Gemstone Mine cEDH Podcast

"Few tutors" isn't "no tutors". This week, John is looking at what more tutors means for deckbuilding in the lower brackets, and he has some tools for Moxfield users who may want a starting point for introducing tutors...

WotC has announced a new matchmaking system for Commander players and it's their Brackets system! John has some thoughts on the new proposed brackets and their list of GAME CHANGERS that he wanted to share this week.<br...

We've been exploring how many lands and how many mana sources to include over the past month, and today we're going to put that theory to practice as we focus on Reid Duke's article which argues that the simple answer...

John has always hated building manabases for his #mtg and #edh decks. So, he went on a mission to learn from the pros and turn a weakness into a strength. After a deep dive on counting how many lands a deck needs, he...

Lands are an intrinsic part of how the resource system of Magic works, and there are some very bright people who have poured thousands of hours into trying to solve for the optimal land base. This week, John reviews the...

New decks are always coming with the never-ending tidal wave of new releases, but sometimes the most satisfying thing for a brewer like John is to take a long, hard look at an old deck: Trelasarra's Sweet Soul Sisters...

There are a *lot* of combos that Commander players can take advantage of, and with the flood of new sets coming down the pipeline, there are new ones being discovered every day! Which ones are right for your cEDH deck...

John got a little excited when he heard about the new Marvel Secret Lair Superdrop, and not just because two out of the five new cards are members of the X-Men: there's also some really interesting options for cEDH...

Stax is back in cEDH, #mtg Commander's most competitive format!<br /><br />- Malcolm/Kediss Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/CNk1WWgAIEyKEsNJhn6Wgw <br /><br />- Izzet Vhal Decklist...

09/23/2024 brought four new bans to the Commander format, and if you're going to be playing Commander competitively, you need to know how the bans are set to shake things up! This week, John shares his thoughts on how...

It's called "the Storm Scale" because Storm is a fundamentally powerful mechanic, so dangerous that designers are Wizards of the Coast are loathe to revisit it for fear that a format becomes dominated by spellslinging...

Goblins. The bane of many tables with commanders like Muxus and Krenko striking fear into the hearts of players everywhere have yet to crack into the cEDH metagame, at least until FENIX of THE MINDSCULPTORS got his...

cEDH is a metagame where breakneck speed is almost taken for granted. Rakdos is a color combination that gets all the 0-mana artifact-based ramp in addition to the best rituals in the format and the added consistency of...

You've taken your new deck out on its maiden voyage, played a few games with your group or at the LGS, or maybe you got to premier it at a convention. Now that you *know* that it's a keeper, how do you tune it so it...

This week, we're taking a look at Imskir Iron-Eater through the lens of cEDH! It's time to draw a bucketful of cards, cast our Dockside Extortionists and combo down the table. Plus, everything you ever wanted to know...