Best 2 Mana Value Creatures - Ep92

04/28/21 • 62 min

Commander Social

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Ep 92 Community Spotlight:
1. This episode we are gonna say 2-Drop, and that means a creature with 2 mana value.
  1. They compete with Mana Rocks/Ramp
  2. I believe they are mostly utility creatures, and not often beating down
  3. They can often come down after turn two, and still impact the game (in fact some of them may not be at their best on Turn 2).
2. Two-Drops are a pretty interesting card in Commander.
  1. Lots of Stax Pieces
  2. 1. Drannith Magistrate
    2. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
    3. Hushbringer
    4. Stoneforge Mystic
    5. Sram, Senior Edificer
    6. Relic Seeker
  3. Deals with Equipment
  4. Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
  5. Felidar Cub
  6. Soulfire Grand Master
3. White
  1. Thassa’s Oracle
  2. Snapcaster Mage
  3. Gilded Drake
  4. Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  6. Honorable Mention: Fblthp, the Lost
4. Blue
  1. Aristocrats
  2. 1. Zulaport Cutthroat
    2. Blood Artist
  3. Oona's Blackguard
  4. Wight of Precinct Six
  5. Rat Colony
  6. Keen Duelist
5. Black
  1. Dockside Extortionist
  2. Dire Fleet Daredevil
  3. Goblin Engineer
  4. Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  5. Humble Defector
6. Red
  1. Ramp
  2. 1. Sakura-Tribe Elder
    2. Lotus Cobra
  3. Wall of Blossoms
  4. Sylvan Caryatid
  5. Quirion Elves
  6. Joiner Adept
7. Green
  1. Baleful Strix
  2. Biomancer’s Familiar
  3. Vexing Shusher
  4. Kiora’s Follower
  5. Fiend Artisan
8. Gold
  1. Crashing Drawbridge
  2. Walking Atlas
  3. Myr Retriever
  4. Metallic Mimic
  5. Steel Overseer
  6. Honorable Mention: Millikin
9. Colorless
10. Summary - Do you have lots of 2 mana value creatures in your decks? What are some of your favorites that we missed? Do you forego most or all of these in favor of ramp spells/mana rocks?
Main Topic - Best 2 Mana Value Creatures
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1. Patreon Contest - Which Strixhaven college would you go to, and what would you study? Three packs of Strixhaven.
2. We’re streaming with patrons most Thursdays now, so watch out for the message on slack to sign up to be eligible for that week.
3. Ryan - @greenegeek
4. Zack - @z4ck38
5. Together - @commandersocial
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2. SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more
3. SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles
  1. https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf
4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
Our LGS has setup an online store!
1. @LennyWooley - 1:35, 38:34
2. @CasuallyMTG - 3:43
3. @MTGMoo - 3:43
4. @CMDRHideaway - 3:43
5. @MothershipGames - 9:20
6. @CCOPodcast - 14:27
7. @edhrec - 37:13
Ep 92 Community Spotlight:
1. This episode we are gonna say 2-Drop, and that means a creature with 2 mana value.
  1. They compete with Mana Rocks/Ramp
  2. I believe they are mostly utility creatures, and not often beating down
  3. They can often come down after turn two, and still impact the game (in fact some of them may not be at their best on Turn 2).
2. Two-Drops are a pretty interesting card in Commander.
  1. Lots of Stax Pieces
  2. 1. Drannith Magistrate
    2. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
    3. Hushbringer
    4. Stoneforge Mystic
    5. Sram, Senior Edificer
    6. Relic Seeker
  3. Deals with Equipment
  4. Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
  5. Felidar Cub
  6. Soulfire Grand Master
3. White
  1. Thassa’s Oracle
  2. Snapcaster Mage
  3. Gilded Drake
  4. Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  6. Honorable Mention: Fblthp, the Lost
4. Blue
  1. Aristocrats
  2. 1. Zulaport Cutthroat
    2. Blood Artist
  3. Oona's Blackguard
  4. Wight of Precinct Six
  5. Rat Colony
  6. Keen Duelist
5. Black
  1. Dockside Extortionist
  2. Dire Fleet Daredevil
  3. Goblin Engineer
  4. Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  5. Humble Defector
6. Red
  1. Ramp
  2. 1. Sakura-Tribe Elder
    2. Lotus Cobra
  3. Wall of Blossoms
  4. Sylvan Caryatid
  5. Quirion Elves
  6. Joiner Adept
7. Green
  1. Baleful Strix
  2. Biomancer’s Familiar
  3. Vexing Shusher
  4. Kiora’s Follower
  5. Fiend Artisan
8. Gold
  1. Crashing Drawbridge
  2. Walking Atlas
  3. Myr Retriever
  4. Metallic Mimic
  5. Steel Overseer
  6. Honorable Mention: Millikin
9. Colorless
10. Summary - Do you have lots of 2 mana value creatures in your decks? What are some of your favorites that we missed? Do you forego most or all of these in favor of ramp spells/mana rocks?
Main Topic - Best 2 Mana Value Creatures
Keep it Social!
1. Komiku - Battle of Pogs
2. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Zack Gets it Together Theme
1. Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial
2. You can check us out at commandersocial.com
3. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial
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6. On twitter @commandersocial
  1. twitch.tv/greenegeek
7. Ryan individually @greenegeek
8. Zack individually @z4ck38
Contact Info
© Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

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Commander 2021 Review:Part 2 - Ep91

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4. Thursday nights come play at mothership!
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1. @MothershipGames - 5:48
2. @LennyWooley - 16:42
3. @MBorchik - 22:35
4. @MTGMoo - 22:35
5. @dpkrausejr - 24:40
Ep 91 Community Spotlight:
1. SILVERQUILL STATEMENT
2. 1. What’s Silverquill All About - COLLEGE OF ELOQUENCE
  2. 1. Wielding the magic of words, Silverquill students are stylish, intimidating, and tirelessly competitive. These mages are born leaders with razor-sharp wit and natural charisma that can be used for good or for ill.
    2. Breena, the Demagogue
    3. Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
    4. Author of Shadows
    5. Cunning Rhetoric
    6. Fain, the Broker
    7. Guardian Archon
    8. Inkshield
    9. Keen Duelist
    10. Stinging Study
    11. Promise of Loyalty
  3. Cards
  4. What’s Witherbloom All About - COLLEGE OF LIFE AND DEATH
  5. 1. Witherbloom students draw power from the essence of living beings, whether that means enhancing nature or exploiting it. Witherbloom mages are most at home riding zombie crocs, picking herbs for potions, and hanging out in their swamp making grim jokes.
    2. Willowdusk, Essence Seer
    3. Gyome, Master Chef
    4. Marshland Bloodcaster
    5. Pest Infestation
    6. Revival Experiment
    7. Sproutback Trudge
    8. Tivash, Gloom Summoner
    9. Witch’s Clinic
    10. Yedora, Grave Gardener
  6. Cards
3. WITHERBLOOM WITCHCRAFT
  1. There’s extended art cards in Strixhaven Collector Boosters
  2. 1. https://cardgamebase.com/strixhaven-collector-booster-contents/
    2. Archeomancer’s Map
    3. Monologue Tax
    4. Guardian Augmenter
    5. Inkshield
    6. Cursed Mirror
    7. Reinterpret
  3. Cards that are expensive or might be expensive down the line
4. Talk about our favorite deck from amongst the 5, if we see any potential new “Dockside Extortionist” or “Fierce Guardianship”
5. Summary - What did you think of these decks? Which are you the most excited to play? Did we miss any cards you like from each deck?
Main Topic - Strixhaven Commander 2021 (Part 1)
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Precon Showdown - Ep93

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  3. We’re gonna give away 10 copies, 5 to the first 5 people to respond, and then 5 at the end of the month to the answers we like best
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10. @MTGGoldfish - 19:40
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12. @Card_Kingdom - 1:01:36
Ep 93 Community Spotlight:
1. We tend to think of 5 years as recent, but we know a lot of our listeners (and Patrons) might be newer to Magic, so we thought it might be fun to go back and look at the past 5 years of Commander Precons.
  1. Value (We’re gonna discuss a lot of this below, but let's try and mention the others on this list as well)
  2. 1. Disclaimer: The MtG market is in a bit of chaos, things seem way more expensive than they ever have been. (Overmaster is $40!). We certainly aren’t finance experts but both of us follow the Secondary Market pretty regularly.
  3. Cool Cards (We talked about this in our previous episode, but it’s still one of the most important pieces to the pre-cons long term)
  4. Fun to Play
  5. Balanced to play against each other
  6. Good enough to hang with your meta’s constructed decks
2. There are lots of ways to evaluate Precons.
  1. C21 - Focused on Each College Identity
  2. 1. Whole deck, singles price in ()
    2. Lorehold Legacies - $38.48 (Singles - 102.80)
    3. Prismari Performance - $39.25 (Singles - 71.66)
    4. Quantum Quandrix - $38.06 (Singles - 86.83)
    5. Silverquill Statement - $37.83 (Singles - 83.31)
    6. Witherbloom Witchcraft - $37.71 (Singles - 68.48)
    7. Bundle of all 5 - $189.04 (Mothership has this for $179.99)
  3. I’m gonna do the values of singles in the deck based on mtggoldfish, I did look on ebay, and most of the decks were costing about the same as the cost of the singles, with maybe a slight discount.
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-2017-decklists
    2. Feline Ferocity - $269.93
    3. Vampiric Bloodlust - $257.06
    4. Draconic Domination - $255.23
    5. Arcane Wizardry - $149.86
  4. C17 - Tribal Theme
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/commander-2018-decklists
    2. Exquisite Invention - $110.94
    3. Subjective Reality - $90.64
    4. Nature's Vengeance - $120.56
    5. Adaptive Enchantment - $91.01
  5. C18 - Planeswalker Commanders
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/weekly-update-aug-11-commander-2019-decklists
    2. Faceless Menace - $66.20
    3. Mystic Intellect - $91.57
    4. Primal Genesis - $67.86
    5. Merciless Rage - $46.07
  6. C19 - Each deck focused on a mechanic (Morph, Flashback, Populate, Madness)
    1. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/full-commander-2020-decklis...