EDHRECast

Looking to upgrade your C20 precon? EDHREC has a Precon Upgrade Feature to help! Today on the cast, we're looking over the changes players have made to their new precons, and suggests some extra cards to add or remove to help take the decks to the next level! https://edhrec.com/precon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...

Did someone cast Colossification on this set? Because there's a TON of Commander goodies in Ikoria! Time for the cast to share their thoughts and predictions about the power and popularity of the cards from Magic's most monstrous set! https://edhrec.com/sets/iko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

The RC has spoken, and a card has been banned. The cast sits down in the 'Rec Room' to dish some quick thoughts and a few stats about the ban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Companions - offering new deckbuilding restrictions, putting EDH into other formats, and the ultimate banning of Elemental Otters. Joey, Matt, and Dana provide their thoughts on the Companion mechanic, and which ones may become the most popular in EDH, either as a Companion or as a commander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

The Ikoria Commander 2020 precons are here, and it's time to review them! What strategies do the new commanders open up? Which cards synergize with them? Which cards will become the most popular? Which ones will be overplayed? How might these cards affect the format? The cast tackles all these questions and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Poli...

Commander 2020 season is in full swing, but before getting to the newest precons, we have to address the old ones! Which preconstructed Commander deck from the past 9 years was the best of the best? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se...

We're so ex-cycle-ted to share our free preview cards from Wizards of the Coast for the upcoming Ikoria Commander product! Check out edhrec.com for the card visuals and to see EDHREC's other FOUR free previews in an article by our Jeskai master, Angelo Guerrera! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

Data doesn't just show up on EDHREC - there's also some hiding in your deck! This week, the cast tackles the probabilities, figures, data points, and stats that show up in various Commander archetypes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Last week on the EDHRECast, the guys tackled the commanders with the highest uniqueness scores according to their EDHREC pages. This week, they tackle the LEAST unique commanders, who seem to play all the same cards as everyone else. Which commanders are they, and how can they stand out even with nonunique cards? Tune in to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

Looking for a unique Commander deck? This week on the EDHRECast, Joey, Matt, and Dana comb through the data to find the commanders who have the least cards in common with each other, to locate the statistically most unique commander in each color combination! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

It's important to keep budget in mind when building a deck, especially when budget can completely change the way the deck plays! This week, the guys tackle the stats to see how some commanders' strategies are altered when they're built with a high or low budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

The podcast is new and improved, which means it's time to go back to basics! Joey, Matt, and Dana tackle some fundamentals for EDHREC, covering core concepts and specific tips that will help enhance your experience when using the site and give the data more context. Special thanks to The Command Zone podcast for bringing the cast to a whole new level! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

In honor of reaching episode 100, Joey, Matt, and Dana are joined by the founding father of the 100-card format, Sheldon Menery! It's a grab bag of questions, from judge calls to rules to Sheldon's time working at WotC. Tune in for thoughts on the past and present of Commander, and his vision of the format's future! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy P...

EDHREC is joined by Commander Cookout to discuss the "Spiciest" commanders in all of EDH - the commanders with the highest and lowest degrees of variance within their decks! Which features cause a commander's deck to look similar to others, and which qualities make that commander's 99 unpredictable? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://...

EDHREC is joined by @TheKristenEmily, the Content Manager of hipstersofthecoast.com and author of the Legion's Landing article series! Together they discuss pet cards, new shakeups from Theros Beyond Death, and of course, Kristen's tips and tricks to help out the Boros Legion in the Commander format. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https:/...

Some of the best parts of a Commander game don't occur in the main or combat phases, but right at the start and the end! Joey, Matt, and Dana dig through some of their favorite effects and clever tricks in the beginning and ending phases of the turn, because sometimes the most powerful part of a turn is right before it begins! ENTER TO WIN OUR EPISODE 100 GIVEAWAY! 3 lucky winners will receive the...

Lands, lands, lands! Today the cast dissects the format's best color-fixing lands, noting which cycles they like, which they don't, which ones are the most popular on EDHREC, and where and when to play the best of the best. Follow the cast on twitter! @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 Question, comment, or data insight? Email us at: edhrecast@gmail.com https://edhrec.com/ Learn mor...

Just like Achilles, every Commander deck has a secret weakness. It's not about opponents having the perfect answer to your strategy - sometimes there's a hidden weak point in the deck itself... one the deck brewer may not even know, that can be the deck's downfall. Today the EDHRECast digs through tons of deck archetypes to find out these hidden weaknesses, and how best to cover them up! Learn mor...

This isn't just any set review! EDHRECast, CMDR Central, Commander Cookout, and Commander Social have embarked upon an epic odyssey crossover to review all the amazing new cards from Theros Beyond Death! This is part FOUR, where members of each show have gathered to discuss the best legendary creatures of the set. Which one will become the most popular? PART ONE - @CMDRCentral https://www.youtube....

It's a new year, and a new EDHRECast! Joey, Matt, and Dana have officially moved to video, and begin with a spicy topic: what was the best set from all of 2019? Can the data on EDHREC help us find out? Tune in for a data-driven deep dive through a whole year's worth of awesome Commander sets!   Follow the cast on twitter! @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55   Question, comment, or da...

Sometimes the devil is in the details, but sometimes victory is in the details, too! Joey, Matt, and Dana evaluate some tiny habits, tricks, and tips that Magic players can use to gain an extra edge during gameplay, from the ways they tap their mana, the ways they time their spells, and even by paying closer attention to these same habits from their opponents!   Follow the cast on Twitter! @EDHREC...

2019 was full of twists and turns for the Commander format! Joey, Dana, and Matt revisit their favorite products and cards of the year, and set themselves new resolutions for the year to come. Foresight is 2020!   Follow the cast on Twitter! @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @mathimus55 @danaroach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com...

What's that noise? Is it silver bells? NOPE! It's silver bullets, the cards that utterly devastate a deck's entire strategy. Joey, Matt, and Dana discuss ways to destroy their own favorite archetypes for good. Follow the cast on Twitter! @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @mathimus55 @danaroach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...

The cast returns to a favorite recurring segment, comparing their own decklists against the data on EDHREC! Where do their decks overlap with the most popular cards, and where do they deviate from the wisdom of the masses? Do these differences make the decks more powerful, or are they just plain crazy? Tune in to find out! Check out the cast’s full decklists here:  https://articles.edhrec.com/edhr...

You're gonna wanna see this! EDHREC has assembled a visualization of its historical data, where we can watch the most popular commanders rise and fall over time! Be sure to check this episode out on YouTube to follow along as Joey, Dana, and Matt offer their insights through this fast-paced race through EDHREC's history. Thanks to @MisterPlorg for creating these bar charts! Check out Commander ad...