Laboratory Maniacs

Cameron and Dan are joined by community member Ryan & Folger from Playing with Power as we look back at January for the cEDH Community. Support us by buying through TCGPlayer: https://labmaniacs.com/tcgplayer Topics & Links for discussion:January cEDH Staples list: https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/es0kbn/competitive_edh_staples_list_january_2020_update/ Cobblepott’s post about flash: https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/ephw3v/why_everyone_wants_flash_to_be_banned_but_nobody/fejr6vy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Charlotte from the CAG’s post about cEDH: https://jqlgirl.tumblr.com/post/190406057441/a-personal-message-to-the-cedh-community Audience Questions:1. With the growing popularity of online cEDH game play, how would you best recommend getting into the format for new and already invested (at a casual level) players? Where do you start? 2. With the growth of cEDH in paid events, and the growth of spectating cEDH content creators, what sort of trajectory is the format taking? 3. The only time I get to play is FNM commander. The meta is a mix of cEDH and casual EDH but you have to use the same deck through the entire tournament. Do you have a recommendation for having a chance against cEDH but not pubstomping the casual decks? 4. How many 6 year olds do you think you could take in a fight, consecutively? Mulligan of the day: Godo Combo: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/waiting-for-godo-cedh-primer/

Cameron and Dan are joined by community member Nathan (@_chefdeadpool) as we look back at November for the cEDH Community. Support us by buying through TCGPlayer: https://labmaniacs.com/tcgplayer Topics of discussion this month:New Youtube Channel – Casually Competitive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMffqzsFtyN7RsrYQffnzg Eldraine Bake Off – https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xFTzSA7AI/ Sheldon playing some cEDH with Playing with Power – https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/my-scg-con-winter-command-zone-experience/?fbclid=IwAR0oGTpL-F-Um1oCPPpEEQ3EhfX72Q5eVE3RbIb5QbWxJOvyyDRKwRnwUzI More Yarok from cobblepott – https://labmaniacs.com/lessons-from-the-fringe-tactical-play-with-yarok-the-desecrated-part-2/ Skill Borrow Hulk Pile – https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/e8my6l/undiscovered_goblin_pile_a_spicy_new_hulk_line/ Color Pie Discussions – https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/more-maro-maro-2019-12-02 Secret Lair – Success but not what LGSs want. – https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/ebklp6/hate_to_see_this/ Theros Beyond Dead full art basics – https://i.redd.it/988802kqe1441.jpg 1 per pack. Heroes of the Realm cards. https://scryfall.com/sets/htr18 Audience Questions: How is the increase of cEDH commanders in recent sets affecting the format and is it a good thing? How should I evaluate new cards to determine if they should have a slot in my cEDH deck (ex. Drown in the Loch) How do I make my opponents assess threats appropriately? Mulligan of the day – Hippo Hulk http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hippo-hulk/

Cameron and Lerker go through the cards from Theros Beyond Death and talk about notable cards that will most likely have an impact on Competitive EDH. As part of the review, we mentioned the Thassa’s Oracle Flash Hulk Core: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/oracle-core/ If you would like ask the Lab Maniacs questions directly, hop on our discord at https://labmaniacs.com/discord If you would like to become a Patron for the LabManiacs, take a look at our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LabManiacs Any funds we receive will help us continue to improve all facets of our content, and eventually even increase the quantity of content while maintaining the quality we produce now. Thank you so much for everything you can do to help us. An audio version of this set review will be on our podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/laboratory-maniacs/id1236570204 or on google at: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iryajyq24syn5xm4hwfds6ky5xq Join the community: http://www.reddit.com/r/LabManiacs http://www.Facebook.com/TheLabMen http://www.twitter.com/TheLabManiacs Intro and outro music: Zelda: Dark World (Vector U Remix) by Vector U https://soundcloud.com/vector-u/zelda-dark-world-vector-u-remix

Dan and Sigi go through the cards from Throne of Eldraine & Commander 2019 and talk about notable cards that will most likely have an impact on Competitive EDH. If you would like ask the Lab Maniacs questions directly, hop on our discord at https://labmaniacs.com/discord If you would like to become a Patron for the LabManiacs, take a look at our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LabManiacs Any funds we receive will help us continue to improve all facets of our content, and eventually even increase the quantity of content while maintaining the quality we produce now. Thank you so much for everything you can do to help us. Join the community: http://www.reddit.com/r/LabManiacs http://www.Facebook.com/TheLabMen http://www.twitter.com/TheLabManiacs Intro and outro music: Zelda: Dark World (Vector U Remix) by Vector U https://soundcloud.com/vector-u/zelda-dark-world-vector-u-remix

Cameron and Dan are joined by Kai as we look back at November for the cEDH Community. Support us by buying through TCGPlayer: https://labmaniacs.com/tcgplayer Topics of discussion this month:-Dealing with Protean Hulk – https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/dq0lds/dealing_with_hulk_some_tips_from_the_other_side/ -Podding into Leveler?!?! – https://archidekt.com/decks/283424#Thrasios_&_Tymna_Pod -B&R Changes & Play Design’s Philosophy with Magic’s power level -Dockside Extortionist continues to impress and we get more and more mathematics behind how we can combo with it – https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/dximx6/an_analysis_of_dockside_extortionist/-Commander in 2020 – Lots of crazy stuff coming. Cobblepott’s New Lessons from the Fringe: https://labmaniacs.com/lessons-from-the-fringe-ending-phase-madness/ Audience Questions -Are top tier decks truly the only one’s considered competitive? -Usage of “secret tech” in a list vs the optimized list? What are some cards that are good in decks but depend on the meta? And what do you cut to fit those cards in? -If Tymna were to be banned do you think Thrasios would still see as much play in the command zone and vice versa, who’s the bigger “problem”? Mulligan of the day:Deck – http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/food-chain-sliver/ Lastly, we closed out with…Kai talking about the new Pokemon – https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/ Dan talking about craziness in Subnautica – https://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/ Cameron talking about The All Guardsmen Party – http://www.theallguardsmenparty.com/ or get it for kindle here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16fSEeOx_k2z5T8SfQF-g_MiYYY0M-hIw/view