Introducing the Commander Map

View the Commander Map!

Andy and Anthony are joined by Jett to talk about Lucky Paper’s brand new project: the Commander Map! The map visualizes the wide world of EDH showing every deck on EDHREC organized in 2d space based on the cards they contain. Like the Cube Map, the Commander Map algorithmically organizes every deck, (all 1.2 million of them!) into an interactive visualization showing patterns in the way people build decks.

They discuss how the map was made, what else the dimension reduction is used for by data scientists, their own relationships to the commander format, and just a little bit about why triangles are important in computer graphics.

Timestamps:

• 3:09 — Introduction to the Commander Map and the math underpinning it
• 10:18 — The hosts backgrounds with Commander
• 15:10 — How the Commander Map is Made
• 20:21 — Commander Map frequently asked questions
• 22:43 — Submaps
• 29:04 — Some of the cool things we’ve found on the map
• 40:53 — Triangle corner

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Discussed in this episode:

• The Commander Map
• The Cube Map
• EDHREC
• Tralfamadorians
• An Introduction to the Commander Map Article
• The Math Powering the Map
• Oloro Commander Map with Chair Tribal Cluster
• Scryfall on Patreon

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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.