Our Biggest Commander Level-Up Moments | The Command Zone 451

Our Biggest Commander Level-Up Moments | The Command Zone 451 | Magic: The Gathering EDH

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Show Notes:
Improving your Commander game takes time, but every now and then, something just clicks. After that you never quite look at things the same way again.
This episode, The Command Zone Crew comes together to talk about our biggest personal level-up moments, from deck-building to gameplay to mindset. We hope these discussions will help get you take your game to the next level.
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@commandcast 2 жыл бұрын

Apologies everyone! We had some technical issues with the original version of this episode so it had to be taken down and reuploaded. Very sorry for the inconvenience. -JLK

@anthony-1402 2 жыл бұрын

i stopped playing magic but i love your stuff man

@dbuck8781 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the content, excited to see the live shows. You should check out Jake and Joel are magic and the commander league they have going on with points and budgets. Would love to see a command zone vs them. Loved when you guys had smaller creators on. Keep up the great work, thanks.

@michaelgiordano4987 2 жыл бұрын

Hey hey JLK, I love the thumbnail by the way.

@wad_Mr.J Жыл бұрын

Great video... your guys stuff is all amazing. OG 11-12 year veteran magic player (with some lil kid alpha beta stories) n now I'm transitioning into edh, having fun collecting pieces so I can debut my very first commander deck (of many to come). Obviously the goal is to be competitive and competent, with a monster deck i can play for years to come that operates smoothly and efficiently in a synergistic way... limited to 100 cards 1 of is a stiffling concept for a player with my history in magic. Keep it up, thanks guys, amazing content.

@rara2ra2yrra3racjj2 2 жыл бұрын

I just love these episodes where you give us the input from all the staff. It's a bunch of cool people.

@nelsikegaming 2 жыл бұрын

YES!

@harmlessmuffin8237 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite personal level up was learning how to use cards in unique ways, usually different from their intended purpose, my favorite example of this being casting a biomass mutation, X = 0, and then casting sudden substitution to exchange control of that biomass and someone else's commander. It was a great moment, and I love using cards in weird ways

@noliverk 2 жыл бұрын

That is a really cool play.

@wyatt5450 2 жыл бұрын

Feather makes some removal spells into ramp/lifegain. Like Path to Exile gives you a search of lands, and Swords to Plowshares gives you life. The 'Feather, The Redeemer' text gives you the opportunity to cast spells that target your own board to return to your hand at the end step. If you have mana available, you can get lands or life or more

@egoish6762 2 жыл бұрын

I think i'm missing something in that interaction, creatures with zero toughness go to the graveyard as a state based action so there isn't an interaction point, unless you are casting sudden substitution with biomass on the stack, i'm still not entirely sure where the trick is though.

@harmlessmuffin8237 2 жыл бұрын

@@egoish6762 The way I understand it, although I could be completely wrong, is that you cast Biomass Mutation X = 0, hold priority and then cast Sudden Substitution. The Sudden Substitution resolves, and switches control of the creature and the Biomass Mutation while the Biomass Mutation is still on the stack. This makes it so you control their creature when Biomass Mutation resolves, and kills the rest of their creatures, but you get to keep the one you stole. Hope that clarifies things.

@thelasttrueblade6684 2 жыл бұрын

@@harmlessmuffin8237 No that's exactly how it works. Cast Biomass Mutation with X=0 (Stack: Biomass Mutation) In Response, Cast Sudden Substitution, targeting Biomass Mutation and the best thing on your opponents board. (Stack: Sudden Substitution, Biomass Mutation) Sudden Substitution resolves, exchanging control of the targets. Your opponent is now casting Biomass Mutation. Biomass Mutation resolves, turning all creatures the caster (now your opponent) into 0/0's.

@kylerippenhagen1052 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest moment was finally understanding the stack and interacting at the latest moment possible. I feel like I got a lot better after I learned that.

@austinward9741 2 жыл бұрын

Mine, too. I was new to Magic in my second year of college, and I was in a 6-way commander game between Saheeli, Sublime Artificer, Anje Falkenruth, The Ur-Dragon, The Mimeoplasm, Sliver Overlord, and Zacama, Primal Calamity. I made a huge mistake with priority and used Magus of the Wheel's ability in the middle of a player's spell ability to select targets.

@dierseye5761 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man I've had this one too.

@dominusanimus5726 2 жыл бұрын

Heard this. Learning to wait for a player to over-commit before interacting was a huge hurdle for me. I've shut down so many more plays after learning the stack better.

@1radas14 2 жыл бұрын

@@austinward9741 t,g

@121Xander121 10 ай бұрын

When I first started playing I always dropped my instants on my turn, it took me a year before I realized “I should wait to play my card draw instants until the end of my opponent’s turn and they’re tapped out”. That was my first “Level Up” in MtG in general.

@radikalskippy 2 жыл бұрын

1:18:00 "Just build more decks!" That one hit me hard, guys. You're right and now I need to go cut so many pet cards from my decks. Also on a totally unrelated theme, I'm going to build a couple more decks.

@joshbowdish9851 2 жыл бұрын

TLDR: Sideboarding? So my friend has this Kenrith Deck. There's about 20 slots in there that are completely up for grabs at any point, so he likes to switch in say, the teachers/deans from Strixhaven. Or the Walking Dead guys. Or the Stranger Things guys. They don't always make the deck better but it's really fun that it can change themes so fast. Point is, now I can play my pet Kraken in my Arixmethes deck, and then play him more "competitively" just by switching out 15 or so cards. Kinda reminded me that nothing is really set in stone. It feels like picking talents in WoW or going a different build in LoL. Doing this has also made it a lot easier to make cuts in general. PS - Don't let me stop you from building those decks! I ended up with a bonus Alesha deck with all the artifact synergies I didn't get to play in my recent Child of Alara and it's pretty sweet so far. Having a backup deck kinda helps narrow the problem space.

@radikalskippy 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshbowdish9851 idk about it. I'd rather have another deck more centered on a single strategy than taking ten minutes after every game swapping out cards. I get that Kenrith is a good jack of all trades but at the same time, he's a master of none. Better to focus on one goal and improve it over time.

@michaelroy1175 2 жыл бұрын

42:44 Scryfall has gotten me more "Wow" moments from the table than EDHREC

@fluffylegend294 2 жыл бұрын

Scryfall is terribly difficult to use and I want to love it but right now I hate it lol

@georg194 2 жыл бұрын

I always use scryfall in the advanced search mode, because I can klick and type all the points I want to search for. For me as a foreigner it is hard to remember, or think of, all these strange words. I think the advanced search is easy an self-explanatory to use. I can on recommend it

@das5884 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I can find every card to fit my decks theme, not just the most popular ones everyone had already seen.

@joachimpearson4892 2 жыл бұрын

@@das5884 amen, after I really got into commander and started exploring different options I started to realise that EDHREC kind of killed the joy of crafting a new deck- it's so well optimised as a tool that it just feels like net-decking. Scryfall puts all the agency back into your hands and you end up with a deck that really belongs to you.

@Turkin4tor 2 жыл бұрын

I love Scryfall, specifically the ADVANCED SEARCH page, where you have fields which can do all of those searches without having to remember all the syntax

@kellylogs2642 2 жыл бұрын

Scryfall is soooooo huge and learning more about it over the last couple years has been HUGE for me. The advanced search tab, btw, does a wonderful job giving you a framework for most of the fundamental functions without having to memorize the syntax up front. Also, I just learned now about the function and art tags, so thank you for those, they will help a lot. XD

@aaronpyrez1573 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest level up moment happened when I was thinking on what Osgir, the Reconstructer enables. Once I thought on artifact lands, that started the wheels turning for “Osgir Landfall”. So the level up was: Realizing to think outside of the norm.

@tp1592 2 жыл бұрын

For those asking about why it was reuploaded - the original video at 0:10 showed "premieres 03/23", instead of the current "premieres 03/29"

@jbwrestler117 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I came to the comments

@SovereignwindVODs 2 жыл бұрын

I legitimately thought I was gonna hear a different song in the re-upload. I caught the mistake between what was said and what was shown, but I didn't think that was big enough to warrant taking down the video to do a quick edit and re-upload.

@vaporeon344 2 жыл бұрын

This podcast has inspired me to focus on specific decks per day in my playgroup. Each day, I play one of my current decks to figure out its exact ins and outs, and how the deck works.

@arthurbozelli4360 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a player that loves being the archenemy, and just last week I realized that not pulling attentention with flashy playsjust makes your opponents deal with each other for you. I built a pretty straightforward Tatsunari, Toad Rider that just attacks and spews cheap enchantments and I was baffled no one noticed him nibbling the board until everyone was at 14 life and I was at 26. From there, I already had a good board to take eveyone out one by one while everyone else was in shambles, fumbling each others' plans. It's funny we're always remembering we have 3 opponents while playing, but we're always worried the 3 of them might come for us, forgetting they also have 3 opponents to pay attention to.

@arcroy7 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely feel this, I've built many decks with the "I have to 3v1" mindset but, instead of what you did. I just decided to control the combat step with cards like Marisi, Odric Master Tactician, Brutal Hordechief, and to a lesser extent Isshin.

@vincent-antoinesoucy1872 2 жыл бұрын

Magic really helped me learning to loose, helped me a lot after when I started martial art, and in life in general. We all have to fight our ego, even with cardboard. My most eureka moment was when I downgraded all my decks, turned them lets say from 8 to 7. I have more time and more money than my friends with whom I play and the more I pumped my deck the less fun I had. it's pretty hard to balance deck by de optimizing them when you come from other formats.

@deadnight13 2 жыл бұрын

The explanation of and depth of scryfall was awesome! I was like hold it ? It can search price!! Shared this with my friends lord this will save so much time! Thank you 😊 💓

@jakethehit7731 2 жыл бұрын

I just recently had the same realization as Arthur, some of the decks I had might be fun for me to play but no one else had fun against them, and if no one enjoys playing against me then I will have no one to play with.

@nelsikegaming 2 жыл бұрын

I feel that way and at my LGS I pubs stomp with mid-high level decks (non-CEDH) with no infinite combos. I need a new play group. I won't change the way I play because others don't like playing that way so I'll look for people who enjoy high power Commander as well. It sucks but it would suck even more to play 2+ hour games with cards I don't enjoy playing.

@beepboopkendo4206 2 жыл бұрын

My recent level up is bringing the rule zero conversation forward. My group was starting to stagnate because of wildly differing power levels. Now things are much smoother and there is far less salt at the table.

@davidkruszka8426 2 жыл бұрын

I've been playing commander for less than a year now and I've learned a lot from listening to this channel and many others to learn about different interactions between cards. I'm the newest in my play group and it has helped me catch up a bit with everyone else.

@WTF-WithTheFlow 2 жыл бұрын

My 1-Up moment was learning that I don’t need the most “powerful” cards in my deck to have a good time, but instead have reactions to all the other powerful cards my opponents can play. Keeps the heat off me and gets mad kudos from the table when you Mana Tithe the overloaded Cyclonic Rift. Even from the blue player.

@reutermo 2 жыл бұрын

As a librarian it warms my heart to see Jordan’s section and his love for scryfall and search strings. That is what databases and libraries is all about.

@danielhamilton3496 2 жыл бұрын

So no cap. I think listing's to Jimmy and Josh shoot the breeze about batman films is some of the most enjoyable content I've ever seen on this channel. Don't get me wrong, I love the commander content but it's just so obvious that you guys are massive film buffs and know the industry so well. Listening to you discuss actors and make fun of films is just amazing. More please!!!

@ColorwaveCraftsCo 2 жыл бұрын

I really liked Shaunas advice about mulligans, cuz I feel like I was never really taught what to look for in an opening hand other than lands and spells.

@ethanL337 2 жыл бұрын

Ragavan and the Nimble Pilferers is my Reel Big Fish cover band

@andrewpeli9019 2 жыл бұрын

Play pattern recognition and knowing when to mulligan are huge for your win rate, but making that realization that it's supposed to be fun and playing in a way that is fun to play against is by far the most important.

@ayinderoberts354 2 жыл бұрын

My own personal Level Up moment was when I started learning the art of counter magic. Not just countering spells, but choosing when to use them and which counterspell to use in certain situations has helped me immensely when it came to threat assessment in games, even with decks that don’t have any counter spells.

@theaeskey2502 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE Ladee’s level up because that’s me to a T. I love the experience of playing and upping my game more then winning or loosing.

@bradywarren2252 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest "ah-ha" moment was when I applied an old bosses saying of "rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it" to the amount of answers/interaction in my decks.

@maxsalzer6454 2 жыл бұрын

I think its funny that although i follow this channel 5 years already im still hyped when they post a new video

@mufasafalldown8401 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be more of a fan if they could keep them under 45 minutes long. Definitely high quality though 👌

@ichgehdannmalpfuschen3892 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I could watch/listen forever

@fluffylegend294 2 жыл бұрын

Same here! I love the long podcasts where there’s just tons of content and detail. I just listened to another podcast talk about 155 decks for a couple hours the other day…love the detailed content

@davidwillard5182 2 жыл бұрын

I often time I'm looking at my deck and looking at the cards that I see during game nights to see if anything might match what I'm doing. It is fascinating to see you guys play your decks

@maidenless_tarnished 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest level up moment was to compile and organize all of my decks into Manabox. It's also a card search engine that you can then instantly add the card from searching to your deck. It gives you stats on the deck like how many colors, your mana curve, your creature-to-noncreature count, etc. It's fantastic and I highly recommend it. You can also customize tags in the deck, so if you wanted to tag all of your ramp spells to be able to group them together to see if you have enough you can!

@SvenJungo 2 жыл бұрын

58:18 I applaud you sir! This is the best aha-moment mentioned in this video! 👏

@isaiahwelch8066 Жыл бұрын

First, I'm gonna say that Ladee Danger's advice is top-notch. In my normal play-group, I don't win that often -- but I've also won games I should not have. Because of losing, my game, particularly deck construction, has gone way up, in terms of skill. However, I also wanted to throw out my own advice to those wanting to use the Commander Clock that was debuted on the Magic 30th Anniversary live show: If you use that clock, learn to think on other people's time. In essence, when your clock isn't going, think about how things are changing, and what you'll do, based on your cards on hand, and what board analysis tells you. That's a piece of information I learned a long time ago, playing speed chess.

@danielwomer 2 жыл бұрын

Ladee Danger's advice is truly timeless.

@PSroka 2 жыл бұрын

Today I was thinking about building an all book Prosper deck, but I didn't want to look though all the magic art. that website is amazing thank you!

@SaraKkkkkkkk 2 жыл бұрын

This was an EXCELLENT episode. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!

@ALS99708 2 жыл бұрын

Really loved Truc's perspective - so hard to cut the fun cards. I also have the most fun at a lower power level, because I feel that I have the most variety in deck-building with those games in mind and the option to make sub-optimal plays for fun. And my decks are always running too many strategies the first couple times I play them. Really enjoyed everyone else's perspective as well.

@carlfjnon 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the Google Analogy. It ties to my level up moment of applying skills I’d picked up at work around setting up a hypothesis and experimenting. Using the same skills from work in my deck building and games it helped me make better choices when selecting cards. In fact it even saved me money, used play test cards for a few games before deciding whether to invest or not.

@VexylObby 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest level-up was also similar to Arthur’s and realizing that it (the game, or even life) isn’t only about me. Ended up also tearing my decks apart. But a unique level up I can think of is also within the psychology of MtG. Sometimes it will take time for us the realize our vision of what kind of game we want to be playing. So we should allow ourselves and others a patience buffer of trial and error figuring that out. And much like life, it takes time for us to develop a sense of shared experience. One result of this thinking, for example, could be discovering that our frustrations in our play experiences could be underlying frustrations with deck building.

@TheNefu 2 жыл бұрын

This is like a Magic The Gathering: Avengers EndTurn with crossovers from all over the Command Zone Universe.

@EpicWookieLegs 2 жыл бұрын

My level up moment was at the beginning of this year when I realized I can have as much fun, or sometimes more fun when I loose as I'm trying to make my deck do its thing. That tension makes for a lot of laughs in my playgroup.

@Flip4Crypt 2 жыл бұрын

I'm literally in the middle of making a lore deck for Urza and the Weatherlight That's amazing that Jordan mentioned that for Scryfall, that's so helpful

@JordanPridgen 2 жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful!

@gemmintmtg4267 2 жыл бұрын

I had to clean the garage tonight and I got to pass the time listening to this episode. It was great, I took a lot from it. Thanks for another great episode

@54m0h7 2 жыл бұрын

My latest 'Level Up' was watching EDHRec's video about looking at cards differently. A good example would be Revel in Riches. It's a terrible counterspell, but it's a great 'make treasures' card, that happens to counter a spell. It's all about how you look at it.

@quoctran8195 2 жыл бұрын

I'm such a Timmy! I just loved the purity of simple MTG with you play your stuff and I play mine and turn face and smash. But I learned to play Commander a few years ago and building my deck was quite intimidating. Actually Commander brought me back into MTG after over a decade hiatus. But being able to control the board of 4 players wasn't something I was ready for. I played standard/Type 2 back when, but needing to put in removal and board wipes were so critical. I remember watching your episode of what cards to put in and how many was so crucial. Like how much removal, card draw, ramping/mana rocks, etc. That was my level up moment.

@brandoncreek5709 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely resonate with the play pattern recognition. Recently built Jetmir and he's 100% a finisher that you don't want to even think about playing until you can actually have 9 creatures on board. He's so threatening that he will eat all the removal so you really need to have protection or know that shields are down, then play him at a moment where you can win on the spot.

@KrisEganPhotographer Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the shout-out for buying my Festival of the Banned t-shirt design, and for the shout-out and link - I really appreciate it!! ❤

@tehfurbolg4960 2 жыл бұрын

Love the episodes where we get to see all of the people and hear from them together. Liked seeing Damen again too.

@nateburf 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this episode. So many lessons to learn from experienced players. I tell younger players all the time that I lost a lot in many formats before I started to win a MTG. Rah, and Semper Fidelis to Damen Lenz!

@OhNoTheFace 2 жыл бұрын

So scryfall is like the boorus but for cards but if they took their tagging seriously. Pretty cool

@T0M0603 2 жыл бұрын

Every time Truc comes on, he's always so much fun. He's so excited to talk magic. I can so relate to the 'it's like which kid do I love more' 😂. Always great to see him!

@jamesgreenwood1703 2 жыл бұрын

My level up was understanding how card advantage plays into games. I play against my dad bc he got me into it and I started with mono white midrange angel deck and I would be able to get him low most of the time but I would rarely close out the game because I would end up top decking and he would rarely ever do it.

@Squeakel1 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Glad to watch!

@trav3rsy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness! im resleeving 19 decks currently, needed something new to listen to! Love these off beat videos. and i still cant tell if murph is 13 or 33 XD

@alexandermeyer7258 2 жыл бұрын

I'd say a lvl up moment for me was realizing that using cards that synergize with your deck are typically more powerful than their "vacuum more powerful" replacements

@josephzannoni6303 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the kickstarted Games Knight deck box. I just got mine last week.

@kelseyo402 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I’m currently going through a level up. I have a had several games in my play group where I get excited and go archenemy first and I draw the ire of everyone. I usually die pretty quick after that. Sometimes I might need to hold back just a little and make a more protected board state at the cost of being less wild. I think I’ve avoided prioritizing protection because some protection is very expensive and it’s more fun to buy the expensive splashy card than the expensive protection spell. Wish me luck hopefully I can become more consistent and have more fun!

@kareltje2222 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite level up moment is when I put a counter on my druid class.

@JediMasterRevenantMADNESS 2 жыл бұрын

As for a personal level up moment for me, my favorite has definitely been a slow build up rather than a single moment. The way I build my decks has improved so exponentially over the years and I couldn't be prouder of much else. Well, maybe aside from my skill, but I wouldn't consider myself a pro lol.

@Blacklodge_Willy 2 жыл бұрын

That end step was one of my favorites in a while lmao

@juancarloszunigagordon3750 2 жыл бұрын

My Level-Up Moments is every single game night episode :-)

@ROMANTIKILLER2 2 жыл бұрын

For me it is about remaining focused on what is the main strategy of the deck both during deck-building and in making decisions during the game. I felt like moving away from the generic "good stuff" and cool one-off play that felt disconnected from the rest of the game was a significant improvement.

@Chosen1_of.the.NONexistent_God 2 жыл бұрын

I only use advance search on scryfall, it is so much easier than memorizing the way to type each characteristic you want

@timmyda1st191 Жыл бұрын

I ain't sponsored or anything of the sort... but I just got into mtg and previously used yugioh deck builders on my phone all the time. Took me a while to find a decent app to build an mtg deck in. "Deck builder for mtg" even with the low rating, it seems to be the best option for me honestly. Many search options and filter options. It really just needs to have more for other types of mtg since all decks are based off of standard and setting up a "commander" isn't there but yeah. I'd love to see more support for it and see it grow just like "Yugipedia" that deck builders come a long way ^-^

@Jmz007Bond 2 жыл бұрын

Great job, my favorite episode of the show ever. Especially talking about group fun, rather than playing the best cards.

@nicolechansawang4054 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy these personal story style episodes, really shows the variety in MTG

@rafaelmaldonado751 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite level up moment is learning being able to recognize unorthodox plays that work to your advantage. I stole Player A's Port Razer and went sideways towards player B while port razer hit player C. In the second attack, port razer went towards player B's now decimated board with the rest towards Player A. Did the same again for the 3rd attack, and on the 4th attack Port Razer just stayed back. Player A was dumbfounded that it could be used that way. I was maybe 4-5 months into the game.

@BloodiedShingle 2 жыл бұрын

For me it was less of a moment and more of a process. I learned not to hoard imaginary resources (i.e. "But what if I need it later" syndrome). Having a better idea of when to discard or sacrifice cards, what I could afford to exile from my board or graveyard, and other things of that kind, has made my play both more relaxed and more active, as weird as that sounds.

@isaacbrewer7064 2 жыл бұрын

Haven’t seen the new Batman yet, but the Batmen from the video games (Telltale, Enemy Within, Injustice 2, Arkham Series) are phenomenal! Particularly Kevin Conroy in the Injustice games (possibly also the Arkham Series). The video games get to mull the plot over way longer because they put way more levels and content in there than would fit in a movie.

@mintspears6714 2 жыл бұрын

My first deck was also Avacyn Angel of Hope! However my level up moment was trying out a mono blue deck and learning to okay at instant speed, holding back threats and answers for as long as possible. Just wasnt something my mono white angels did at all

@helmingways2056 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest levelup moment was when I built my Laelia exile voltron deck. It teached me to always be ready to lose your big hitter cards due to impulsive draw. The entire gameplan of my Laelia revolves around exiling top cards and playing them and sometimes the game enders get exiled when I cannot cast it. The big thing is to not rely on just one way to win a game so you are always ready to sacrifice parts of your gameplan. And sometimes if you ahve two cards exiled and you can cast one or the other, the big spell might not be the right one to cast.

@austinvonjohnson9307 2 жыл бұрын

One of my biggest level up moment was understanding the timing and flow of the game. I had some decks that were too obviously powerful. I recklessly jumped into the powerful thing my deck did, got targeted, and ended up not being able to do anything else cuz I couldn’t recover from going off to early. Or I blatantly played into board wipes. Now my decks don’t telegraph super hard, and I hold onto spells in my hand unless I have an engine in place, a backup plan, or can close out the game.

@nelsikegaming 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest Commander level up moment was learning how the stack worked and the importance of instant speed interaction.

@aubreyv1389 2 жыл бұрын

My big level up moment happened after about 8 months of playing magic heavily (I know the exact time because it was around my birthday). I was playing against my friend who had centered his commander deck around the card Capsize. I think I had played against that deck maybe two times, but in both of those games he always bounced opponents’ creatures. In one of our games someone stole his artifact, and on his next turn he Capsized it back into his hand. At first I though, “Can he even do that?” and when I looked at the card again, I realized so many possibilities for it I had never thought of before. At first I thought it was just useful for bouncing opponents’ creatures, but then I realized it could bounce anything, and then I realized it could bounce your own stuff, and then I realized it can bounce anything back to you even if someone else stole it. It blew my mind. Sometime after that, I had a similar level up moment with fetch lands. I had always thought of them as just* great for landfall triggers. But then I played my first three colored deck and realized how important mana fixing was, and that it can act as a shuffle if you happen to know the top card of your deck and don’t want it, etc. Now that I can see these possibilities more easily, it seems silly that I never saw them before. But then I remind myself that MIT named Magic the most complicated game in the world, and I feel less bad about myself haha.

@thealaskanknifeguy3883 2 жыл бұрын

Episode starts at 5:04

@SniperGoldfish 2 жыл бұрын

Deals are very rare at my table and if they come up I usually just say no lol.

@SacredMagic13679 2 жыл бұрын

I love the contrast between Truck(?) who is very much not a control player and Damen who very much is.

@lewish1248 2 жыл бұрын

Mine is to pack sac outlets: as sacrifice is a cost, it can’t be responded with. it keeps thievery effects at bay. if you’re stealing, that’s a way to never give back their creature. if you lose your board it’s extra value on the way out. if your commander got turned into a 1/1 w no abilities, can send it back to command zone and recast. for such a simple act it is quite the toolbox!

@metalgenocide4310 2 жыл бұрын

my level up moment was realizing I could make a deck that was possibly not as powerful as my playgroup, but I could still have fun and even win, I've won games lately with low health or only one health even, and it's great overcoming the more powerful decks or still being competitive at least

@michaelroy1175 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest level up moments came from building and playing Taiyam, Luminous Enigma. I learned how to build and use an engine and the value of small utility creatures. I tore the deck apart because it could really only win if it went infinite, but it remains one of my favorite building experiences.

@speaksincircles 2 жыл бұрын

My level up was powering down my decks to allow opponents to be able to have fun. Rather then completely shutting them down.

@hectordejesus9194 2 жыл бұрын

I do like the staff perspective episodes. I do miss the episode where you asked these kinds of questions to different commander creators and wonder if you guys could do one of those again?

@DavetheLeg 2 жыл бұрын

1. Michael Keeton 2.Christian Bail

@Stewbiwan 2 жыл бұрын

I love Batman Forever too Jimmy, definitely the best soundtrack, 90's greatness. I could always watch that movie.

@dcohen1359 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who also grew up in the 90s, I will always vote for Kevin Conroy from Batman: the animated series as my favorite.

@cassiemay2397 2 жыл бұрын

My big level up was when I built my umori all creatures companion deck which taught me how to use scryfall to be able to replace all of my desired effects with similar effects on bodies and it ended up being a lot of fun to build and I am most proud of that deck because of the work I put in

@darkrexkigntstone8773 2 жыл бұрын

My level up movement was playing more non-basic land hate. Mostly due to people cutting basic lands.

@mfitkin 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy, I need to know… what exactly about the Peruvian shrimp bowl blew you away?

@bear8197 2 жыл бұрын

I just built my second commander deck, using Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer. I would really appreciate if you guys do a Gwafa deck sometime, since I really want to see your take on it, and I'm a new player. Thanks for keeping me entertained when I'm doing work for my AP classes.

@VexylObby 2 жыл бұрын

I hope the first suggestion doesn’t discourage people from making deals. “Make sure the deals are worth it for both players” is the key.

@frikifit 2 жыл бұрын

Shauna’s topic and the way she talks about the game makes it so painfully obvious that she’s way ahead of everyone else in terms of in game knowledge...We need more of her on regular episodes of the podcasts!

@zeez145 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest level up moment was cutting cards that offered repeated play patterns. For example: repeatable tutors, I have an aminatou deck, in that deck a card called Wishclaw Talisman is super good, it's a tutor that can be blinked, awesome. But it has 3 problems in my opinion, one is that since it's repeatable I need to always be thinking about what I can get, which can make me tired really quickly, the second one is that tutoring a lot can get you opponents to be a little mad, since searching and shuffling can take long, and the third and most important is that the game gets repetitive, the pattern almost always was: play the card, tutor for oath of teferi, blink it, tutor for ugin, blink it, tutor for fog/counterspell, wait and win.

@perinthia6829 2 жыл бұрын

One important thing when making a deck for me is i look at it and think "Would i enjoy playing against this deck?"

@danacoleman4007 9 ай бұрын

Nice!!!!!!

@williamlanese5020 2 жыл бұрын

I know he technically does not count cause he never was in live action, but for me personally Kevin Conroy is the all around the best Batman. His voice is exactly what you would imagine and want Batman to be like. Plus he’s the voice of Batman in countless animated shows like the original animated series as well as the Arkham games.

@jasonandrews1770 2 жыл бұрын

That is the best answer you could give. The best versions of batman are voiced by him.

@crawdaddy2004 2 жыл бұрын

It is ALWAYS about the quality of the coffee. Coffee is life.

@ZockFromWien 2 жыл бұрын

I´m not going into the Batman part, as I have too many disagreements, still enjoyed the conversation though. I think you did a well rounded theme of things to point out. I really felt the parts 30:57 41:16 and 56:28 as I am more of a casual player. Jimmys interaction with Craig felt kind of strange, just wanted to let you know how I perceived it. Keep up the great work!

@alecolson8360 2 жыл бұрын

Really fun crew you got here

@jdogbemple1 2 жыл бұрын

Two things: Don’t use removal at the earliest possible moment just because something is scary, especially if it’s not coming at you. 2nd thing is that you should build your board at medium speed in the beginning so you don’t become archenemy way too soon, a good setup is key.

@michaelroy1175 2 жыл бұрын

@11:41 "People have trouble saying no to people." Me, a middle school teacher who says no 1000 times a day: 🙂

@storeblaa 2 жыл бұрын

Biggest level up was going from playing battlecruiser 6-7 to 8-10 power level, also biggest increase in my enjoyment of the game in general

@jussikivela1914 2 жыл бұрын

Batman Forever is THE best one. It was just so flashy and wild when it came out and Jim Carrey really gave The Riddler a great maniacal and menacing energy. Of course it was a long time ago, but old effects or cg don't usually bother my immersion. Memento is crazy good too.