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

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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

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