, and you don’t quite have time for a longer game. A deck that brushes up against cEDH. Maybe a 1-or-2 holds barred instead of no holds barred? A deck that tries to be super powerful, while remaining just shy of cEDH. Disclaimer: Neither Zack nor Ryan are cEDH experts, so we may get some of this wrong, but we think it’s a useful framework for a discussion What is a “High Powered Deck”? This might be a way to intentionally restrain yourself, and as we know restrictions can breed creativity Cheap Interaction Most decks play some of this already, example: Swords to Plowshares Stuff like Winter Orb and Armageddon, or wheels + Hullbreacher/Narset, Parter of Veils Stax pieces Stuff like Aven Mindcensor or Dranith Magistrate Hate Bears I think you can include some of the above in any of the variations of Pick 2, although you always want to make sure you’re having the Rule 0 discussion, especially if going the Stax route! cEDH is built upon a few different pillars. The 3 we just mentioned are probably some of the most important. Here are some others Fast Mana/Tutors/Combo: Pick 2 I thought it might be fun for us to power rank the different variations on the fly, so listed in no particular order are Fast Mana + Tutors Fast Mana + Combo Tutors + Combo Which to choose? Fast Mana + Combo This seems like one of the more difficult builds to pull off. You’ll want to have lots of different redundant combos, because without tutors, you may not see all the right pieces Lots of card draw to help you assemble your combo pieces Also, self mill can be a way to “virtually draw” a lot of cards if you have lots of ways to recur things from your graveyard Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and Phyrexian Devourer Niv-Mizzet (Parun or Firemind) + Curiosity Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Mind Over Matter Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host This might also include a deck that has a single card combo with the Commander This would be a deck that tutors for answers to specific board states, it doesn’t tutor for combo pieces. Sometimes a deck may want to include a lot of fast mana if the “Mana Value” of the Commander is medium to high. Some of my first Commander decks were this way, with a TON of tutors, and lots of mana rocks/dorks, and just general good stuff, or cards that had high synergy with the Commander. This is the type of deck where you really restrict yourself from playing any combos, and you get super sad when you accidentally find a combo. Fast Mana + Tutors I think this one depends on where you draw the line for “Fast Mana”. Does Sol Ring Count? Signets? Normal Commander Ramp? This one might be the closest to cEDH, especially depending on how cheap the combo pieces are (Think Thassa’s Oracle + Demonic Consultation) I think most players will allow for normal commander ramp in this category.  Personally, I think Tutors and Combo should be the strongest of the options, but in my experience it’s not always worked out.  I think the density of combos and tutors you are running factors in here as well. If you’re running like one combo and two ways to tutor it, you’re probably going to have a rough time.  Tutors + Combo Zack Yawgmoth has tutors (Demonic, Vampiric, Grim, Recurring Insight, Doomsday) and combos. Aetherfux/Bolas’ Citadel/Divining Top. The only “fast mana” I run is Sol Ring, etc.  Thrasios / Tormod has combos, but no form of fast mana or tutoring. I’ve considered making this sultai and adding tutors. I just brewed Samut, Voice of Dissent after watching Joe Johnson play his version on “I Hate Your Deck” Normally, I pull back quite a bit on cards I include in a deck. For example, Survival of the Fittest and/or Worldy Tutor would probably be quite good in my Ashaya, Soul of the Wild deck, but I chose not to include them. I decided I really wanted to go all-out on the Samut deck, so it’s got all kinds of nice cards in it. I intentionally avoided combos, so no Kikki-Jikki + Felidar Sovereign. This deck falls into the “Fast Mana + Tutors” permutation I’ve got Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Mind Over Matter as mentioned above My Winota, Joiner of Forces is close to cEDH, but mostly just in how quickly it can win. It’s got a decent amount of Fast Mana, and has so many token generators, that it consistently has a lot of creatures to attack and get Winota triggers with that it feels “combo-y” Emry has “Fast Mana + Combo”  Ryan Let’s see if any of our decks fall into this category! Let’s talk about what the different variations might look like Main Topic - High Powered Decks Summary - We hope you found this an interesting way to think about decks on the more powerful side of the EDH spectrum.Do you have any builds that fit squarely into one of the 3 variations we outlined? Keep it Social! 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On Episode 36 of The Faerie Conclave, Alec and Jarom interview Luke about his Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig commander deck! Join us while we discuss the beauty and power of mono-green in a deck that does not want a Sol Ring!Luke's Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3384078#paper The Faerie Conclave Discord: https://discord.gg/55uuaG5The Faerie Conclave logo was created by Kirtly Maxfield who can be found at kirtlymaxfield.com.The Faerie Conclave theme music was created by Livi Cheney who can be found as soffboilite on SoundCloud.

In this new installment of EDHTakes, hosts Spencer and Elijah challenge the idea that one and two converted mana cost spells are not impactful enough in a format dominated by big spells and lengthy games. Spencer and Elijah do a deep dive on how to feel more impactful in games of Commander by having early plays, how lower cmc spells can lead to better opening hands, and even dare to ask, what turn one plays are better than Sol Ring?

This episode was originally released June 24th, 2019.For episode 42, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) welcome back Andy Probasco (@tmdBrassMan) to talk about Mystic Forge, a free preview card from Core Set 2020, provided by Wizards of the Coast! Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:00:28 – Surprise! It’s Mystic ForgeTotal runtime: 33:05 “I Can Build ANY Machine.” There are a lot of exciting cards in Core Set 2020 (better known as M20), but there are two I left design notes for that specifically mentioned Vintage. Scheming Symmetry I was intrigued in because a combo deck could potentially exist built around the now six available one-black-mana topdeck tutors. And my note on our preview card was that “If this hits Vintage, it will do something new and fun.” We brought Andy “The Brass Man” Probasco back to the show to help us figure out what those new and fun things might be. He’s the owner of The Mana Drain and has been a participant on the Vintage Super League, and as winner of the most recent Team Serious Invitational with Death’s Shadow Survival, is one of the Vintage format’s more creative players and deck builders. Mystic Forge has a lot of potential as a card-advantage engine in Mishra’s Workshop decks of all kinds. The question, as always, is what do you cut from an existing list to make room for a card that doesn’t do anything to your opponent on its own? You could trade one turn in the early game to play Mystic Forge and potentially accelerate all of your future plays, but that gives your opponent an undisrupted turn either free of disruption (like Sphere of Resistance or Phyrexian Revoker) or free of threat (like Arcbound Ravager or Walking Ballista). It’s a risk. In today’s metagame, Mystic Forge also competes directly at mana cost and some utility with Karn, the Great Creator, who not only disrupts the opponent but also serves as card advantage. But Mystic Forge has so many exciting benefits. Many Workshop decks and Eldrazi decks are built with fairly low mana costs relative to the amount of mana they can produce between Workshop itself, Ancient Tomb, Eldrazi lands, as well as Moxes, Sol Ring, and Mana Crypt. If you get Mystic Forge into play, your next turn might include casting three or four cards from the top of your library, and you can exile a card you can’t or don’t want to cast. With enough mana, you can cast cards even through Karn or Collector Ouphe, potentially allowing you to overwhelm your opponent. This is helpful whether you’re playing more lock pieces or attacking with creatures or trying to combo off. After we talked, Andy proposed this list, which is based on current Karn Workshops builds and is happy to play whatever role its opening hand and the game situation gives it (of course, none of the lists presented here are tested, and your metagame may vary, so good luck!). Karn's Forge Business (34)4 Mystic Forge3 Manifold Key4 Karn, the Great Creator4 Sensei’s Divining Top3 Helm of Awakening4 Serum Powder1 Chalice of the Void3 Arcbound Ravager4 Foundry Inspector4 Walking BallistaMana Sources (26)4 Mishra’s Workshop1 Black Lotus1 Mana Crypt4 Ancient Tomb4 Grim Monolith1 Mana Vault1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire2 City of Traitors1 Tolarian Academy1 Mox Opal1 Lotus Petal1 Sol Ring | Sideboard (15)1 Manifold Key1 Time Vault13 Other Cards If you can use Sensei’s Divining Top or a similar effect to further manipulate the top card of your library, you can easily get around lands blocking the top of your deck. Top also goes infinite with Foundry Inspector to draw your library. Together with the variety of mana producing artifacts, including Grim Monolith and Voltaic Key, there might be a Mystic Forge combo deck that aims to play most of its library on turn one to some great effect. Potentially this deck wins with Aetheflux Reservoir or, my favorite, Goblin Charbelcher. This could be the basis for a Krark Clan Ironworks-type deck in Vintage and potentially other formats. Aetherflux Forge Business (36)4 Mystic Forge3 Aetherflux Reservoir3 Krark Clan Ironworks3 Manifold Key4 Karn, the Great Creator4 Helm of Awakening4 Sensei’s Divining Top1 Engineered Explosives1 Spine of Ish Sah1 Myr Retriever4 Scrap Trawler4 Foundry InspectorMana Sources (25)1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire4 Mox Opal4 Grim Monolith1 Black Lotus1 Sol Ring1 Mana Crypt1 Lotus Petal1 Mana Vault1 Lion’s Eye Diamond1 Lotus Petal4 Mishra’s Workshop1 Tolarian Academy | Sideboard (15)1 Manifold Key1 Time Vault1 Aetherflux Reservoir1 Goblin Charbelcher11 Other Cards But maybe you just try to run Mystic Forge in a Tiny Robots list and try to cast a bunch of tiny creatures that will attack anything in sight. You can cast Walking Ballista and Hangarback Walker for 0 to move them off the top of your library, and it might be better to have Chief of the Foundry main deck to get some value out of that play. Tiny Forgebots Business (39)4 Mystic Forge4 Sensei’s Divining Top3 Skullclamp2 Cranial Plating1 Chalice of the Void1 Thorn of Amethyst4 Memnite4 Foundry Inspector4 Arcbound Ravager4 Walking Ballista4 Hangarback Walker4 Phyrexian RevokerMana Sources (21)1 Mana Vault1 Sol Ring1 City of Traitors2 Mox Opal4 Ancient Tomb4 Mishra’s Workshop1 Tolarian Academy1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire1 Lotus Petal1 Mana Crypt | Sideboard (15)4 Chief of the Foundry11 Other cards One last thing to notice is that these decks will all benefit greatly from M20’s other gift to Vintage, the London mulligan. Touring London will help players find a quality turn one: a hand with Mishra’s Workshop, or an early Mystic Forge or Karn, or both. Seeing seven cards at a time and picking your favorites will make a big difference in these kinds of decks, which are so reliant on opening hands and won’t be able to as easily fix their situation as a blue deck with multiple Preordains and other cheap cantrips. When it comes to this new era of colorless decks, mulligan often and mulligan with intention. And the Hi-Res For our free preview this time, I also had the time and forethought to ask Wizards about the high-resolution art from Titus Lunter. And they provided! So here’s the hi-res version of Mystic Forge from M20 for your eyeballs to enjoy (and click to download wallpaper). Questions for Discussion Will Mystic Forge be a hit in Vintage? What about in another format? It’s definitely legal in a bunch of them, and Legacy has a bunch of Sol lands to help play it. Did any of you play X-Men Legends games, where the character Forge is played by Lou Diamond Phillips? And you’d interact with him and he’d say lines like “I can build ANY machine” like he’s real smug about it? That was great. He was right too. He built a lot of really useful stuff in that series of games. Conclusion Thanks for listening! And thanks to The Brass Man for joining us on this special episode. If you found this show because of our free Wizards preview card for M20, welcome. We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. Usually we talk a lot more about food. We’ll look forward to any questions or comments here or The Mana Drain or on Twitter. You can also email us at seriousvintagepodcast@gmail.com.

This episode was originally released May 27th, 2019.For episode 40, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) are pleased to show off Collector Ouphe, a free preview card from Modern Horizons, provided by Wizards of the Coast!01:25 – Oof17:59 – The Real Collection Was the Friends We Made Along the WayTotal runtime: 25:22 Null Rodney I’m sure most of you are here looking for the free Modern Horizons preview card, so we’ll get right to it. It’s a Null Rod on legs! At long last! This card was at the top of my list from the very beginning of exploratory design, and it went through everything almost unchanged mechanically. In my head I named it “Null Rodney.” Null Rod has long been a staple of Vintage aggro-control decks because it helps prey on artifact-based manabases as Wasteland and Strip Mine take apart dual lands. It slows down explosive starts and combo finishes, allowing the control deck enough time to block paths to victory and win with creatures. That was one of Null Rod’s big weaknesses, in fact; it didn’t apply pressure to the opponent by itself. Without threatening creatures bearing down, opponents could find answers or additional threats and break out of their prison to win. Collector Ouphe has the same crippling potential as Null Rod but brings its own threat. As formats get older and smaller, and artifacts get more powerful, Collector Ouphe has increasing utility. In Modern it shuts down Affinity (the deck, not the ability), Aether Vial, and much of the Tron decks’ ability to fix colors and tutor for lands. In Legacy it starts hitting fast mana (Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, and Lion’s Eye Diamond), artifact decks with Grim Monolith, and powerful equipment, like Batterskull and Umezawa’s Jitte. And in Vintage, Workshop Aggro runs Walking Ballista and Arcbound Ravager, in addition to all the decks using Moxes, Black Lotus, Sol Ring, and Mana Crypt as a big chunk of their mana base. Oh, and Time Vault is still an OK card, I think. Anyway, we’re primarily a Vintage podcast, so we’ll go deeper into Vintage applications. Obviously not every deck is interested in this effect, but there are probably a few. Stony Silence is one of the most important cards in Survival decks for buying time against Workshops and Paradoxical Outcome, and Collector Ouphe is a Stony Silence that can be tutored for (or discarded to) Survival of the Fittest. Maybe there’s some risk in making creature removal even better against this creature-heavy strategy, but all kinds of removal were good against this deck that has a key land, a key enchantment, big artifact creatures, lots of other creatures, and a relevant graveyard. Ouphe Survival, borrowed from David Lance Business (38)4 Bazaar of Baghdad4 Survival of the Fittest1 Ancestral Recall1 Time Walk1 Thorn of Amethyst4 Basking Rootwalla4 Vengevine4 Hollow One3 Collector Ouphe3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben1 Hooting Mandrills1 Manglehorn1 Spell Queller1 Squee, Goblin Nabob1 Wonder4 Noble HierarchMana Sources (22)2 Elvish Spirit Guide1 Black Lotus1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire2 Verdant Catacombs2 Windswept Heath2 Wooded Foothills2 Misty Rainforest3 Savannah2 Tropical Island1 Forest | Sideboard (15)1 Chalice of the Void4 Containment Priest1 Energy Flux1 Fairgrounds Warden1 Force of Vigor2 Grafdigger’s Cage1 Kataki, War’s Wage1 Collector Ouphe2 Squee, Goblin Nabob1 Stony Silence BUG Control (which we’ve never talked about on this show before) is already looking to deny resources to the opponent with creatures like Leovold, Emissary of Trest, stopping card-draw, and Ramunap Excavator and Wasteland hitting important lands. Like Excavator, the Ouphe is another artifact that’s been given a body and a purpose – preventing the opponent from having nice things. And thanks to Deathrite Shaman, BUG Control can skip running a lot of the artifacts that would make the Ouphe a double-edged sword. BUG Collector Business (38)4 Force of Will2 Mental Misstep1 Thoughtseize1 Abrupt Decay1 Assassin's Trophy1 Ponder1 Brainstorm1 Ancestral Recall1 Time Walk2 Painful Truths2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor1 Treasure Cruise1 Dig Through Time1 Demonic Tutor4 Deathrite Shaman3 Snapcaster Mage3 Collector Ouphe2 Baleful Strix3 Leovold, Emissary of Trest1 Rumanap Excavator1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang1 Gurmag AnglerMana Sources (22)1 Black Lotus1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Sapphire4 Verdant Catacombs1 Misty Rainforest1 Polluted Delta3 Underground Sea2 Tropical Island1 Bayou1 Swamp1 Strip Mine4 Wasteland | Sideboard (15)4 Grafdigger's Cage2 Yixlid Jailer1 Forest2 Nature's Claim1 Force of Vigor1 Pithing Needle1 Toxic Deluge1 Flusterstorm1 Engineered Explosives1 Infernal Reckoning Another strategy, which hasn’t been around recently but could show up again, would be something like Christmas Beats. In Magic, red and green both hate Vintage staples blue and artifacts, so this deck focuses on those in an aggro-control shell. Christmas Beats foregoes playing most artifacts in favor of Elvish and Simian Spirit Guides, so it can disrupt mana with four Collector Ouphes and an additional Null Rod for moral support. There are lots of creature options beyond that: Magus of the Moon, Tin Street Hooligan, Scavenging Ooze, Tarmogoyf, Harsh Mentor, Vexing Shusher, Goblin Cratermaker. And for spells you get Pyroblast, Lightning Bolt, Ancient Grudge, the new Force of Vigor from Modern Horizons – whatever you think will make a difference in the expected metagame. Santa’s Ouphe Business (32)4 Deathrite Shaman4 Collector Ouphe4 Tin Street Hooligan4 Tarmogoyf4 Magus of the Moon1 Chalice of the Void1 Null Rod1 Blood Moon1 Force of Vigor4 Pyroblast4 Lightning BoltMana Sources (28)4 Elvish Spirit Guide4 Simian Spirit Guide1 Lotus Petal4 Verdant Catacombs1 Wooded Foothills3 Taiga3 Snow-Covered Forest2 Snow-Covered Mountain1 Snow-Covered Swamp1 Strip Mine4 Wasteland | Sideboard (15)3 Pithing Needle1 Thorn of Amethyst4 Leyline of the Void3 Ancient Grudge2 Red Elemental Blast2 Mindbreak Trap There’s a lot of opportunity for Collector Ouphe to succeed in Modern and eternal formats. Artifacts continue getting stronger and allowing opponents to carry out nefarious, broken schemes. Ouphe says no! How Many Team Serious Members Does It Take? Because podcasts are a tricky way to reveal a free Wizards preview card, we decided we’d try something different, and perhaps unique. The Serious Vintage podcast looks at the Vintage format through the lens of community, rather than competition. We have fun playing Magic, but it’s also an excuse to hang out with people we enjoy. And it’s one of the reasons we always end our shows with discussions of food and drink, because the post-tournament meal is just as important as the event itself. Sometimes more so. So thanks to everyone who helped us preview our card (in order of the word they read): Steve McGrew, Jake Hilty, Jon Hammack, JR Goldman, Guhstin Dewey, Paul Blakeley, Ryan Seeley, Nam Q. Tran, Duane Haddix, Rajah James, Anthony “Twaun” Michaels, Jimmy McCarthy, Andy “Brass Man” Probasco, Sam Krohlow, Frank Singel, Josh McCurley, Phil Thorson, Jerry Yang, Eric Caffrey, Mark Trogdon, Gilberto Rivera, Kevin Nelson, Justin Waller, Rick Gideon, David Lance, Kyle Lennox, Charles Rolko, Kevin Poenisch, Matt Hazard, Erik Butler, Joe Dyer, and Ben Perry. Lots of people had fun with it, none more than Brass Man, who provided the stinger for this episode. Thanks also to Geoff Moes, who, when I said I wanted to have him splice 40 or so contextless words of a card together into a coherent whole, didn’t blink an eye. It was just that normal twitch thing he gets when I tell him I have an idea. And thanks to Josh Chapple, who, since it was snowing in Colorado when we recorded, went up the road to podcast from the parking lot of his local bar, Snowpack Taproom, to get a working internet signal. He recommends Snowpack as having a strong selection of rotating local kegs, good food, and powerful internet. The next Team Serious Invitational he hosts in Colorado will definitely take a trip there. Finally, thanks to Jaco for hosting our show at Eternal Central. He loves formats with old Magic cards and has put together quite a home for them. We exist in large part because of his help. My job is easy; I just write words. Upcoming Events We close this episode with a couple of upcoming Vintage events, a section that we used to do and would like to do more regularly. If you have a Vintage (or Middle School or Old School) event that you want us to hype, let us know! If it’s reasonable to put on our next episode, we will. First up, an event I found on The Mana Drain. The Lone Star Lhurgoyfs group is hosting a Vintage event Saturday, June 8 in Houston, Texas. They have a nice writeup, it’s at a bar, and they’re going to raffle off some pretty awesome looking Eldrazi proxies. Check that out if you’re near Houston. In Warren, Ohio, there are two Vintage Eternal Weekend Trials, on Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16 at Bottom Dollar Trading. Those events should just be crawling with Team Serious members, so it should be a lot of fun. And Josh is looking forward to the TinFinVitational events in Denver, being run the same weekend as that city’s Magic Fest at the Whittier Pub. There’s a Vintage event on Friday, July 19, and a Legacy event on Sunday, July 21. Take a look if you’ll be playing in GP Denver, and say hey to Josh. Questions for Discussion So! What do you think of Collector Ouphe? Did you know how to pronounce “ouphe” before we did? Did you see Filip Burburan’s great art? The Ouphe is stealing the power from an Aether Vial! Are there other Easter eggs in the art? What other Modern Horizons cards are you excited about? Do you have a local Vintage or other event coming up that you want us to give a shoutout to? Let us know! Conclusion Thanks for listening! If you found this show because of our free Wizards preview card for Modern Horizons, welcome. We hope you enjoyed your time here. We’ll look forward to any questions or comments here or The Mana Drain or on Twitter. You can also email us at seriousvintagepodcast@gmail.com.

This episode was originally released January 25th, 2019.For episode 36, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) are joined by Erin Campbell (@OriginalOestrus) to talk about a bunch of fun Vintage topics including the importance of the community, the Vintage Super League, Dredge, and Two-Card Monte. She also helps us depart a little from our usual “discerning” food-and-drink discussion to a more “picky” angle. Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:00:27 – Erin and the Vintage Community33:20 – Preparing to Crush the VSL40:28 – Nat Hate Drafts OnionsFull runtime – 1:03:53 Why Vintage is So Great Most of our discussion about Vintage community, you’ll kind of have to listen to. Erin recounts her entry into the format—playing fast, graveyard-based decks in Legacy and Modern and being able to get in affordably through MTGO. She also talks about how excited the Vintage community was to share its passion, and how encouraging and generous it could be. And it is that passion and excitement that drives Vintage players; Erin talks about that too. In my experience, the format is built around big, flashy plays. Controlling those plays, unleashing them or reining them in, is a skill not always practiced in other formats. The cards are all significant, even in situations where they seem otherwise, so games can go from certain win to certain loss in the blink of an eye. Think of cards that are ostensibly fine in smaller formats, like Brainstorm or Lotus Petal, which end up restricted in Vintage because they lead to much more powerful things. Making those powerful plays (or struggling against them) comes with a lot of emotion—high highs. Vintage makes you feel things. Looking back at my own entry into Vintage—15 years ago, I guess, jeez—I experienced a feeling of welcome similar to Erin’s, even if the situation was totally different. My path to Vintage started with a kitchen-table format that allowed four-of any card you owned. I played multiple Sol Ring, Wheel of Fortune, and Black Vise and could regularly kill on my opponent’s third upkeep. But friends started playing sanctioned Vintage at a small store in Ohio called The Dungeon and were recruiting anyone interested, excited to continue growing the scene. There was a little Power, but people were doing broken things in their own way. And it was great, like the Wild West: Mono-Black Hatred, Mono-Green Stompy, Goblins, Helm of Awakening Eggs, Angel Oath that was slowly acquiring Power at the time, and some weird brews, including whatever I was playing. For a while it was a Welder Madness list with Memory Jar and Wild Mongrel, which was somehow not terrible. Everyone was having fun, and there were so many friendly deals made to help each other get Dual Lands and Force of Wills and other Vintage staples, so we could all improve together. It also didn’t hurt that, when our group graduated to larger events, Vintage was very much in favor of allowing playtest cards to lower the entry barrier. Whether driven by passion or desperation, paper Vintage is generally a welcoming format at the local level. Vintage Super League Season nine of the Vintage Super League (VSL) is also just beginning, and Erin is competing in her third year of the contest. This season is back to individual competition (season eight featured three-player teams) and players are encouraged to play what they want, with the stipulation that they should keep things interesting and try to play new decks when they’re on. We’ve already seen evidence of this as the second week’s offerings included Andy Probasco playing Death’s Shadow and three decks (Stephen Menendian, Brian Coval, and Randy Buehler) all playing Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, from the newly legal Ravnica Allegiance set. It would be a disappointment to a lot of fans if Erin were to skip playing Dredge entirely, but we talk about some of her other options, including Two-Card Monte, Stax with actual Smokestack, and Enchantress. It’s always exciting to see innovative new decks (or new takes on old decks) in the VSL, even if the competition format lends itself to “metagaming against your friends,” so the decks can be less reflective of “real life” Vintage. It’s also exciting to see players step outside their own comfort zone and try a strategy or archetype that they may not be familiar with as a pilot. Food and Drink for Picky Eaters This episode’s food-and-drink section covers a lot of ground. A lot. We talk about peanut butter, pizza, warm beverages, cold condiments, cottage cheese, rye chips, french fries, hamburgers, hot dogs, corndogs, onions, and more. There’s too much to summarize here, but I thought it was interesting that, out of four people on the show, three of us don’t drink coffee. Make of that what you will. Erin did mention a couple of Milwaukee restaurants, which I’ll record in case you’re in the area. The Dogg Haus has additional locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota and offers build-your-own hot dogs with multiple meat, topping, and bun options. At least visit the website and check out their logo. There’s also Vanguard Bar, which has a similar offering of housemade sausages (including duck and boar), as well as “tube-less” meals like burgers and poutine. In the end, while we all have our proclivities and aversions, we all agreed we like food. Questions for Discussion What got you into Vintage? The decks? The Power? The people? How do you feel about Dredge, and what deck would you play if you had to pick something other than what you’re playing right now? Are there foods you despise? Is pineapple on pizza OK? How do you feel about small hot dogs? What about a product called the “Corndogger”? Thanks for Supporting Our Show! Regardless of how you got here, we’re glad you’re interested in Vintage. If you’d like to support Serious Vintage financially, maybe you and your friends and loved ones would enjoy a T-shirt. For the next three weeks (until February 15, in time for Valentine’s Day!) we’ll be selling shirts to raise money to improve podcasting and Team Serious streaming technology. “Force of Love” shirts are back, and now you can show you’re competitive when it comes to the post-tournament meal with a “Vintage Supper League” shirt! As usual, we’ll look forward to any questions or comments here or The Mana Drain or on Twitter. You can also email us at seriousvintagepodcast@gmail.com.

This episode was originally released January 25th, 2019.For episode 36, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) are joined by Erin Campbell (@OriginalOestrus) to talk about a bunch of fun Vintage topics including the importance of the community, the Vintage Super League, Dredge, and Two-Card Monte. She also helps us depart a little from our usual “discerning” food-and-drink discussion to a more “picky” angle. Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:00:27 – Erin and the Vintage Community33:20 – Preparing to Crush the VSL40:28 – Nat Hate Drafts OnionsFull runtime – 1:03:53 Why Vintage is So Great Most of our discussion about Vintage community, you’ll kind of have to listen to. Erin recounts her entry into the format—playing fast, graveyard-based decks in Legacy and Modern and being able to get in affordably through MTGO. She also talks about how excited the Vintage community was to share its passion, and how encouraging and generous it could be. And it is that passion and excitement that drives Vintage players; Erin talks about that too. In my experience, the format is built around big, flashy plays. Controlling those plays, unleashing them or reining them in, is a skill not always practiced in other formats. The cards are all significant, even in situations where they seem otherwise, so games can go from certain win to certain loss in the blink of an eye. Think of cards that are ostensibly fine in smaller formats, like Brainstorm or Lotus Petal, which end up restricted in Vintage because they lead to much more powerful things. Making those powerful plays (or struggling against them) comes with a lot of emotion—high highs. Vintage makes you feel things. Looking back at my own entry into Vintage—15 years ago, I guess, jeez—I experienced a feeling of welcome similar to Erin’s, even if the situation was totally different. My path to Vintage started with a kitchen-table format that allowed four-of any card you owned. I played multiple Sol Ring, Wheel of Fortune, and Black Vise and could regularly kill on my opponent’s third upkeep. But friends started playing sanctioned Vintage at a small store in Ohio called The Dungeon and were recruiting anyone interested, excited to continue growing the scene. There was a little Power, but people were doing broken things in their own way. And it was great, like the Wild West: Mono-Black Hatred, Mono-Green Stompy, Goblins, Helm of Awakening Eggs, Angel Oath that was slowly acquiring Power at the time, and some weird brews, including whatever I was playing. For a while it was a Welder Madness list with Memory Jar and Wild Mongrel, which was somehow not terrible. Everyone was having fun, and there were so many friendly deals made to help each other get Dual Lands and Force of Wills and other Vintage staples, so we could all improve together. It also didn’t hurt that, when our group graduated to larger events, Vintage was very much in favor of allowing playtest cards to lower the entry barrier. Whether driven by passion or desperation, paper Vintage is generally a welcoming format at the local level. Vintage Super League Season nine of the Vintage Super League (VSL) is also just beginning, and Erin is competing in her third year of the contest. This season is back to individual competition (season eight featured three-player teams) and players are encouraged to play what they want, with the stipulation that they should keep things interesting and try to play new decks when they’re on. We’ve already seen evidence of this as the second week’s offerings included Andy Probasco playing Death’s Shadow and three decks (Stephen Menendian, Brian Coval, and Randy Buehler) all playing Lavinia, Azorius Renegade, from the newly legal Ravnica Allegiance set. It would be a disappointment to a lot of fans if Erin were to skip playing Dredge entirely, but we talk about some of her other options, including Two-Card Monte, Stax with actual Smokestack, and Enchantress. It’s always exciting to see innovative new decks (or new takes on old decks) in the VSL, even if the competition format lends itself to “metagaming against your friends,” so the decks can be less reflective of “real life” Vintage. It’s also exciting to see players step outside their own comfort zone and try a strategy or archetype that they may not be familiar with as a pilot. Food and Drink for Picky Eaters This episode’s food-and-drink section covers a lot of ground. A lot. We talk about peanut butter, pizza, warm beverages, cold condiments, cottage cheese, rye chips, french fries, hamburgers, hot dogs, corndogs, onions, and more. There’s too much to summarize here, but I thought it was interesting that, out of four people on the show, three of us don’t drink coffee. Make of that what you will. Erin did mention a couple of Milwaukee restaurants, which I’ll record in case you’re in the area. The Dogg Haus has additional locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota and offers build-your-own hot dogs with multiple meat, topping, and bun options. At least visit the website and check out their logo. There’s also Vanguard Bar, which has a similar offering of housemade sausages (including duck and boar), as well as “tube-less” meals like burgers and poutine. In the end, while we all have our proclivities and aversions, we all agreed we like food. Questions for Discussion What got you into Vintage? The decks? The Power? The people? How do you feel about Dredge, and what deck would you play if you had to pick something other than what you’re playing right now? Are there foods you despise? Is pineapple on pizza OK? How do you feel about small hot dogs? What about a product called the “Corndogger”? Thanks for Supporting Our Show! Regardless of how you got here, we’re glad you’re interested in Vintage. If you’d like to support Serious Vintage financially, maybe you and your friends and loved ones would enjoy a T-shirt. For the next three weeks (until February 15, in time for Valentine’s Day!) we’ll be selling shirts to raise money to improve podcasting and Team Serious streaming technology. “Force of Love” shirts are back, and now you can show you’re competitive when it comes to the post-tournament meal with a “Vintage Supper League” shirt! As usual, we’ll look forward to any questions or comments here or The Mana Drain or on Twitter. You can also email us at seriousvintagepodcast@gmail.com.

This episode was originally released June 24th, 2019.For episode 42, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) welcome back Andy Probasco (@tmdBrassMan) to talk about Mystic Forge, a free preview card from Core Set 2020, provided by Wizards of the Coast! Here’s the timestamped table of contents for your listening ease and enjoyment:00:28 – Surprise! It’s Mystic ForgeTotal runtime: 33:05 “I Can Build ANY Machine.” There are a lot of exciting cards in Core Set 2020 (better known as M20), but there are two I left design notes for that specifically mentioned Vintage. Scheming Symmetry I was intrigued in because a combo deck could potentially exist built around the now six available one-black-mana topdeck tutors. And my note on our preview card was that “If this hits Vintage, it will do something new and fun.” We brought Andy “The Brass Man” Probasco back to the show to help us figure out what those new and fun things might be. He’s the owner of The Mana Drain and has been a participant on the Vintage Super League, and as winner of the most recent Team Serious Invitational with Death’s Shadow Survival, is one of the Vintage format’s more creative players and deck builders. Mystic Forge has a lot of potential as a card-advantage engine in Mishra’s Workshop decks of all kinds. The question, as always, is what do you cut from an existing list to make room for a card that doesn’t do anything to your opponent on its own? You could trade one turn in the early game to play Mystic Forge and potentially accelerate all of your future plays, but that gives your opponent an undisrupted turn either free of disruption (like Sphere of Resistance or Phyrexian Revoker) or free of threat (like Arcbound Ravager or Walking Ballista). It’s a risk. In today’s metagame, Mystic Forge also competes directly at mana cost and some utility with Karn, the Great Creator, who not only disrupts the opponent but also serves as card advantage. But Mystic Forge has so many exciting benefits. Many Workshop decks and Eldrazi decks are built with fairly low mana costs relative to the amount of mana they can produce between Workshop itself, Ancient Tomb, Eldrazi lands, as well as Moxes, Sol Ring, and Mana Crypt. If you get Mystic Forge into play, your next turn might include casting three or four cards from the top of your library, and you can exile a card you can’t or don’t want to cast. With enough mana, you can cast cards even through Karn or Collector Ouphe, potentially allowing you to overwhelm your opponent. This is helpful whether you’re playing more lock pieces or attacking with creatures or trying to combo off. After we talked, Andy proposed this list, which is based on current Karn Workshops builds and is happy to play whatever role its opening hand and the game situation gives it (of course, none of the lists presented here are tested, and your metagame may vary, so good luck!). Karn's Forge Business (34)4 Mystic Forge3 Manifold Key4 Karn, the Great Creator4 Sensei’s Divining Top3 Helm of Awakening4 Serum Powder1 Chalice of the Void3 Arcbound Ravager4 Foundry Inspector4 Walking BallistaMana Sources (26)4 Mishra’s Workshop1 Black Lotus1 Mana Crypt4 Ancient Tomb4 Grim Monolith1 Mana Vault1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire2 City of Traitors1 Tolarian Academy1 Mox Opal1 Lotus Petal1 Sol Ring | Sideboard (15)1 Manifold Key1 Time Vault13 Other Cards If you can use Sensei’s Divining Top or a similar effect to further manipulate the top card of your library, you can easily get around lands blocking the top of your deck. Top also goes infinite with Foundry Inspector to draw your library. Together with the variety of mana producing artifacts, including Grim Monolith and Voltaic Key, there might be a Mystic Forge combo deck that aims to play most of its library on turn one to some great effect. Potentially this deck wins with Aetheflux Reservoir or, my favorite, Goblin Charbelcher. This could be the basis for a Krark Clan Ironworks-type deck in Vintage and potentially other formats. Aetherflux Forge Business (36)4 Mystic Forge3 Aetherflux Reservoir3 Krark Clan Ironworks3 Manifold Key4 Karn, the Great Creator4 Helm of Awakening4 Sensei’s Divining Top1 Engineered Explosives1 Spine of Ish Sah1 Myr Retriever4 Scrap Trawler4 Foundry InspectorMana Sources (25)1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire4 Mox Opal4 Grim Monolith1 Black Lotus1 Sol Ring1 Mana Crypt1 Lotus Petal1 Mana Vault1 Lion’s Eye Diamond1 Lotus Petal4 Mishra’s Workshop1 Tolarian Academy | Sideboard (15)1 Manifold Key1 Time Vault1 Aetherflux Reservoir1 Goblin Charbelcher11 Other Cards But maybe you just try to run Mystic Forge in a Tiny Robots list and try to cast a bunch of tiny creatures that will attack anything in sight. You can cast Walking Ballista and Hangarback Walker for 0 to move them off the top of your library, and it might be better to have Chief of the Foundry main deck to get some value out of that play. Tiny Forgebots Business (39)4 Mystic Forge4 Sensei’s Divining Top3 Skullclamp2 Cranial Plating1 Chalice of the Void1 Thorn of Amethyst4 Memnite4 Foundry Inspector4 Arcbound Ravager4 Walking Ballista4 Hangarback Walker4 Phyrexian RevokerMana Sources (21)1 Mana Vault1 Sol Ring1 City of Traitors2 Mox Opal4 Ancient Tomb4 Mishra’s Workshop1 Tolarian Academy1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire1 Lotus Petal1 Mana Crypt | Sideboard (15)4 Chief of the Foundry11 Other cards One last thing to notice is that these decks will all benefit greatly from M20’s other gift to Vintage, the London mulligan. Touring London will help players find a quality turn one: a hand with Mishra’s Workshop, or an early Mystic Forge or Karn, or both. Seeing seven cards at a time and picking your favorites will make a big difference in these kinds of decks, which are so reliant on opening hands and won’t be able to as easily fix their situation as a blue deck with multiple Preordains and other cheap cantrips. When it comes to this new era of colorless decks, mulligan often and mulligan with intention. And the Hi-Res For our free preview this time, I also had the time and forethought to ask Wizards about the high-resolution art from Titus Lunter. And they provided! So here’s the hi-res version of Mystic Forge from M20 for your eyeballs to enjoy (and click to download wallpaper). Questions for Discussion Will Mystic Forge be a hit in Vintage? What about in another format? It’s definitely legal in a bunch of them, and Legacy has a bunch of Sol lands to help play it. Did any of you play X-Men Legends games, where the character Forge is played by Lou Diamond Phillips? And you’d interact with him and he’d say lines like “I can build ANY machine” like he’s real smug about it? That was great. He was right too. He built a lot of really useful stuff in that series of games. Conclusion Thanks for listening! And thanks to The Brass Man for joining us on this special episode. If you found this show because of our free Wizards preview card for M20, welcome. We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. Usually we talk a lot more about food. We’ll look forward to any questions or comments here or The Mana Drain or on Twitter. You can also email us at seriousvintagepodcast@gmail.com.

This episode was originally released May 27th, 2019.For episode 40, Geoff Moes (@ThallidTosser on Twitter), Nat Moes (@GrandpaBelcher), and Josh Chapple (@joshchapple) are pleased to show off Collector Ouphe, a free preview card from Modern Horizons, provided by Wizards of the Coast!01:25 – Oof17:59 – The Real Collection Was the Friends We Made Along the WayTotal runtime: 25:22 Null Rodney I’m sure most of you are here looking for the free Modern Horizons preview card, so we’ll get right to it. It’s a Null Rod on legs! At long last! This card was at the top of my list from the very beginning of exploratory design, and it went through everything almost unchanged mechanically. In my head I named it “Null Rodney.” Null Rod has long been a staple of Vintage aggro-control decks because it helps prey on artifact-based manabases as Wasteland and Strip Mine take apart dual lands. It slows down explosive starts and combo finishes, allowing the control deck enough time to block paths to victory and win with creatures. That was one of Null Rod’s big weaknesses, in fact; it didn’t apply pressure to the opponent by itself. Without threatening creatures bearing down, opponents could find answers or additional threats and break out of their prison to win. Collector Ouphe has the same crippling potential as Null Rod but brings its own threat. As formats get older and smaller, and artifacts get more powerful, Collector Ouphe has increasing utility. In Modern it shuts down Affinity (the deck, not the ability), Aether Vial, and much of the Tron decks’ ability to fix colors and tutor for lands. In Legacy it starts hitting fast mana (Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, and Lion’s Eye Diamond), artifact decks with Grim Monolith, and powerful equipment, like Batterskull and Umezawa’s Jitte. And in Vintage, Workshop Aggro runs Walking Ballista and Arcbound Ravager, in addition to all the decks using Moxes, Black Lotus, Sol Ring, and Mana Crypt as a big chunk of their mana base. Oh, and Time Vault is still an OK card, I think. Anyway, we’re primarily a Vintage podcast, so we’ll go deeper into Vintage applications. Obviously not every deck is interested in this effect, but there are probably a few. Stony Silence is one of the most important cards in Survival decks for buying time against Workshops and Paradoxical Outcome, and Collector Ouphe is a Stony Silence that can be tutored for (or discarded to) Survival of the Fittest. Maybe there’s some risk in making creature removal even better against this creature-heavy strategy, but all kinds of removal were good against this deck that has a key land, a key enchantment, big artifact creatures, lots of other creatures, and a relevant graveyard. Ouphe Survival, borrowed from David Lance Business (38)4 Bazaar of Baghdad4 Survival of the Fittest1 Ancestral Recall1 Time Walk1 Thorn of Amethyst4 Basking Rootwalla4 Vengevine4 Hollow One3 Collector Ouphe3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben1 Hooting Mandrills1 Manglehorn1 Spell Queller1 Squee, Goblin Nabob1 Wonder4 Noble HierarchMana Sources (22)2 Elvish Spirit Guide1 Black Lotus1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Pearl1 Mox Ruby1 Mox Sapphire2 Verdant Catacombs2 Windswept Heath2 Wooded Foothills2 Misty Rainforest3 Savannah2 Tropical Island1 Forest | Sideboard (15)1 Chalice of the Void4 Containment Priest1 Energy Flux1 Fairgrounds Warden1 Force of Vigor2 Grafdigger’s Cage1 Kataki, War’s Wage1 Collector Ouphe2 Squee, Goblin Nabob1 Stony Silence BUG Control (which we’ve never talked about on this show before) is already looking to deny resources to the opponent with creatures like Leovold, Emissary of Trest, stopping card-draw, and Ramunap Excavator and Wasteland hitting important lands. Like Excavator, the Ouphe is another artifact that’s been given a body and a purpose – preventing the opponent from having nice things. And thanks to Deathrite Shaman, BUG Control can skip running a lot of the artifacts that would make the Ouphe a double-edged sword. BUG Collector Business (38)4 Force of Will2 Mental Misstep1 Thoughtseize1 Abrupt Decay1 Assassin's Trophy1 Ponder1 Brainstorm1 Ancestral Recall1 Time Walk2 Painful Truths2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor1 Treasure Cruise1 Dig Through Time1 Demonic Tutor4 Deathrite Shaman3 Snapcaster Mage3 Collector Ouphe2 Baleful Strix3 Leovold, Emissary of Trest1 Rumanap Excavator1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang1 Gurmag AnglerMana Sources (22)1 Black Lotus1 Mox Emerald1 Mox Jet1 Mox Sapphire4 Verdant Catacombs1 Misty Rainforest1 Polluted Delta3 Underground Sea2 Tropical Island1 Bayou1 Swamp1 Strip Mine4 Wasteland | Sideboard (15)4 Grafdigger's Cage2 Yixlid Jailer1 Forest2 Nature's Claim1 Force of Vigor1 Pithing Needle1 Toxic Deluge1 Flusterstorm1 Engineered Explosives1 Infernal Reckoning Another strategy, which hasn’t been around recently but could show up again, would be something like Christmas Beats. In Magic, red and green both hate Vintage staples blue and artifacts, so this deck focuses on those in an aggro-control shell. Christmas Beats foregoes playing most artifacts in favor of Elvish and Simian Spirit Guides, so it can disrupt mana with four Collector Ouphes and an additional Null Rod for moral support. There are lots of creature options beyond that: Magus of the Moon, Tin Street Hooligan, Scavenging Ooze, Tarmogoyf, Harsh Mentor, Vexing Shusher, Goblin Cratermaker. And for spells you get Pyroblast, Lightning Bolt, Ancient Grudge, the new Force of Vigor from Modern Horizons – whatever you think will make a difference in the expected metagame. Santa’s Ouphe Business (32)4 Deathrite Shaman4 Collector Ouphe4 Tin Street Hooligan4 Tarmogoyf4 Magus of the Moon1 Chalice of the Void1 Null Rod1 Blood Moon1 Force of Vigor4 Pyroblast4 Lightning BoltMana Sources (28)4 Elvish Spirit Guide4 Simian Spirit Guide1 Lotus Petal4 Verdant Catacombs1 Wooded Foothills3 Taiga3 Snow-Covered Forest2 Snow-Covered Mountain1 Snow-Covered Swamp1 Strip Mine4 Wasteland | Sideboard (15)3 Pithing Needle1 Thorn of Amethyst4 Leyline of the Void3 Ancient Grudge2 Red Elemental Blast2 Mindbreak Trap There’s a lot of opportunity for Collector Ouphe to succeed in Modern and eternal formats. Artifacts continue getting stronger and allowing opponents to carry out nefarious, broken schemes. Ouphe says no! How Many Team Serious Members Does It Take? Because podcasts are a tricky way to reveal a free Wizards preview card, we decided we’d try something different, and perhaps unique. The Serious Vintage podcast looks at the Vintage format through the lens of community, rather than competition. We have fun playing Magic, but it’s also an excuse to hang out with people we enjoy. And it’s one of the reasons we always end our shows with discussions of food and drink, because the post-tournament meal is just as important as the event itself. Sometimes more so. So thanks to everyone who helped us preview our card (in order of the word they read): Steve McGrew, Jake Hilty, Jon Hammack, JR Goldman, Guhstin Dewey, Paul Blakeley, Ryan Seeley, Nam Q. Tran, Duane Haddix, Rajah James, Anthony “Twaun” Michaels, Jimmy McCarthy, Andy “Brass Man” Probasco, Sam Krohlow, Frank Singel, Josh McCurley, Phil Thorson, Jerry Yang, Eric Caffrey, Mark Trogdon, Gilberto Rivera, Kevin Nelson, Justin Waller, Rick Gideon, David Lance, Kyle Lennox, Charles Rolko, Kevin Poenisch, Matt Hazard, Erik Butler, Joe Dyer, and Ben Perry. Lots of people had fun with it, none more than Brass Man, who provided the stinger for this episode. Thanks also to Geoff Moes, who, when I said I wanted to have him splice 40 or so contextless words of a card together into a coherent whole, didn’t blink an eye. It was just that normal twitch thing he gets when I tell him I have an idea. And thanks to Josh Chapple, who, since it was snowing in Colorado when we recorded, went up the road to podcast from the parking lot of his local bar, Snowpack Taproom, to get a working internet signal. He recommends Snowpack as having a strong selection of rotating local kegs, good food, and powerful internet. The next Team Serious Invitational he hosts in Colorado will definitely take a trip there. Finally, thanks to Jaco for hosting our show at Eternal Central. He loves formats with old Magic cards and has put together quite a home for them. We exist in large part because of his help. My job is easy; I just write words. Upcoming Events We close this episode with a couple of upcoming Vintage events, a section that we used to do and would like to do more regularly. If you have a Vintage (or Middle School or Old School) event that you want us to hype, let us know! If it’s reasonable to put on our next episode, we will. First up, an event I found on The Mana Drain. The Lone Star Lhurgoyfs group is hosting a Vintage event Saturday, June 8 in Houston, Texas. They have a nice writeup, it’s at a bar, and they’re going to raffle off some pretty awesome looking Eldrazi proxies. Check that out if you’re near Houston. In Warren, Ohio, there are two Vintage Eternal Weekend Trials, on Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16 at Bottom Dollar Trading. Those events should just be crawling with Team Serious members, so it should be a lot of fun. And Josh is looking forward to the TinFinVitational events in Denver, being run the same weekend as that city’s Magic Fest at the Whittier Pub. There’s a Vintage event on Friday, July 19, and a Legacy event on Sunday, July 21. Take a look if you’ll be playing in GP Denver, and say hey to Josh. Questions for Discussion So! What do you think of Collector Ouphe? Did you know how to pronounce “ouphe” before we did? Did you see Filip Burburan’s great art? The Ouphe is stealing the power from an Aether Vial! Are there other Easter eggs in the art? What other Modern Horizons cards are you excited about? Do you have a local Vintage or other event coming up that you want us to give a shoutout to? Let us know! Conclusion Thanks for listening! If you found this show because of our free Wizards preview card for Modern Horizons, welcome. We hope you enjoyed your time here. We’ll look forward to any questions or comments here or The Mana Drain or on Twitter. You can also email us at seriousvintagepodcast@gmail.com.

Do we need another Commander format! What's going on Degen Nation! The guys go over a new format that was posted in the Facebook Commander Groups. Centurion! Is another fast paced EDH format what cuts down the French EDH ban list and bans all mana accelerators (Sol Ring, Grim Monolith, You get it). While it unbans every broken General and bans the top partner commanders. If that sounds like a format for you, move on over to Italy and start playing CENTURION today! If you like the intro go check out Dj Piecemeal at his SoundCloud page. DJ Piecemeal @djpiecemeal Also go check out our buddies new podcast Garbage Day Podcast movie review. garbagedaypodcast.com So sit back and grab a cold one. Also hit that like and subscribe button for more content. If you guys have a topic that you would like us to talk about leave a comment below. Erebos is famous! www.youtube.com/watch?v=44QaBzEWugo&t=147s PATREON www.patreon.com/MTG_CARDBOARD_CRACK_HOUSE Don’t forget to add us on: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mtg-c…d1207289704?mt=2 Instagram: www.instagram.com/mtgcrackhouse/

In this episode of Turn One Sol Ring, Eric and Kevin take a look back at the world of Magic in 2019. Happy New Year everyone! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/turnonesolringthepodcast/ GooglePlay https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNGYzYTQzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmWntUuDyPbRi5ohnyL6fg/featured Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4PXeDTpS40wuXiqn21WWDH Kevin's Deckstats Decks https://deckstats.net/decks/137112/?lng=en Eric's Deckstats Decks https://deckstats.net/decks/69389/?lng=en Riley's Deckstats Decks https://deckstats.net/decks/144786/?lng=en Kevin's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/commandbeacon/?hl=en

Patreon Patron of the week: Caleb Ryder (@iCalebRyder) Ryan - @greenegeek Zack - @z4ck38 Together - @commandersocial   Twitter contest - Theros Beyond Death Promo Pack You can find us on Twitter Mike Condon for audio engineering and Bocce Ball set Thanks @iCalebRyder - 1:12 @TRayburn - 19:58 Ep 40 Community Spotlight: 106.6 Commander Rules! Disclaimer: We are not saying fast mana is good/bad/or otherwise. We just thought this is an interesting topic, and might be fun to talk about. Permanent Sol Ring Mana Crypt Mana Vault Ancient Tomb Grim Monolith Carpet of Flowers (Is this as good in non cEDH?) Chrome Mox Mox Diamond Mox Amber Mox Opal There’s lots of temporary mana cards, often used in storm decks Lotus Petal Lion’s Eye Diamond Dark Ritual Desperate Ritual Temporary What is Fast Mana? Cards that can give you more mana than they cost, the turn you play them Land, Fellwar Stone, Mana Vault, Sylvan Library Land, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Sensei’s Divining Top Are crazy starts like this bad?  How often do starts like this happen? Do crazy starts happen like this all the time in cEDH? We don’t know, but maybe some folks out there can let us know? What’s the craziest start YOU’ve ever had? Fast Mana can enable some pretty crazy starts http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/list-multiplayer-edh-generals-by-tier/ Is fast mana one of the things that separates EDH from cEDH? We aren’t cEDH experts, but looking at the tier list here, it sees a lot of play in cEDH decks: Is this fair, given that nearly every EDH deck runs Sol Ring? Most of the cards on this list are more than $50, some as much as $200+   If Mana Crypt were less expensive, would this argument still be happening? I’ve seen some folks on Twitter/Reddit complaining about their opponents using fast mana, oftentimes Mana Crypt is specifically called out. Does the way your deck is built change the amount of fast mana that is “appropriate”? If you’re playing Bird Tribal, is it OK to power up your deck with a little extra juice? How much fast mana is too much? http://bit.ly/ryan_stable http://bit.ly/zack_stable Example: Ryan has a morph deck, and it’s pretty derpy. That deck runs a lot of fast mana, just so it can be on a similar playing field as a lot of other decks Ryan plays against in our meta Zack talks about Emry here I don’t think running fast mana is good or bad, it’s just a thing decks can do. We play fast mana sometimes. Feel free to look at our stables: Ryan has a Gonti Deck, and it runs mana vault, but maybe that should just be Dark Ritual? Mana vault vs Dark Ritual Ryan: I think that in general the effect is pretty similar, but again fast mana ramps you for the current turn, whereas Ramp cards make subsequent turns of yours better. At least the social contract doesn’t frown on blowing up folks fast mana, like it does about destroying lands How does Fast mana compare to Ramp effects like Rampant Growth, Kodama’s Reach, Cultivate? Cards like Signets, Worn Powerstone, Fellwar Stone, etc Why are these cards less frowned upon? We run lots of “Slow Mana” in Commander, which essentially acts a lot like ramp Main Topic - Fast Mana Thanks for watching! Please remember to Like and Subscribe, and you can follow us on Twitter, @commandersocial, @greenegeek, @z4ck38. Keep it Social! Komiku - Battle of Pogs https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Zack Gets it Together Theme Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial You can check us out at commandersocial.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial On twitter @commandersocial twitch.tv/greenegeek Ryan individually @greenegeek Zack individually @z4ck38 Contact Info © Copyright 2019 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

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In this episode of Turn One Sol Ring, Eric and Kevin take a look back at the world of Magic in 2019. Happy New Year everyone! Follow us on Instagram @turnonesolringthepodcast to participate in our December giveaway. If you have any comments, questions or feedback for us, you can reach us at turnonesolringthepodcast@gmail.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/turnonesolringthepodcast/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/turnonesolring GooglePlay https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iae3mfamroaeyka47ve6jg3uqhm Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/turn-one-sol-ring/id1462590964 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmWntUuDyPbRi5ohnyL6fg?view_as=subscriber Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4RXCQRRX9PIYjwmMaXeq1k Kevin’s Deckstats Decks https://deckstats.net/decks/137112?lng=en Eric’s Deckstats Decks https://deckstats.net/decks/69389?lng=en Kevin’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/commandbeacon/

Whats happening Degen Nation! The guys go over if sol ring should be banned with a few other cards. If you like the intro go check out Dj Piecemeal at his SoundCloud page. DJ Piecemeal @djpiecemeal Also go check out our buddies new podcast Garbage Day Podcast movie review. garbagedaypodcast.com So sit back and grab a cold one. Also hit that like and subscribe button for more content. If you guys have a topic that you would like us to talk about leave a comment below. Erebos is famous! www.youtube.com/watch?v=44QaBzEWugo&t=147s PATREON www.patreon.com/MTG_CARDBOARD_CRACK_HOUSE Don’t forget to add us on: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mtg-c…d1207289704?mt=2 Instagram: www.instagram.com/mtgcrackhouse/ Twitter: twitter.com/MTGCrackPodcast Facebook Crack House: www.facebook.com/mtgcrackhouse

Episode 81: The Commander Smith’s have a discussion about the Problem with Sol Ring along with some new cards from Brawl and Throne of Eldraine. Enjoy! Support the show by donating to out Patreon Pagehttps://www.patreon.com/commandersmiths     Episode Jump: Spoilers 4:00 Problem with Sol Ring 44:00   Patron Giveaway Video https://youtu.be/njLRtjcxqpo   A FREE way to support the show is to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page and LIKE/SHARE our videos and podcasts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mttoLhPuTpOUMsqF1O-og?view_as=subscriber   Follow us on twitter where you will see INSTA Specs, Proxy of the Week, Not Sharing with Adam Beer, MTG News and any Schedule changes.   @CommanderSmiths   Lastly, you can email us at CommanderSmiths@gmail.com with any song suggestions, specs, decks, Questions or just to chat.    Recent Videos from the CommanderSmiths   Recent Battle Boxes: Modern Horizons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRENyoXaEao   How to Make Full Art Proxies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2NCnyjMdI&t=   Throne of Eldraine Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzBrfW7Ipzg&t=78s Brawl Deck lists: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/inside-throne-eldraine-brawl-decks-2019-09-04 Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfxIa-643zI Toppling Goliath- Double Dry Hopped Psudo Sue: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23222/232168/

Thank audience Please remember to like and subscribe and tell a friend Please check us out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial Our special patron of the week is Phil Delcuca of Commanderin’ Fame! This month we are doing a Patron only contest for a Core 2020 bundle brought to you by Mothership Books and Games (www.mothershipatx.com/‎ and https://www.instagram.com/mothershipatx/). To be entered become a patron by July 31st! Mike Condon for the music and editing Thanks @ketjak - 1:25 @MTG_Arena - 2:01 @GavinVerhey - 2:01, 20:30, 30:00, 35:50, 40:30 @MothershipGames - 5:28, 9:56 @RoosterTeeth - 9:56 @ChannelFireball - 17:00, 22:48 @TheProxyGuy - 18:15 @jfwong - 22:48  @JoshLeeKwai - 22:48, 49:56 @HeinzKetchup_US - 23:12 @GingerJ0E - 26:40 @BentzMr - 27:27, 38:52 @CMDRCentral_Max - 51:08 @JasonEAlt - 1:01:12 Ep 7 Community Spotlight: Up N Smoke BBQ: https://www.yelp.com/biz/up-n-smoke-bbq-austin 717.2 Commander Rules! Command Zone Pass - $79.99 4-Day access to the Command Zone: Premium Casual Play Area with comfortable seating & table space, access to special guests & fellow Commander fans 4 On-Demand Commander Events FOIL Sol Ring Promo! CFB Deckbox A random Commander 2019 Deck Comfortable tables with snacks and a cash bar Live Q&A with Gavin Verhey Tons of special guests Door Prizes A non-foil Sol Ring promo CFB sleeves, deck box and drawstring bag Friday Commander Party - $59.99 What do you think about these packages? Will you be joining in? MF Vegas   Main Topic - A1 Bold Predictions for Commander 2019 What do we know for really real Releasing August 23rd (Same weekend of MF Vegas) A special Sol Ring Commander promo (foil and non-foil) with new art by Mark Tedin will be released at Grand Prix Las Vegas, just before the release of Commander 2019.[2] It will be available through Commander events at MagicFests throughout the year, and at select conventions in 2020. Promo Sol Ring will not be the art in Commander 2019 Four decks rather than five.  Multiple viable commanders in each the deck Planeswalkers will not be the main commanders.  Reasonable Assumptions TH, the Intern - Mono colored decks Joe Hoffman - Each deck will be themed by plane Andy Bently - Each deck will be one of the following themes, Tribal, Hard Control, Vehicles, and 7 Piece Combo) Example: Deck is UBRW, Partner 1 is UBW, Partner 2 is RBW Zack - 4 Color decks, with 3 color partner Commanders Enemy-colored Crowd Lands (these are the ones from Battlebond, Sea of Clouds, etc) A 5 card cycle of Mono-colored “Partners”, (1-1-1-2 in each deck), not designed to be commanders of the deck A 5 color Elemental themed deck (because Elementals feature prominently in standard right now) A Colorless Deck, with 3 new colorless legendaries A R/G Werewolf deck, with an awesome Werewolves matter Commander An Esper Control Deck  The 4 decks will be: Ryan: @HeinzKetchup_US A1 Bold Predictions Disclaimer: This is Commander Social Secret list style, so we don’t know what is on each other’s list Ryan - Zack -  Top 8 reprints we want for Commander 2019 I beat Ryan in a game in the M20 Pre-release. I should have won game two, but I didn’t go all in on an attack i should have that lost me the game.  I’ve def been doing some late night streaming, so if you want to tune in, you can tell me what you think I'm doing right or wrong!  Zack Gets It Together Commander Social Intro and Outro ThemeRaindrop by Declan DP https://soundcloud.com/declandp Licensing Agreement 2.0 http://www.declandp.info/music-licensing Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/LbIb9_5_qNE Komiku - Battle of Pogs https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Zack Gets it Together Theme Contact Info Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial You can check us out at commandersocial.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial On twitter @commandersocial twitch.tv/greenegeek Ryan individually @greenegeek Zack individually @z4ck38 © Copyright 2019 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Thanks Mike Condon for the music and editing Intern TH Elliot - Helping with the deck we’re talking about this episode @jumbocommander - 0:59, 28:29 @danaroach - 2:15 @alyankovic - 2:49 @MothershipGames - 6:43, 23:56 @CommandersBrew - 8:32 @archidekt - 26:29 @PVDDR - 52:04 @fivewithflores - 52:23 @StarCityGames - 52:31 Ep 4 Community Spotlight: Zack  Game one - a player kept recurring wasteland and strip mine to destroy most of my lands. Lost to another player’s voltron’ed up commander, who also went on to win the game. Game two - Was able to get an infect counter on every player at the table. Got out Seedborn Muse and Karn’s bastion. The player on my right won with a combo where he had infinite mana and card draw, cast Enter the Infinite, put season’s past on top of his library, used beast within on all of our permanents, then uses reality shift to mill out libraries.  Game 1 Urza comboed off on Turn 4 Game 2 Urza comboed off on Turn 5 Edgar Markov played by Ivan The Ur0Dragon played by Simon Michael Rite of Replicationed a Woodfall Primus and left Ivan (playing Edgar with a single plains). However, Ivan had Azor’s Gateway, and eventually flipped it, adding 40ish mana each turn Simon (Ur-Dragon) took out Michael  Ivan (Edgar) used Forerunner of the Legion to find Mirror Entity. I had Raff in play and a Contagion Engine, and I politiced Ivan to attack Simon (otherwise I’d wipe his team of 1/1s) On my turn, I cast Karn Liberated, and exiled the flipped Azor’s gateway. Riku of Two Reflections played by Michael Game 3 Everyone played lower powered decks Ryan Games We Played 408.2 -> 113.3 Commander Rules! Helmed by Raff Capashen, Ship’s Mage The idea here is that I can flash in Planeswalkers on the person to my right’s endstep, and then untap and wrath away all the creatures https://archidekt.com/decks/117406#Azorius_Super_Friends Planeswalkers - 23 (This might be too many) Tell the story of how TH does Hypergeometric Distribution In probability theory and statistics, the hypergeometric distribution is a discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of successes (random draws for which the object drawn has a specified feature) in draws, without replacement, from a finite population of size With 20 PW it’s roughly 80% chance to draw one on Turn 1, and it goes up from there 2 Gideons, 4 Jaces, 2 Karns, 2 Narsets, 3 Teferis, 2 Tezzerets, 2 Ugins Could have Ultimated Karn Liberated the turn I played him (but that’s not super fun). Almost ultimated Narset, Transcendant (Emblem, opponent’s can’t cast non-creature spells)  Board Wipes! 6 (and don’t forget about Humility) Interaction - 10 The Chain Veil Deepglow Skate Arena and Academy Rector (Omniscience, Inexorable Tide, Meishin, the Mind Cage, Mystic Barrier, Sphere of Safety Synergy - 9 All mana based ramp, the usual suspects, Sol Ring, Signet, Thought Vessel, Mana Vault Ramp - 9 Karn’s Bastion Kor Haven Kjeldoran Outpost Winding Canyons (This is greedy with only 5 creatures, but explain WHY) Lands - 38 Many of the cards I’ve talked about previously fit into this category, so I’ll just go over a few of the others here: Teferi’s Protection (How Appropriate!) Ignite the Beacon Contagion Engine Flex - 10 Summary: The deck played OK, but it feels like it needs more card draw. I was planning on all of my card draw coming from Planeswalker loyalty abilities, but that’s not super reliable. Slots Main Topic - Ryan’s Azorius Superfriends Deck Who’s the Beatdown Republishing of original article. http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/fundamentals/3692_Whos_The_Beatdown.html Zack Gets It Together Commander Social Intro and Outro ThemeRaindrop by Declan DP https://soundcloud.com/declandp Licensing Agreement 2.0 http://www.declandp.info/music-licensing Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/LbIb9_5_qNE Komiku - Battle of Pogs https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Zack Gets it Together Theme You can check us out at commandersocial.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/commandersocial https://www.facebook.com/commandersocial/ Official Page: Facebook  You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial On twitter @commandersocial twitch.tv/greenegeek Ryan individually @greenegeek Zack individually @z4ck38 Contact Info

EDH is full of popular staples, from Sol Ring to Cyclonic Rift, and in 99.99% of cases, players are correct to run those in every deck... but what about the 0.01%? On this episode, Joey, Matt, and Dana dive into a list of ever-popular cards and ask the tough questions, trying to find the exceptions that prove the rule. Are there decks that should ever NOT run Sol Ring? Or Cyclonic Rift? Let’s see if we can find out.

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The Command Zone recently released data from hundreds of Commander games, which included variables such as deck color identity, who got an early Sol Ring, deck archetype, and most importantly, who won the game. In this episode, Nick and Zak explore that data and explain some of the most interesting associations between deck characteristic and win percentage.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/commandertheory)

It’s finally here! The STATS episode (part 1 of 2). We’ve compiled data from over 300 games of Commander, analyzed the findings and now it’s time to go over the results. What do the statistics say about the power of Sol Ring? What role, if any, does turn order play in determining a game winner? What deck types have an advantage over the others? Some of the findings are going to shock you! Do not miss this episode. ---------- What we talked about on THE END STEP: Hardcore Game of Thrones: http://howl.fm/audio/playlists/4156/hardcore-game-of-thrones ---------- Special thanks to: Data Analyst: Andrew Greene Data Gatherers: Erick Keller, Ashlen Rose, Josh Murphy, Jordan Gee ---------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whats going on Degen Nation! We had a full house this week cause someone had to do the 2x challenge. If you guys want to see what thats all about go check out our Instagram. The guys go over standard and learn that someone was playing with commander cards in there deck. Sit back and grab a cold one. Also hit that like and subscribe button for more content. If you guys have a topic that you would like us to talk about leave a comment below. Erebos is famous! www.youtube.com/watch?v=44QaBzEWugo&t=147s PATREON www.patreon.com/MTG_CARDBOARD_CRACK_HOUSE Don’t forget to add us on: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mtg-c…d1207289704?mt=2 SoundCloud: @mtg-crack-house Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mtgcrackhouse/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTGCrackPodcast Facebook Crack House: www.facebook.com/mtgcardboardcrackhouse/

Hello and welcome to another episode of Commander Cookout Podcast! This week, Brando and Ryan discuss a super janky, super themey, super combo-y deck. Straight up classic CCO style! You can peep the list here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/what-would-karn-do/ That being said, make sure you head over to our Facebook page to share and/or bid on the two custom cards we have up for auction for Wedge from @TheManaSource. The direct link to his Go Fund Me can be found here: https://ca.gofundme.com/anthony039s-emergency-surgery-help And our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/CCOPodcast/ Something as small as a like and a share helps out a lot as it enables more people to see their opportunity to help out a fellow in need. But WAIT! There’s more!! Starting today and running for two weeks, we have a Very special card available for auction. Jay Sage of Sk0oma Alters (https://www.facebook.com/Magicskooma/) has donated a one-of-a-kind, first in his 2018 Pink Series, custom altered Sol Ring for you to win! It’s the first in his 2018 Pink Series. An Ultra exclusive, ultra rare style only available once per year! Head to our Facebook page for the full details. It’s so sick! If you’d like to support the show beyond just listening, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/CCOPodcast It’s our generous patrons that have enabled us to launch www.CommanderCookout.com!!! You can check that out now too! At www.commandercookout.com, you will be able to find all the details on our latest giveaways, our entire backlog of episodes, links to subscribe to CCOPodcast on iTunes, Google Play, Podomatic.com, our RSS feed and all other links to our social media platforms. Coming soon, there will also be an articles section, a product/set review section and possibly even an online store. Check it out today! Now, Hit our Theme Song!!!!

In this episode, I’m talking to the animator of the Magic community, Geoffrey Palmer, of Living Cards MTG. If you’ve seen anything from The Professor, Magic: The Amateuring, Game Knights, Loading Ready Run, or a Channel Fireball GP, you’ve seen Geoffrey’s work. Geoffrey is a professional motion graphics designer and uses his talents to bring our favorite cards to life. Geoffrey has animated Anger of the Gods, Bouncing Beebles, Liliana, Force of Will, Sol Ring, Treasure Cruise, Ponder, and more. Geoffrey now works at Channel Fireball doing their graphics, and he’s excited to push the boundaries of his craft every chance he gets. Geoffrey also talks to us about his appreciation for art and his creative process. I caught up with Geoffrey the in the Fall of 2017. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Geoffrey Palmer of Living Cards MTG. Music Credits (in order of appearance): Our theme song is Play the Game by Antracto (Yes I bought the rights, if you're curious) Patreon music: Road Trip by Joakim Karud Card Kingdom ad music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar Paragon City Games ad music: Clouds by Joakim Karud Preview clip music: Dreams by Joakim Karud I’ve got a new YouTube Channel called Play MTG Woo! And if you like the Kitchen Table Magic podcast by Sam Tang, you’re gonna love the new YouTube channel Play MTG by Sam Tang! It’s an upbeat, fast paced new YouTube Channel featuring deck techs from Pros, learn to play tutorials, expert difficulty level up advice, single card discussion, MTG community news, and more. I’ve only got 1 video uploaded right now about my vlog from Hascon. So if you wanna see what I look like, go check me out on Twitter and Facebook. It’s at on YouTube.com/c/playmtg Follow the new show on Twitter.com/play_mtg It’s on Facebook.com/playmtg I’ll have a link in the show notes at KitchenTableMagic.org I’m looking forward to creating content in video! Kitchen Table Magic is sponsored by: Kitchen Table Magic is brought to you by Card Kingdom.com! The newest Un-set is available for preorder now! Unstable is looking fantastic with crazy contraptions, inside jokes, strange math, and squirrels, lots of squirrels. And most importantly, there’s John Avon full art borderless basic lands in Unstable! You can preorder them now and support the show using our affiliate link: CardKingdom.com/KTM Paragon City Games! Kitchen Table Magic is brought you by Paragon City Games. They’re a community focused game store in Draper Utah that cares deeply about their player base. They invite you to join their in store stream at Twitch.tv/ParagonCityGames for weekly Legacy and Modern events. Hipsters of the Coast: Hey everyone! Great news! Kitchen Table Magic is now on Hipsters of the Coast. They’re the mages with the curly beards and the vegan potion options! Hipsters of the Coast is the premier news and strategy blog for the Magic: The Gathering Community. And Kitchen Table Magic is honored to be joining their lineup. If you’re listening to me right now from Hipsters of the Coast, I’m pleased to meet you. You’re going to love all the guests I have lined up for Season 3. And be sure to check out past episodes at KitchenTableMagic.org If you’re new to the HotC blog, head on over to HipstersoftheCoast.com to get strategy and content for all your favorite formats.

The Bad Boys of Magic are rolling into town once again. Tyson, Gingie and Tim resolve the prior episodes question of if we were given a baby craterhoof to play with, what would we do with it? We're of course talking about brews built around Decimator of Provinces. We of course also discuss the elephant in the room that is the new type of "treasure cards" hidden away in Kaladesh and every set moving forward as the Masterpiece series, Kaladesh Inventions. Being it's starting off as an all artifact set as of right now, we are incredibly excited to see stylish reprints of Chrome Mox, Lotus Pedal, Sol Ring, Aethervial and whatever ones Gingie said.

The Bad Boys of Magic are rolling into town once again. Tyson, Gingie and Tim resolve the prior episodes question of if we were given a baby craterhoof to play with, what would we do with it? We're of course talking about brews built around Decimator of Provinces. We of course also discuss the elephant in the room that is the new type of "treasure cards" hidden away in Kaladesh and every set moving forward as the Masterpiece series, Kaladesh Inventions. Being it's starting off as an all artifact set as of right now, we are incredibly excited to see stylish reprints of Chrome Mox, Lotus Pedal, Sol Ring, Aethervial and whatever ones Gingie said.

The bad boys of Magic have returned once again with special guest and super fan, Brady, to help us discuss cards that we feel are too powerful for EDH/Commander and what we feel were cards that were banned nonsensically for a completely casual format. We discuss cards such as Primeval Titan, Cyclonic Rift, Sol Ring, Deadeye Navigator, Mana Drain, Omniscience and many many more.

The bad boys of Magic have returned once again with special guest and super fan, Brady, to help us discuss cards that we feel are too powerful for EDH/Commander and what we feel were cards that were banned nonsensically for a completely casual format. We discuss cards such as Primeval Titan, Cyclonic Rift, Sol Ring, Deadeye Navigator, Mana Drain, Omniscience and many many more.

Eric and James discuss their tournament experience in LA, Mitch talks about bad standard decks, Eric tries rewriting Sol Ring's flavor text.