Was 2023 a Good Year for EDH? | EDHRECast 297

[@BlightDragonBrewery]

With regard to delighted halfling 1.) costs 1 mana 2.) can tap to help cast anything with 1 colorless mana 3.) also can tap for WUBRG to cast legendary spells (not just creatures) and make them un-counterable 4.) removal magnet that can potentially eat a removal card for your commander or synergy piece 5.) has 2 toughness in a meta heavily dominated by Orcish bowmasters 6.) counters show up in every level of gameplay, not just high levels of play. So having added layers of protection will always be more beneficial. That card is amazing

[@webbc99]

Yep, easily one of the best mana dorks in commander... you can cast your commander, and guarantee that it won't be countered.

[@xxhellspawnedxx]

I still think that it's ONLY solidly a must-include in cEDH, though, which was the point they were making. It's a good card in casual as well, but not as good as Birds of Paradise, or indeed any other mana dork that taps for one color or another. You cast nonlegendary spells much more often than legendary spells, and your commander isn't very likely to get countered, save for a very select group of commanders that just combos with a ham sandwich. So, in general, the second ability does less work here than it does in competitive. Sure, spells get countered in casual as well, BUT. Those cards are, at least in my experience, big stompy creatures (which, on average, are nonlegendary) or interaction (almost exclusively nonlegendary).

[@BlightDragonBrewery]

@@xxhellspawnedxx I think what you’re saying is true, however a lot of that comes down to personal budget/deck building preferences and what you’re going for with your deck. I like having redundancy in my decks and a mana dork that has built in anti-counter capabilities “delighted” me. Any deck it goes into would be pretty happy to have it. Aside from everything said and every scenario that can be constructed; Delighted Halfling is one of the BEST at doing what it does.

[@whompcity9003]

Matt's shout out at the end of the show means a lot to me. Yall are the best. I hope you get to keep doing this show for as long as it brings you all joy ❤ thank you for the countless hours of recordings.

[@hugmonger]

Casting Asterion's Thirst on a bear has changed so much over the year

[@hanschristopherson8056]

I think it’s interesting that there weren’t very many problematic cards printed this year and the controversies were mostly around poor PR and marketing and hasbro decisions

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

Modern is overrun with LOTR cards and one ring is played in seemingly all formats

[@JonReid01]

That just sounds like good PR from hasbro controlling the narrative, there were plenty of problematic cards

[@pokedadsam9041]

@@Russian_engineer_bmstuand modern is more diverse and healthy as a result. More decks have more rolls to compete.

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

@@pokedadsam9041 is it tho? I'm terribly sorry for doing this, but "source?" In my experience it just increased the gap between nieche decks and like seven meta builds. How is mill doing again? Burn? Merfolk/slivers/elfs? Oh, can't compete with straight to modern printed bsht? Good, good

[@drkatz1192]

@@Russian_engineer_bmstu Not sure I agree. The One Ring and Bowmasters are fairly ubiquitous in Modern and EDH. That set was the main “failure” of this year in my opinion!!!! I think LOTR is fine, and excited people love it. But keep it out of constructed PLEASE. 🙄

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

The answer is “yes”. Though a mess for WotC 😕 I liked all the sets barring aftermath. I disliked the pricing of commander masters and dominator remastered. I dislike the OGL, Pinkertons, and layoffs. But overall I’m LOVing Eldraine and Ixalan, I love the mechanics of Dr. Who. I’m loving deck building and playing with friends and family 😊

[@WarrickRanger]

I came back to Magic this year after about a 10 year hiatus. First thing I did was trade in my lingering collection to my LGS for $700 store credit so I could start fresh, and I’ve honestly had a blast. I’ve got 6 decks right now but I built and dismantled about 20 over the course of the year. Wilds of Eldraine was the first booster box I’d purchase since Dragon’s Maze. Your channel (and EDHRec as a whole) has been my go to site for brewing. My LGS would like to thank you for inspiring me to buy so many neat cards I’ve discovered from watching you guys 😂

[@mathimus55]

Welcome back! Glad we could help.

[@okgut2033]

Your underselling how good the one ring is. It warps games. You need ways to remove indestructible and you need an answer now! The thing is, if your decks are allready tuned, that doesnt feel oppressive at all, cause everything has to be removed at best yesterday. And thats the point: that meta is hella boooring. Its not fun to constantly have the feeling to need to play two card combos that are really hard to interact and 30+ removals or the outrun everyone tactic and play 20 tutors and then combo of, but the one ring is one of those cards that definetly leads toward it. Run faster or remove everything and then run faster. How "fun" and "healthy". I know some few guys like that playstyle. But if your in that powerlvl you definetly forget what a card like that does to the powerlevels below. It just dont belong there.

[@leonfriedemann9151]

Good point of the year thanks for the potcast you guys make. I really enjoy listening to those 😊

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

@48:30 - Tenth Doctor - time travel 3 times... and PArting of the ways - the 3rd effect of that saga says : Time Travel, then Time Travel! When Rose was sent back to her time by the 9th vs the Daleks and then she returned to the future becoming omniscient as Bad Wolf !!

[@duk2112]

Maybe instead of Gluttony, we could say Abundance or even Overabundance

[@collinbeal]

I haven't seen a bun dance this year 😂

[@VincentWolfeye]

Or Indulgence even.

[@imanujakku]

I wouldnt be surprised to see UB become its own format. I dont think it will take too much more for pplto be curious what EDH is without universes within.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

@30:50 - cool stuff other than 10th... The Fugitive Doctor + Martha Jones (Clues!!) red gren blue - or Fugitive Doctor + Sarah Jane - Red Green White. "Trust me I'm a Doctor !"

[@thriftypsgr]

My name for this year is “welcome new players”. I joined Magic during March of the machine and so many people at my LGs came in with lost caverns or LTR. It is so awesome to see how welcoming the community is

[@Phe0nix1986]

Thanks for all the videos this year guys. Hope you have wonderful New Years!

[@d0xx1d3]

Agatha's soul cauldron was over-hyped, it's not a bad card but it's definitely not as ubiquitous as people thought The one ring is the most broken shit, there is no reason to not play it.

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Delighted halfing feels unnecessary in causal especially when birds of paradise is $3

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

@30:45 - The Star Whale in the Doctor Who set, cost little with Suspend, and it gives Ward 2 to other creatures

[@d.a.d.-ohgosh]

Was gold fishing my Bennie Bracks deck while listening. I heard talk about Panharmonimom (Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines) and then I looked at my cards and saw I had the other two Elesh Norns chilling on the table lol.

[@c3dric252]

Can you guys explain how roaming throne works with different cards? For example, I have it in my Wilhelt Zombie Deck, I do not understand the interaction with Wilhelts second effect: if i sack a Zombie, do I have to sack another one, or do I have the choice to sack a second Zombie? If I do so, how many cards do I draw? Does the "then you draw a card" ability also activate twice? I have no idea how this card works :D

[@RBGolbat]

Wilhelt’s second ability is all one triggered ability. The trigger is “at the beginning of your end step”. So you have the option to either Sac 2 Zombies to draw 2 cards, Sac 1 Zombie to draw 1 card, or sac no Zombies to draw no cards. Note that since both triggers go on the stack separately, you can sac a non-decayed Zombie when given the first chance to sacrifice, then sacrifice one of the two Decayed zombies created by the first triggered ability at the second trigger.

[@c3dric252]

@@RBGolbat thank you very much! Great explanation, not as complicated as it seemed to me

[@filiphorvath8932]

Matt is kinda wrong on the Ring - it's a card control and some combo decks play but it is absolutely just another card versus format warping.

[@americanxlove]

Dana’s take on the number of variants is very much appreciated. I adore it. It gives me options that I like. I sometimes love the alternate art, and I absolutely have to have it. SNC is a great example. Loved the world, the vibe, the style, I mean Ob Nixilis in a pin stripe suit was *chef’s kiss*. But on other cards I very much appreciate that I can nab something that gets me the effect cheaper because I don’t prefer any of the art styles. It’s win win for me, but I hear so many people just crap on the alternates. I hear it, I get it, but it’s another spot for me to express my style in the game.

[@shadowmyst9661]

Narset, Enlightened Exile was the best card to ever come out for me personally because Jeskai is my colors, and the original Narset, Enlightened Master was one of the cards that got me into Magic to begin with. Built her into an Agro Spellslinger using Combat Tricks, and Gotcha Spells and she has performed beautifully. The way I built her she can start hitting for lethal out of nowhere, and scale to the power level of its opponents without needing the same power cards in its own 99.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

Question : Reverse the polarity - instant... so technically when the pre-combat main phase rolls around and your opponent tries to recruit a creature, it is a spell cas on the stack, right? So Reverse the Polarity and counter that creature spell ;) Canonically it works - the 9th Doctor counter-teleported Margaret Slitheen in "Boomtown" I think.

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

We complain because we love the game and we want it to be even better.

[@rosinx]

First time Bowmasters hit the field at our table, no one had an answer and it took over the whole game quickly. Seen it twice since then and it's not even come close to the first time. But I have won multiple games with Mirkwood Bats' help

[@CDour]

33:28 My god, how have I not thought about throwing the crown in my Daretti deck!?

[@DraggaRyuu]

I'm gonna disagree with the design of Universes Beyond stuff. The release of them with no "pure" MtG version is a massive detriment to the game. Godzilla cards being skins worked because it let's you engage with either or, but now, you HAVE to jump into and have your deck start to feel like Fortnite. Designing an MtG version alongside it would do a lot to alleviate, but the current design genuinely bothers me, and I find it significantly worse.

[@Rolcis87N]

I love Cream of the Crop in my Pantlaza deck because I can manipulate all my discover triggers anytime one of my Dino’s ETB’s. 😍

[@collinbeal]

Ooh nice

[@jasonritner9662]

I think Aftermath is going to be a set where some real key piece cards are sneakily hiding for the future of this format. The good cards from the set are really solid and fill a specific design space that others dont have. Narset Enlightened Exile, Leyline Immersion, Tyvar the Belicose, Deification, and even the new Tazri are all under priced right now. That set is going to be an under appreciated hit in the next 5 years.

[@sawyerhudson843]

I love how positive this show is, but I feel a little weird that some of the most alarming missteps of Hasbro weren’t mentioned in this episode (Pinkerton’s and massive layoffs being the freshest, but there were others from this year). Even a quick shoutout at the beginning saying y’all weren’t gonna cover certain topics. Maybe it’s just where I’m at with my gradual and perpetual disenfranchisement from this game, so this feedback may honestly not even be that relevant for where y’all are at as players of the game and stewards of a largely optimistic community. Love what you do, so maybe I’m just sad that the company that makes the game I’ve invested myself in has made such alarming missteps 😕 On the year from a product perspective, so many successful avenues for new player’s to get started having fun at a table ASAP! It’s never been easier to spend fifty dollars and get started in this format 🙂

[@VexylObby]

I don't think pushed cards are going to keep LGS's more in business than store support by the company that makes the game. Stores are always out of these cards anyways.

[@joshuasinger4649]

I like the multiple premium versions. It lets me choose how to bling my deck and makes cards more accessible.

[@SulekSkelux]

New capenna got me into MTG this year so different tastes I suppose

[@guico33]

I love the flavour of that set too. But yeah to each their own.

[@JonReid01]

Very fun theme just wish they made the cards a bit more powerful overall

[@mightyone3737]

I feel like my deck building has progressed a fair bit, but part of why I felt like this year was great for Commander was the way I play, I have a bunch of Casual decks that are a blast to play because not 'trying so hard' leaves space for some weirder cards to shine. Who knew how useful a Dwarven Miner could be, I think stuff like that should see more play, same with Spurnmage Advocate, give back your ally some cards they can use and kill an attacking creature by tapping a 1 mana 1/1?? People sleep SSSSSSSOOOOO hard on the better Advocates. I have enjoyed seeing new cards that scratch the same itch as decks I have, I have a Pavel Maliki deck that runs a lot of cards you'd run in Yargle and Multani (and if you had access to Red, you could run even more IMHO), but it's still doing it's own thing. I personally love Wake the Dragon and Too Greedily, Too Deep, they're not the best cards in some ways, but they have such great art and flavor, and paying 7 mana to reanimate the best creature AND wipe the board seems somewhat ridiculous in some metas. Wow, didn't know about Ensnared by the Mara, that card is low-key amazing! Hot Take: The One Ring is a good card, but it's actually too slow at drawing to be a truly great card, and unfortunately it attracts attention as if it WAS a great card. If you had access to U, B, and/or G you already had better things you could be doing, you can actually argue that in some board states you'd MUCH prefer to have drawn a Harmonize over The One Ring, that's a weird place to be for a card that people openly freak out about. If you're comboing off with it go nuts, but again, you could have just Thassa's Oracle/Consultation and won.

[@baconsir1159]

I’m pretty sure it was the Eldraine reprint that brought Smothering Tithe to $15, right? Especially when it was upshifted in Commander Masters

[@Dr.Barber]

I've said it once I've said it a thousand times. Baldur's Gate wasn't disliked for the cards in it strictly speaking. It was because the first half of the set name was "Commander Legends" and it didn't hold to the expectations set by the first one.

[@DoylePrime]

I use Cream of the Crop in my Vrondiss deck and it's quite a powerhouse if you have many large creatures entering each game.

[@Spencer4686]

One ring definitely shaped formats just for being legal. Are there ways to deal with it yes if you don't have them in hand are you going to loose... Probably

[@raonair]

It's funny that I'm listening to this now, Joey just said the amount of Ward 2 was too much in 2023, and we just got lots of Karlov Manor spoilers, where they just invented two whole mechanics that give ward 2 to facedown creatures.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

I decided to get the WAR Doctor as the machine for my deck... with CYBER PATROL to make the early turns for afflict 3 time ! My commander ? Kate Stewartm everytime a time counter is put on a permenent : create a 1/1 human soildier token

[@kirkebel2194]

See Double. I do think it’s a great card, I personally tried it in my Jeskai dragons deck. But the biggest problem I ran into was most of my dragons are legendary and hard to copy.

[@anlize3422]

I would like to address the point Dana made about different versions of cards. I normally don't really care for foil, extended art or whatever, but the "anime" version of cards REALLY resonated with me. By having different arts styles, the same card can resonate with more people and I think that is a positive thing.

[@francescognerre2408]

This year a lot of commanders came out that piqued. Here are the commanders that joined my "to build" list (now officially over 100 commanders long. It is a shame I typically get one commander built every 4 ish months or so). In order that I would build them given infinite time and money 1. Hylda 2. Zimone and Dina 3. Ash 4. Thrid Dr // Clara Oswald (sultai) 5. Missy 6. Moira and Teshar 7. Omarthis 8. Eriette 9. Katilda and Lier 10. Carmen 11. Tetzin 12. Eowyn 13. Ria Ivor

[@raonair]

The one thing I missed in 2023 was a lotr commander that supported dwarves. We got a commander for horses, HORSES, for fuck's sake!

[@serafimb2319]

I'm happy that there was another 4color-commander released this year, although i'm probably not going to play aragorn. And i'm disappointed they didn't take the opportunity to make yet another 4 color commander with Saruman of the MANY COLORS. They could have just added red. His effect feels very red anyway! he has red in one of his other iteration, too. And even in the story you could say his decision to join Sauron was impulsive/red

[@nathanielb5659]

my maeve insidious singer would lovr hylda’s crown of winter, its 3 mana to sac at instant speed. im almost never using it to tap but borrowing 100000 arrows at instant speed is nice

[@PawzBrownMTG]

2023 was rough but there were a good amount of lost gems. KEEP STAYING PAWZITIVE GUYS. Thanks for making this video. You all Rock

[@domotoroOfficial]

the answer is probably yes, most of the cards I have issue with in the format are from the 90’s lol

[@umpatte0]

2023 was the year of World Ward 2

[@Psytherea]

Very happy with the improvement to utility cards in uncommon! Even rocks have become way more interesting, like The Irencrag in equipments, Armored Scrapgorger for 2 cmc dork/Scavenging Ooze utility, Kutzil being a bonkers at uncommon. The last year's trends of powerful uncommon utility like Cathar Commando, the werewolf version of it, etc., is continuing. Building peasant edh has never been better, while playing better than pauper edh

[@FriendlyNewt]

Excise the imperfect is the best of the stroke of midnight type effects IMHO

[@francescognerre2408]

wilds of eldraine had ash, the most fun to play commander of 2023

[@olivierdebilde4292]

Thanks Mat for the best Dad Joke of 2023 !

[@DoylePrime]

LOL Matt is over there like "What can I say, except you're welcome!" lol

[@blainesteeves-dj9en]

Awesome video. I got a few cards I over looked from you guys... to proxy.

[@Kaxxaa]

2023: the year of abundance

[@bmxfreak1991]

Aftermath gets so much hate, which I understand. But my favorite commander/favorite card period came out of that set lol Nissa Resurgent Animist. Landfall is my favorite strategy, mono green is my favorite deck, followed by simic, Nissa is my favorite character and this card is just......her lol so perfect for her in design and flavor. I also plan on making a Calix aura deck. Idk, aftermath had some cool stuff hidden on there 👍

[@tidus001]

I play magic at my Amazon warehouse house, but that’s because we have a tcg club on Mondays and Fridays so

[@TheMegaMagikarp]

Exactly roaming throne and Norn-Harmonicon are what i feel about Farewell - I hate that card with everything I have but like, I couldn't justify banning it.

[@ToxicAtom]

I would much rather there be 8 versions of a card in a set if that means one version gets to have a single-digit price tag than there be only 1 version of that card with a double, possibly triple-digit price tag

[@literaturegeek1570]

There are loads of cards I just never notice. With so many sets coming out, I don't have capacity to follow them. My brain just tunes out. Which is really sad. I have been playing for 10 years now, and back then I was impatiently waiting for a new set and going through all the spoilers with friends. We don't really do that anymore. The sets were really cool this year, so I wish, there was a bit more time to engage in every one.

[@danielscott9960]

The amount of ward around has made me put A LOT more uncounterable interaction in decks. Something I noticed as a response to my meta of a thousand (3 buts still too many for a meta of around 20 people) miiryms

[@ANZLegatos]

Mirkwood Bats had a reputation? Huh. First I've heard of it.

[@urbaraskpraetor3316]

Yes with a pair of big asterisks. It was a good year, for the format.

[@leonfriedemann9151]

I think I will be fine with universes beyond, when we get some universes within set giving us lots of those cool designs and aswell the heaps overpowered ones as a in universe version. I noticed getting a tiny bit salty getting crushed by universes beyond stuff. I mean definitely people are going to buy that stuff if it's op or an interesting design no matter whether they like the universe behind it. Sorry for the salt. But that's a thought I get with 2023 it's for me the big universes beyond year and that lowers my view on this year even if we had super cool designs in actual magic sets. 🤔 My favorite so far is Agathas soul cauldron that I had the luck to open and it's been such an interesting card to brew arround. And I am planning to build some stuff arround at least one of the witches from woe.... 😊.. Sooo my hopes for 2024... Stil a reprint from necromancy in the momentary normal frame... Maybe making out of krosan verge a cycle finally. The announcement for some universes within set some day in the future, even if that will be done possibly earliest in 5 years. By now kind of happy with the announced Standart sets by now mostly waiting for that squirrel necromancer from bloomburrow.... So yep.... Feeling kinda Allright with magic... Oh in I kinda hope wizards takes a step back with making new op card designs in every set. They can throw in a couple per set, but atm the power creep feels very very very real. 🤔

[@nei3739]

I don't care who stole the most segues. Dana had the best one, comparing it to Temur Battle Rage. MVP

[@mathimus55]

It was a very good one

[@CrabBaskets]

2023 was the year of EDH Premiums

[@pablokrause5496]

I would call this the Rakdos Year, the Year of Indulgence

[@julienleynaud6898]

I once played Miirym against a kaalia deck, I used cursed mirror to copy kaalia and chat a dragon into play. It felt so good !

[@viscarious1]

Just asked it really nicely, or did you flirt a little as well?

[@julienleynaud6898]

@@viscarious1 I meant "cheat"

[@XenoMike]

I agree with everyone's opinions regarding Roaming Throne... no one in my pod runs the card because it's such a boring too-good card. Even though it's a new card, it immediately raised a nostril like older annoying "staples" like Smothering Tithe.

[@Mognet_t]

Watching the price of Cyberman Patrol go up & up & up & up. 2023 Joey was cookin

[@TalenLee]

Pretty much the direct inverse. This year, the game repeatedly smothered itself in story and theme I actively disliked; I don't think Dominaria is a cool place, I don't care about Phyrexians and I actively hate Doctor Who and Lord of the Rings' intrusion into Magic. Loving Eldraine and Ixalan meant that at the tail end of the year I think I played more Magic than I played for the entire year before it - but things like the One Ring and Sheolrded being ubiquitous means that I'm constantly being stopped short in games and going: oh yeah this thing I hate. Real bad year! Plus there was the Pinkertons incident which it's hard to put out of my mind. This was my 20th year playing Magic. It should have been a celebration for me. Instead what I felt like was that the company that made a game I loved were making constant decisions to satisfy people who weren't me. Real frustrating and unpleasant experience.

[@Dragon_Fyre]

LOTR was good. Close enough to MTG, brought in new players, very profitable for WotC… outside that, I’m not sure what else was “good” about 2023 for MTG. I would agree that they have learned occasionally how to build pre-con decks but it was very hit and miss. There was typically one deck that ended up valued at 2x all the others in the series…

[@erichorton3901]

Let me tell you guys... as a Doctor Who fan, the Doctor Who set hit HARD. Ive completed two custom builds (Jenny Flint/Madam Vastra Partners and Davros) and I'm still brainstorming a few more. They are already near the top of my list of what I want to pull out first on game night. I really think the set is going to be a sleeper hit as more and more experimentation happens over time. You have the die hard Whovians like me that are quickly diving deep into the niche characters that we love like Jenny and Vastra, but I think non-who fans are going to find more to play around with as the set simmers. One guy in my playgroup that has never seen an episode is working on a Danny Pink deck for example. I also think the set is full of future staples. Cyber Conversion, Martha Jones, Barbara Wright, RMS Titanic, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, Vashta Nerada. Cybermand Squadron, Everybody Lives. Just a handful of cards I have slotted into no Who themed decks that are already more than pulling their weight. Dont even get me started on the juiced Sagas that I have slotted into Narci.

[@seaweedsoupmeowington9429]

see double is soooo underrated

[@Sajanis1]

Are bowmasters and the one ring as ubiquitous in casual as they are in cEDH? I feel like every casual deck wants to run the one ring.

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

So is theoretically mana crypt. Do you always run it? No. Same here

[@Sajanis1]

@@Russian_engineer_bmstu it's odd to me that this thought process can co-exist with the acceptance of a ban list. It seems contradictory in my mind.

[@Russian_engineer_bmstu]

​@@Sajanis1banned are mostly annoying cards, not strong cards. Coalition victory for sure would not be cedh staple or anything, but it is hard to interruct with outside of blue and just ends the game So is biorithm Leovold is banned for being annoying too, not strong.

[@davidhansen5067]

The price point on The One Ring seems to be helping keep it from ubiquity. And Orcish Bowmasters is a nuisance to keep track of triggering all the time.

[@Sajanis1]

@davidhansen5067 I didn't consider than people may not like to play WITH bowmasters for that reason. Doesn't seem to stop people from playing rhystic study tho. Good point either way

[@collinbeal]

"The Year of Forced Fruition" 😂 Not only was the card reprinted, but also, its effect was felt irl by many players. Forced Fruition is both good and bad for every player, so I think it's appropriate.

[@TubbyBubbleLove42]

If Commander Masters was too expensive, then it simply was not a product for you.

[@MrPinkpanzer]

I'm actually a huge fan of all the different versions of cards. -It pays more artists. -By getting more art out there, is a greater chance that someone finds their new favorite art. -It drives down the cost of all but the most premium version of a card, because there's more available. -Someone may get excited to discover more versions of their favorite cards to collect.

[@FriendlyNewt]

Could you challenge Horn of the mark?

[@DaveSwitch7]

What is a "segway"

[@Zookmottin]

Ward is better game wise than sticking hexproof on everything.

[@Sazzxdndandmtg]

year of corporate greed

[@dragonfist]

why all the hate for Muldrotha ???? :(

[@ben_clifford]

TBQH, Petrify isn't that bad

[@johndiveris2702]

Engagement 💍

[@serafimb2319]

I would love to see an Upping the Average for Pako and Haldan

[@mong0038]

There were a lot of things said about needing your LGS and everyone plays at their LGS. As someone that almost exclusively plays on spelltable I wish you'd acknowledge myself and others like me. I'm tired of hearing magic KZbinrs going on and on about people's pods or people's LGS. Many people don't play that way.

[@gnomersy1087]

I don't know if I would call delighted halfling overhyped. I think people value it highly but I think they do that because having your stuff countered is like in the top 3 feel bad things you can do to casuals in Magic. So halfling, Cavern of Souls, and other anti counter tech get more love even though they don't actually result in significantly more wins.

[@itsallenwow]

Is there a point where this podcast won’t write off criticisms of wotc as “very online mad twitter minority”? I really went in wondering how long it would take to get there and it was like the first thing. I get not wanting to be overly negative but isn’t “twitter mad lol” getting old at this point? Wizards had massive layoffs this year despite record profits and literally sent the Pinkertons after someone. Like at some point can we move past”angry online people” narrative?

[@EDHRECast]

We didn't and won't ever 'write off' something as serious as mass layoffs as "Twitter mad lol" and it's frankly disheartening to read that accusation. This episode was just about the health of the EDH format, not about the many mishaps and controversies that Wizards has flubbed this whole year. We'll happily call out the overdramatics online that arise about the health of the format because frankly there are *tons* of people more angry about card bans than about people losing their jobs, and that effing sucks. We are heartbroken for the people who lost their jobs. If you think we'd call that "Twitter mad lol" then you haven't been paying attention. And if you're only here for people talking about controversies, then we're sorry to disappoint you, because that's not the only thing we'll dwell on. Good day to you.

[@TwistedNsanity]

With the focus on "premium" sets and Universes Beyond, I'll say I'm not a fan

[@AlwaysGrowing0]

I hate Orcish Bowmasters in Commander. I run enchantress decks and can draw 2-5 cards a turn. I don't mind being punished for drawing cards. But Bowmasters lets you ping anything. My opponent's creatures should not die to Bowmaster triggers because I am drawing cards... Additionally, Bowmasters can be abused with wheels similar to Hullbreacher. I like the design idea for Orcish Bowmasters but I do not like the execution. Please make a new version of Bowmasters with text along the lines of "when an effect an opponent controls would cause them to draw a card, you may deal one damage to that player or any target creature that player controls"; this will fix the problem and be a fair way to punish card draw.

[@Zookmottin]

As far as LGS getting impacted by reprints, --cry more--. They chose their path when they decided to gouge prices on precons back in the day when they had MSRP set prices.

[@ty_sylicus]

2023 was the year of excess.

[@Zookmottin]

Year of greed. Laying off employees, using AI are for marketing (even though they were caught in 2024), trying to take advantage of players wallets.

[@oxpolitik]

Reprint Cream of the Crop already...

[@nathanielb5659]

aragorn the unifier was such a disappointing card for me, its a 4c card that is just four different colours. its not an actual unification of the colours. im glad we got a new 4c commander im just disappointed in what it is

[@RoscoeKane]

is it pronounced "EDH-rec-ast" or "EDH-re-cast"? It sound like you are pronouncing the "c" twice, but surely I am not hearing it correctly.

[@mathimus55]

Go with whatever your heart tells you

[@dustinmartin648]

The year of Greed 🤢 The year of the cash grab.

[@rowdyrager-9403]

Proxies ftw

[@Zookmottin]

If the staples haven't dropped to single digits, it was a failure. Proxy.