Gemstone Mine
Episode
E064 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Finding Your Line
March 23, 2022
Sometimes you go deep into the tank to try to find the best play, stringing together your resources on a razor's edge to try to find the path to vi...
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E063 -- Multifaceted -- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
March 16, 2022
It's been awhile since we've looked at a potential Commander in the Multifaceted series, so this week, it's a deep dive into the nuances that surro...
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E062 -- Deck Alignment -- Battlecruiser
March 9, 2022
Some Commander players love it when games are full of boards overflowing with powerful creatures. This week, we look at Battlecruiser as a deck's t...
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E061 -- Multifaceted -- Mayhem Devil
March 2, 2022
Every so often, a card is printed without much fanfare. Then slowly, over time, it just seems to creep into a bunch of decks. Mayhem Devil is just ...
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E060 -- Consistency in Deckbuilding
February 23, 2022
You know that player in your playgroup whose deck just *always* seems to work? They've always got their commander out a turn early, their engine ca...
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E059 -- Multifaceted -- Containment Construct
February 16, 2022
Kawigama: Neon Dynasty has brought us a *lot* of shiny new cards, but some of the most interesting cards come at *lower* rarities! This week, we're...
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E058 -- Deck Evaluation with Sage of Fables!
February 16, 2022
We've said it before and we'll say it again: the 0-10 "power level" system leaves a lot to be desired. Special guest Sage joins in this week to dis...
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E057 -- Multifaceted -- Kawigama's Channel Lands
February 2, 2022
Kawigama: Neon Dynasty previews are coming fast and furious and the rare land cycle is making a splash! It's not even a cycle of dual lands: we're ...
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E056 -- Multifaceted -- Kismet is Cool
January 26, 2022
As promised, it's time to talk about one of my favorite stax pieces to bring to casual tables, one which will slow down the more optimized decks wh...
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E055 -- Lessons from cEDH -- What's the Deal with Rule of Law?
January 19, 2022
There's a card in cEDH which has become the de-facto cornerstone of stax, one which warps the game to be almost unrecognizable... but which paradox...
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E054 -- Talking Grazilaxx
January 19, 2022
And now for something completely different! An unscripted episode from John this week analyzing an interesting card from Adventures in the Forgotte...
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E053 -- Lessons from cEDH -- How Heat Distorts Threat Assessment
January 5, 2022
Some players like to "lie low", avoiding trouble for fear of incurring the wrath of opponents while others like to instigate and start trouble, dra...
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E052 -- Lessons from 2021 -- 5 Cards, 5 Lessons
December 29, 2021
For our final episode of 2021, we take a look at not 1 lesson, but 5 smaller lessons, framed around 5 cards released this year. What do some of the...
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E051 -- Lessons from cEDH -- Commander Jujutsu
December 22, 2021
One of the unique factors to consider in a multiplayer format like Commander is that your opponents have their gameplans too. A big level-up moment...
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E050 -- 7 Decks from 2021 We Still Need to Build
December 15, 2021
2021 saw a deluge of new potential Commanders, and there are still tons who haven't been explored enough yet! This episode, we take a look at the C...
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E049 -- Lessons from cEDH -- The Sound of Silence
December 8, 2021
There is a powerful category of card which is slowly starting to make its way to casual tables from cEDH groups. Silence and similar cards can be u...
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E048 -- Ghalta, Storm-o-Saurus Wrecks Primer
November 24, 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 17, 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 10, 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 3, 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...