Mana On the Rocks

Feel the calm breeze of the oncoming storm Every now and then you just get that feeling of just following your brain and going full stream of consciousness. That's kinda what this weeks episode of your favorite bar themed Cedh podcast is. Atlas and Joe just fall down rabbit hole after rabbit hole as they talk about the things their brains have been thinking about when it comes to Cedh. I don&#...

Come and get these hands, I'll give you the 2 for 1 special. In commander it's usually best to start the game off on the right foot, well I guess it's hand in this case. Mulligans are how you choose impact the game as a whole. Your starting hand either has the power to crush those who oppose you or cause a mental death spiral the likes that will be talked about for generations to come....

Level up just like that Mario fellaEveryone is on their own journey, both in life and in the game of funny wizard squares. Recently Joe has felt like he's been hitting a stride of some kind and wants to talk about the lessons he's learned along the way and to just reflect on where they've come from. So come on down and have a drink with us! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ManaOntheRoc...

Say this is worse Yuriko one more time and I'm throwing you into the infinite Kristian's list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/o3UcqjJKD02-SvXfSH44Zw You already know what it is, it's local brew time. This new installment of Local Brew we're bring on our local local Phatdragon enthusiast: Kristian to talk about his sweet Control list. A funny little dragon with a penchant for ponder...

I only deal in top tier cardboard One of the main allures to Cedh is being able to proxy your entire deck. With things like the Reserved List, poor reprint policies and new expensive staples being printed proxies become more and more required. Atlas and Joe break down their experiences with proxies coming from a shop where proxies for the longest time weren't allowed and how proxies fit into t...

No guys I swear you should let this value Intuition resolve. Commander creates some of the most dynamic boards and gamestates in the entirety of Magic and especially when you are playing at the top level there's a lot threats out there, both seen and unseen. Today Atlas and Joe talk about what is threat assessment what they view when surveying the battlefield and how to figure out who really i...

Burned so brightly you can see it from space While we all love and care about Magic and Cedh, sometimes we just don't have that dog in us to keep going all the time and that's ok. Recently Joe has been going through the motions as it were dealing with some competitive burnout. Atlas and Joe break down their experiences with burnout, going through burnout and potential solutions for those a...

Cedh is really about who has the best sigma grindset. We here at Mana on The Rocks appreciate the grind. The relentless conviction to ones personal path of growth and broadening horizons. The willingness to improve with the hopes of one day making it out the other side stronger and better, even if we go 0-2-1. This week Atlas and Joe talk about Atlas's continued rampage of the PNW, Joes new br...

A deck that is sure to steal the game, your heart, your car and your wife. Eckszy's list: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/FysNluhuT02cDRAVY90p5Q Its Local Brew time! Grixis is a funny deck in that it's really only good at doing like 2 things maximum but our guest Eckszy has a different approach on the subject. Eckszy has brought on Cormela, Glamour Thief a very different approach to the typ...

No guys I swear Basking Rootwalla deserves a slot in the deck. One of the neat things about commander is having a hard limit to the maximum amount of cards a deck has. Naturally this make the competition for those slots very competitive and any given slot needs to be given a lot of thought. But what does this look like? What kind of questions should you be asking? Will I stop asking this silly que...

WOTC said that carboard is sometimes illegal. With Orcish Bowmaster taking over the entire Cedh discussion some people have started to clamor for a ban over this little guy. Lucky for those guys, Joe has a fascination with cardboard legality and Atlas has some pretty hot takes on what actually should be banned. Come on down and grab a drink with us as we discuss the fine arts of illegal cardboard...

Welcome to Counter & Removal, where our Force of Wills are always hot and our mana is always untapped, how many for a room? Oh, It's you, the Mana on The Rocks boys. Will we be staying in the usual Interaction Suite? Yes of course right this way. We hope you find our amenities to your liking. The Swords have been freshly sent to the Plowshares, The Assassin's Trophy has been been polis...

Hot takes are what cause me to become enlightened. Bit of a different episode this week as Atlas and Joe head on over to the PDX Cedh discord channel for a Live Brew around Narset, Enlightened Exile. A pretty spicy Jeskai commander that the Bois think has some potential in our format. The guu: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3GPo3tqj6EWru_Jx3IITVw Shoutout to our friends over at the PDX Cedh Discor...

Some say Blue Farm never looked quite the same after meeting Zada Tyler's' decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9PqBPGoCOk6h3cYRRHqbzw Oh god, the Mana on The Rocks boys are back to talk about another deck, maybe this time it will be something that's based. Today Joe brings on one of our good friends: Tyler. Tyler has brought on the most based underground deck you haven't heard...

The boys and crew have been busy. Its summer grinding time babyyyyy. Joe and Atlas have been busy touring around the PNW grinding all kinds of Cedh tournaments and now they're back to chronicle their adventures, observations on the meta, new spoilers and more. So come on down and get a drink with us!

Everyone wants to ask what is the tournament structure, never how is the tournament structure. One of the rarely talked about aspects of Cedh and Tedh is the way a given event is structured. Is it 75 or 90 minutes? Additional turns? Byes? The inevitable heat death of the universe? Well maybe not that one but, join Atlas and Joe for a drink as we talk about how these things affect your tournament e...

Cedh? Haven't heard that name in years... For a lot of us in the trenches of Cedh it can be hard to remember where we all came from. Those early high power days have given way to fruitless stack battles over a Thoracle trigger, killing the stax piece and not winning and wheel pass. Today Atlas and Joe are joined by Kristian a newly minted Cedh player as we talk about what it's like to star...

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Untap, Upkeep, Draw. After 1000's of years the prophecy has finally been fulfilled. Mana On the Rocks discuss Cedh Politics. Atlas and Joe sit down and talk about how politics is an underutilized tool at the Cedh table and break down scenario's and tips and tricks one can use to help up their own personal game and the entire tables game.

New brews, same hot takes. James' decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rrx5rvH8ZEauBVpSdUlbUg A spicy Blue/Red storm deck, just like Mom always made. In this weeks installment of Local Brews Atlas and Joe bring on James to talk about his spicy Izzet deck: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. An off the walls take on the classic Izzet storm deck that is sure to give any Krarkashima player a run for t...

Come one come all to the Tournament of Champions! Competitors come from around the globe to prove just how Cedh they are and see how they fair in the arena of wits and cardboard slinging. Test your might and mettle against *checks notes* Blue farm... Well that's a bit of a letdown. We were really hoping for something more splashy and interesting, but I suppose Ole' Faithful is good enough....

You see it too right? And it's gone, wait no its back again, scratch that it's gone once more. It looks like a giant cat with several spiked tails and it seems to be blinking in and out of reality but I couldn't get a good look at it. Maybe those two guys from Mana on the Rocks know a thing or two about this creature. I hear between their mid takes they specialize in the theoretical ar...

With so many new cards coming out these days, the main question on everyone's mind is how relevant are these new cards in today's game. With the bar to enter set so high already do battles have a place in Cedh? Can we break some new toys? Will we ever stop casting thoracle? Will Blue Farm stop being cringe? Come on down and have a drink with Atlas and Joe as we discuss cards from the new s...

Hey do you see something outside the window? I can't quite make it out, it looks like the Mana on the Rocks boys, but I'm not sure. Maybe if we jam this Thoracle-Consult at the worst possible time for us it will draw whoever it could be out of hiding. Yeah right now while we are under the threat of the unknown is absolutely the right time to go for it. On today's episode Atlas and Joe...

We here at Mana On the Rocks are fans of the eclectic, the atypical, the odd and of course, the spicy. As fans of such unusual taste we thought it best to provide a spotlight to our communities Local Brew-masters and their unique approaches when it comes to deck construction in Cedh. The first on tap is a very different Rakdos brew by none other than our very own: Joe. Join Atlas as he dissects Jo...

Doctor! Doctor! This patient appears to be the entire Cedh format, we're gonna need to call in some experts to diagnose. Bring in the Mana on the Rocks boys, their spicy opinions and bad takes will cure anything! Atlas M.d and Joe Ph.d are here to figure out if this format is actually healthy or if this patient has a one way ticked to the morgue.