Edhrecast

Commander 2020 season is in full swing, but before getting to the newest precons, we have to address the old ones! Which preconstructed Commander deck from the past 9 years was the best of the best? Let's find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're so ex-cycle-ted to share our free preview cards from Wizards of the Coast for the upcoming Ikoria Commander product! Check out edhrec.com for the card visuals and to see EDHREC's other FOUR free previews in an article by our Jeskai master, Angelo Guerrera! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Data doesn't just show up on EDHREC - there's also some hiding in your deck! This week, the cast tackles the probabilities, figures, data points, and stats that show up in various Commander archetypes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Last week on the EDHRECast, the guys tackled the commanders with the highest uniqueness scores according to their EDHREC pages. This week, they tackle the LEAST unique commanders, who seem to play all the same cards as everyone else. Which commanders are they, and how can they stand out even with nonunique cards? Tune in to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Looking for a unique Commander deck? This week on the EDHRECast, Joey, Matt, and Dana comb through the data to find the commanders who have the least cards in common with each other, to locate the statistically most unique commander in each color combination! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's important to keep budget in mind when building a deck, especially when budget can completely change the way the deck plays! This week, the guys tackle the stats to see how some commanders' strategies are altered when they're built with a high or low budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The podcast is new and improved, which means it's time to go back to basics! Joey, Matt, and Dana tackle some fundamentals for EDHREC, covering core concepts and specific tips that will help enhance your experience when using the site and give the data more context. Special thanks to The Command Zone podcast for bringing the cast to a whole new level! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In honor of reaching episode 100, Joey, Matt, and Dana are joined by the founding father of the 100-card format, Sheldon Menery! It's a grab bag of questions, from judge calls to rules to Sheldon's time working at WotC. Tune in for thoughts on the past and present of Commander, and his vision of the format's future! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EDHREC is joined by Commander Cookout to discuss the "Spiciest" commanders in all of EDH - the commanders with the highest and lowest degrees of variance within their decks! Which features cause a commander's deck to look similar to others, and which qualities make that commander's 99 unpredictable? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EDHREC is joined by @TheKristenEmily, the Content Manager of hipstersofthecoast.com and author of the Legion's Landing article series! Together they discuss pet cards, new shakeups from Theros Beyond Death, and of course, Kristen's tips and tricks to help out the Boros Legion in the Commander format. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Some of the best parts of a Commander game don't occur in the main or combat phases, but right at the start and the end! Joey, Matt, and Dana dig through some of their favorite effects and clever tricks in the beginning and ending phases of the turn, because sometimes the most powerful part of a turn is right before it begins!ENTER TO WIN OUR EPISODE 100 GIVEAWAY! 3 lucky winners will receive their choice of EDHREC shirt or EDHRECast playmat, as well as a jump-start package to get their next commander deck underway!Follow the cast on Twitter = 1 entryFollow the cast on Facebook = 1 entrySubscribe on YouTube = 1 entryLeave a podcast review = 2 entries@EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@danaroach@mathimus55 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lands, lands, lands! Today the cast dissects the format's best color-fixing lands, noting which cycles they like, which they don't, which ones are the most popular on EDHREC, and where and when to play the best of the best.Follow the cast on twitter!@EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@danaroach@mathimus55Question, comment, or data insight? Email us at:edhrecast@gmail.com https://edhrec.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Just like Achilles, every Commander deck has a secret weakness. It's not about opponents having the perfect answer to your strategy - sometimes there's a hidden weak point in the deck itself... one the deck brewer may not even know, that can be the deck's downfall. Today the EDHRECast digs through tons of deck archetypes to find out these hidden weaknesses, and how best to cover them up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This isn't just any set review! EDHRECast, CMDR Central, Commander Cookout, and Commander Social have embarked upon an epic odyssey crossover to review all the amazing new cards from Theros Beyond Death! This is part FOUR, where members of each show have gathered to discuss the best legendary creatures of the set. Which one will become the most popular?PART ONE - @CMDRCentralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rGoiCXnPF4PART TWO - @CCOPodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkM_7mv8WogPART THREE - @commandersocial https://brotherswarcast.libsyn.com/the-epic-theros-set-review-crossover-ep-32  Follow the cast on Twitter @EDHRECastQuestion, comment, or keen insight? Email us at edhrecast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's a new year, and a new EDHRECast! Joey, Matt, and Dana have officially moved to video, and begin with a spicy topic: what was the best set from all of 2019? Can the data on EDHREC help us find out? Tune in for a data-driven deep dive through a whole year's worth of awesome Commander sets! Follow the cast on twitter!@EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@danaroach@mathimus55 Question, comment, or data insight? Email us at: edhrecast@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sometimes the devil is in the details, but sometimes victory is in the details, too! Joey, Matt, and Dana evaluate some tiny habits, tricks, and tips that Magic players can use to gain an extra edge during gameplay, from the ways they tap their mana, the ways they time their spells, and even by paying closer attention to these same habits from their opponents! Follow the cast on Twitter!@EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@mathimus55@danaroach  "Crunk Knight"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2019 was full of twists and turns for the Commander format! Joey, Dana, and Matt revisit their favorite products and cards of the year, and set themselves new resolutions for the year to come. Foresight is 2020! Follow the cast on Twitter!@EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@mathimus55@danaroach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's that noise? Is it silver bells? NOPE! It's silver bullets, the cards that utterly devastate a deck's entire strategy. Joey, Matt, and Dana discuss ways to destroy their own favorite archetypes for good.Follow the cast on Twitter!@EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@mathimus55@danaroach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The cast returns to a favorite recurring segment, comparing their own decklists against the data on EDHREC! Where do their decks overlap with the most popular cards, and where do they deviate from the wisdom of the masses? Do these differences make the decks more powerful, or are they just plain crazy? Tune in to find out!Check out the cast’s full decklists here: https://articles.edhrec.com/edhrecast-our-decks/Links to the specific decks discussed on this episode:Vela: https://archidekt.com/decks/3993#Vela_the_Night-Clad:_Intimidating_MachineryOmnath: https://archidekt.com/decks/311582#OnmathSyr Konrad: https://archidekt.com/decks/234654#Syrah_KonnorFollow the cast on Twitter! @EDHRECast@JosephMSchultz@mathimus55@danaroach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You're gonna wanna see this! EDHREC has assembled a visualization of its historical data, where we can watch the most popular commanders rise and fall over time! Be sure to check this episode out on YouTube to follow along as Joey, Dana, and Matt offer their insights through this fast-paced race through EDHREC's history.Thanks to @MisterPlorg for creating these bar charts!Check out Commander ad Populum @CadPopCast for Joey's interview with Ryan of @CCOPodcast!View the data races we discussed on this episode via the links below!All-Time Popularity:https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/941833/6 Month Window:https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/1003967/1 Month Window:https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/999117/All-Time Data Decay:https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/1003739/Bonus Data:3 Month Window:https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/999117/3 Month Data Decay:https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/1003889/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privac