Commander ad Populum, Ep 157: How Fast Your Deck CAN Go vs. How Fast It Actually Goes Ryan Peneff September 29, 2021 Commander, Commander ad Populum This week, on Commander ad Populum, I theorize the difference between how fast your deck can win games, versus how fast your deck actually wins games. There's a difference and it can be adjusted to make for a b... Read More...
Commander ad Populum, Ep 156: De-Stigmatize Playing Mono-Blue Ryan Peneff September 22, 2021 Commander, Commander ad Populum This week, I talk about the stigma around playing, and playing against, mono-blue decks in Commander. Why don't some people like it? What are some of the strategies? And how do we make it fun for everyone? W... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Heroes of the Horde Ben Iverach-Brereton August 30, 2021 Rants of Valakut It's been a long time since I last wrote about Horde Magic, and I felt it was overdue. If you're unfamiliar with the format, the short version is that the players work as a team to defeat a "Horde deck." It's r... Read More...
Commander ad Populum, Ep 148: The Return of FNM! Ryan Peneff July 28, 2021 Commander, Commander ad Populum Friday Night Magic kicks up, in Canada, August 6! Be ready physically and mentally to get things back to normal. Whatever the new normal looks like. This week, I've got some things for us all to consider prior ... Read More...
Commander ad Populum, Ep 145: The Commander Power 9 – An exercise in Thought… Ryan Peneff July 15, 2021 Commander, Commander ad Populum We all know the Power Nine of Magic. The supposed nine most powerful cards of all time. They're all banned in the Commander format, of course. So, that raises the question: What is the Commander Power Nine? Tun... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Paper Doll Tokens Ben Iverach-Brereton April 12, 2021 Rants of Valakut Adding physical tokens to booster packs allowed R&D to create more complicated game mechanics and cards, since players would have easy access to objects with the rules text on them. The official tokens prin... Read More...
Commander ad Populum Ep 113: Yurlok of Scorch Thrash Decktech Ryan Peneff February 6, 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...
Rant of Valakut: Life at Fourty Ben Iverach-Brereton January 18, 2021 Rants of Valakut What really sets Commander apart from other formats isn't the colour identity rule or the singleton nature of decks. It's not even the looming creature (or planeswalker) waiting in the Command Zone. While these... Read More...
Commander Cookout Podcast Ep 222: Obeka, Pirate Tribal Commander Cookout January 5, 2021 Commander, Commander Cookout, Decklists 1 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 h... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 3 Ben Iverach-Brereton October 26, 2020 Rants of Valakut Rupture the Spire is a single-player deck-building game inspired by the video game Slay the Spire. Check out part 1 and part 2 if you haven't read them yet! Same Word, Different Meaning Today we're divi... Read More...
