Check Your Bulk

Lynn Frank and Bobbie-Christine explore Magic the Gathering's Commander / EDH through questions, conversations, and some choice picks hiding out in your bulk.

6 Episodes

#6 Premium, Cracked-Out Pre-Cons
11/1/2022
20:40
Do you always upgrade your precon? How often do you upgrade the precon without ever having played it? What ways have you seen people upgrade decks? What approaches have you used to upgrade? Also are you using the Precons to Crack out existing decks? Can you resist the perfect newly printed inclusion?
#5 Legendary Head Cannons
10/3/2022
20:41
What do you do when a card is so right for the deck functionally but a complete miss as far as flavor? Does Magic and Commander have too many legendary creatures? If every creature is legendary then whose doing the dishes? Bobbie-Christine (twitter @bobbiexchristine) Anna as Customer (twitter @PhyrexianFanGrl) Burt as Store Owner (twitter @ZerroGames) Jen Filthy Casual as the Bulk Sorter (twitter @filthymtgcasual) Music by Lynn Frank Editing, animation, and production by Lynn Frank
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#4 What Your Deck Says About You
9/1/2022
20:22
What does your deck say about you? What would you do if your power was limitless? What design do you dream come to fruition? What patterns are you unable to escape? Lynn (twitter @lynnvfrank) Bobbie-Christine (twitter @bobbiexchristine) Katie Karlov as Customer (twitter @katiekarlov) Burt as Store Owner (twitter @ZerroGames) Jen Filthy Casual as the Bulk Sorter (twitter @filthymtgcasual) Music by Lynn Frank Editing and production by Lynn Frank
#3 The Power of One-Drops
7/30/2022
20:30
Feeling effective in Magic's Commander isn't always about the splashy plays. Those first turn plays and powerful one drops can win you the games by making you more effective over each turn. Lynn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynnvfrank Bobbie-Christine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobbiexchristine 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:18 Pick #1 00:03:10 Sephara 00:04:18 Sephara - Humor 00:04:55 Pick #2 00:06:24 Sol Ring 00:07:04 First Turn Play Comedy 00:09:09 Sol Ring - Humor 00:09:50 Pick #3 00:12:02 Pick #4 00:13:44 Pick #5 00:15:12 Pick #6 00:16:00 Pick #7 00:17:19 Commander as Popcorn 00:19:00 Credits
#2 Commander and Chill
5/2/2022
19:26
Do you want to play Commander? When do you want to "go out" or "hang out" when you play commander? Does the table have the ability to chill with your commander? Or are they hated off the table? FIVE KILLER BULK PICKS for zombies and high mana-cost commanders. 00:00 Intro 00:18 Going out or hanging out? 05:15 ScrapTrawlers 06:29 Lynn falls in love with Gorex. 07:10 Commander and Chill 10:19 Community event 10:46 Bulk pick #1 12:36 Bulk pick #2 14:22 Bulk pick #3 14:47 Bulk pick #4 16:45 Bulk pick #5 18:20 Gorex comes to the recue.
#1 Artifacts and Treasure
5/2/2022
19:19
Artifacts are losing their minds. Have they gone too far? Are they too powerful? Has it made thematic sense or is this future of Magic going forward? We talk the comedy of taking damage in Commander. Lynn's trouble with vehicle decks. Bobbie-Christine talks about how far artifacts have come and why they make sense thematically. She shares a card that she designed and proposed on Twitter. Lynn poses an alternative to treasure. Then the two get down to the business of throwing out bulk picks. 00:00 Intro 00:49 Artifact overload 05:27 Card design experiments 09:43 Another kind of treasure 12:30 Bulk pick #1 13:47 Bulk pick #2 14:09 Bulk pick #3 15:48 Bulk pick #4 18:06 Bulk pick #5 18:53 Outro

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Check Your Bulk

Check Your Bulk

6 Episodes

#6 Premium, Cracked-Out Pre-Cons

#5 Legendary Head Cannons

#4 What Your Deck Says About You

#3 The Power of One-Drops

#2 Commander and Chill

#1 Artifacts and Treasure