Sunday, November 28, 2010

CommanderCast Episode 05: Fight Against Fate!

Posted by ANDY aka GHoooSTS
This week's CommanderCast was released despite the resistance of DESTINY ITSELF. Byron? Dead. Or busy with family. Something like that. Our planned guest host, Carlos (one of our very first listeners)? Technical problems struck him down while I listened. Things were looking pretty grim. I was ready to throw in the towel when like a total 80s action hero, my man Adam aka Fugu rappelled INTO MY INTERNET and saved you all from an incredibly boring hour of me droning on by myself. Wicked awesome!

Then my computer corrupted the entire podcast we recorded. Everything was going against this podcast existing at all. However, Adam continued to be a superhero and swept in to save me, recording a second podcast less than 24 hours after the first time. He is the only reason this is being released and for that I am super grateful.

Keep in mind our Generals Remixed contest is still going on; you have until the sixth episode to get your submissions in. Let's see what you can do. We've received some very cool entries. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to design a card for us.

Show notes and links below. Enjoy.



SHOW NOTES


00:00 to 00:00: Intro. Introductions of your hosts; Andy mentions the mid-week update and Generals Remixed contest. E-mail shoutouts and Andy gives ups to the University of Toronto MtG group for inviting him to play with them.


00:00 to 00:00: Community: Hypercreatures Theory. Adam presents his theory on Hypercreatures and their impact on EDH. For examples of Hypercreatures, see Emrakul, Kokusho, Sundering Titan, and Iona. We cover the definition, effect on games, the ban list, and social regulation. This spawned from Adam's recent thread on Hypercreatures at the 'official' EDH forums.


00:00 to 00:00: Strategy: Colour Responsibilities. When you take your slices of the colour pie for a deck, you get the right to tap into it's powers... but does that come with responsibilities? We look at the concept of 'expectations' attached to the different colours and their roles, what happens when you break ranks, and the overall influence of playing by colour in a multiplayer EDH context.


00:00: to 00:00: Technology: Retro Cycle Review: Prophecy Avatars. In a new feature, we will be examining an 'old' (flexibly defined) cycle of cards from a past set and give them another look. The cycle is then ranked in terms of usefulness in EDH from best to worst be each commentator. This week, we are looking at the Prophecy Avatars of Fury, Hope, Might, Will, and Woe.


00:00 to closing: Outro. Let us know your thoughts. New content on the way! Get in touch with us with the contact information below.

PERTINENT LINKS
CONTACT INFORMATION
  •  General show contact: CommanderCast(at)gmail(dot)com
  • To E-Mail Andy: CommanderCast(at)gmail(dot)com 
  • To E-Mail Adam: adnelso(at)gmail(dot)com

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Mid-Week Update: November 24

Posted by ANDY aka GHoooSTS
The Thursday update is here. Deal with it! This week's update consists solely of Andy's short video on graveyard hate in EDH and some cards you should consider for your deck. We spend a lot of time harping on it but it's worth mentioning again, especially for the newer players in our audience.

Also, don't forget our ongoing Generals Remixed contest. It's going down RIGHT NOW. The altered art from Sandreline is on the line! We've received a few interesting entries already. I can't wait to see what else gets sent our way.

Embedded player below. You can also download the clip in MP3 format, if you so desire, right here.

Monday, November 22, 2010

CommanderCast Episode 04: ME GET MANA

Posted by ANDY aka GHoooSTS
This week's CommanderCast has the usual team hooking up with a third man; guest hosting this week we have Donovan aka d0su from the MtGS forums. Together the three of us roll out seventy five minutes of EDH discussion covering a variety of topics from Portal Three Kingdoms generals to the REAL reasons people view Red as a weak colour in EDH.


Keep in mind we are still very much trying to build up the EDH community online to make it as vibrant and productive as it's brother formats. To this end, if you have something to say--or know somebody who does--about EDH, get in touch with us. As usual, we're always looking for guest hosts and interviewees as well.

Show links and notes below. Enjoy.




SHOW NOTES

00:00 to 05:33: Introduction. Meet our man d0su, Andy hypes the mid-week updates and we respond to listener mail.

05:48 to 11:55: Community Pt. 1: The Free-For-All-Roundtable. This week we fight to the death over Poison in EDH. The survivor resurrects the other commentators after, but I edited that out because it's kinda boring actually.

11:58 to 21:04: Community Pt. 2: Andy's SUPER SECRET announcement (secret)!: What could it be? How will all four of our listeners react? Is Andy just on Peyote? Listen in to find out! If you want to be lame and not listen you can also just skip to the links at the end of the show notes :(

21:05 to 29:12: Community Pt. 3: Community Spotlight: The week's highlight is this video (NSFW, lots of profanity in it, but profanity just represents how real things get when you're arguing about EDH).  If you need to dodge profanity, avoid listening from 22:02 to 23:57. Yeah, that's it. But seriously, we want to hear from you about good EDH-related media on the web. Hell, we want you to start writing, recording, and whatnot! Get in touch with us if you run a blog, vlog, etc. We want to bring attention to things people might overlook.

29:32 to 50:08: Strategy: Red Doesn't Necessarily Suck : We provide a rundown on why we consider red in EDH underrated instead of just crappy. Includes some choice cards, strategies, and a whole lot of discussion on land destruction.

50:53 to 66:17: Technology Pt. 1: SECRET TECH: d0su puts us on blast with his secret tech.

Donovan's Picks:
Common: Lignify, Flux, Icefall

66:25 to 75:01: Technology Pt. 2: Over/Under. Is this guy trolling? Andy claims Mind's Eye, beloved by EDH players everywhere, is overrated and instead hypes it's underachieving loser sibling, Farsight Mask. Can he justify it, or does he deserve a swift crowbar to the ear? You decide!

75:10 to 85:50: Technology Pt. 3: Wrexial Project. A quick update on the status of the ongoing $30 Wrexial deck's construction. Keep the ideas coming if you have any more. The deck is really shaping up nicely.

85:55 to closing: Outtro.

CONTACT INFORMATION
  • General Show Contact: CommanderCast(at)gmail(dot)com
  • To E-Mail Andy: CommanderCast(at)gmail(dot)com
  • To E-Mail Byron: surgingchaos19(at)gmail(dot)com
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Mid-Week Update: November 18th

 Posted by ANDY aka GHoooSTS
Andy and Byron UPPERCUT YOUR MID-WEEK BOREDOM with two new video shorts. This week on CommanderCast Shorts, Andy gives you the first Deckbuilder's Spotlight. This new series has Andy discussing EDH decks with their architects, both locally and abroad. To kick off the series he hosts Joz from the 'official' EDH message board, who is making it rain cards with his mono-blue Rayne, Academy Chancellor deck.

Meanwhile, Byron is delivering another vlog. This week's offering discusses the value of 1-for-1 cards in EDH and why they are important to include in your deck.

YouTube videos are embedded below. Andy's interview with Joz is also available by direct download in MP3 format.





Download the interview with Joz in MP3 RIGHT HERE.


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