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

View all cards mentioned in the episode → 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 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 you have a question for the show, or want us to do a pack 1, pick 1 from your cube, email us at [email protected]. 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. 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.