Gemstone Mine
Episode
E048 -- Ghalta, Storm-o-Saurus Wrecks Primer
November 11, 2021
Do you like manual storm? Do you like dinosaurs? Do you like manually storming off with dinosaurs?! If so, Ghalta, Storm-o-Saurus Wrecks might be t...
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E047 -- Your Rule-0 Pitch
November 11, 2021
Magic: the Gathering Las Vegas is nearly upon us, and there has to be a better way to pick out our decks than to just say that everything is a "7"....
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E046 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Tweaking Your Decks
November 11, 2021
No deck survives first contact with your playgroup intact: there's always room to tweak. From identifying cuts to analyzing the good and the bad in...
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E045 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Learning From Defeat
November 11, 2021
A 25% win-rate would be pretty disappointing in 1v1 60-and-4 formats, but the multiplayer nature of Commander means that this is pretty much what's...
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E044 -- White's Color Pie 2021
October 10, 2021
MaRo has published a new article about the Mechanical Color Pie for 2021, and there are some really interesting notes which could suggest more dire...
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E043 -- The State of Green Ramp
October 10, 2021
There are a lot of options out there for ramp in the color of green, and sometimes it's easy to fall into certain patterns when deckbuilding which ...
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E042 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Tension in Deckbuilding
October 10, 2021
Have you ever had a deck that seemed like it needed another 50 card slots, while another deck seems to come together practically by itself? Or mayb...
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E041 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Alternate Win Conditions
October 10, 2021
The full crew is back, and this week it's all about Alternate Win Conditions! What's the history of these cards? What are some important ones to kn...
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E040 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Playing Your Seat
September 9, 2021
Talk to anyone who's played cEDH long enough and they'll tell you about the bad breaks they've had. Not just lucky topdecks for their opponents or ...
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E039 -- Lessons from cEDH -- The Action Economy
September 9, 2021
There's a secret sauce to what makes a card strong in Commander, and what makes a deck really tick at the Commander table, and it is the idea of th...
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E038 -- How to Analyze a New Set
September 9, 2021
It seems like there's always a new Magic set on the horizon, and this week we break down to to analyze new sets to find the cards that you actually...
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E037 -- Lessons from cEDH -- How to Stax Responsibly
September 9, 2021
There are few deck types in Commander as divisive as Stax decks. In cEDH, Stax has seen a resurgence, and some of the lessons learned from these St...
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E036 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Playtesting Your Deck
September 9, 2021
Trying to get a grip on how a new deck works can be difficult, but goldfishing and playtesting can help you put a deck through its paces before it'...
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E035 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Defensive Speed
August 8, 2021
How do you face a deck which always seems to be two, three or even four steps ahead of you? This week, we talk about the concept of "Defensive Spee...
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E034 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Greed & Respect
August 8, 2021
In Commander games where the players and decks are on an even playing-field, over-committing to a play or playing around a threat that doesn't mate...