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It's easy to let things slide. It's easy to choose the option that is less work. It's easy to let you MTG take a back seat to other activities. But not today! Come hear about what it takes to build and maintain... Read More...

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With the help of another listener email, we tackle a couple pretty big, and pretty rewarding topics floating around the MTG stratosphere: Failure and the persistence it takes to push past the ever-gnawing doubt... Read More...

Commander ad Populum, Ep 281 – Your Gaming ‘Range of Motion’

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With Magic: the Gathering, like in many areas of live we seek to become proficient in, a wide variety of exposure over the course of time is what it takes to be successful. Come hear my expanded thoughts on the... Read More...

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This week's listener submitted topic is one we all have to wrestle with from time to time. That is, what should we do when building a Commander deck no longer feels like fun. Or, the opposite side of the coin, ... Read More...

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This week, we take a look at a personal deck of mine—a deck that's been requested time after time—a Jeskai control deck that seeks to lock out its opponents until late game and mill them before they have a chan... Read More...

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