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How To Be Popular - A Look Into the Top 20 Commanders

Commander Theory

English - January 08, 2021 01:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
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The top 20 Commanders over the last two years is one of the most interesting features on EDHREC. It's interesting to see it change over time and to see what commanders have the go-get-'em attitude needed to break into the top spots, but what can it teach us about design? In this episode, Nick and Zak look at the top 20 commanders on EDHREC and try to analyze what makes them popular? Why should Muldrotha succeed when Chainer, Nightmare Adept and other graveyard strategies don't even make it to the top 100 most popular commanders? Listen and find out!

We especially want your feedback from this episode, so please let us know what you think, see, and feel about this kind of topic! What decks and cards do you see the most of? What have the beginners in your magic playgroups been drawn towards? 

Next week will be our first Kaldheim spoiler episode, so stay tuned! It's gonna be big!

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