MTG In Quarantine

We're going to party like it's the early 2000s all over again! MonoWhiteBorder, CoachJRo, BitBoardGamer, and I are going to throw down in a white-bordered EDH game using only white-bordered cards from Revised through Ninth Edition.  Each player has provided an introduction to the concept of the deck they will use in the game and threw in some smack talk for their opponents - but we all really...

On today's Lightning Build, Azhaiel joins the podcast to build a Mistform Ultimus deck concept using Moonfolk and plenty of land-based combos! You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. You can find the back catalog of the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Casts, and other podcast outlets.

On today's episode, Azhaiel joins the podcast to discuss a series of cards that can be used to boost the power of any under- or unsupported tribal strategy in EDH. While these cards cannot fully replace tribe-specific cards, they can be useful to filling out a decklist while providing a significant punch to your opponents! You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. You can also find the back...

On today's Lightning Build, guest CoachJRo builds a Blind Seer EDH deck featuring a lot of color-shifting cards and strategies. Blind Seer is a unique Commander that allows you to change the color of target permanent. You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. The back catalogue of these podcast episodes is available on Spotify, Google, Apple, and other podcast outlets.

On today's episode, CoachJRo joins me to discuss our introduction to the Commander format and how we have developed as deck-builders and players over time. J Ro also explains the set of three "intro" EDH decks that he has available for new players and intended to teach different deck archetypes.  You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. The back catalogue of this podcast is available o...

On the first episode of the Lightning Build series, Ryan builds a conceptual EDH deck from scratch without knowing the Commander ahead of time! On today's episode is Hanna, Ship's Navigator, a Legendary Creature that I once had helming a deck before eventually swapping Commanders.  You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. The back catalogue of my podcasts are available on Spotify, Appl...

On today's episode of Control Room, Ryan and I discuss another 10 cards at the Uncommon rarity that really pack a punch.  The difference is that I picked the cards from my collection this time, so prepare yourself for a lot of recent cards. But don't worry, there's a lot of good value cards included that I have vetted time and again in my EDH decks, so if you're looking for some sweet tech, g...

On today's episode, Coach J Ro from the "White is GOOD, Actually" series on this podcast joins me to discuss how we have both built an EDH deck using Selenia, Dark Angel as the Commander but the decks do completely different things. That is a useful springboard to a longer conversation about our process for building decks and what we look for when constructing new builds. You can find me on Twitte...

On today's episode of Control Room, Ryan and I discuss 10 cards at the Uncommon rarity that pack a punch more closely associated with Rare and/or Mythic rarities. The cards are from various points throughout the game's history, and include many different colors and strategies. You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. The back catalog of this podcast is available on Spotify, Google, Apple, a...

On today's episode, Maechael1916 joins me to talk about Kaldheim and the impact of the set in both Standard and EDH. This was a set packed with good cards, and has definitely played a role in shaking up both formats. You can find me on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. You can find the back catalogue of this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Casts, and other podcast outlets.

On this episode, Ryan from the Commander Cookout and Commander ad Populum podcasts and prolific card alter artist joins me to discuss the art of altering MTG cards as well as the enjoyable experience that is receiving a free preview card from Wizards of the Coast. As part of the discussion, he explains some of the differences between alters and proxies and outlines his creative process from first...

On this episode, Lev Dev/PGDHanson joins me to discuss how brewing for a format's meta can differ from jank brewing and work to dispel the myth that players have to brew for the current meta in their format to have the most success/fun.  We utilize examples from Standard, Historic, and EDH to explain the differences as well as the similarities between the two building styles. 

On this episode of Control Room, Ryan and I are joined by EDHRec Content Manager JasonEAlt to build hypothetical EDH decks using some of the tools available on edhrec.com.  We start with a Legendary Creature and then discuss our process for building the deck using our own deck-building preferences as well as the plethora of tools on the website. We then wrap up with a discussion of EDHRec art...

In Part 4 of the "White in MTG is GOOD, Actually" podcast series, guest collaborators CoachJRo and MonoWhiteBorder and I discuss some of the new card design space that we saw for mono-White in 2020 (the "Year of Commander") and what we liked/didn't like about the directions that the new designs took us as players down.  We talk a lot about recursion, card draw (yes, THAT ), catch-up ramp/crea...

On this episode of Control Room, Ryan and I discuss why spending big money on the most powerful cards in EDH is not necessary for winning EDH games or having fun. We argue that building budget decks and/or running functional alternatives to format "staples" can still help you win, even if they are not necessarily functionally better than more expensive cards. We also touch on the Reserved List for...

On today's episode, guest Titanic Ultimatum and I discuss our processes for building budget (less than $50) EDH decks and why we enjoy this particular brewing style. We both use examples of budget decks from our collections to explain our thought processes.  We highly recommend that our listeners give budget brewing a try if they have not already done so - it forces you to reconsider your dec...

On today's episode, guest collaborators CoachJRo, MonoWhiteBorder, and I discuss the teaser post made on Tumblr earlier today (3-19-2021) from Mark Rosewater outlining a few of the cards/design concepts which will be seen in next month's release of Strixhaven. We spend most of our time trying to identify cards included in the post which may have a white color identity (or may be multi-colored with...

In this episode, I talk about what I enjoyed about building a mono-white-bordered EDH deck for an uncoming game with podcast collaborators CoachJRo and MonoWhiteBorder in terms of the limited card pool I had access to and the freedom I had to find interesting diamonds in the rough. I have built a Palladia-Mors Naya Enchantress build which runs a lot of enchantments to pump my creatures, and I love...

On today's episode of the podcast, guest artist Beyond The Machina and I discuss the importance of the aesthetic "feel" of Magic: The Gathering cards and how different visual styles can make or break a set.  We then discuss Secret Lair products regarding how Wizards is expanding the art styles used throughout MTG, as well as some of our thoughts on how the art could evolve in the future Stand...

On today's episode, Carlos, Ravnican Artist, and I go down Memory Lane back to a time when "Gotta Catch 'Em All" was all the rage and kids like myself wanted to go on our own Pokemon journeys someday.  We discuss some MTG characters as Gym Leaders from the hit video game series and what Pokemon teams they would use. You can find more of my content on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine.  The bac...

On today's episode of the "White in MTG is Good, Actually" series, guest panelists CoachJRo and Peter (MonoWhiteBorder) join me to discuss the definition of White as a color in MTG as well as how we would introduce new players to the White slice of the MTG Color Pie.  We then discuss a few ways to potentially change the perception of White in the greater MTG community. You can find CoachJRo o...

It's been about a year since the last Mystery Booster event fired at a MagicFest, so that makes it the perfect time to reminisce about some of the things I really enjoyed about the product (even though I didn't actually get to draft the set).   I am on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine. The back catalog of my podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Casts.

On this episode of Control Room, Ryan and I discuss some of our favorite/underrated "sneaky" cards in EDH.  These cards typically are Instants or cards which have Flash and have a variety of interesting and valuable effects!  Whatever you're looking to do in EDH, there's probably a card or two for you to look at in this episode! You can find more of my content on Twitter at @MTGInQuarant...

On today's episode, I discuss "land-to-hand artifact fetches", which are artifact cards that allow you to tutor for a land out of your library and put it into your hand.  While the gold standard of this effect is Wayfarer's Bauble because it acts to ramp you by placing a land directly onto the battlefield, many players may miss the potential of other artifacts which bring lands to your hand (...

On this episode of the podcast, guest collaborator Sheepwave and I discuss two important topics in the MTG sphere.  The first half of the show is dedicated to the announcement last week from Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast that there will be Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40k crossovers with Magic expected sometime in 2022. We discuss the potential of crossovers in MTG as well as identifying the...