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Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 452 – Mr. Foxglove – Does Group Hug Exist?

Commander Cookout
August 28, 2024
Commander, Commander Cookout
Sporting one of Ryan's favorite arts in the set Mr. Foxglove delivers! Come hear if group hug actually exists and see if we play him fair or if we cheat! https://youtu.be/dQTRvlRUAUU https://www.spreaker.... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 361 – Tuvasa the Sunlit Forever Enchantress

Commander Cookout
March 21, 2023
Commander, Commander Cookout
This week, we look at one of MtG's oldest strategies; Enchantress: the tried, tested and true way to Voltron up, lock your opponents out and draw through your entire deck. And, it's all rolled up into one tidy ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Falco Spara in Brawl!

Dawson Reynolds
June 27, 2022
Decklists, Into the Arena
Streets of New Capenna has been released for a while now, and I have had a lot of time to plan out a Brawl deck based on the set. Since the release of the set I have known that I was going to build a brawl deck... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 313: All About Legendary Backgrounds

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June 21, 2022
Commander, Commander Cookout
It's all about backgrounds in Commander this week. Are they underpowered? Do they lend themselves to crazy Voltron builds? Or, are they just another way to play with partners in the Command Zone? Huge thank ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Detouring into Explorer

Dawson Reynolds
May 1, 2022
Decklists, Explorer, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Streets of New Capenna is now officially released, and we have finally had the chance to play with the new cards on Arena! The very first card I wanted to try out was Endless Detour, since it seemed to have the... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Modern Bant Bogles!

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April 14, 2022
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Let's try to innovate Bogles with blue! Splashing blue for Curious Obsession and Staggering Insight lets us draw cards to grind out the opponent and gives us access to disruption like Force of Negatio... Read More...

Into the Arena: Bringing Legacy to Historic

Dawson Reynolds
June 25, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Historic, Arena's eternal format, has been drawing a lot of comparisons to Legacy in recent days. Although Historic doesn’t have a decades-old card pool with some of the most powerful cards ever printed, the co... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 234: Chulane Will Give You Crabs

Commander Cookout
March 23, 2021
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Hello and welcome to another very special episode of Commander Cookout Podcast! Huge thank you to our sponsors, Fusion Gaming Online. They're your source for all of your gaming needs. You can find them he... Read More...

Commander ad Populum Ep 110: Princess Twilight Sparkle Decktech

Ryan Peneff
January 29, 2021
Commander, Commander ad Populum
Welcome to another deck tech for the people, by the people, for the people! Now, officially on YouTube! Head over and check things out. There're decktechs, altered-art card tutorials and the first episodes of C... Read More...

Commander ad Populum Ep 99: Welcome to Alara

Ryan Peneff
December 2, 2020
Commander, Commander ad Populum
Welcome to another very special episode of Commander ad Populum. Commander for the people, by the people, for the people. This week, we take our first look at the plane of Alara and the set Sha... Read More...
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