The Smallest Hill We're Willing to Die On | Commander Clash Podcast 128

[@agkmark3292]

It makes me smile knowing that Tomer is willing to break his (justified) aesthetics for the APAC swamp I gifted him.

[@StephenHudson-y2x]

Crim's face when he heard "mismatched socks" was the most wholesome smile 😂

[@sirKonradical]

They are on my feet, mom! You can't see them under my damn shoes! 40, and my socks still don't match. My mom has actually started following suit 😂

[@MasterCrvo]

I mismatch my socks, my lands, my bolts, my paths...I didn't realize I was in Crim Army officer corps

[@drew-id]

I've had that same opportunity to take my shoes off, and verify I don't match socks. 😊

[@kunopumpernikkel215]

I also always (with very few exceptions) wear mismatched socks.

[@bobbysimon1078]

12:00 These pokemon cards are actually photographs of clay figures that the artist made! They're not just depicted to look like that. It's pretty awesome.

[@cluelesscardgamer]

Yuka morii the goat

[@haileydee9954]

I think they should do a set called Errata Masters that's just all cards that have been errataed. It's not meant to be drafted, just putting lots of errataed cards with correct wording into the game

[@inzombiac345]

that would mean hasbro would have to amit they made a mass amout of mistakes..... sadge that wont happen

[@brodusthegreat2109]

I don't hate the idea, but the main issue would be that players with the old version of the card now have a version that isn't even accurate anymore, it feels bad and creates awkward scenarios in games.

[@zawarudo497]

@@brodusthegreat2109 isn't that already the case? this would just also add an actually correct version

[@brodusthegreat2109]

@zawarudo497 Erratas aren't very common as far as I've seen, it would be nice to get new, accurate versions of errata'd cards but it definitely wouldn't make a great set, lol

[@OdaGoda957]

Love this idea, there are soo many errata’d cards in the game. It’d also help to have a set list to easily look up for all cards that have had text changes.

[@talonjansen8926]

I do really enjoy the honest creativity you guys bring to content creation, some of these recent videos have been highly entertaining!

[@MTGGoldfishCommander]

Thanks!

[@rasudidosv9306]

I never did see Tomer's plastic plants again, it's not on topic but I do find it impressive even the fake plants died on him.

[@brick4939]

Love richards take on missmatched basics. Ever seen a mountainrange where every mountain is an exact copy of the last one?

[@smashcards5982]

I was doing this when I first started building EDH decks, but seeing them on my playmat really bothered me haha

[@thetogtube2]

Love my mono red mismatched basic mountain range lands more than I do even playing mono red 😂

[@Greg501-]

I might as well run 20 different arts if WotC continues to make 1 copy per basic Secret Lair lands

[@pascalsimioli6777]

When's the last time you tapped a real mountain to get the energy necessary to cast a real spell? Oh never you say? That's because you don't play magic for realism and you know it, stop using dishonest arguments.

[@OdaGoda957]

@@pascalsimioli6777saying that the aesthetic being realistic matters to them is pretty reasonable. Seemed more like a joke/personal argument to me. Not some debate lord facts and logic shit bro

[@dylanthomas2393]

I run the same set of Rebecca Guay basics in every deck with the exception of a single random precon forest that a buddy of mine got Crim to sign for me at Magic Con Philly and it never ceases to make me smile when I draw it. The layers of trolling from my friend not only getting Crim to sign a forest but giving it to me as specifically not matching any of my basics is too perfect.

[@the.50caliberapple80]

I love all of the Rebecca Guay basics. It’s a shame they released the old boarder foil versions AFTER I bought all of mine :(

[@cannibalskitchen8421]

Crim needs a McDonald's crossover where we get a holographic print of Bolas animorphing into a big Mac when you look at it from different angles.

[@hallowedmist4289]

this is my favorite comment

[@vaentkhing579]

i have not watched the episode, but this comment might be all i need from the experience

[@vaentkhing579]

sorry, my first reply sonehow got spammed 6 times

[@Groovemancer]

To me, double sleeving isn't just about protecting them from spills or incidents of that sort, but they also seem to help with the curled foils. I doesn't fix them, but it helps. Even if they're sitting in a deck box, the single-sleeved decks with any kind of curled foils are noticeable.

[@derrickheard9535]

20 years ago I was Tomer on double sleeving. I have many expensive cards that are ruined on the top edges because I didn't double sleeved. Dirt gets in the top of the sleeve and wears on the top edge with each shuffle.

[@Goldberry69]

Yip, that is the reason I double-sleeve: stuff gets into the open sleeve and eventually will visibly effect that edge of the card

[@Simplycoburn]

I double sleeve every commander deck I have

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

I think it's hilarious that the argument against Richard's first hot take isn't "some people have OCD just leave them alone", it's "magic cards are like clothing!". Truly an unpredictable cast.

[@light-chemistry]

Richard is so real for his land take. It may be his greatest take ever

[@trevorstammler]

Very real! I once built a deck with 40 forests in it and I prided myself in having every forest being a different art.

[@khub5660]

Reminds me of when I used to play monogreen tron with mismatching antiquities tron lands

[@jamesgreenwood1703]

Easily. Not that the bar is jigh

[@light-chemistry]

Scrub comment from a scrub who hates the truth. Richard consistently has the best takes on here.@@jamesgreenwood1703

[@baconsir1159]

I’d love a TV series about Yawgmoth, Urza, and the Weatherlight saga

[@inzombiac345]

yes I agree the weatherlight era was great

[@callumreilly9107]

Agree but they’d have to choose between censoring it/toning the war crimes down and r-rating it. I’m sure we’d love a faithful depiction but wotc would aim for the biggest audience

[@solaire6116]

Yes it would make a perfect anime lol

[@aaronepstein9416]

Richard is right on the lands lol And yes, I do wear mismatched socks lol

[@Veganton]

I see, you are a man of culture as well

[@peewee0224]

He’s not right mismatch basics makes it seem like you don’t care about the deck.

[@litwaffle9848]

@@peewee0224that is absolutely not true lmao

[@peewee0224]

@@litwaffle9848 it’s 100% true I get you like different art but what it looks like from everybody else is you just jammed a bunch of random lands in your deck.

[@litwaffle9848]

@@peewee0224 Mismatched basics are so irrelevant that nobody should care or judge at all. My entire friend group has not once made a comment about mismatched lands, nor have I ever met somebody that cared. Putting thought and care into your deck goes so far beyond what you use as basics.

[@jaydub5515]

I dumped a bowl of spaghetti sauce on an all foil mardu deck once. Thank God it was double sleeved. It saved them, for reals, and what's crazy is that was my only double sleeved deck

[@peewee0224]

Double sleeves are a god send.

[@godspeedhero3671]

What a curious title. lol "There are no hot takes, only correct takes." - Tomer This episode is already a classic. XD

[@richarddilkes328]

Idea regarding the Richard Planeswalker point: a cycle of 5 "backgrounds", one of each color. They pair with a Planeswalker of the same color identity and promote that PW to a commander. And they all have a color flavored protection ability.

[@anxez]

For once, I fully sit behind richard.

[@cokematic]

same (except the "even white border lands")

[@peterhardiman7333]

He even explained why ppl play pimped out solos lands too!!! You can tell Richard is not a digital player at heart...

[@lorpuz4664]

Me too on the lands thing i hated the argument of Seth "if You want to play with other lands just build another deck" not everyone is mr moneybanks

[@williamkeiser7562]

Heard white border lands only briefly mentioned, but I love white bordered basic lands in my decks. I've slowly transitioned to all my decks using them. It makes searching your deck a lot easier since you know where all your basic lands are. Even when you get absurdly large hands, the white borders are awesome since you just know where they all are.

[@gulgothica]

I love how many different gorgeous lands there are in Magic. I try to have every land be different in each of my decks. Each one makes me smile when I see it and I know that I may not see the same land for a few games before it comes up again. I recently found a trashed Beta island going through an old box of cards and threw it into one of my decks. I have a couple of Arabian Nights Mountains. When people recognize those, it’s always a fun moment.

[@GagleDan]

I personally double sleeve every deck, I have larger hands, so the shuffling doesn't feel any different except for the first 1-2 games with a fresh deck and it just makes me feel better I also kind of enjoy sleeving so that's part of it.

[@vaentkhing579]

agreed: sleeving is my form of meditation

[@the.50caliberapple80]

I have a bunch of decks, wanna sleeve mine. I hate sleeving 😂

[@peewee0224]

@@vaentkhing579bro I got some decks that need sleeping lol 😂 I wish I had that mentality. Sleeving is my least favorite part.!

[@egoish6762]

All my decks are double sleeved, edh and 1v1. My cedh deck is triple sleeved.

[@danpearman270]

Yes to mismatched basics. And yes to mixing in occasional white-borders. That's not a hot take, that's just a good way to make players like Tomer twitch :D Edit: apparantly that's a good way to make Seth twitch, lol

[@pleravens]

When god type was a new thing, I made a theme deck with Karona, False God as the commander with the 15 theros gods (it seemed like a really funny concept at the time). The deck is barely functional as the 15 theros gods do not work together super well. But there are new god creatures now that can make a more cohesive deck.

[@stefancandan5329]

Hey that's on theme, the theros gods don't work well together in residing over the realm too

[@maaikevreugdemaker9210]

Don't forget the world tree lol

[@MakeVarahHappen]

I think the thing with Crim and art is that the SL art isn't, in a word, substantive enough? It's hard to explain but they intentionally try to feel out of place so you smile and move on and don't think about it. Pokemon fans FIEND for the next clay sculpture. They talk about it all the time, they anticipate the next time the artist will make a piece, and they all have their favorites. I think the comparison is when Kaldheim came out an artist *actually carved a saga into wood.* Victor Adame Minguez has over 160 pieces for magic, and has done that once. Weird art is for weirdness sake in magic, it's not to actually explore art beyond the novel. I also think "give me a vanilla version" is part of the problem. Think of Soul Shatter from ZNR. That is not a normal magic card, even in its most basic printing. There should be a line where you can have the base version of a card not be this same-y humanoid-realistic-fantasy and not be movie posters. I should be allowed to crack an uncommon in a pack and fall in love with it because it's just not the same, and have the be the same experience anyone can have with that card.

[@Hurtishappy]

I absolutely love the synergy between you four, I hope the group never breaks up!

[@ethanglaeser9239]

Right off the bat, yes Richard. My decks have singleton basics, all different arts and styles. I want to play my cool lands and see the beautiful art in game. That is best done by mismatching them to get more art in my deck. Also yes, I play white borders too. : )

[@hanschristopherson8056]

The mismatched lands thing is the only thing I think I’ve ever agreed with Richard on, I want to show off all the cool lands lol

[@chrisvainio]

I assume players that have all matching lands are serial killers

[@chrisvainio]

Although I will agree with Tomer on a Theros deck, Kamigawa deck or LoTR deck. Those look great with the very thematic decks. I think all my basic in my Sam/Frodo are the map lands now. Maybe I’m a serial killer? 🤔

[@leonmurray7488]

100% with Tomer concerning the card flicking! Playing against someone that does it constantly causes me great distress 🤣

[@Psyman2]

I don't even do it intentionally. At that point you are punishing people for involuntary behavior. It's such a weird thing to hate. Do you want to DQ people for having a lisp too?

[@leonmurray7488]

@@Psyman2 Take a deep breath. None of this is to be taken so serious.

[@Psyman2]

@@leonmurray7488 Then don't say it?

[@leonmurray7488]

@@Psyman2 Do you need a hug or something?

[@Psyman2]

I need less hostility. Can you do that? @@leonmurray7488

[@jjvh500]

I do agree with Crim's art take, I think having more distinct MEDIUMS of art like that clay sculpture pokemon cards would be very cool. I believe several of the Saga from Kaldheim & Kamigawa were actually physical/traditional art. But imagine if the next time we have battles they are photos of physical, shoe-box dioramas

[@olddaydreams]

Dioramas are such an underrated form of art it could be really cool to see

[@MakeVarahHappen]

Unintended consequences are part of magic. We don't errata away combos, we just remove cards. It gets arbitrary quick, decreases player trust in their cards, and spits in the spirit of brewing. And that's without getting into the fact that commander isn't run by wotc.

[@SnapMulligan]

Standing ovation for Tomer’s flicking take. Standing. O. Vation. Never did that before for a KZbin video

[@jolteon345]

26:21 ok so hear me out. There’s a distinct difference between shuffling your hand and flicking the cards. I’ll shuffle my hand but I won’t actively flick them, as the noise of flicking bugs me.

[@derekgorlewski7870]

What a fun topic this week! @23:30: This was the exact process by which my 'Abzantment' deck has evolved. It started as a deck shell built around cards being both enchantment and creature (after playing Tuvasa, Sunlit, it dawned on me that if i make 1 Heliod, God of the Sun token, i'd net 2 mana with Serra's Sanctum and Gaea's Cradle out). The first iteration paired Sidar Kondo and Ravos Soultender. When Kodama of the East Tree was released, it bumped Sidar. Then, the considerably more synergistic Myrkul, Lord of bones was at the helm... briefly. The most recent update sees Anikthea, Hand of Erebos as its general, which was a hugely beneficial upgrade. Having a commander that's 2 less mana, AND more viable/relevant to the strategy, the substitution was a no-brainer. As more optimal legends were released with synergies directly enhancing the strategy, the deck upgraded with each iteration. Thank you, you magical golden fishes, for the content and entertainment!

[@Summer_Snows]

I think this was the first podcast where I agreed with every single thing that was said by the entire cast!

[@mms8806]

Old art > this new stuff.

[@Mercra]

The only reason I play mismatched lands is for testing purposes. Land style #1 is the lands I'm going to keep. Land style #2 is 'land I might cut for another card,' so if I draw it I can easily picture 'what if this Mountain was a in this situation?'

[@Verlajn11]

1) same bordered/styled basics look better. They also save you a bit of mental power recognizing them faster when you search your deck during nights when you look at thousands of cards repeatedly. 2) Double sleeving helps curling and if you have small sleeves like katana, still looks awesome. Also less damage from removing card from deck to deck or transforming it. 3) Blah anime art lol

[@SilvanOrion]

This video has made me realize that I'm the green player version of Crim in some ways. Chaos goblin life!

[@PlatStratsINC]

Thank you Richard! I always look for the coolest basics to add.

[@royalfishness1]

Thank you Seth!! Serra Ascendant not being a turn 1 6/6 is the hill I will die on.

[@54SCV8]

Come on, nothing like Serra Ascendant in a Sovereign Okinec Ahau look at my 11/11 lifelinker.

[@philippklein5682]

100% on board with Richard's land take! For me it was always that in Highlander I want each card to be unique - including the basics! Also there's so much cool basic land art, how could I decide on just one? And why would I want to? Boring!

[@Loki-]

27:06 TOTALLY actually agree lol. Imagine if I brought in a mechanical keyboard and just started typing while thinking. Or even like a pen and clicked it in and out. In every other facet of life, this audible fidgeting is annoying, so why not in mtg?

[@maybeisuckatlife]

I've never even thought about matching my basics, seems like a strange thing to care about to me.

[@davidhansen5067]

For people like me, it can be irritating because it's a bit harder to easily read a board state where game objects do exactly the same thing but look different. It can also be an aesthetic choice.

[@PlayMadness]

In hard core competitive Magic, it can be a tiny edge to have matching basics. If your hand is revealed to your opponent and they see that the only land you have is Mountain 253, then next turn you play Mountain 288, they know you drew a Mountain and they still know your whole hand. Matching basics means they still have one card unknown, which they will then play around. These effects are way less common in commander, and commander players are rarely, if ever, going to care enough to note revealed cards and track them, so it's less important in that format.

[@Kryptnyt]

@@PlayMadness By having the mismatched basics you have a very tiny disadvantage, which counts as a flex or show of confidence, which might intimidate the opponent! And if they have OCD and some of your basics have white borders, advantage gained!!!

[@jadegrace1312]

​@@KryptnytNot how it works and also if you're trying to get an advantage by taking advantage of someone's ocd that's scummy as fuck in my opinion.

[@Kryptnyt]

@@jadegrace1312 It's not a real advantage, more like a joke one.

[@WikiED]

Magic has a lot of interesting stories that could easily be expanded to a show. Liliana's journey could be a show. Karn and everything around him. Planeswalkers could be just a thread connecting the different shows/stories into one overarching story. War of the spark trailer just screams to turn it into part of a show, not just a trailer.

[@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle]

If done well, you could absolutely have a series of shows about different planeswalkers that all conclude in a avengers-style war of the spark movie/show

[@54SCV8]

​@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle This is exactly what I would imagine. I am absolutely loving the LoTR: The Rings of Power show. Some background into their lives before the spark, what caused the spark, and after the spark before joining the 5.

[@Bongus_Bubogus]

In my Abzan landfall deck, long ago before the days of Thalia and The Gitrog Monster, I played Teneb, the Harvester because it didn’t betray what I was doing, I didn’t need to cast it, but if I had extra mana (as you do in landfall) I could play it and activate it for mana. Teneb was extra icing, not the cake itself. But then I also have decks like Glissa Sunsseker mono green control that does not function without the commander. It was the cog that powered the machine. Like all things commander, depends on the deck.

[@aydensauvageau9393]

My thought for fixing plansewalkers in general is that in a 4 player game, it enters with 4x loyalty, but all abilities cost 4x as much, it means that the small hits for 1 and 2 don't just kill it on the spot

[@xeper9458]

I think they should be special types of creatures with power and toughness separate from their loyalty abilities that are unable to be targeted by creature removal. That way they can't just be attacked directly and can't defend themselves, which I always thought was stupid, and can participate in combat, but can't just get removed by a board wipe or removal unless it specifies nonland permanent or planeswalker. They should've been designed that way from the start imho. I think that's what they should do. Maybe they could integrate it into the story arc and restore all the sparks. IDK all I know is this is a great idea. Hire me Wizards 😂

[@kahelem6077]

Hot take abzan has the best target removal in the game. it has the most nonland permanent removal with is endlessly versitile

[@DrunkenManic]

The mismatched lands just reminds me how much I like having just 1 white board land in any deck

[@nickjoseph77]

Richard is so spot on about mixing up your cool looking lands in your commander decks. Seth over here sound elitist like play 20 white decks if you want to play your 20 different basic plains. Haha I'll play all the foil shadowmoor or time spiral basics I have as long as it doesn't mess up the theme of the deck, then I'll throw in other things like a 7th edition basic cause that was the first pack I ever opened. ❤

[@thriftypsgr]

26:56 Tomer, you are wrong. I need to flick, tap, arrange, shuffle, swap them from the front to back, snap them when I play them and constantly move my used lands around. I never untap them but I always move them between turns lol

[@davidhansen5067]

I play matched basics because I don't want to be distracted, while searching my library or playing the game in general, by two things which look different but are actually identical. I play complex decks and I also want to be able to socialize at the same time. Every little thing that I can do to simplify my deck helps me enjoy the game more.

[@Verlajn11]

this!

[@sirKonradical]

That must also mean you don't play any dual lands or utility lands, right?

[@davidhansen5067]

@@sirKonradical I do play both. On the battlefield, I group my dual lands, and colorless utility lands, to minimize confusion and accept what I can't minimize. I can minimize the complexity of my basic lands, so I do.

[@jayjayhooksch1]

Now that you mention it, this might be the reason I prefer matching basics as well. I do what I can to simplify my game experience even so far as not running broad tutors. If a tutor can find more than 1 or 2 things in my deck, I'm going to spend more cognitive energy deciding my play than I want to devote during gameplay. I spend my cognitive energy on deck building instead so that my deck can play itself during gameplay and I can socialize and not monopolize game time.

[@davidhansen5067]

@@jayjayhooksch1 Absolutely. Decision fatigue is a real thing. Why should my basic lands take up any of that energy?

[@christina.morris]

I couldn't believe my ears when Tomer said he doesn't have his Kaladesh Masterpiece Sword double sleeved

[@54SCV8]

So this has been a favorite episode. I have so much to comment about it. 1. Mismatched lands 100%, it is helps me to blink out my deck and some much amazing art to showcase. 2. As far building a deck then selecting a commander, remember when precons had 2 or 3 options for commanders, it is an amazing way depowering your deck without having a couple different deck. I also miss the old commander rules, especially being able to tuck someone's commander. 3. I'm I don't know how Crim or anyone else feels but I think proxies really help with art issue. I also like altered art. Favorite of mine was Perilous Myr reimagined as a Bob-Omb still have then from my Heartless Summoning deck. 4. Im a double sleeve person. Sideloaders inners with smoke backs and toploader outers.

[@mindslaver8658]

Im totally agree with Tomer for the flicking cards its so annoying. Ofc you can do it I dont know 1-2 or maybe 3 times in a game but not 1 million times....

[@annietemple11]

I absolutely love the idea of a movie based on the Brother's War as a big fantasy battle epic - I actually had a really long shower thought session thinking of what the movie would look like - here's what I came up with; we tell the story from Ashnod's perspective ~ I figured telling it from both the brother's sides would be way too long, and a bit tedious if we only have a two hour movie to work with ~ we also don't cover the books word for word, because the Brother's war spans at least 60 years of constant epic (tragic) battles, starting when they were both little boys. with Ashnod, we would start the story with the (I hope I got this right, I don't exactly remember the order of events in the book) murder of the Yoshan warlord and Ashnod's imprisonment. we tell parts of Urza's story through what she hears and witnesses, and then tell parts of Mishra's story through the time she rescues Tawnos from the Fallaji prison ~ have a romantic subplot in the movie as well, whilst also showing Ashnod's ruthlessness when torturing Tawnos ~ we can then foreshadow the oncoming war and what's becoming of Mishra by her meeting the disfigured priests of Gix and witnessing the metal parts in his body. she could even briefly see Gix himself as I don't think the movie would have time to introduce this huge horrific demon out of nowhere I also imagine there would be some flashbacks of the brothers' past relating to the stones, specifically about Tocasia's death, I think that's a particularly impactful scene the last fourth of the movie would begin with her taking the Golgothian Sylex from Loran and rushing to bring it to Argoth, to the final war ~ she gives it to Tawnos; here we either switch to Tawnos' point of view for a moment or we focus on Ashnod, running to hide as the world around her explodes a silent shot of the frozen Terisiare, foreshadowing of a possible sequel with Urza's multicolored eyes opening the end ^^ being a nerd is so much fun sometimes ~ if anyone has any thoughts or anything they would change, feel free to let me know~ p.s. this would of course all be told with a lot of character, Ashnod somehow has the ability of being a character who is simultaneously absolutely dispicable, pretty much views life as a disposable resource, and probably holds some kind of admiration for phyrexians in her (or we insert that into her character in the movie); at the same time she's set on destroying them and ending the war ~ "they call me the uncaring, but on the contrary, I care a lot - just in my own way" or some line like that when she takes the Sylex from Loran p.s.s. I definitely left out a lot of the story, I just don't think all of it can be told in one movie; the book itself already has so many storylines that skip around, like the one with Urza's wife

[@annietemple11]

fun fact; I accidentally deleted this comment once ~ I'm dedicated out here~

[@thelivingtruth3209]

Tomer, If you hate people flicking play the blue enchantment Telepathy. They cant flick but you become arch-enemy immediately.

[@peewee0224]

One of my favorite cards of all time and one everybody hates playing against

[@EpicWookieLegs]

Richard talking about basic lands resonates with me. I've been doing this since I started playing Commander. Commander is a singleton format, so all my basic lands are singleton too.

[@Swnkmstr]

Tomer is gonna pull his expensive cards out of their sleeve one day and they're going to have visible scum/dirt marks on them. Then he'll regret being a dirty single sleever lol

[@LookADistarction]

Cardboard is meant to be played! Let those babies out of their sleeves!

[@Swnkmstr]

@LookADistarction My expensive cards are played. They're just double sleeved. (RIP mana crypt)

[@QuantumFantasy]

23:37 I usually decide the general idea for a deck, choose my colors, then pick a commander that fits it. Sometimes I've got the cards picked out first, sometimes not, but the concept always comes before the commander

[@iPokemonAi]

40:48 I am the super friends player at my table and it does feel fun beginning to go off with the gang BUT it’s so boring for my friends especially after the first combo it’s ridiculously boring

[@HeneLv]

I think a black mirror style show of mtg would be perfect. There's so many areas of magic to explore and sometimes one off events are cool and concise enough to have just 1 episode.

[@ZeroExillerius]

re: Seth's first take. I try to make my decks be able to do their thing without their commanders but the commander sets the theme. I see a cool commander and that sets me on the path to making a deck based around that theme. Just being like "lol pick it for the colors and that's it" makes it less interesting to me. I realize that's what it was like back then, but in today's world it's not usually how I work. Commander = cool? Deck = build!

[@NPelham]

I started playing mono-white years ago with my playgroup as a way of gimping myself (before white got super buffed). I bought one of each full-art plains and kept rotating through different commanders. My friends always enjoyed seeing the different full art treatments. They were new to the game at the time. When white got stronger I found a few commanders that I liked enough to bring to FNM commander nights and the lands are the thing that causes the most conversation at the table. People all have nostalgia for different sets, and the lands bring those up in conversation. I still have large sets of matching lands from when I played competitively, but I'll never go back to that deck-building strategy. I'll probably never go back to try-harding either, though.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Richard could do this podcast by himself

[@sirusburningham4521]

Gonna agree with Richard, mismatched basics for the win Though I also do it to troll (gotta have the one white border basic in there)

[@ms.sysbit5511]

I have a Tinybones chaos mana base: every art is different. Some are full, some foil, some white border, etc. It tilts folks so hard which is perfect for the commander. The highlight is a white border swamp sharpied black and signed in gold by an old friend. I need to get more high quality ones like a Full Text swamp. The rest of my decks have matching basics that suit the commander. Ixalan basics in Gishath, Brothers War lands with robots for Kotori vehicles, Rakdos guild kits for my hell deck lead by Lord of Riots, Eldraine swamps and Origins plains with castles in the art, etc. I see the merits to both sides but prefer matching generally.

[@captaindb4998]

I have some decks with ALL matching lands and some that are ALL different.

[@kurowasanabe]

Is it still mismatched basics if it's the panaroma lands from Kamigawa and you lay them out accordingly?

[@nickjoseph77]

The fact that Seth flicking his hand on mtgo makes the editing harder is so great. I also hate hand flicking. I'll ask the people I'm playing commander with to stop and it's usually self policed cause we are trying to actually focus on the game, not on that noise.

[@x1PMac1x]

Tomer's goofy and lovable smile and wave at the beginning made me want to wave back before enjoying this cool idea for a video. 😄🙋‍♂

[@WarriorFromV4LH4LL4]

Always double sleeve everything!

[@Mrcoddy]

I have always used a tight penny sleeve within my normal sleeve, adds a minor amount of bulk but it prevents anything that effects the to of the normal sleeve, usually a bad shuffle or a card riding up and for sure gives at least a fighting chance against something catastrophic

[@samuelbemis8304]

having all of the basics being the same is my biggest hill. I need matching basics or else I will surely Perish

[@jiratrello]

Hugely entertaining episode

[@hugmonger]

Ok I like the "mismatched land" take cuz I wanted to do that for my Anhelo the Painter deck where all the lands showed off a city scape in on some way but didn't all match so as you play it's like you are moving through the city

[@thriftypsgr]

I am five minutes into this episode and it sounds just like the crap that me and my normal playgroup talk about. I absolutely love this today.

[@chaseclosed3771]

On the point of choosing commanders first or not, I enjoy the fact that you can do both. You can choose your commander first for an easier deck building experience, but for those who want more out of their experience of deck building you can start brewing the 99 and still end up with a deck just as powerful

[@stfinalwrath]

Realistically, please double sleeve your decks. Get perfect fit inner sleeves that are top loaders, have the opening of the top loader at the bottom of the magic card, then make sure the bottom of that inner sleeve is in the bottom of the outer sleeves specifically because of fluids and such. I've had dozens of cards in the early days get hit with water because they weren't double sleeved or double sleeved correctly. A small drop of water can practically get sucked into a card sleeve once it gets to the opening at the top. Water damage is horrible for cards.

[@wesleyepperson2821]

Stuff should definitely be double sleeved

[@elogee_yt]

Richard's inability to miss is truly astonishing

[@crawdaddy1234]

3:08 AAAAAAAAAAAH! My “blinging out” my basic lands is by playing all Mirage plains or Urza’s Saga islands or swamps or Ice Age mountains.

[@babatazyah]

Tomer, if you hate hand shuffling, you should just play The Grand Calcutron and enforce everyone's hand order

[@JohnSmith-hs9ez]

My take on basics: You either have to go ALL mismatching or all the same. The thing I can't get behind is some matching basics and some mismatched

[@KC_Enthusiast]

Every time I hear a content creator that doesn't actively follow the story talk about it, it hurts.

[@SprangMcCrang]

I find it so exciting to bling out my basic lands in mid-budget decks! The only exception I will make for this is if you’re assembling a set exclusive deck. Example: I built 5 decks using only cards from Tales of Middle Earth.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

Fun fact related to Tomer’s hill You can shuffle your hand WITHOUT flicking the cards. As it was told to me people flick the cards to intentionally try to mess with people like Tomer (and me) because that annoyance can make you lose focus or make dumb plays.

[@philistineau]

I play lands in sets of 4. Middle ground. Aesthetically pleasing and some variation.

[@Blenji_]

The implication that not having all identical basic lands makes your board bad is so off base

[@danikahicks2210]

I'm so with richard here: mismatched basics are the way to go. You're supposed to be a planeswalker; show where you've *been*. Don't be some basice one plane nobody; show how far out you've been and where you've walked ~♡

[@jasonritner9662]

How to fix planeswalkers. All planeswalkers have: During your opponent's turn, if this card loses 3 loyalty counters, prevent all remaining damage and this card phases out. (Or however it needs to be worded to mean they can take 3 damage max during opponent's turns and then phase out) Targeted removal still works, you provide an additional strategy for dealing with static abilities while providing survivability from multiple opponents. The only question I'd have about it would happen during your turn. Maybe it's a static ability at all times that's a "may" ability instead?

[@LightPink]

Mana-fixing a 5 color deck is too easy

[@darthsnarf]

I purposely mismatch my land base, I like to look at each land and remember a little story or maybe I just like the art, but I like them to each be different if possible. I usually also throw in a single white border land.

[@trentonsimpson2621]

As a man with tiny hands, I love the shuffle feel of double sleeved cards.

[@Wolfntee]

Double sleever here. The air works its way out and you can still fit a double sleeved EDH deck in a Satin tower. Drinks, beer, etc. are super common at a lot of casual commander tables so I'm not risking my $500 deck just so the foils are slightly shinier. I might wanna trade or sell these cards someday, but I also wanna play with them now. They still look really good, imo. Also, I prefer the feel of a double sleeved card to a single sleeved card.

[@jolteon345]

My rule with drinks, that my playgroup likes and follows, is that only spillproof containers sit on the table. Any other drinks have to be on the floor, a windowsill, whatever it takes to *not* be a danger to cards. Because of that, we’ve had no problems with single sleeving decks, and it saves time. The LGS in my area effectively has the same rule, and it’s where I picked it up from. Someone spilled a drink and an expensive deck had to be replaced. I’ll also add that someone literally dunked a double sleeved Gilded Lotus in coffee to prove that it was good, the card is a legend at the LGS because while it wasn’t physically damaged, it wouldn’t lose the smell of coffee.

[@gorgondork]

The Codfather obviously missed the super secret lair Arby's mountain drop lol Love the discussions. Always cool to hear some real enthusiasm for the game. Gotta agree with Crimothy about the anime cards and most of yalls points tbh. Play responsibly and never double sleeve

[@gorgondork]

Also. Damia rulez

[@philistineau]

We need part 2, with the last round.

[@MrShinyObject]

My personal suggestion for planeswalkers in commander is "when a planeswalker is dealt combat damage, it phases out." So people can still hit it, but only one player per cycle, and it also temporarily deals with statics on the side.

[@RyanEglitis]

That's also what I thought of. Probably best to do at end of turn though, so multiple combats still work.

[@Bro490]

The Professor's video about triple sleeve was very tongue in cheek.