Magic Zen & the Art of Playgroup Maintenance

Some decks have obvious play lines that are potent and to the point, others illicit an obsession, one might even say a cult-like one. Andy takes us into the depths of the Cult of Athreos as he outlines what got him interested in a more nuanced line of play with this Therosian god, which goes well beyond the conventional Shadowborn Apostle + demons lists. Look for links to deck lists on our lists-from-the-pod channel on Discord. ------------------- (but really... we're posting video podcasts there again) ------------------- Music this episode comes courtesy of Home. Be sure to support them by buying their music on Bandcamp! – https://home96.bandcamp.com/

In light of the recent developments with the ban list and the subsequent fallout, Andy and Kyle reflect on how their group seems to have been insulated from the big feelings rippling through the broader community. They outline how a deeper playgroup mission that centers on experience and respect almost gives the group an intuition to avoid the most contested parts of the format. Andy outlines with Kyle a variety of tenets that the group tries to respect and they share their stories and success and failure with those tenets, in this classic LCP episode that waxes philosophical along the way. Look for links to deck lists on our lists-from-the-pod channel on Discord. ------------------- ------------------- Music this episode comes courtesy of Home. Be sure to support them by buying their music on Bandcamp! – https://home96.bandcamp.com/

Join as Andy shares a starter deck list that can get any player a foundational place to start exploring the capacity of Vial Smasher and a Jund spellslinger or big spell deck. Look for links to deck lists on our lists-from-the-pod channel on Discord. Check out . ------------------- Look for ------------------- Music this episode comes courtesy of Makeup and Vanity Set. Be sure to support them by buying their music on Bandcamp! – https://makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com/

The spooky season continues with Duskmourn: House of Horror. Our listeners are pointing out some of their favorite cards from the set to include in your other 99 of your decks. We've got the diverting commentary. Be sure to listen to as you mess around with your new Duskmourn cards. And if you are a Patreon supporter on our discord server, go join the conversation for deeper thoughts on cards from this episode on our new reviewers-mind-dump channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Makeup and Vanity Set. Be sure to support them! – 

Time to get into the new legal commanders from the latest set in Duskmourn: House of Horror. Our listeners are sharing their favorite insights for these new commander, we've got the diverting commentary. If you are a Patreon supporter on our discord server, be sure to converse with the reviewers about their deeper thoughts on our new reviewers-mind-dump channel. As always, find deck lists and card lists from the podcast on the Discord server’s #lists-from-the-pod channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Dan Terminus. Be sure to support them! –  

Andy takes on the golden mean discussion as it relates to selecting the cards that we use in commander. With an eternal format, the card options available to commander players are vast. Yet as new cards tempt with a sense of contemporary power, the question still begs: what cards are truly sufficient for your aims as a casual commander player. As always, find deck lists and card lists from the podcast on the Discord server’s #lists-from-the-pod channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Home. Be sure to support them! – https://home96.bandcamp.com/

Despite talking through commander reputations, deck rankings, and lightning rods in the zone on previous episodes, Kyle still has a commander who notoriously gets him focused on. He sits down with Andy to hash out why he thinks that is rightfully happening and they suss out how some commanders are lending to a management philosophy of direct focus because of what some contemporarily designed commanders are designed to do. As always, find deck lists and card lists from the podcast on the Discord server’s #lists-from-the-pod channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Makeup and Vanity Set. Be sure to support them! –   

The drill here is for our listeners to provide their lists for commanders who have under just 500 decks being referenced on EDHREC for data for that commander. In an era where Atraxa and the other top commander are rocking tens of thousands of lists, you truly are drinking that hipster moose juice when your commander isn’t cracking 500 lists. So let’s see what the listeners are doing to stay unique. As always, find deck lists and card lists from the podcast on the Discord server’s #lists-from-the-pod channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Makeup and Vanity Set. Be sure to support them! –  

Our relationship with the Magic: the Gathering product ebbs and flows and we’re all prone to patterns that place on the path of fatigue or the precipice of drifting away from the game. So how do we find a happy middle ground? Andy guides a discussion of life and death cycle of decks and how that impacts roster building and through personal experience juxtaposed with Kyle’s explores what it might not look like to have a happy relationship with the product and constructing a roster of decks that bring joy. As always, find deck lists and card lists from the podcast on the Discord server’s #lists-from-the-pod channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Protector 101. Be sure to support them!  –  

You know the drill. Our listeners along with Andy and Kyle have a group of cards we’re all paying attention to from the Bloomburrow set that we are planning to acquire or throw into our existing decks. Let the cuteness continue. As always, find deck lists and card lists from the podcast on the Discord server’s #lists-from-the-pod channel. Be sure to check out . ------------------- Join the community on Patreon: Check out old shit on YouTube: ------------------- The intro and outro music in this episode comes courtesy of the artist Makeup and Vanity Set. Be sure to support them! –