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Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 307: When Is It OK to Play Stax?

Commander Cookout
May 18, 2022
Commander, Commander Cookout
On this week's episode of CCO Podcast, we let you in on another secret of EDH. This week's secret: It's OK to play Stax. Say what?! Tune in and find out what we mean. Huge thank you to our sponsors, Fusion G... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 296: Breaking the Mono-Black Mold with Yawgmoth

Commander Cookout
March 15, 2022
Commander, Commander Cookout
We're back with our series on Breaking the Mold of mono-colors. Join us as we take a look at an Arist-NO-crats deck. That is, a Yawgmoth, Thran Physician deck that includes zero aristocrat-style cards in the li... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 237: Tinybones’ Titillating Tirade

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April 6, 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 Cookout Podcast Ep 222: Obeka, Pirate Tribal

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January 5, 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 h... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 216: The First Lady of CCONation and the big PP

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December 1, 2020
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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 h... Read More...

Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 215: Commander Legends Set Review pt. 5 – Red Got the Best Stuff

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November 27, 2020
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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 h... Read More...

The Metaworker – Hard Control Strategies: The Slowest Way to Lose

James LaPage
July 12, 2017
The Metaworker
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I'm losing a lot. One guy repeatedly shows up to league night with a tiered competitive deck and spikes the event. It's scaring away new players and contributing to a miserable play environment. Tale as old as... Read More...

The Metaworker: Teferi Tax/Lockdown and Symmetry Part 1

James LaPage
January 11, 2017
The Metaworker
In the past few weeks I’ve had a considerable amount of feedback on these resource denial articles, so I figured I’d keep the ball rolling and take an even deeper dive into the archetype to pick apart how t... Read More...

The Metaworker: Stax, Tax, and Resource Denial

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December 28, 2016
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In the last episode, we took a look at the different types of resources in Commander, and how to convert one type of resource to another. In this episode, we’re going to look at what can go wrong when you’re tr... Read More...

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