Talking Technical Deckbuilding and Kaldheim with YOUR Commander Mechanic!

On this episode, I welcome Chris, Your Commander Mechanic, to the show to talk about Technical Deckbuilding as well as some of our thoughts on the cards of Kaldheim and the set's potential future legacies.  In the first segment, we go over Building vs. Brewing and the differences in how to go about optimizing a deck or brewing a deck with an interesting and unique concept.  We use some of our personal deck builds as examples on how the two concepts can be very different or can share many of the same pillars depending on the end goal of the deck builder. Additionally, we use Shivam Bhatt's conversation on Twitter regarding what makes a deck "fair" vs. "unfair" as a benchmark for the conversation. The second topic on Kaldheim goes over the controversy surrounding some of the Legendary Creatures in the set and how that has affected our format.  We again use Shivam's conversation starter to discuss how stereotypes of Tergrid and Orvar, for instance, can be harmful no matter how the deck is built and how it is important to have a conversation prior to playing to determine expectations.  We then discuss the return of snow lands as well as the set's potential legacy given Legendary MDFCs and the set's new Boast and Foretell mechanics. You can find the Commander Mechanic on YouTube here and on Twitter at @CmdrMechanic. You can find more MTG in Quarantine content on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Casts.  I can be found on Twitter at @MTGInQuarantine.