The Hero's Blade Vibe Check Radio Show

Let the dark energies flow through you, let them ravage your opponent's hand....take flight, young specter. Coach Jro, the Unsummoned Skull, joins me this episode to talk about his mono-black specter tribal deck helmed by the visually stunning Urgoros. Listen to Coach's method of bringing his special brand of deck building to the table, with his staple unsummon effects.  You can find the Unsu...

Let's take a step back from the rush of new product and look at the 10 uncommon legends of Adventure in the Forgotten Realms! I brought in Peter, aka MonoWhiteBorder, to discuss and rank our least to most favorite of the 2 color legends. Is there one that catches your eye? What do you think of dice rolling and venturing? Lemme know over at https://mobile.twitter.com/EclipseMeteor You can find Pete...

The War of the Spark books are like, not good right? Right? Last episode guest Chris and I catch up in this precast talk, going over deck building, MH2, the last few years of sets, our playgroup history, talk about Magic Story before and after the War of the Spark books, card prices, and a decade of playing Magic.

Read the Ixalan Magic Story segments, they're really good. I'm joined by Chris, a friend I've played Magic with for 10 years, to talk about his Breeches, Brazen Plunderer and Malcolm, Keen-eyed Navigator partner deck that he put together for the show. He got some time in with the deck just before luckily, but I hope you can enjoy the theory of playing Izzet Pirates!

I've been playing with Phil (Junehawk), Josh and Bryant over Spelltable for a year now, and I decided to bring them on to talk about the last year of playing, building new decks, celebrating our friendship and what we look forward to this fall with the two Innistrad sets. Sorry not sorry for the length. You can see a combination of us playing Casual EDH over at https://www.twitch.tv/junehawk , usu...

Nothing makes a table spicier than forced combat, and Kaldheim brought in a creature with Goad and some extra power behind it. Fitz and I break down some strategies, creatures, and just some love for this heavymetal demon bringing the beats! You can find Fitz over at https://twitter.com/mrfitzyfitz and https://www.twitch.tv/arenaoftheancientsmtg

Slapping auras on Valduk isn't a normal strategy, but Josh doesn't settle with normal. Today I'm joined by Josh, a friend I play EDH with over on previous co-host Junehawk's twitch on Sundays, to talk about his Valduk deck that has a fair share of auras on the list. We talk about some of the interesting picks, the obvious shoe-ins, and laying down the pain with elemental tokens! Check out his list...

I recorded some of the pre-cast conversation with Kelly thinking we'd swing right into Syr Konrad, but as you can see here we didn't get started right way. Hope you all enjoy this as we discuss decks we share, ideas we got from playing for so long, and general thoughts about being content creators and being part of the community. You can find Kelly over at https://www.youtube.com/c/EDHNeoRoyal and...

Uncommon legends aren't always gonna be your commander. They're either your first venture into the EDH format or they're your return to form within the philosophy of the EDH rules committee. Either way, there's lessons to be learned playing our favorite card game. I chat with MJ from the MTG in Quarantine podcast ( https://open.spotify.com/show/6NpZ7Knb3ZLQSZO6PLEUGa ) about Renata, building your...

Apologies for the audio this episode, I screwed up on OBS. You're walking down a dark road, hoping to survive the next hour till you get to the safety of town. In the distance you see a faint blue glow, and the silhouette on a horse. Suddenly you take 40 blows to the face and you die. What a shame. Today, I'm talking with Kelly ( https://twitter.com/DavyFJones1 ) over from the NeoRoyal House of Ex...

Went a little loose with this episode, since structure is so overrated and BORING! I brought in my friend Phil, aka Junehawk, to talk about his deck build of Rootha, Mercurial Artist and the power of copying your spells with this expressive Strixhaven student. Generate some incremental advantages and then blow your opponents up with some big X spells! Oh also there's some swearing. You can find Ph...

The Strixhaven students are a pretty interesting bunch. Dina takes the cake for a twisted sense of humor and drinking souls out of a cup. Dark. A friend from my playgroup, Teddy, talks about his deck and the numerous ways to trigger Dina, and maybe swing in for lethal commander damage. Lots of ways to brew this dryad!

Mono-white has some problems. MonoWhiteBorder offers some solutions and insight as we discuss Kwende, who gives your army of cheap first strikers into game ending threats! We break down some categories and strategies for building and playing your Kwende, Pride of Femeref deck.  You can find Peter over on https://twitter.com/MonoWhiteBorder and his blog about mono-white cards over at https://m...

Remember Vance's Blasting Cannons from Ixalan? The name Vance had to come from somewhere! On the first episode of Uncommon Commander, I talk about my categories and suggestions for building a Captain Ripley Vance deck. Pump her up as high as she can go, and watch her blast your opponents for massive damage! My list of cards for this episode, mentioned and unmentioned, can be found here: https://ar...