CommanderCast Ep 461 – Shards Cards

Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 461! This week Mark and Adam are breaking out and leaving the world in Shards! Back in 2008 WotC gave us Shards of Alara which was a set about the ally three color groups and it was an amazing and important part for the history of the Commander. […]

Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 461! This week Mark and Adam are breaking out and leaving the world in Shards! Back in 2008 WotC gave us Shards of Alara which was a set about the ally three color groups and it was an amazing and important part for the history of the Commander. It gave the format a ton of Legends, multiple format staples, and a ton of ways for causal players to have access to cards to branch out into a ton of decks. But now in 2021, how many of those cards still have what it takes to be in your 99 or even your Commander?  But first we have to take a quick look at some of the new Strange things coming from the Secret Lairs soon.

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

 

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CommanderCast Episode 461

Posted: October 25, 2021

 

Intros: 

 

Adam

 

Mark 

 

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

 

Community

 

Stranger Things Secret Lair drop

 

*Worth reading: “As Magic: The Gathering Grows, Fans Aren’t Sure What Its Future Holds,” by Tom Marks

 

Interstitial fodder: 

The Batman trailer
Gastro Obscura
Infinity by Johnathan Hickman
“10 Most Expensive Cards Printed In 2021,” by Paul DiSalvo

 

Strategy

 

Lookback: what were the best Commander options for each shard at the time (2008) vs. the current Commander options?

 

Bant
Esper
Grixis
Jund
Naya

 

Technology

 

Actual good cards from Shards of Alara

 

Ad Nauseam
Corpse Connoisseur
Dispeller’s Capsule
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Elvish Visionary
Etherium Sculptor
Ethersworn Canonist
Executioner’s Capsule
Fatestitcher
Fleshbag Marauder
Kederekt Leviathan
Knight of the White Orchid
Mycoloth
Necrogenesis
Oblivion Ring
Ranger Of Eos
Relic Of Progenitus
Scourglass
Soul’s Fire
Stoic Angel
Tezzeret the Seeker
Vicious Shadows
Where Ancients Tread

 

Tri-Lands
Panoramas

 

Outtro/Contacts:

 

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

 

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

 

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

 

Adam – (at)squire9999

 

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And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!