Innovative Commanders... that FAILED | Commander | Magic: the Gathering

About this episode

The episode discusses legendary commanders in Magic: the Gathering that were expected to be innovative but ultimately failed.

These legends SHOULD have been cool, so why did they fail? ALL OUR DECKS: https://edhrec.com/articles/edhrecast-our-decks/ Access to exclusive content & more on Patreon! https://patreon.com/edhrecast Get new cards on Cardsphere! https://www.cardsphere.com/welcome?referrer=edhrecast Proud partners with DragonShield: https://www.dragonshield.com/?ref=edhrecast Follow the cast on social media: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Joseph M. Schultz, Dana Roach, Mathimus

Topics covered

• commanders
• Magic: the Gathering
• deck building
• game strategy
• failed designs

Keywords

• commanders
• Magic: the Gathering
• failed
• deck building
• game strategy

Sponsors

DragonShield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Cardsphere

Books & works: Magic: the Gathering

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