The Laws Of Power For Commander | Untitled Magic: The Gathering Podcast #13 (feat. One More Mana)

[@kylescott2290]

"Prof, can we call you Prof?" "I will allow it" "Alright, Brian" That joke made my day.

[@ethananthony94]

Kyle Scott rule 0, keep your opponent guessing

[@navidawai3582]

😂😂😂👌🏿👍🏿

[@michaelbecker1093]

25:40

[@pikles3578]

Finally a spotlight on the most criminally underrated magic channel

[@Arohan71]

Agreed.

[@gnomeomontague]

>criminally underrated Very poor choice of words

[@MonkeySushii]

Seriously. I love these guys so much!

[@jjanjell]

I just followed them! Can't believe I never knew about them

[@Jedicake]

@@gnomeomontague it's only a poor choice of words if you make it a poor choice of words. This is the problem with people being "too woke"

[@CarronBarboza]

I cannot believe I’ve never heard of these guys before. They seem so cool, their content seems so great too!

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

I only know about them from searching for an EDH deck tech (don’t even remember what commander) but yeah they are quite obscure. I was extremely surprised to see them in the thumbnail for a TCC video. I’ve been subbed for a few months now, though. It’s good content.

[@BuckShotTherapy]

I was thinking the same thing

[@johnlawson3739]

This is why it is so important for people with a platform to use it for exposure.

[@ethananthony94]

After a few days of watching their videos non-stop, I have concluded they are indeed very quality creators.

[@enderalex300]

It's really good to see all these new creators that youtube, for some reason, doesn't like to recommend to me. Thanks, Prof, for following through and helping lift up other creators.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

My pleasure!

[@babassoonist557]

In commander talk less, smile more. Don’t let them know what you’re against or for You wanna get ahead? Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

A+

[@IkeDDeluxe]

I agree but there is a counter to that. "Those who stand for nothing fall for everything"

[@levethix]

Last time I was THIS early, WotC was putting Fetchlands in Standard booster packs!

[@Franciscomeirajr]

At the LAND slot.

[@jacoblong1473]

the stone age?

[@MGlBlaze]

Man, that hurts.

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@Franciscomeirajr When was this?

[@Snarwin]

@@fernandobanda5734 In Fate Reforged packs, the land slot had a small chance of containing a Khans fetchland.

[@nathanielnastase7140]

Ken and Ced are some great players, plus they're also hilarious and overall good people. Much love and mad props they got the Prof. to collaborate. I can't wait until the shops open back up to play with them again in ATL

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

They are super awesome.

[@nathanielnastase7140]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege I'm really glad I get to have them in my play group.

[@Tehficus2]

@@nathanielnastase7140 me too! I remember when I first brought in one of Derik's techs in against him, great guys.

[@johnbuchness7644]

Any idea when Atlanta is supposed to RE-open? I just got back into MTG thanks to Prof?

[@AtomicEdgy]

First time I ever played Commander was at Win & In with Ced in my pod. He was a fantastic guide and didn’t target me outright despite me playing Edgar Markov. He eventually decimated the table, but I had a blast.

[@GoingGrayt]

These gentlemen are fantastic! Well done. Thank you. “Everyone has a plan until they get popped.” Oh, my entire game resume right there.

[@BiOToCeL]

These two make me want to play a game with them. I have the feeling like It could be a very high class, educating and skillful environment without to much judging and still a lot of fun. Thanks for the great potcast!

[@searchforgreatness69]

“Its just a game” some need to learn this. I feel like this is what helps me win. I take it the right amount of serious so im not stressing and i go under the radar

[@ErasmusHereticus]

TL;DR - to become a master of Commander, do the exact opposite of how the Prof plays, easy

[@saoirse8558]

I really appreciate your efforts to be more inclusive and uplift underappreciated content creators; you're walking the walk when so few do, and it's inspiring to see. :")

[@Wizardofexisting]

This feels like a "defense against the dark arts" class.

[@heavenbot]

Oh Prof, please don't ever change. Your exuberance is honestly a real inspiration to me, and your gift of gab is one I envy!

[@jdlazin]

Great guests! One thing I'd like to argue: sometimes, saying "if only I had that land" can be a more positive statement. "Ah, I was close, don't feel as bad for me I was one land away :) " when I obviously having a not great time can be my attempt to take the edge off.

[@danw.1250]

Couldn't be more informative. Awesome insights from the One More Mana crew as always. If you haven't seen their work you missing out.

[@Carolyn510]

Great stuff, Prof. Love One More Mana. Thrilled to find this type of quality content. Strong synergy between your channels.

[@Ranis555]

Prof, I absolutely love how you've been intentionally seeking out and talking to POC content creators lately. Representation matters and you doing this is significant, meaningful, and it speaks a great deal to your character.

[@tnntaronewsnetwork4514]

Agreed. It’s just nice and refreshing to see new voices coming threw. I’d like to see these guys philosophies come to The Command Zone in a game of Game Knights

[@baileybayer9462]

Prof, you are one of the greatest inspirations of the modern gaming era. Thank you for your work, and thank you for using your platform to put the spotlight on incredible humans. Much love

[@marcelozapata93]

I have been very impressed with this podcast and variety of guests! Thank you Prof for creating something so enjoyable!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Thanks for listening

[@kevinscott8437]

Thank you for introducing us to these two guys! I was laughing/smiling the whole time I listened to this podcast.

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

"If you construct your deck correctly, you should bounce back from anything." Wait so losing to grave hate after I dredge my whole library is MY fault?

[@The_Murder_Party]

Yes. Play inverter if truth obviously XD

[@heavenbot]

Gotta have that Marit Lage in the back row just to be safe nowadays lol

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

@@heavenbot lmao

[@GamerdevilPro]

I mean if I plan on dredging my whole deck I'll have a Thassa's Oracle/Jace/Lab Man in it as well, my Muldrotha deck doesn't care too much about gy hate, who needs cards if you win? :D

[@janbrachat1345]

This is such a smart & insightful conversation! Probably one of the best of Prof's Untitled Magic: The Gathering Podcast. Please, make them recurring guests!

[@elijahdavila3684]

Super happy to see the dudes from One More Mana on with you! They deserve so much more recognition!

[@nicholasbower17]

My favorite statement while playing Animar is "guys it's just a 1/1!"

[@bofdar]

How has this channel never popped up in any of my feeds....I've watched all of 2 videos and know this is the exact kind of commander content I'm looking for! One More Mana is exceptional.

[@jjanjell]

As a racial/ethnic minority, I love that the professor values input from all different races and genders. Visibility matters, Thank you professor! 👍

[@jjanjell]

@@alexander_trowbridge 100% disagree, we shouldn't be uncomfortable talking about race relations. Racism is not tied to your own personal beliefs, it is systemic. Honestly, an omission of race is polarizing because it invalidates my personal experiences as a person of color.

[@jonnadam7076]

@@alexander_trowbridge your'e the perfect example of white fragility x)

[@leviscott8802]

I often have a hard time explaining why I love magic the gathering to my close friends and family. My mom especially is from a very traditional background and has never really liked that I play it. Describing it as a mental combat similar to chess I think will help me a lot moving forward! Thanks y’all!!!

[@abentevent]

I've always described magic as "similar to poker, or chess but with cards and with more moves. Additionally you build your own custom decks

[@toctheyounger]

Late to the party, but I LOVED this episode. Immediately following these guys, these concepts are brilliant. I try to employ a lot of these in my play, and they really do make your decks punch harder. Great episode Prof.

[@tserrofz9]

Hey Prof. I wanted to say thank you for the way that you are following through on your plan to bring relevance to other content creators. This is a good platform and great guests and ways to go. Love it.

[@Yourbeautiful666]

When people in commander games tell me, “Help the greater good!” I am the greater good.

[@abentevent]

But I am the best good

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

“Sed and Ken are here today to talk about the laws of power for comma-“ “Prof this is an intervention.” “Drat.”

[@estadoferra]

Thank you for the exposure you have brought to the POC magic community. I am now a big fan of Princess and her chanel.

[@esbenschmidthansen3416]

I stated in another video that you had to slow down and let other people talk in your interviews. You probably haven't read that comment, but I will still say it was a pleasure to watch an interview where you gave your guest the full treatment of letting them speak and not interupting. Your channel is great Prof, and keep up the good work! :)

[@lilduffer]

Amazing episode, would love to see more of them working with you. Funny and informative.

[@aunrah02]

This was so good. Those last two Laws were really good. Very interesting, going to look into the rest

[@MrCool818]

Love One More Mana and their commentary...Saw you guys at MF Vegas 2019, but you guys where busy playing. Hope to get in a game next time 😎

[@jedisith3864]

Literally kept thinking this whole time how much I wish my opponents put that much thought into a game. Any game!

[@mercedeskemp1396]

I love these guys! One More Mana is an awesome channel. The creators are so excitable and passionate about MTG. I cannot recommend them enough.

[@AdamantFrivolity]

Protecting your reputation reminds me of attending the Conspiracy 2 launch day event. I sat down at the table, I was playing a really cool Weight Advantage deck, the guy across from me was super friendly, there was a kid next to me who was maybe 13 who seemed likable, and then in the corner opposite me was a guy who was complaining the entire time. Evidently, he had some kind of history with the 13 year old, but he was smack talking him from Turn 1, "If we were playing Modern I'd have already beaten you," and around Turn 5 he said something to the effect of Fuck you to this kid, and the other guy at the table and I were like, "All right, man, that's enough, this is supposed to be fun." He backed off a little bit, but first chance I had, I took him out with a full swing from my board. No one attacked me that turn, because in the words of the guy across from me, "That dude was being unnecessary."

[@upstartgoblin5536]

Playing Arena while listening to this, I just moved my fire cards to my dominant hand side ..... thanks for the tip!

[@Dr.Q_PHD]

Quite showing all of these good mtg content creators, your making it too difficult to keep my subscription box organized.

[@quicogil4565]

Thanks for showcasing One More Mana, both the general podcast and Derek’s commander deck techs are some of my favorite edh content.

[@starmansuper7514]

Whoah, Ced and Ken! I met these gentlemen years ago at GenCon and we have played Commander every time we've both been at the con since! Great couple of guys, great players and always a joy to be around!

[@ardotjr8963]

For those who wanted it... THE LAWSSS!! Law #1 = 06:50 Never Outshine the Master. Law #2 = 10:52 Say Less then is Necessary. // Body language too! Law #3 = 14:10 Conceal Your Intentions. // Look at how people hold their hands?? Law #4 = 17:10 Protect Your Reputation. // Keep your energy, and your quarks about you Law #5 = 20:46 Get Others to do the Work For You. // Make the other players flinch first. Law "#9" = 24:25 Win Through Your Actions. // ("Can we call you Prof?? ... Okay, Brain.") Law "#10"= 27:49 Avoid the Unlucky & the Unhappy // State of mind: It's just a game. Hope this helps the Prof. & Tolarian Community (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

[@TrylleBanjo]

These guys are the best. Thanks for having them on, subbed to them for sure!

[@combosarefun4449]

First gameplay clip shows them playing Traxos, me:"These guys seem swell."

[@doulosdphi]

This is one of the best commander episodes I’ve seen!

[@kristennorth3268]

I'm a librarian and The 48 Laws of Power has been one of our top 5 circulating titles for years. Interestingly, it is mostly checked out by prison inmates.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

lol

[@TheBeast324347]

My best friend says that he loves my pokerface when my back's against the wall and it finally hits my turn and I flip the whole game on its head. Keep a calm demeanor and stay several steps ahead. Thanks for the tips everyone!

[@ascott741]

Prof, I know you got some grief from people telling you that you din't have to worry about changing your style and didn't want you to beat yourself up over being more inclusive, but the amount of positive comments for these guys from people who have never seen them is really incredible. I'm glad to see people using their platform to promote equality, whatever that may be. You have clearly made a concerted effort recently to go in this direction and I am nothing but impressed. Keep it up, and never feel guilty about wanting to make yourself better. I love seeing diversity at my LGS, it puts a smile on my face to see kids, boys and girls, at my LGS gawking over a pack fresh mythic or correcting each other on technicalities in rules or interaction that I couldn't even hope to see, and I can't wait to see that group of people become even more diverse. It can only make us a stronger community to strive for equal representation, and in today's era, media like this is where that starts. People look up to you for great content, and because of this a lot of new people will be looking up to One More Mana for great content, and if that makes someone who was previously uncomfortable feel comfortable going to their LGS for a draft night, it's a huge win for all. Thank you to all involved here!!

[@punkhippe]

I love these two. One thing that helped me in commander with weaker decks was a background in poker. Magic is essentially a game of hidden information and if you are watching for tells and signals in play patterns you can get a lot of value. What are their actions saying, and being aware of what you are saying in your lines of play.

[@benj4734]

Glad you got them on there! They are one of my favorite underrated KZbinrs.

[@thomasaquinas2912]

I really enjoyed this episode. Prof was a witty and engaging host while the guests were insightful. Great episode

[@pogcrazy5398]

Great content as always, Prof!!! Thank you for bringing spotlight to these great guys, they definitely have me subbed after this video.

[@jackgreenway4679]

At 21:57 this is why I love chain of vapor because it allows me to respond to answer by bouncing another’s players permanent and saying you copy it and it’s great

[@robertmorris4163]

Great points. Never heard of these guys. Great job Proffessor as always finding " theory " people in the community.

[@StrongButAwkward]

A paired rule to 'Say less than is necessary' is to make sure to mask signals with noise; if there is a lot of unhelpful and necessary information flooding your opponent's attention it's harder for them to see the important information when it's there, or even know what is actually important and what is not. For instance, just playing with the cards in your hand in the exact way they describe when nothing is actually going on, basically wasting their mental energy trying to figure out why you are doing something that is meaningless. Create actions your opponents think are meaningful to waste their time and cover up those that actually are. Also, the best utilization of 'protect your reputation' for me is to develop the reputation of someone that doesn't bluff and can and will do what they say they will do if tested...so that you can bluff at infrequent but important moments and be believed easily.

[@th5174]

Hey Prof. Gotta say, I think it’s really cool how you’re bringing other content creators on your channel

[@AnonYmous-mc5zx]

I love podcasts like this. Everyone watches it and suddenly it's easier to play people. Opponent: "Alright, I'm gonna tap 7 man-" Me: *[takes one card from hand and moves it to the rightmost position]* Opponent: "...what was that?" Me: "Don't worry about it."

[@SubvertTheState]

Dude I totally try to use these rules, I've never heard them said aloud before but these are great. Very sound advice.

[@AlexisIcon]

prof it is v inspiring and helpful to see yr processing and understanding how yr style affects the power dynamics of the table. this is not just magic it's life in general and seeing u model the learning and growth goes a long way!

[@bridger4954]

I'm really happy that I get to find out about all these other great youtubers through you. I love these guys.

[@lcamacho398]

I like how the professor is actively featuring diverse channels. It's great to see someone just doing things to be inclusive instead of just talking about it on social media.

[@masterthnag105]

I love that shirt. "If I had one more mana" is like my mantra lol

[@jedisith3864]

I know the intention was to improve my game but I was inspired by this episode. I'm gonna make a deck that always goes for the assist. Spot removal, combat shenanigans and target player draws. My win con will simply be the player I assist at pivotal moments. Maybe it'll be Ur Dragon so I can try for a skittles win or give daddy dragon infect for the win. We'll have to see how well it can set up for that AFTER all the assist is worked out.

[@Dataloss484]

I hope your playgroup will actually give you the option to have fun with that kinda deck. I tried it and people got so butthurt for people "ganging up" on them that I haven't played the deck ever since. My group is/was quite quick to get salty tho

[@Dataloss484]

May I suggest shu-yun, the silent storm tho? Giving opponents creatures protection from, haste and doublestrike with one or two mana instants can do so much damage

[@jedisith3864]

@@Dataloss484 duelists heritage will get me further but yes I'll have to be quite protected but I'll definitely get this beast worked out. As for butt hurt and salty bois, well that's the best part. I'm not gonna assist the spikes and when they get vocal about it I'm gonna point out that I'm just threat assessment for Timmy and Johnny and calling fowl ball from time to time. My real joy will be when they try in vain to explain that I'm not winning either...

[@westeralex1]

Loved these guys i'm glad for the confirmation that not organizing my hand and always putting my hand down after every turn is the good move

[@jpp6429]

What I used to do when playing with my friends in big group games is give them the best advice possible and tell them their optimal play, they'd then procede to do anything else.

[@bernardo013]

I really loved this episode! Excited to check One More Mana out!

[@QueerOldMagic]

These guys are AMAZING! Thanks for introducing me to them!

[@CityofLight11]

Command Centre is almost impossible to discover but well worth the find. It's become my favourite commander specific content very quickly.

[@heirkaiba]

Thanks for taking time to show new content creators. ^^

[@derekkey2803]

I live in Atlanta and have played commander with those guys! They're awesome! I've definitely been their "That Guy" at a table before haha

[@joshuabundy4676]

Never heard of this channel. Im going to check them out. One more mana.

[@bagmanT]

YES. I love these guys and I’m so happy to see you feature them.

[@Osk570]

This was great! These laws of power breakdowns have really spoken to me--and there are a lot of things they bring up here which I want to incorporate into my own gameplay!

[@vernmcfarland3058]

The folks at one more mana seem to have their heads on straight ty for bringing them to our attention.

[@Oman11112]

one good point they brought up about not having enough lands, i was playing a game and my friend was playing ur dragon and kept a 1 land hand, did not draw a single land for the entire game and played it out until the gamme was over, and he didnt compalin once, i could never have that strength haha

[@_mrcrypt]

Thank you very much for introducing me to these folks. Very much looking forward to their content =D

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Glad to hear it!

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Prof just said “Keep it on the DL” I’m dying 😂🤣😂

[@xfightforlibertyx]

Man I've been subbed to one more mana for over a year there so awesome. Prof your the best for this!

[@MrGenericNickname]

I am now hoping for a game between One More Mana, the Professor and the Command Zone just to see all those different philosophies in action :p

[@jessicalepins1433]

Or prof vs peasant kenobi vs one more mana guys ^^

[@warbossd]

Great video. Law 10 came up tonight in one of my games where I hammered my friend David down to 7 life with my Boros vehicle deck then moved on to a bigger threat only to have David steal the game out from under me with blue control shenanigans.

[@toml8866]

Thank you for introducing these guys. Already subbed to their channel and really enjoying it.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Glad you like them! I think they are great!

[@andrewpeli9019]

Protecting your reputation is definitely important. No one at my card shop has ever broken an agreement (on purpose). If someone were to break an agreement, I'm not even sure what would happen.

[@MulliganaUno]

It will be awesome see a commander game with al three taking and using this 10 Laws of power while they are playing.

[@MT_LeagueGaming7896]

Love these interviews- super cool to getw another side of commander- and a new channel to follow!!!

[@thrillhouse4151]

There’s some Art of War parallels here, you gotta be duplicitous and hide your power level like a Dragonball Z character, if it’s an early Sol Ring just pretend there’s an extra wall of text that involves getting targeted based on how many turn counters the battlefield has or however you’d like to template it.

[@pottskillgrim]

The dude who wrote the 48 laws of power was in part inspirired by sun tzu. Anyways, the 48 laws of power are insanely toxic and should not be applied to anything

[@whatsupdoc6358]

Love these guys! Thanks for having them on!

[@james4066]

Thanks for having these guys on, definitely checking out their channel now. Super entertaining, engaging, I am jealous I don't live near them cause I would love to play against them aha.

[@EffinChat]

This episode of Untitled MTG Podcast didn't end with Prof cutting off their mics as they badmouth merfolk. I am upset. All jokes aside though these guys seem great! I love their humour and obvious joy of creating content together. I'm really glad you're using this platform to bring more BPOC from the community to the forefront, keep it up

[@theawesomepossum1000]

Great episode! Definitely my favourite one since quarantine started

[@commandersharp6586]

"Your cards aren't just a resource, the people are too..." well yeah, everyone's got 40 life to share XD

[@HaddockHazard]

Loved this episode! Love that you have been using your platform to put eyes on these smaller channels. Absolutely subscribing to these guys.

[@awildeep]

Thanks Prof for showing us these guys... I may not have found them otherwise.

[@afrokid69]

Awesome, I haven't heard of these guys before, they've earned a new subscriber! Thanks for introducing us to them :)

[@rockets991]

The Win & Inn games store in Atlanta is where I played my first booster draft at a LGS!

[@GamerdevilPro]

14:52 It's actually the opposite for me. When I put my cards on the table I exactly know whats in them and know what I will do the next turn and know what kind of anwers I have in them should the circumstances change, if I'm playing combo, chances are that y'all die at the next opportunity :D I generally put my cards down quite a lot I think. The part about looking at the hands of other ppl is quite a good tip overall - sadly it doesn't work at all in my playgroup since we all are aware of it from playing Skat (and generally playing with each other for a long time)

[@Mrtfarrugia]

Teferi looks mad you boxed him out of frame.

[@Sir_Francis]

These guys are funny! Definitely checking out One More Mana! I want to know more about this Secret Commander they mentioned...

[@ethananthony94]

These guys seem like they’d be amazing people to play a game with. Lighthearted, introspective, smart, and humorous.