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Commander Deck Building Inspiration, Self-Imposed Restrictions, and Guidelines

Commander Deck Building Inspiration, Self-Imposed Restrictions, and Guidelines

FromLucky Paper Radio


Commander Deck Building Inspiration, Self-Imposed Restrictions, and Guidelines

FromLucky Paper Radio

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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Jul 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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Andy and Anthony discuss Commander and their personal approaches to deck building. They talk about some of their favorite decks, what they look for in the format, and what motivates them to brew.
Discussed in this episode:

MythBusters
Lucky Paper Commander Map
Guardian Project Podcast
Command Zone’s New Commander Deck Template
Catcher in the Rye
EDHREC
Deck: Zedruu Voltron: Little Auras, Great Beats
Deck: Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith Spy Kit
Deck: Andy’s Goblins
Andy’s Gameplay Video with The Guardian Project
Cultic Cube
CubeCon Ticket Sales

Timestamps:

3:17 — On Commander “Deckbuilding Templates”
7:23 — Using a Commander as your nucleation point
9:29 — High level approaches and thinking of your deck as a vote for what game you’d like to play
17:57 — Setting restrictions for yourself then optimizing within them to avoid making overpowered decks
24:41 — The merits of including at least one infinite win-the-game combo
28:11 — The advantages of a low mana curve
34:21 — Our current Commander decks
43:13 — Our old commander decks we miss the most
45:55 — Outro
48:49 — CubeCon Info with John from Cultic Cube

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You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra:

Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube
Anthony’s “Regular” Cube

If you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at mail@luckypaper.co. Please include how you’d like to be credited, your pronouns, a link to your cube if relevant. You can also find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord.
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.
Released:
Jul 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.