Welcome back for some new year Crunch! Super excited to be back for another year of magical delights and awesome guests. We're joined this week by Vorthos Mike to chat about the role of flavour and expression in magic, his role curating magic art shows, and some musings about what Secret Lairs we'd make if we could. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Vorthos Mike at:
\nTwitter
\nCool Stuff Inc
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Welcome back for some new year Crunch! We're joined by Vorthos Mike to chat about the role of flavour and expression in magic, his role curating magic art shows, and some musings about what secret lairs we'd make if we could. Enjoy!","date_published":"2022-01-27T23:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/204635c1-f559-4af9-941c-9a3a073698bd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85928993,"duration_in_seconds":8588}]},{"id":"5c9c39bf-a53a-43e5-af01-7d1f5f28d805","title":"Episode 49 - Appreciating the details, with Cole from Uncommon Commander ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-49-cole-uncommon-commander","content_text":"Greetings legends! We're back again this week for a lofty guest feature with another nice Canadian, it's Cole from the Uncommon Commander podcast! We hang out to chat through his journey in content creation, finding a niche with brewing and appreciating more alternative commander choices, and a good run through of the Crimson Vow previews to date. All that plus Cole's epic guest profile, including nerding out about Megaman, the Tales series, Divinity 2, and Blue Stahli. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Cole, and the Uncommon Commander podcast at:\nTwitter\nListen on Anchor\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings legends! We're back again this week for a lofty guest feature with another nice Canadian, it's Cole from the Uncommon Commander podcast! We hang out to chat through his journey in content creation, finding a niche with brewing and appreciating more alternative commander choices, and a good run through of the Crimson Vow previews to date. All that plus Cole's epic guest profile, including nerding out about Megaman, the Tales series, Divinity 2, and Blue Stahli. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Cole, and the Uncommon Commander podcast at:
\nTwitter
\nListen on Anchor
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we hang out with Cole from the Uncommon Commander podcast to appreciate brewing less popular commanders, plus we run through Crimson Vow previews, and a whole lot of video game love in Cole's guest profile. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-11-04T08:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/5c9c39bf-a53a-43e5-af01-7d1f5f28d805.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94399163,"duration_in_seconds":11795}]},{"id":"93248525-4a12-4d89-b4ef-f46ad46ac811","title":"Episode 48 – Sportsmanship in EDH, with The King of Engineers","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-48-king-of-engineers","content_text":"Greetings Brekky' mates, it's been a hot minute! We return from a few weeks break for a cracking guest episode joined this week by someone who's miraculously in our own timezone here in Melbourne! It's our great friend, creater of things, and cultivator of gratitude in EDH, Rodrigo aka The King of Engineers! We dive into the barrage of recent Secret Lairs, including the wins and the controversies, plus the importance of understanding in EDH and day-to-day with perspectives on life on the spectrum. All that plus a dive into Rod's influences, including great chats on Inscryption, Nier Automata, and Disco Elysium. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Rodrigo, The King of Engineers at:\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings Brekky' mates, it's been a hot minute! We return from a few weeks break for a cracking guest episode joined this week by someone who's miraculously in our own timezone here in Melbourne! It's our great friend, creater of things, and cultivator of gratitude in EDH, Rodrigo aka The King of Engineers! We dive into the barrage of recent Secret Lairs, including the wins and the controversies, plus the importance of understanding in EDH and day-to-day with perspectives on life on the spectrum. All that plus a dive into Rod's influences, including great chats on Inscryption, Nier Automata, and Disco Elysium. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Rodrigo, The King of Engineers at:
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're joined this week by own good friend The King of Engineers, to chat through the latest barrage of Secret lair drops, including the great and problematic, plus the importance of cultivating understanding in EDH and day-to-day with perspectives on life on the spectrum.","date_published":"2021-10-29T20:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/93248525-4a12-4d89-b4ef-f46ad46ac811.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":86188899,"duration_in_seconds":10769}]},{"id":"d29eddfd-4014-4a1b-86f1-6e320f0c9f59","title":"Episode 47 – Commander is Comedic, with Rachel Weeks","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-47-rachel-weeks","content_text":"We're joined this week by Co host of Commander Sphere, Designer for CFB, Comedian, and Member of the Commander Advisory Group, it's the wonderful Rachel Weeks! We hang out to chat about the RC and CAGs effect on the game and community, finding the right language to find mutual understanding in commander, wacky deckbuilding, drowning your neighbours in The Sims, and some excellent comedy recommendations. All that and so much more in this mega chat, enjoy! \n\nYou can find Rachel at:\nLinktree\n\nYou can find The Commander Sphere Podcast at:\nPatreon\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"We're joined this week by Co host of Commander Sphere, Designer for CFB, Comedian, and Member of the Commander Advisory Group, it's the wonderful Rachel Weeks! We hang out to chat about the RC and CAGs effect on the game and community, finding the right language to find mutual understanding in commander, wacky deckbuilding, drowning your neighbours in The Sims, and some excellent comedy recommendations. All that and so much more in this mega chat, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Rachel at:
\nLinktree
You can find The Commander Sphere Podcast at:
\nPatreon
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"The wonderful Rachel Weeks, CAG Member, Comedian and The Commander Sphere Cohost joins the cast this week to discuss the lighter side of magic, finding the right language for commander discussions, wacky deckbuilding, and a literal boat load of laughs. It's a wild one, enjoy!","date_published":"2021-09-28T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/d29eddfd-4014-4a1b-86f1-6e320f0c9f59.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90756486,"duration_in_seconds":7370}]},{"id":"b5ec89e0-a32e-4bd3-8618-88c40566cdf9","title":"Episode 46 – Pure Magic Memories with Charlotte Sable","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-46-charlotte--sable","content_text":"Howdy cereal denizons! This week we had the priviledge to hang out with the great Charlotte Sable, Level 3 Magic judge, Commanders Herald writer and member of the Commander Advisory Group, to chat about the recent banlist updates, some favorite cards from Innistrad Midnight Hunt, Charlotte's journey with Magic, judging and the CAG, fun magic memories, and a whole lot of nerding out with ancillary topics. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Charlotte at:\nTwitter\nCommanders Herald\n\nPlus, discussed on the show:\nCharlotte's Goblin Tribal masterpiece\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Howdy cereal denizons! This week we had the priviledge to hang out with the great Charlotte Sable, Level 3 Magic judge, Commanders Herald writer and member of the Commander Advisory Group, to chat about the recent banlist updates, some favorite cards from Innistrad Midnight Hunt, Charlotte's journey with Magic, judging and the CAG, fun magic memories, and a whole lot of nerding out with ancillary topics. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Charlotte at:
\nTwitter
\nCommanders Herald
Plus, discussed on the show:
\nCharlotte's Goblin Tribal masterpiece
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we had the privilege to hang out with Level 3 Magic judge and CAG Member Charlotte Sable to chat about the recent banlist updates, Her journey with Magic, judging and the CAG, fun magic memories and a whole lot of nerding out with ancillary topics. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-09-22T20:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/b5ec89e0-a32e-4bd3-8618-88c40566cdf9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94030253,"duration_in_seconds":7833}]},{"id":"f06beacb-34b1-419e-82f0-e98d5d40ecde","title":"Episode 45 – Keeping it real; the Chris von Doom Diaries","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-45-chris-von-doom","content_text":"Howdy Breakfast Friends! We're back again this week with another ripper guest feature, this time with commander community voice Chris von Doom to hang out and chat all things magic and life. We delve into our relationships with the game and product fatigue and how to keep it healthy, plus some discussions on the importance of social connection in our game. We also induldge many a side track to chat about the New York Knicks, Hopes for the MCU, evocative horror cinema, great music influences and so much more. It's a wild one, enjoy! \n\nYou can find Chris Von Doom at:\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Howdy Breakfast Friends! We're back again this week with another ripper guest feature, this time with commander community voice Chris von Doom to hang out and chat all things magic and life. We delve into our relationships with the game and product fatigue and how to keep it healthy, plus some discussions on the importance of social connection in our game. We also induldge many a side track to chat about the New York Knicks, Hopes for the MCU, evocative horror cinema, great music influences and so much more. It's a wild one, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Chris Von Doom at:
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each second friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Community figure Chris von Doom joins us this week to discuss keeping things real with our relationship to the game, the importance of social connection, plus and all manner of side topics including the New York Knicks, the MCU, evocative horror cinema, great music influences and so much more. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-09-09T19:45:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/f06beacb-34b1-419e-82f0-e98d5d40ecde.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88835184,"duration_in_seconds":11100}]},{"id":"8e0eb95f-2c99-4a2a-9ccd-8d99da4ac7a9","title":"Episode 44 – cEDH is positive, with Moderately Anonymous MTG","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-44-moderately-anonymous","content_text":"Welcome back cereal sentinels! This week we hang out with the lovely Dan aka Moderately Anonymous MTG, known for great cEDH content and community cultivation, and being a positive voice for mental healh and queer representation in Magic. We hang out for a great chat about cEDH, including the misconceptions, the creativity, the positive community and how money should never be the gateway to play. All that plus we get Dan's awesome perspectives on all things life and magic including prog rock, cooking with pokemon and 90s movies. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Dan - Moderately Anonymous MTG at:\nLinktree\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back cereal sentinels! This week we hang out with the lovely Dan aka Moderately Anonymous MTG, known for great cEDH content and community cultivation, and being a positive voice for mental healh and queer representation in Magic. We hang out for a great chat about cEDH, including the misconceptions, the creativity, the positive community and how money should never be the gateway to play. All that plus we get Dan's awesome perspectives on all things life and magic including prog rock, cooking with pokemon and 90s movies. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Dan - Moderately Anonymous MTG at:
\nLinktree
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we hang out with Dan aka Moderately Anonymous MTG for a great chat about cEDH, including the misconceptions, the creativity, the community and even how budget is totally viable. All that plus we get Dan's perspectives on all things life and magic. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-08-31T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/8e0eb95f-2c99-4a2a-9ccd-8d99da4ac7a9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":86165039,"duration_in_seconds":8614}]},{"id":"9e5318e3-1fc0-4fc1-b9bc-3809340d584e","title":"Episode 43 – Life, Family\u0003& EDH with Cowboy Kyle","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-43-cowboy-kyle-one-more-mana","content_text":"Greetings! As Chesh takes a well earned break this week, Sam hangs out with the legendary Cowboy Kyle from One More Mana aka The Mana Squad to chat originality in EDH, the orgins of The Mana Squad, appreciation for Canadian Highlander, and all things life and family and how this game has allowed connections across the world. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Cowboy Kyle at:\nTwitter\n\nand all the incredible content from One More Mana at:\nYoutube\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings! As Chesh takes a well earned break this week, Sam hangs out with the legendary Cowboy Kyle from One More Mana aka The Mana Squad to chat originality in EDH, the orgins of The Mana Squad, appreciation for Canadian Highlander, and all things life and family and how this game has allowed connections across the world. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Cowboy Kyle at:
\nTwitter
and all the incredible content from One More Mana at:
\nYoutube
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Sam hangs out with Kyle from One More Mana to chat keeping things fresh in EDH, awesome Mana Squad stories, Canadian Highlander, and all things life and family. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-08-18T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/9e5318e3-1fc0-4fc1-b9bc-3809340d584e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":84296667,"duration_in_seconds":8427}]},{"id":"7b9c42b7-a5d9-4077-af27-57b9079a915e","title":"Episode 42 – Fortitude, with\u0003Unsummoned Skull","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-42-unsummoned-skull","content_text":"Welcome back breakfast champs! We're joined this week by our good friend JRo aka Unsummoned Skull, streamer, teacher, judge, host of the Quote of Arms podcast, community cultivator of the Skull Symbol discord and knower of more unsummon effects than anyone we know. We hang out with JRo to hear his story about his pathway into magic, the pro tour, becoming a judge and finally to the community focus of current day. We also run through some recent updates to Wizards' support in ANZ, and an array of expected off topic content with our guest - it's a spicy one, enjoy! \n\nYou can find JRo, the Unsummoned Skull at:\nLinktree\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back breakfast champs! We're joined this week by our good friend JRo aka Unsummoned Skull, streamer, teacher, judge, host of the Quote of Arms podcast, community cultivator of the Skull Symbol discord and knower of more unsummon effects than anyone we know. We hang out with JRo to hear his story about his pathway into magic, the pro tour, becoming a judge and finally to the community focus of current day. We also run through some recent updates to Wizards' support in ANZ, and an array of expected off topic content with our guest - it's a spicy one, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find JRo, the Unsummoned Skull at:
\nLinktree
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"JRo aka Unsummoned Skull joins us this week for some mega stories about creativity in commander, the path to the pro tour, the importance of great teachers, and finding gratitude and purpose in community. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-08-09T22:45:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/7b9c42b7-a5d9-4077-af27-57b9079a915e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":82092757,"duration_in_seconds":10258}]},{"id":"f9b81020-8112-41f1-8dba-1cb0ea0a2a1d","title":"Episode 41 – Positive Projects in Quarantine with MJ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-41-mj-mtg-in-quarantine","content_text":"Welcome back cereal warriors! This week we welcome the wonderfully positive MJ from the MTG in Quarantine Podcast to the breakfast table to share experiences on creating a positive podcast outlet, perspectives gained, and what keeps us excited to talk about this game every week. All this plus we delve in to MJs influences, with chats about basketball rivalries, iconic Seattle music and Pokemon games. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find MJ at:\nTwitter\nSpotify\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back cereal warriors! This week we welcome the wonderfully positive MJ from the MTG in Quarantine Podcast to the breakfast table to share experiences on creating a positive podcast outlet, perspectives gained, and what keeps us excited to talk about this game every week. All this plus we delve in to MJs influences, with chats about basketball rivalries, iconic Seattle music and Pokemon games. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find MJ at:
\nTwitter
\nSpotify
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we welcome MJ from the MTG in Quarantine Podcast to the breakfast table to share experiences on creating a positive podcast outlet, perspectives gained, and what keeps us excited to talk about this game every week. ","date_published":"2021-07-20T23:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/f9b81020-8112-41f1-8dba-1cb0ea0a2a1d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94905637,"duration_in_seconds":9488}]},{"id":"5ca937d9-4ba2-4d3f-a038-1d128eb59700","title":"Episode 40 – Celebrating the Year of the Crunch!","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-40-year-of-the-crunch","content_text":"Welcome back Breakfast friends! This week we're celebrating 1 year since we started this rewarding passion project, so we figured we'd take a look back at the year that's been for Commander Crunch including some great stories, favorite moments with our incredible guests, and what it's all meant to us with the perspectives we've gained from the amazing discussions. It's been a blast, and we look forward to another year of celebrating the culture, creativity and community of commander. Cheers!\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar","content_html":"Welcome back Breakfast friends! This week we're celebrating 1 year since we started this rewarding passion project, so we figured we'd take a look back at the year that's been for Commander Crunch including some great stories, favorite moments with our incredible guests, and what it's all meant to us with the perspectives we've gained from the amazing discussions. It's been a blast, and we look forward to another year of celebrating the culture, creativity and community of commander. Cheers!
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
","summary":"Happy 1 Year of Crunch! This week we take a retrospective look back at the year that's been, including some great stories, favourite moments, and the perspectives we've gained from the incredible guests we've profiled throughout our first 40 episodes. Cheers! ","date_published":"2021-07-12T21:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/5ca937d9-4ba2-4d3f-a038-1d128eb59700.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87528131,"duration_in_seconds":7292}]},{"id":"6a2016d5-228c-4d2e-8a18-8f088e30f3a0","title":"Episode 39 – Music & Magic with Gabe aka ICETEP ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-39-gabe-icetep","content_text":"Greetings heros! This week we're joined by our good friend Gabe aka ICETEP, composer, producer and creative edh mind. We discuss keeping commander exciting with the community and creative brewing , notably Gabe's latest Ruxa list, some under the radar cards from MH2, plus plenty of the tangential life stuff including Gabe's work in music and screen, and some amazing album recommendations. Enjoy!\n\nBig shoutout to Gabe for producing the intro music for this week, be sure to check out his incredible work as ICETEP. \n\nYou can find Gabe and his music at:\nTwitter\nSpotify\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar","content_html":"Greetings heros! This week we're joined by our good friend Gabe aka ICETEP, composer, producer and creative edh mind. We discuss keeping commander exciting with the community and creative brewing , notably Gabe's latest Ruxa list, some under the radar cards from MH2, plus plenty of the tangential life stuff including Gabe's work in music and screen, and some amazing album recommendations. Enjoy!
\n\nBig shoutout to Gabe for producing the intro music for this week, be sure to check out his incredible work as ICETEP.
\n\nYou can find Gabe and his music at:
\nTwitter
\nSpotify
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
","summary":"We hang out with Gabe aka producer/composer ICETEP to chat magic and music, including keeping commander exciting with the community and creative brewing, plus some great MH2 under the radar commons and uncommons. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-06-24T21:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/6a2016d5-228c-4d2e-8a18-8f088e30f3a0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":93358232,"duration_in_seconds":9333}]},{"id":"41c59d33-ced9-4c04-81bf-bf1a5630903b","title":"Episode 38 – Modern Horizons 2 and maple syrup with Fitz","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-38-fitzyfitz","content_text":"Welcome back legends! This week we welcome our dear mate the Canadian woodsman Fitz, host of new EDH gameplay channel Arena of the Ancients and all round community all star, to hang out to chat through our picks from Modern Horizons 2, dive into his story and edh philosphies, plus discuss the important stuff like Canadian Bacon, Mega Man and technical death metal. It's a bloody fun time, enjoy!\n\nYou can find the lovely Fitz at:\nTwitter\n\nYou can find Fitz's gameplay channel Arena of the Ancients at:\nTwitch\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back legends! This week we welcome our dear mate the Canadian woodsman Fitz, host of new EDH gameplay channel Arena of the Ancients and all round community all star, to hang out to chat through our picks from Modern Horizons 2, dive into his story and edh philosphies, plus discuss the important stuff like Canadian Bacon, Mega Man and technical death metal. It's a bloody fun time, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find the lovely Fitz at:
\nTwitter
You can find Fitz's gameplay channel Arena of the Ancients at:
\nTwitch
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Our favourite Canadian woodsman/EDH savant Fitzy Fitz joins us this week to discuss Modern Horizons 2, Fitz's EDH philosophies, and all the nonsense you can expect from us including Canadian Bacon, Mega Man and technical death metal. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-06-08T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/41c59d33-ced9-4c04-81bf-bf1a5630903b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79708130,"duration_in_seconds":9962}]},{"id":"3be2073e-5dc2-43a8-8094-075f2736e9f1","title":"Episode 37 – Pricing EDH with DJ from Brainstorm Brewery ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-37-dj-brainstorm-brewery","content_text":"Greetings folks! With Chesh out with an injury from the top rope this week, Sam hangs out with one of the most entertaining voices in magic finance, co-host of Brainstorm Brewery and Magic financier, Douglas (DJ) Johnson. DJ runs us through his personal play style in EDH, his incredible unsleeved Gonti deck, stories from his life in Magic finance, and some epic tangents spanning parkour, Soul Calibur, New York pizza and being a morning person. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find DJ at:\nTwitter\nLinktree\n\nDJ's Gonti deck needs to be experienced at:\nLink\n\nYou can find the Brainstorm Brewery Podcast at:\nTwitter\nbrainstormbrewery.com\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings folks! With Chesh out with an injury from the top rope this week, Sam hangs out with one of the most entertaining voices in magic finance, co-host of Brainstorm Brewery and Magic financier, Douglas (DJ) Johnson. DJ runs us through his personal play style in EDH, his incredible unsleeved Gonti deck, stories from his life in Magic finance, and some epic tangents spanning parkour, Soul Calibur, New York pizza and being a morning person. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find DJ at:
\nTwitter
\nLinktree
DJ's Gonti deck needs to be experienced at:
\nLink
You can find the Brainstorm Brewery Podcast at:
\nTwitter
\nbrainstormbrewery.com
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're joined this week by Brainstorm Brewery Co-Host and Magic financier Douglas (DJ) Johnson to share some stories from selling Magic cards for a living, his unique style of EDH, and everything from parkour, Soul Calibur and New York pizza - enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-05-19T00:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/3be2073e-5dc2-43a8-8094-075f2736e9f1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87646282,"duration_in_seconds":7302}]},{"id":"2f9d35b6-b268-41f6-81c3-024d77f6dd6c","title":"Episode 36 – Hot Soup & Empathy, with Ginger Joe","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-36-ginger-joe","content_text":"Welcome back legends! We're excited to welcome Ginger Joe Hofmann to the Crunch today, a much loved name in the commander community renowned for sharing empathy and good vibes. Joe regales us with some philosophies and stories of what culture and community mean to us in magic, and how those special bonds endure way beyond the game. Joe also shares his edh perspectives, some creative brewing ideas and cards; what makes this game special, plus a big chat about product releases particularly MH2 and DnD Adventures in the Forgotten Realm. All that plus Joe's answers to our profile questions gauntlet; with topics spanning the incredibly important activist Fred Hampton, A24 movies, and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. It's truly an epic episode, get comfy and enjoy!\n\nYou can find Ginger Joe at:\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nYou can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon\n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back legends! We're excited to welcome Ginger Joe Hofmann to the Crunch today, a much loved name in the commander community renowned for sharing empathy and good vibes. Joe regales us with some philosophies and stories of what culture and community mean to us in magic, and how those special bonds endure way beyond the game. Joe also shares his edh perspectives, some creative brewing ideas and cards; what makes this game special, plus a big chat about product releases particularly MH2 and DnD Adventures in the Forgotten Realm. All that plus Joe's answers to our profile questions gauntlet; with topics spanning the incredibly important activist Fred Hampton, A24 movies, and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. It's truly an epic episode, get comfy and enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Ginger Joe at:
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
You can find the Commander Crunch crew with MTG Lexicon late each friday night (PT) for our wild fun talk show, Lexicrunch: Thunder from Down Under, come hang out!
\nTwitch - MTG Lexicon
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Conduit of the Magic community Ginger Joe Hofmann joins the breakfast table today for an epic chat spanning latest set previews, how kindness and compassion go a long way in the community, great EDH community stories and personal play philosophies, plus a million other things. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-05-14T07:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/2f9d35b6-b268-41f6-81c3-024d77f6dd6c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94140634,"duration_in_seconds":13447}]},{"id":"ef0eb088-d860-4853-99ec-be3e6a46dabd","title":"Episode 35 – Finding Balance, with Nick S from MTG Lexicon","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-35-nick-s-mtg-lexicon","content_text":"Thanks for the patience friends, been a little while between breakfasts! This week we welcome the wonderful Nick S from MTG Lexicon to the Crunch to chat about balance in magic and life, some MTG Lexicon lore and history, including Nick's years leading the show, Chesh wonders about some of the changing of the guard impacts from the mothership affecting product releases and errors, plus shares thoughts about the end of creator program and Australia's lack of love or opportunities in the grand scheme. All that plus latest EDH happenings, and we run Nick through the guest gauntlet of profile questions. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Nick S at:\nTwitter\n\nand the great MTG Lexicon at:\nTwitter\nTwitch\nYoutube\nJoin the Discord!\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Thanks for the patience friends, been a little while between breakfasts! This week we welcome the wonderful Nick S from MTG Lexicon to the Crunch to chat about balance in magic and life, some MTG Lexicon lore and history, including Nick's years leading the show, Chesh wonders about some of the changing of the guard impacts from the mothership affecting product releases and errors, plus shares thoughts about the end of creator program and Australia's lack of love or opportunities in the grand scheme. All that plus latest EDH happenings, and we run Nick through the guest gauntlet of profile questions. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Nick S at:
\nTwitter
and the great MTG Lexicon at:
\nTwitter
\nTwitch
\nYoutube
\nJoin the Discord!
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we hang out with Nick S from MTG Lexicon, the dive bar of EDH, as we discuss establishing balance in life and magic, both in playing and content creation, plus some Lexicon history and lore, latest EDH goings on and plenty of nonsense. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-05-03T13:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/ef0eb088-d860-4853-99ec-be3e6a46dabd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":91542168,"duration_in_seconds":9153}]},{"id":"b6f3fc97-91ce-422b-8009-35e8e63e021b","title":"Episode 34 – Dana Roach drops by for breakfast ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-34-dana-roach","content_text":"Welcome breakfast friends! We're joined by the illustrious Dana Roach on the Crunch this week, co-host of amazing podcasts CMDR Central and the EDHRECast, plus writer for Commanders Herald and EDHREC. We chat about how Dana keeps such a busy schedule whilst keeping commander exciting and fresh, plus the evolving commander landscape, Strixhaven commander deck reveals, and how community involvement has changed in the spelltable era. We of course delve right into the off topic zone with some great discussions and stories about record collecting, Neutral Milk Hotel, and interesting dinner guests. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Dana Roach at:\nTwitter\n\nYou can find the CMDR Central podcast at:\nTwitter\nhttps://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/\n\nYou can find the EDHRECast at:\nTwitter\nhttps://edhrec.com/\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome breakfast friends! We're joined by the illustrious Dana Roach on the Crunch this week, co-host of amazing podcasts CMDR Central and the EDHRECast, plus writer for Commanders Herald and EDHREC. We chat about how Dana keeps such a busy schedule whilst keeping commander exciting and fresh, plus the evolving commander landscape, Strixhaven commander deck reveals, and how community involvement has changed in the spelltable era. We of course delve right into the off topic zone with some great discussions and stories about record collecting, Neutral Milk Hotel, and interesting dinner guests. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Dana Roach at:
\nTwitter
You can find the CMDR Central podcast at:
\nTwitter
\nhttps://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/
You can find the EDHRECast at:
\nTwitter
\nhttps://edhrec.com/
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week the Dana Roach drops by the breakfast table to chat about the evolving commander landscape, Strixhaven commander decks, plus we take a left down tangent lane to chat record collecting, life and interesting dinner guests. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-04-12T23:30:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/b6f3fc97-91ce-422b-8009-35e8e63e021b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":93058207,"duration_in_seconds":9304}]},{"id":"58865c20-89ae-4f3b-a592-6e11500c4b4c","title":"Episode 33 – EDH is Esoteric with G3 from MTG Lexicon","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-33-g3-mtg-lexicon","content_text":"Welcome Cereal fans! We welcome a very dear friend of ours to the cast this week as Nick G aka G3 from MTG Lexicon hangs out at the breakfast table to chat all things life and magic. We run through G3's commander and MTG Lexicon origins, his intensly detailed deck brewing documentation and style, what it's been like managing the MTG Lexicon community and the support we've been grateful for, and we take a trip on the vessel of our minds to discuss the deep esoteric themes of cognitive science and actionable concepts we can think about and action in life and magic. All that and of course the lighter hearted influences gathered from our profile questions, where we chat Mr Robot, The Avalanches and Brandon Sanderson Novels. It was the best of times. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Nick aka G3 at:\nTwitter\n\nG3's Decklist Lexicon can be found:\nLink\n\nand the great MTG Lexicon at:\nTwitter\nTwitch\nYoutube\nJoin the Discord!\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome Cereal fans! We welcome a very dear friend of ours to the cast this week as Nick G aka G3 from MTG Lexicon hangs out at the breakfast table to chat all things life and magic. We run through G3's commander and MTG Lexicon origins, his intensly detailed deck brewing documentation and style, what it's been like managing the MTG Lexicon community and the support we've been grateful for, and we take a trip on the vessel of our minds to discuss the deep esoteric themes of cognitive science and actionable concepts we can think about and action in life and magic. All that and of course the lighter hearted influences gathered from our profile questions, where we chat Mr Robot, The Avalanches and Brandon Sanderson Novels. It was the best of times. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Nick aka G3 at:
\nTwitter
G3's Decklist Lexicon can be found:
\nLink
and the great MTG Lexicon at:
\nTwitter
\nTwitch
\nYoutube
\nJoin the Discord!
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"The legendary Nick G aka G3 from the dive bar of EDH, MTG Lexicon, drops by the breakfast table this week to discuss his detailed deck building process, managing a community and what that has meant for us, plus a deep dive into the esoteric concepts of cognitive science and how these themes relate right back to magic. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-04-02T11:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/58865c20-89ae-4f3b-a592-6e11500c4b4c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":91688102,"duration_in_seconds":11459}]},{"id":"86c9d31a-abca-4eb2-aa3f-837996f2fc8a","title":"Episode 32 – An Audience with Erin Campbell, Dredge Queen","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-32-erin-campbell","content_text":"Welcome Breakfast Dredge Fiends! We're very excited this week to be graced by the presence of Magic royalty, she's the host of Magic Mics, the former host of groundbreaking podcasts The Deck Tease and The Girlfriend Bracket, it's Dredge Queen Erin Campbell! We hang out to chat about approaching commander from competitive eternal formats, and the lessons learned and creativity found in both; plus what it means to be an influencial community figure in Magic, including channelling negativity into something to positive and powerful, practicing self-worth and what it means to feel truly happy. We also get regaled with tales from across Erin's history in the game, plus we of course fill up our quota of non magic content, delving in to Erin's influences including Super Mario RPG, Caro Emerald and Korean cinema. It's a fantastic time, enjoy!\n\nYou can find Erin at:\nTwitter\nTwitch\n\nand the Magic Mics podcast at:\nTwitter\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome Breakfast Dredge Fiends! We're very excited this week to be graced by the presence of Magic royalty, she's the host of Magic Mics, the former host of groundbreaking podcasts The Deck Tease and The Girlfriend Bracket, it's Dredge Queen Erin Campbell! We hang out to chat about approaching commander from competitive eternal formats, and the lessons learned and creativity found in both; plus what it means to be an influencial community figure in Magic, including channelling negativity into something to positive and powerful, practicing self-worth and what it means to feel truly happy. We also get regaled with tales from across Erin's history in the game, plus we of course fill up our quota of non magic content, delving in to Erin's influences including Super Mario RPG, Caro Emerald and Korean cinema. It's a fantastic time, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Erin at:
\nTwitter
\nTwitch
and the Magic Mics podcast at:
\nTwitter
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we welcome the one, the only, Monarch of Dredge, Erin Campbell to the show to chat about finding creativity in both competitive and casual formats, the impact of being a community influence and embracing self-confidence, plus some great stories from Erin's illustrious history in Magic. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-03-22T20:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/86c9d31a-abca-4eb2-aa3f-837996f2fc8a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94986850,"duration_in_seconds":9497}]},{"id":"af33b8ad-3697-452e-a17a-f379d81b346f","title":"Episode 31 – Hanging out with Joshua Grant, CEO of BinderPOS & CFB Group ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-31-joshua-grant-binder-pos-channel-fireball","content_text":"It's an absolute honour this week to welcome Joshua Grant to the breakfast table to discuss the merger of BinderPOS and Channel Fireball including Josh's history with BinderPOS, plus the positive vision of placing power back in the hands of the people at the heart of the game, the LGS'. We also run through the future of events, including the idea of more representation for the Magic community on this side of the world, some wacky ideas for universes beyond crossovers (Microsoft's ever helpful Clippy?) and just generally nerd out with one of the coolest kiwi's imaginable about everything from Lord of the Rings, Queen and Captain Planet. It was a fantastic time, and we're super excited for what the future of the game with such a big player making moves with community in mind. We hope you enjoy! \n\nYou can contact Josh via:\nEmail\n\nYou can find BinderPOS at:\nWebsite\nAnd Channel Fireball at:\nWebsite\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"It's an absolute honour this week to welcome Joshua Grant to the breakfast table to discuss the merger of BinderPOS and Channel Fireball including Josh's history with BinderPOS, plus the positive vision of placing power back in the hands of the people at the heart of the game, the LGS'. We also run through the future of events, including the idea of more representation for the Magic community on this side of the world, some wacky ideas for universes beyond crossovers (Microsoft's ever helpful Clippy?) and just generally nerd out with one of the coolest kiwi's imaginable about everything from Lord of the Rings, Queen and Captain Planet. It was a fantastic time, and we're super excited for what the future of the game with such a big player making moves with community in mind. We hope you enjoy!
\n\nYou can contact Josh via:
\nEmail
You can find BinderPOS at:
\nWebsite
\nAnd Channel Fireball at:
\nWebsite
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"It's an absolute honour this week to welcome Joshua Grant to the breakfast table to discuss the merger of BinderPOS and Channel Fireball including Josh's history with BinderPOS, plus the vision of placing power back in the hands of the heart of the game, the LGS. ","date_published":"2021-03-15T13:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/af33b8ad-3697-452e-a17a-f379d81b346f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":86332433,"duration_in_seconds":7193}]},{"id":"16a3c67a-07ec-448b-8ffe-c5a28ca8fc11","title":"Episode 30 – Sam & Max Crandell hit the road","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-30-max-crandell","content_text":"Welcome back breakfast friendos! As Chesh departs this weekend on official trading card business, we fill the grinning Chesh-sized void with an extra special guest to share some hearty conversations with, it's none other the CMDR Central's Max Crandell! Max joins us to challenge the great trophy of longest guest feature (previously held by Jeff from MTG Lexicon), and absolutely delivers. We start with discussions on Wizards' latest announcements on Universes Beyond, including the ramifications of the Warhammer 40k and Lord of the Rings IPs being added to the game we all love, plus also muse over IPs we personally would love to see as Magic cards. We also run through Max's personal EDH philosophies as a 'tinkerer' rather than a brewer, the concept of Magic burnout and experiences of how to manage, the origin story of CMDR Central plus lessons learned over close to 250 episodes, and an incredible story about perhaps the greatest gift a magic player could ever receive (Thanks to Tim Rayburn & Ryan Peneff!) to punctuate how incredible the Magic community can be. It's a wild ride, join us as we hit the road. \n\nYou can find Max at:\nTwitter\n\nand the CMDR Central podcast at:\nTwitter\nhttps://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back breakfast friendos! As Chesh departs this weekend on official trading card business, we fill the grinning Chesh-sized void with an extra special guest to share some hearty conversations with, it's none other the CMDR Central's Max Crandell! Max joins us to challenge the great trophy of longest guest feature (previously held by Jeff from MTG Lexicon), and absolutely delivers. We start with discussions on Wizards' latest announcements on Universes Beyond, including the ramifications of the Warhammer 40k and Lord of the Rings IPs being added to the game we all love, plus also muse over IPs we personally would love to see as Magic cards. We also run through Max's personal EDH philosophies as a 'tinkerer' rather than a brewer, the concept of Magic burnout and experiences of how to manage, the origin story of CMDR Central plus lessons learned over close to 250 episodes, and an incredible story about perhaps the greatest gift a magic player could ever receive (Thanks to Tim Rayburn & Ryan Peneff!) to punctuate how incredible the Magic community can be. It's a wild ride, join us as we hit the road.
\n\nYou can find Max at:
\nTwitter
and the CMDR Central podcast at:
\nTwitter
\nhttps://cmdrcentral.libsyn.com/
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"For something special on our 30th episode, we enlist the presence of the great Max Crandell from CMDR Central for a MEGA episode discussing everything from the idea of Power Rangers as Magic cards, Max's personal EDH approach, and some epic stories from the history of CMDR Central as it nears 250 episodes. It's a wild ride, join us as we hit the road. ","date_published":"2021-03-09T13:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/16a3c67a-07ec-448b-8ffe-c5a28ca8fc11.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":95359603,"duration_in_seconds":11918}]},{"id":"091faa16-8159-49dc-88dd-0373b4754604","title":"Episode 29 – Let's talk about Mental Health (and Strixhaven)","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-29-mental-health-strixhaven","content_text":"Greetings friends! This week we tackle two meaty topics with more in common than you may think... Firstly we run through the first Strixhaven offerings to be revealed this week, including the discussing the flavour of the set, what the school houses are leading on for relatability, and why Chesh feels particularly problematic with some of the trope-driven depictions of some of the school houses. On a big positive, we also run through the stunning new showcase and japanese exclusive card treatments (big thumbs up), before linking to the big topic; Mental health and how it connects with us and Magic. We discuss normalising mental help conversations, how connection through Magic has been a huge support network, and our experiences. \n\nAs mentioned in the episode, we absolutely need to reinforce that if anyone needs help whatsover to contact your relevant hotline: Lifeline if you're in Australia on 13 11 14\nSuicide hotlines in US: 1800 273 8255 and Canada: 1833 456 4566\nTrans lifeline in US and Canada - 1877 330 6366\nRemember, someone is always listening, and you matter.\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings friends! This week we tackle two meaty topics with more in common than you may think... Firstly we run through the first Strixhaven offerings to be revealed this week, including the discussing the flavour of the set, what the school houses are leading on for relatability, and why Chesh feels particularly problematic with some of the trope-driven depictions of some of the school houses. On a big positive, we also run through the stunning new showcase and japanese exclusive card treatments (big thumbs up), before linking to the big topic; Mental health and how it connects with us and Magic. We discuss normalising mental help conversations, how connection through Magic has been a huge support network, and our experiences.
\n\nAs mentioned in the episode, we absolutely need to reinforce that if anyone needs help whatsover to contact your relevant hotline: Lifeline if you're in Australia on 13 11 14
\nSuicide hotlines in US: 1800 273 8255 and Canada: 1833 456 4566
\nTrans lifeline in US and Canada - 1877 330 6366
\nRemember, someone is always listening, and you matter.
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week on the Crunch we take a moment to discuss all the magical school themed offerings Strixhaven has shown us thus far, including incredible card treatments and some flavour tropes Chesh drills into with some concern. We also open up for a big conversation on Mental Health, and how it connects with us and Magic, including hw this game has and can be a support network, and our experiences. Enjoy. ","date_published":"2021-02-23T22:45:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/091faa16-8159-49dc-88dd-0373b4754604.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85588481,"duration_in_seconds":8553}]},{"id":"4d6deeef-c1b4-4417-ba44-9739e2e07b6f","title":"Episode 28 – Curiosity and appreciation with MonoWhiteBorder","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-28-monowhiteborder","content_text":"Thanks for joining us at the breakfast table friends! This week we enlisted the brilliant mind of the always charming Peter aka MonoWhiteBorder to discuss building not only in mono white, but also generally to optimise enjoyment and originality. We run through the ever present topic of what exactly constitutes enjoyment for everyone at a commnder table, some discoveries from Peter's deep dives into the workings of mono white, plus even some Skeleton Ship appreciation! All that plus we cover those important ancillery influences with our guest, with chats involving competitive Mario Party, shoegaze, Morrowind and a heap of NBA discussion. It really is a cornicopia of tasty commander treats, enjoy! \n\nYou can Peter at:\nTwitter\nCircle of Protection:Blog\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Thanks for joining us at the breakfast table friends! This week we enlisted the brilliant mind of the always charming Peter aka MonoWhiteBorder to discuss building not only in mono white, but also generally to optimise enjoyment and originality. We run through the ever present topic of what exactly constitutes enjoyment for everyone at a commnder table, some discoveries from Peter's deep dives into the workings of mono white, plus even some Skeleton Ship appreciation! All that plus we cover those important ancillery influences with our guest, with chats involving competitive Mario Party, shoegaze, Morrowind and a heap of NBA discussion. It really is a cornicopia of tasty commander treats, enjoy!
\n\nYou can Peter at:
\nTwitter
\nCircle of Protection:Blog
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Get comfy for an epic chat this week with Peter, aka MonoWhiteBorder on everything from brewing Mono White to be fun and playable, the finding delight in Magic's forgotten cards, appreciating the company of our table, and a generous serving of NBA chat... Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-02-10T14:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/4d6deeef-c1b4-4417-ba44-9739e2e07b6f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89819430,"duration_in_seconds":8799}]},{"id":"b81d8c51-a080-4b0e-a8d4-2d558c27d865","title":"Episode 27 – Let's talk about the social contract","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-27-the-social-contract","content_text":"Greetings friends! We're taking a little intermission between guest features this week to spend some time chatting about the social contract, and showing consideration in Commander. Inspired by our previous guests the Scrap Trawlers recently, some discussions started around how do we all show kindness in commander, which led to our run through on this episode touching on our perspectives on navigating the social contract in commander, including a little about Rule Zero (we could easily do many more episodes on just that topic), and having healthy discussions to establish expectations in commander games. We run through some ways to make that discussion easier whilst establishing power levels, plus dissecting the difference between power in cards and intent of the player. We manage to cover some lofty topics, but look to continue discovering a range of perspectives on these matters as we continue our guest profiles ahead. Enjoy! \n\nSheldon Menery's Star City Games article about Rule 0 can be found here\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings friends! We're taking a little intermission between guest features this week to spend some time chatting about the social contract, and showing consideration in Commander. Inspired by our previous guests the Scrap Trawlers recently, some discussions started around how do we all show kindness in commander, which led to our run through on this episode touching on our perspectives on navigating the social contract in commander, including a little about Rule Zero (we could easily do many more episodes on just that topic), and having healthy discussions to establish expectations in commander games. We run through some ways to make that discussion easier whilst establishing power levels, plus dissecting the difference between power in cards and intent of the player. We manage to cover some lofty topics, but look to continue discovering a range of perspectives on these matters as we continue our guest profiles ahead. Enjoy!
\n\nSheldon Menery's Star City Games article about Rule 0 can be found here
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we get together for a lofty chat on the Social contract in commander, what it means and how we navigate playing magic to prioritise the enjoyment of the table, plus the importance of setting expectations and opening discussions with your table early. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-02-03T16:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/b81d8c51-a080-4b0e-a8d4-2d558c27d865.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":73225758,"duration_in_seconds":4573}]},{"id":"58b8b2e9-da39-4976-9e00-fea718d0160e","title":"Episode 26 – Budget decks & creativity, with Scrap Trawlers","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-26-scrap-trawlers","content_text":"Welcome back friends! We're joined at the breakfast table this week by the brilliant Andy & Nick from Scrap Trawlers, an edh stream featuring budget deck challenges built around themes, and featuring regular guests from the commmander community. Andy & Nick have been fantastic advocates in the community for positive and creative commander play, using challenges to discover interesting cards and dynamics in the game, whilst promoting the idea that the game shouldn't be cost prohibitive for everyone to play. We hang out and chat through some great tales from the first few months of Scrap Trawlers, including interesting discoveries, bad beats, and somewhere in there we get in some solid theme park chat, with Nick admitting he was once a certified wizard at a Six Flags park. It's a good time, enjoy!\n\nYou can find Scrap Trawlers at:\nTwitch\nTwitter\nYoutube\n\nYou can Andy at:\nTwitter\nArticles on Cardsphere\n\nYou can Nick at:\nTwitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back friends! We're joined at the breakfast table this week by the brilliant Andy & Nick from Scrap Trawlers, an edh stream featuring budget deck challenges built around themes, and featuring regular guests from the commmander community. Andy & Nick have been fantastic advocates in the community for positive and creative commander play, using challenges to discover interesting cards and dynamics in the game, whilst promoting the idea that the game shouldn't be cost prohibitive for everyone to play. We hang out and chat through some great tales from the first few months of Scrap Trawlers, including interesting discoveries, bad beats, and somewhere in there we get in some solid theme park chat, with Nick admitting he was once a certified wizard at a Six Flags park. It's a good time, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Scrap Trawlers at:
\nTwitch
\nTwitter
\nYoutube
You can Andy at:
\nTwitter
\nArticles on Cardsphere
You can Nick at:
\nTwitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we welcome Andy & Nick from the Scrap Trawlers to chat about their budget deck brewing challenges, cultivating positivity and creativity in games, plus some amazing unexpected tales about theme parks. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-01-26T14:30:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/58b8b2e9-da39-4976-9e00-fea718d0160e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85660535,"duration_in_seconds":7134}]},{"id":"89164560-1c0d-43f8-89ed-dd1c42fde8c9","title":"Episode 25 – Winning is Secondary, with Lenny Wooley","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-25-lenny-wooley","content_text":"Greetings wizards! We're joined at the breakfast table this week by the wonderful Lenny Wooley, known around the commander community as Ajani's Gay Pridemate, to hang out and run through his never ending list of reputable and exquisitly creative deck brews and personal philosphies for cultivating fun in Commander. We also take a left down tangent lane to chat great board games, and the link that often exists to themes and concepts in playing edh with social interaction, plus we run Lenny through our profile obstacle course for some chats on everything from spooky doughnuts to a story about a hotel mixup in Vegas involving those CCO boys. It's a good one, enjoy! \n\nYou can find Lenny at:\nTwitter\n\nYou can also find Lenny's husband Stephen's crafty creations at:\nEtsy\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings wizards! We're joined at the breakfast table this week by the wonderful Lenny Wooley, known around the commander community as Ajani's Gay Pridemate, to hang out and run through his never ending list of reputable and exquisitly creative deck brews and personal philosphies for cultivating fun in Commander. We also take a left down tangent lane to chat great board games, and the link that often exists to themes and concepts in playing edh with social interaction, plus we run Lenny through our profile obstacle course for some chats on everything from spooky doughnuts to a story about a hotel mixup in Vegas involving those CCO boys. It's a good one, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Lenny at:
\nTwitter
You can also find Lenny's husband Stephen's crafty creations at:
\nEtsy
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsored by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're joined this week by Lenny Wooley, aka Ajani's Gay Pridemate, to talk through some of his reputable creative commander deck brews, game philosophies, plus board games and their relationship to edh. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2021-01-19T12:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/89164560-1c0d-43f8-89ed-dd1c42fde8c9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88728279,"duration_in_seconds":7390}]},{"id":"1bedd0ae-cb66-4b16-9257-0739e6aaadad","title":"Episode 24 – Crackin' Packs with Mr Bevers","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-24-mr-bevers","content_text":"The Crunch is back to continue exploring our magical conversations with the commander community for 2021! We welcome our favorite Canadian cracker of packs Mr Bevers to the breakfast table this week to hang out and discuss the addictive nature of the humble booster pack and our relationship with value, and his latest project of Cracking for a Cause which pairs opening packs with donating to charities. We also run through latest commander brews, with Chesh building Averna and MrB's project to build the entire set of Theros gods with the stargazing Secret Lair, and of course we run Mr Bevers through our profile questions gauntlet to explore the ancillery influences behind the man and mystery. It's good to be back, Enjoy!\n\nYou can find the great Mr Bevers at:\nTwitter\nYoutube\nTwitch\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"The Crunch is back to continue exploring our magical conversations with the commander community for 2021! We welcome our favorite Canadian cracker of packs Mr Bevers to the breakfast table this week to hang out and discuss the addictive nature of the humble booster pack and our relationship with value, and his latest project of Cracking for a Cause which pairs opening packs with donating to charities. We also run through latest commander brews, with Chesh building Averna and MrB's project to build the entire set of Theros gods with the stargazing Secret Lair, and of course we run Mr Bevers through our profile questions gauntlet to explore the ancillery influences behind the man and mystery. It's good to be back, Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find the great Mr Bevers at:
\nTwitter
\nYoutube
\nTwitch
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're back for the first episode of the year to hang out with Mr Bevers, creator of great youtube content around the fine art of opening fresh packs, to discuss interesting perspectives on game and product philosophy including the balance of value, addiction and enjoyment in Magic. Enjoy!","date_published":"2021-01-11T23:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/1bedd0ae-cb66-4b16-9257-0739e6aaadad.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87765994,"duration_in_seconds":7310}]},{"id":"39010864-93d5-4174-a937-9e430fe3be81","title":"Episode 23 – Time for reflection, with Colin o'clock","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-23-colinoclock","content_text":"Welcome back to the Crunch for the last time this year breakfast denizons, we made it! To end the year on the most positive note possible, we're joined by one of the most joyous smiling faces in the commander community we could think of, it's Colin o'clock! Colin hangs out with us to chat about streaming commander with a focus on creativity and positivity, our forays into the epic commander sealed league, thoughts on the first previews of Kaldheim, and wrap it all together with huge reflections on what 2020 has been personally and for commander in the form of a retrospective of the decks we've all put together this year. We also run through some concluding thoughts and some sentiments filled with gratitude and love directed at everyone who's joined us on this journey this year, as guests and listeners – thank you all so much, and here's to a strong 2021!\n\nYou can find our wonderful guest Colin o'clock at:\nColin on Twitter\nColinoclock on Twitch\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back to the Crunch for the last time this year breakfast denizons, we made it! To end the year on the most positive note possible, we're joined by one of the most joyous smiling faces in the commander community we could think of, it's Colin o'clock! Colin hangs out with us to chat about streaming commander with a focus on creativity and positivity, our forays into the epic commander sealed league, thoughts on the first previews of Kaldheim, and wrap it all together with huge reflections on what 2020 has been personally and for commander in the form of a retrospective of the decks we've all put together this year. We also run through some concluding thoughts and some sentiments filled with gratitude and love directed at everyone who's joined us on this journey this year, as guests and listeners – thank you all so much, and here's to a strong 2021!
\n\nYou can find our wonderful guest Colin o'clock at:
\nColin on Twitter
\nColinoclock on Twitch
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"For the final episode of 2020 we're joined by the ever positive and smiling figure of the commander streaming community Colin o'clock! We navigate through some thoughts on the first looks at previews from Kaldheim, our ongoing Commander Legends Sealed league, and also reflecting on the year of 2020 in terms of lessons learnt, community and also the decks we all built as a roadmap of what exactly happened in this wild time. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2020-12-22T20:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/39010864-93d5-4174-a937-9e430fe3be81.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":97080792,"duration_in_seconds":8086}]},{"id":"6516a7d9-0775-4b3c-be8c-904cce9587df","title":"Episode 22 – Cookouts and Camaraderie, with Ryan Peneff","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-22-ryan-peneff","content_text":"Welcome back friends! We've got a super special guest for another mammoth episode this week, he's an exquisite alterest of cards, advocate of Brash Taunter and good times, hosts of legendary podcasts Commander Cookout and Commander AdPopulum, joining us live from the great Prairies of Saskatchewan it's Ryan Peneff! We promptly crack a beer and kick it with Ryan with chats about Australia and Canada in the global Magic scene and how it can improve, what living with nature has taught about community, and also Ryan's all time decks in the quiver. We also run through our profile questions, getting to talk some sweet Smash Bros, plus mentions of Pink Floyd and another notch to team pro-pineapple on pizza. Enjoy! \n\nAlso, bit of a language warning on this one - we go a little off the rails... \n\nYou can find Ryan and his many endeavours at:\nCommander Cookout Podcast\nCCO on Twitter\nCCO on Facebook including Ryan's Alter auctions\nCommander Ad Populum on Twitter\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back friends! We've got a super special guest for another mammoth episode this week, he's an exquisite alterest of cards, advocate of Brash Taunter and good times, hosts of legendary podcasts Commander Cookout and Commander AdPopulum, joining us live from the great Prairies of Saskatchewan it's Ryan Peneff! We promptly crack a beer and kick it with Ryan with chats about Australia and Canada in the global Magic scene and how it can improve, what living with nature has taught about community, and also Ryan's all time decks in the quiver. We also run through our profile questions, getting to talk some sweet Smash Bros, plus mentions of Pink Floyd and another notch to team pro-pineapple on pizza. Enjoy!
\n\nAlso, bit of a language warning on this one - we go a little off the rails...
\n\nYou can find Ryan and his many endeavours at:
\nCommander Cookout Podcast
\nCCO on Twitter
\nCCO on Facebook including Ryan's Alter auctions
\nCommander Ad Populum on Twitter
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Super special guest this week joining us from the great prairies of Saskatchewan, host of Commander Cookout and Commander Ad Populum, it's the joyous Ryan Peneff! We crack a beer and get right in to talks on Canada and Australia in the world Magic scene, Living with nature and the meaning of community and how it relates to playing Commander, pet decks, plus so much more. Enjoy! Also, bit of a language warning on this one - we go a little off the rails... ","date_published":"2020-12-15T00:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/6516a7d9-0775-4b3c-be8c-904cce9587df.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85110044,"duration_in_seconds":8511}]},{"id":"4261c0fe-de49-4881-8118-d1f9ddaa1900","title":"Episode 21 – Games are supposed to be fun, with Enthralimund","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-21-enthralimund","content_text":"Welcome back friends of the breakfast table! This week we continue our explorations into the essence of edh with a very special MTG (and well, Hearthstone) community member and all round wonderful Canadian Joel, aka Enthralimund from the Hearthstone podcast Squelch! Joel brings years of magic and life experience to the table with great perspectives as an art teacher, family man, and advocate for reinforcing the positive side of why we play card games. We run through the release of Commander Collection: Green, Joel's background in Magic and Hearthstone, and what each game has taught about the other, plus philosophies on what constitutes a healthy edh game and community. We also have some fun with a little excercise based on some of the greatness that comes from Squelch! where we relate Gas station customers to Commanders, and hilarity ensues. We round it out of course with our classic profile questions, of which Joel delivers some quality content including Modest Mouse, the movie Willow, and the wacky antics of Snorlax. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Enthralimund and Squelch! at:\nEnthralimund on Twitter\nThe Squelch! Podcast\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back friends of the breakfast table! This week we continue our explorations into the essence of edh with a very special MTG (and well, Hearthstone) community member and all round wonderful Canadian Joel, aka Enthralimund from the Hearthstone podcast Squelch! Joel brings years of magic and life experience to the table with great perspectives as an art teacher, family man, and advocate for reinforcing the positive side of why we play card games. We run through the release of Commander Collection: Green, Joel's background in Magic and Hearthstone, and what each game has taught about the other, plus philosophies on what constitutes a healthy edh game and community. We also have some fun with a little excercise based on some of the greatness that comes from Squelch! where we relate Gas station customers to Commanders, and hilarity ensues. We round it out of course with our classic profile questions, of which Joel delivers some quality content including Modest Mouse, the movie Willow, and the wacky antics of Snorlax. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Enthralimund and Squelch! at:
\nEnthralimund on Twitter
\nThe Squelch! Podcast
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We continue our explorations of the essence of EDH this week with some awesome discussions and valuable perspective from Enthralimund, co-host of the Hearthstone podcast Squelch!, Commander community member, art-teacher, and just all round amazing human. ","date_published":"2020-12-08T00:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/4261c0fe-de49-4881-8118-d1f9ddaa1900.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94757135,"duration_in_seconds":9294}]},{"id":"d4132218-2050-4e92-a5f5-1f564f46863b","title":"Episode 20 – Spicy Brewing with Brandon from MTG Lexicon","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-20-brandon-mtg-lexicon","content_text":"We sure love those folks from MTG Lexicon, so much so that the epic conversations continue this time with Brandon, producer, control player, paragon of creative spicy brews and absolute media fiend! Brandon joins us to discuss his creative process to brew unique lists, what community means in 2020 and how that's been at the heart of the MTG Lexicon ethos, and some of the background of how the MTG Lexicon meta has developed and influenced building in a positive way for the best possible fun interactive games. Brandon also comes to the table for one of best fun guest profile sessions we've had including chats on Eve Online, Macguyver, Alice Cooper, anime and a wave of other goodness. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Brandon and MTG Lexicon at:\n\nMTG Lexicon on Twitch\nJoin the MTG Lexicon community on Discord\n@MTG_Lexicon on Twitter\n@MTG_Lexicon on Youtube\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"We sure love those folks from MTG Lexicon, so much so that the epic conversations continue this time with Brandon, producer, control player, paragon of creative spicy brews and absolute media fiend! Brandon joins us to discuss his creative process to brew unique lists, what community means in 2020 and how that's been at the heart of the MTG Lexicon ethos, and some of the background of how the MTG Lexicon meta has developed and influenced building in a positive way for the best possible fun interactive games. Brandon also comes to the table for one of best fun guest profile sessions we've had including chats on Eve Online, Macguyver, Alice Cooper, anime and a wave of other goodness. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Brandon and MTG Lexicon at:
\n\nMTG Lexicon on Twitch
\nJoin the MTG Lexicon community on Discord
\n@MTG_Lexicon on Twitter
\n@MTG_Lexicon on Youtube
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're joined this week by Brandon, producer of MTG Lexicon to discuss his creative process to brew unique lists, plus one of the best fun guest profile sessions we've had including chats on Eve Online, Macguyver, Alice Cooper, anime and a wave of other goodness. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2020-11-30T19:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/d4132218-2050-4e92-a5f5-1f564f46863b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88934091,"duration_in_seconds":7260}]},{"id":"9042ea8d-959e-46ec-a53d-1d84e9dd9759","title":"Episode 19 – EDH is about\u0003enjoyment, with Coach Davie","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-19-coach-davie","content_text":"Welcome back coffee wizards! This week we're joined at the breakfast table by our good friend Dave Kosin, CoolStuff Inc writer, EDH voice and Personal Trainer to the MTG community. We sit down to chat about why we play EDH for enjoyment, how Commander is going in 2020, including some Commander Legends chatter, plus some good discussions around the difference between card issues and people issues, product release fatigue, and the volatility of the hype cycle in the magic community. We also run through the importance of playing the cards you enjoy in commander, and what we bring to the table besides the cards in terms of attitude and enjoyment. Davie gives some great answers to our usually guest profiling too, with mentions of Stevie Nicks, Jim Henson and Chesh engaging in a Star trek debate that could be a whole 4 hour feature. It's a wild one friends, enjoy! \n\nYou can find Coach Davie at:\n@daviekumd\nArticles at CoolStuffInc.com\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back coffee wizards! This week we're joined at the breakfast table by our good friend Dave Kosin, CoolStuff Inc writer, EDH voice and Personal Trainer to the MTG community. We sit down to chat about why we play EDH for enjoyment, how Commander is going in 2020, including some Commander Legends chatter, plus some good discussions around the difference between card issues and people issues, product release fatigue, and the volatility of the hype cycle in the magic community. We also run through the importance of playing the cards you enjoy in commander, and what we bring to the table besides the cards in terms of attitude and enjoyment. Davie gives some great answers to our usually guest profiling too, with mentions of Stevie Nicks, Jim Henson and Chesh engaging in a Star trek debate that could be a whole 4 hour feature. It's a wild one friends, enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Coach Davie at:
\n@daviekumd
\nArticles at CoolStuffInc.com
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're joined this morning by Dave Kosin, CoolStuff Inc writer, EDH voice and Personal Trainer to the MTG community - to discuss some pretty lofty topics including playing EDH for the joy of it, the state of Commander, the difference between card issues and people issues, product release fatigue, some of the decks he's known for (Hot Daxos and Horseyman) and some awesome talk about Stevie Nicks... Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-11-23T20:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/9042ea8d-959e-46ec-a53d-1d84e9dd9759.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88263552,"duration_in_seconds":8823}]},{"id":"0491c20f-d735-413b-af64-2daa6cabed9b","title":"Episode 18 – Commander Legends Prerelease Impressions","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-18-commander-legends-prerelease-impressions","content_text":"It's beginning to look a lot like (Commander) Christmas! We can't wipe the grins off our faces this week as we both got our first experiences opening and playing Commander Legends at prerelease weekend. Chesh runs through some stories and experiences from playing the primary intended way to play limited; draft, whilst same heads up some observations from playing the format sealed. All in all we're finding this could be one for the ages, and we've never seen anything quite like it. All that plus Chesh runs through the blueprint of his new Liesa, Shroud of Dusk deck build, with some tastefully appropriate 'friendly tax' themes. Enjoy!\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"It's beginning to look a lot like (Commander) Christmas! We can't wipe the grins off our faces this week as we both got our first experiences opening and playing Commander Legends at prerelease weekend. Chesh runs through some stories and experiences from playing the primary intended way to play limited; draft, whilst same heads up some observations from playing the format sealed. All in all we're finding this could be one for the ages, and we've never seen anything quite like it. All that plus Chesh runs through the blueprint of his new Liesa, Shroud of Dusk deck build, with some tastefully appropriate 'friendly tax' themes. Enjoy!
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"WHAT A SET. We run through our experiences getting our first delicious taste of Commander Legends at prerelease weekend, dissecting how the set performs for draft and sealed with stories of each, plus some early blueprints for Chesh's gleefully taxing brew of Liesa, Shroud of Dusk. Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-11-18T00:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/0491c20f-d735-413b-af64-2daa6cabed9b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":93563747,"duration_in_seconds":5845}]},{"id":"28d3f728-89d8-44ec-8248-cf72ffe3557e","title":"Episode 17 – Commander Legends Part 2 with Create Commander","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-17-commander-legends-with-create-commander","content_text":"This week we welcome another Commander Legend to hang out and discuss all things Commander Legends, it's Brandon from Create Commander! Brandon creates fantastic content focusing on creative deck brews and guides for players beginning their journey into the expansive world of commander, we run through some of his channels beginnings and deck building philosophies, as well as diving back deep into the huge pool of new cards we have to absorb from the upcoming Commander Legends set. Enjoy! \n\nYou can find Brandon and his Create Commander content at:\nTwitter\nYoutube\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"This week we welcome another Commander Legend to hang out and discuss all things Commander Legends, it's Brandon from Create Commander! Brandon creates fantastic content focusing on creative deck brews and guides for players beginning their journey into the expansive world of commander, we run through some of his channels beginnings and deck building philosophies, as well as diving back deep into the huge pool of new cards we have to absorb from the upcoming Commander Legends set. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Brandon and his Create Commander content at:
\nTwitter
\nYoutube
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We continue the deluge of shiny new tasty Commander treats from the upcoming Commander Legends set this week joined by Brandon from Create Commander to continue explore the never ending list of cards that are on our radar. Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-11-11T19:30:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/28d3f728-89d8-44ec-8248-cf72ffe3557e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90970805,"duration_in_seconds":7578}]},{"id":"284910f2-4e23-4391-b86b-ea7e2b7232b2","title":"Episode 16 – Commander Legends with Guardian Project","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-16-commander-legends-with-guardian-project","content_text":"They are Commander Legends, and we're talking Commander Legends! We're joined this week by the magnificant Andy and Coyle, paragons of positive commander, from the Guardian Project Podcast. Stick around for a free-for-all roundtable on all of the amazing spice we've seen in the first wave of Commander Legends previews, including the good, the janky, and of course, the controversial, it's gonna get wild! All that plus some solid Star Wars chat, Pumpkin spiced lattés, and the uncomfortable word 'cream pad' (Thanks Chesh.)... Enjoy!\n\nYou can find the Andy and Coyle regularly on the Guardian Project podcast:\nTwitter\nYoutube\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"They are Commander Legends, and we're talking Commander Legends! We're joined this week by the magnificant Andy and Coyle, paragons of positive commander, from the Guardian Project Podcast. Stick around for a free-for-all roundtable on all of the amazing spice we've seen in the first wave of Commander Legends previews, including the good, the janky, and of course, the controversial, it's gonna get wild! All that plus some solid Star Wars chat, Pumpkin spiced lattés, and the uncomfortable word 'cream pad' (Thanks Chesh.)... Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find the Andy and Coyle regularly on the Guardian Project podcast:
\nTwitter
\nYoutube
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Welcome friends, this week we're joined by absolute commander legends Andy and Coyle from the Guardian Project Podcast to dig right in to the first wave of spicy new previewed cards in the upcoming set, that's right, Commander Legends. Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-11-03T12:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/284910f2-4e23-4391-b86b-ea7e2b7232b2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":98105889,"duration_in_seconds":9807}]},{"id":"8ef31b3a-5c55-4f8a-adf3-293e75357769","title":"Episode 15 – Ch-Changes with Chain of Commander","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-15-chain-of-commander","content_text":"'Mornin Breadlords! Continuing our trend of discussions with Commander community members and content creators, we're joined for breakfast this week by the wonderful Chain from Chain of Commander. Chain's a new name of the EDH creator scene, and responsible for an already solid library of creative, insightful and fun commander content, which continues to release regularly. We run through his early impressions and feelings of this year in content creation, what creativity and joy in commander is all about, and of course we run through our hard hitting list of funky illuminating profile questions - spoiler alert; there's some hearty bad movie chat... Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Chain of Commander at:\nyoutube.com/ChainOfCommander\n& on twitter @chain_commander\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"'Mornin Breadlords! Continuing our trend of discussions with Commander community members and content creators, we're joined for breakfast this week by the wonderful Chain from Chain of Commander. Chain's a new name of the EDH creator scene, and responsible for an already solid library of creative, insightful and fun commander content, which continues to release regularly. We run through his early impressions and feelings of this year in content creation, what creativity and joy in commander is all about, and of course we run through our hard hitting list of funky illuminating profile questions - spoiler alert; there's some hearty bad movie chat... Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Chain of Commander at:
\nyoutube.com/ChainOfCommander
\n& on twitter @chain_commander
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Chain of Commander joins us for a nutritious bowl of EDH spice this week, sharing thoughts on creativity in commander, the journey of content creation, and a whole side bowl of juicy topics, including our mutual love for bad movies. Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-10-27T01:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/8ef31b3a-5c55-4f8a-adf3-293e75357769.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81621871,"duration_in_seconds":6652}]},{"id":"053dcae9-806c-420f-96d0-cf632bfad9d1","title":"Episode 14 – Breakfast with Commander at Arms","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-14-commander-at-arms","content_text":"Welcome back Cereal Warriors, We're joined this week by James and Paul from the Commander at Arms Podcast to share some edh thoughts over a hearty Australian breakfast. We run through Chesh's upgrades and thoughts on the new Zendikar Rising Commander Precons, Some collective thoughts and discussions on the problematic Commander Legends leaks recently, The origins and vision of The Commander at Arms Podcast, and of course some inspired food chat because what else would you expect from the most Australian AND Breakfast focussed Commander podcast going round? Enjoy friends. \n\nYou can find the Commander at Arms Podcast at:\nlinktr.ee/CMDRatArmsPod\n\nAlso discussed was James' partner Michaela's great MTG inspired merch, which can be found at: etsy.com/au/shop/TheGreatLibrary\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome back Cereal Warriors, We're joined this week by James and Paul from the Commander at Arms Podcast to share some edh thoughts over a hearty Australian breakfast. We run through Chesh's upgrades and thoughts on the new Zendikar Rising Commander Precons, Some collective thoughts and discussions on the problematic Commander Legends leaks recently, The origins and vision of The Commander at Arms Podcast, and of course some inspired food chat because what else would you expect from the most Australian AND Breakfast focussed Commander podcast going round? Enjoy friends.
\n\nYou can find the Commander at Arms Podcast at:
\nlinktr.ee/CMDRatArmsPod
Also discussed was James' partner Michaela's great MTG inspired merch, which can be found at: etsy.com/au/shop/TheGreatLibrary
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Breakfast is shared this week with friends of the show James and Paul from the Commander at Arms Podcast - we chat Commander Precons, problematic Commander Legends leaks, origins of their podcast, and of course some hearty breakfast tastes. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2020-10-18T23:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/053dcae9-806c-420f-96d0-cf632bfad9d1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62472152,"duration_in_seconds":5056}]},{"id":"c817b837-222a-433c-b45e-efdf30879e41","title":"Episode 13 – Riptide Pro Lab tour with Thirteen","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-13-riptide-pro-lab-thirteen","content_text":"Good morning breakfast lords, its been a hot minute! We're joined this week by the great Thirteen of Riptide Project Laboratory to get stuck right in to the proverbial elephant in the Magic room, The Walking Dead Secret lair. We offer some thoughts and objective point of views and potential ramifications, before moving into some broader chats about content creation, mental health, what Magic means to us, and the greatest card type created, the almighty Equipment! Enjoy friends.\n\nYou can find Thirteen and the Riptide Pro Lab at:\n@riptideprolab\nyoutube.com/RiptideProjectLaboratory\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Good morning breakfast lords, its been a hot minute! We're joined this week by the great Thirteen of Riptide Project Laboratory to get stuck right in to the proverbial elephant in the Magic room, The Walking Dead Secret lair. We offer some thoughts and objective point of views and potential ramifications, before moving into some broader chats about content creation, mental health, what Magic means to us, and the greatest card type created, the almighty Equipment! Enjoy friends.
\n\nYou can find Thirteen and the Riptide Pro Lab at:
\n@riptideprolab
\nyoutube.com/RiptideProjectLaboratory
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we're off to the great Riptide Project Laboratory for a tour with the great Lab tech Thirteen. We run through the great Walking Dead Secret Lair debate that is sweeping the magic community, thoughts on making content in the current climate, mental health and the greatest card type according to Thirteen - Equipment. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2020-10-07T18:00:00.000+11:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/c817b837-222a-433c-b45e-efdf30879e41.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":100285903,"duration_in_seconds":8207}]},{"id":"8cdc2247-47ea-4834-8086-a6c1e816edf9","title":"Episode 12 – Haldan & Pako, Deckbuilding for webcam ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-12-haldan-pako-deckbuilding-for-webcam","content_text":"Greetings Cereal Cephalids! We've got a nice dainty episode between community guests this week, where Chesh and Sam run through some of their thoughts, experiences and considerations for deckbuilding with webcam/SpellTable play in mind. We run through some card types that may best not to include, as well as some that may work better than expected - and as a general rule, communication is key, and a healthy integral part of commander play. Rounding out this concept is a look a nice new thematic Haldan and Pako brew deck tech from Chesh. Enjoy!\n\nChesh's first take on the Haldan & Pako brew can be found at:\nhttps://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/pako-good-boy-1/\n\nInfiniti tokens, an excellent solution for some of the deckbuilding issues discussed, can be found at:\nhttps://www.infinitokens.com/\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Greetings Cereal Cephalids! We've got a nice dainty episode between community guests this week, where Chesh and Sam run through some of their thoughts, experiences and considerations for deckbuilding with webcam/SpellTable play in mind. We run through some card types that may best not to include, as well as some that may work better than expected - and as a general rule, communication is key, and a healthy integral part of commander play. Rounding out this concept is a look a nice new thematic Haldan and Pako brew deck tech from Chesh. Enjoy!
\n\nChesh's first take on the Haldan & Pako brew can be found at:
\nhttps://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/pako-good-boy-1/
Infiniti tokens, an excellent solution for some of the deckbuilding issues discussed, can be found at:
\nhttps://www.infinitokens.com/
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"This week we discuss specifically building decks with consideration for webcam play, the types of cards to be wary of, and the ones that may actually work better than you thought – all punctuated with a nice new thematic Haldan and Pako brew deck tech from Chesh. Enjoy! ","date_published":"2020-09-23T14:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/8cdc2247-47ea-4834-8086-a6c1e816edf9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60105144,"duration_in_seconds":4291}]},{"id":"8fc42eac-ad17-41e6-aa2c-abbf03420a26","title":"Episode 11 – Searching for Magic with Booster Tutor","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-11-booster-tutor","content_text":"We're joined at the breakfast table today by the great Brandon Crane aka Booster Tutor - limited enthusiast, creator of great unboxing videos, commander player, and most importantly known for his content scouring online listings and flea markets for hidden gems of forgotten magic card collections. We venture through some epic tales of magic card discovery in the wild, Brandon's origins of magic, thoughts on the state of the game in 2020 and of course our usual barrage of nonsense questions we love to put our guests on the spot to try and answer – because it yields such great conversations about unexpected things like Dune, David Bowie and why you should play Mana Tithe. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Booster Tutor at:\n @Booster_Tutor\nyoutube.com/boostertutor\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"We're joined at the breakfast table today by the great Brandon Crane aka Booster Tutor - limited enthusiast, creator of great unboxing videos, commander player, and most importantly known for his content scouring online listings and flea markets for hidden gems of forgotten magic card collections. We venture through some epic tales of magic card discovery in the wild, Brandon's origins of magic, thoughts on the state of the game in 2020 and of course our usual barrage of nonsense questions we love to put our guests on the spot to try and answer – because it yields such great conversations about unexpected things like Dune, David Bowie and why you should play Mana Tithe. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Booster Tutor at:
\n @Booster_Tutor
\nyoutube.com/boostertutor
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"We're joined at the Breakfast table by the awesome Brandon Crane aka Booster Tutor this week to share some great tales of those Random Buy finds, thoughts on limited and commander, plus we dig into a whole bunch of Brandon's tastes and influences. Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-09-14T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/8fc42eac-ad17-41e6-aa2c-abbf03420a26.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59922315,"duration_in_seconds":4844}]},{"id":"ccab810a-c8dc-489c-b2b8-912250d84b5f","title":"Episode 10 – Zendikar's nice this time of year ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-10-zendikar-previews","content_text":"Welcome to Zendikar Breakfast Lords! Thanks to the Zendikar Rising Preview Show this past week, we were inundated with so much magic news about Zendikar Rising, and the year of magic ahead, that we couldn't quite process all thats going on. We run through all of the announcements of upcoming specs and speculation on what we may see (fetch lands hmmmm?), then bring it closer to the present for a run through of everything released so far about our foray back to the beloved jungle wonderland of Zendikar, including set boosters, expedition lands, and a bunch of hot picks for favorite edh playables we've got our eyes on. Enjoy the adventure. \n\nIf you haven't yet seen it, the Zendikar Rising Preview Show can be watched at:\nhttps://youtu.be/wGUAB7ORw64\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"Welcome to Zendikar Breakfast Lords! Thanks to the Zendikar Rising Preview Show this past week, we were inundated with so much magic news about Zendikar Rising, and the year of magic ahead, that we couldn't quite process all thats going on. We run through all of the announcements of upcoming specs and speculation on what we may see (fetch lands hmmmm?), then bring it closer to the present for a run through of everything released so far about our foray back to the beloved jungle wonderland of Zendikar, including set boosters, expedition lands, and a bunch of hot picks for favorite edh playables we've got our eyes on. Enjoy the adventure.
\n\nIf you haven't yet seen it, the Zendikar Rising Preview Show can be watched at:
\nhttps://youtu.be/wGUAB7ORw64
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Zendikar Rising is almost here, and we've been hit with a whirlwind of juicy new previews, as well as a roadmap for the sets planned for release in 2021. Join us as we adventure into the Zendikar unknown on a quest for edh understanding. ","date_published":"2020-09-06T23:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/ccab810a-c8dc-489c-b2b8-912250d84b5f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76594593,"duration_in_seconds":6381}]},{"id":"0cc58934-5e70-41ed-bb96-338de87bbb47","title":"Episode 09 – Gavin Verhey, Legendary Feature","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-9-gavin-verhey","content_text":"We're joined at the breakfast table this week by an extremely special guest this week, Commander afficiando, hero of the people, crafter of the very cards and sets we love, and receiver of more “print this card” requests than perhaps anyone else. \nIt is of course Gavin Verhey, Senior Designer and Writer at Wizards of the Coast, and he joins us to talk all things Commander culture in 2020 and the future, the exciting synthesis of draft and commander in the upcoming set Commander Legends, and our usual enlightening profile deep dive to discover Gavin's influences, and generally nerd out about music, video games and film - not to mention some fairly important advice about mangos... Enjoy!\n\nYou can find the mythical Gavin at:\n @GavinVerhey\n\nAs well as his regular Youtube series Good Morning Magic\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"We're joined at the breakfast table this week by an extremely special guest this week, Commander afficiando, hero of the people, crafter of the very cards and sets we love, and receiver of more “print this card” requests than perhaps anyone else.
\nIt is of course Gavin Verhey, Senior Designer and Writer at Wizards of the Coast, and he joins us to talk all things Commander culture in 2020 and the future, the exciting synthesis of draft and commander in the upcoming set Commander Legends, and our usual enlightening profile deep dive to discover Gavin's influences, and generally nerd out about music, video games and film - not to mention some fairly important advice about mangos... Enjoy!
You can find the mythical Gavin at:
\n @GavinVerhey
As well as his regular Youtube series Good Morning Magic
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Senior Designer of Wizards of the Coast Gavin Verhey hangs out with us this episode to talk about designing the exciting upcoming Commander Legends set, the state of Commander in 2020, and various influences to nerd out about outside the world of Magic. ","date_published":"2020-08-31T01:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/0cc58934-5e70-41ed-bb96-338de87bbb47.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74783478,"duration_in_seconds":5340}]},{"id":"9ccf9779-ad3e-4d47-abac-60ab66f471e4","title":"Episode 08 – Dive Bar Tales with Jeff from MTG Lexicon","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-8-jeff-mtg-lexicon","content_text":"You're in for a breakfest treat this week jank lords, we're joined by Jeff from MTG Lexicon, the internet's very own Dive Bar of Magic. We discuss everything from the background of MTG Lexicon, what 'The Gathering' means to us, culture, beer, anime, prog rock, and oh yeah some new Commander product just released! It's a mammoth episode, that goes on all kinds of wonderful and mysterious tangents, but seriously, when the conversation is this good you just keep recording – we hope you enjoy. \n\nYou can find the magnificant Jeff:\n @LexiconJeff\nand the rest of the MTG Lexicon squad at: \n @mtg_lexicon\nas well as:\nYoutube\nTwitch\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats. ","content_html":"You're in for a breakfest treat this week jank lords, we're joined by Jeff from MTG Lexicon, the internet's very own Dive Bar of Magic. We discuss everything from the background of MTG Lexicon, what 'The Gathering' means to us, culture, beer, anime, prog rock, and oh yeah some new Commander product just released! It's a mammoth episode, that goes on all kinds of wonderful and mysterious tangents, but seriously, when the conversation is this good you just keep recording – we hope you enjoy.
\n\nYou can find the magnificant Jeff:
\n @LexiconJeff
\nand the rest of the MTG Lexicon squad at:
\n @mtg_lexicon
\nas well as:
\nYoutube
\nTwitch
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nIntro Music by our very own DJ Cheshy Chesh, purveyor of the tastiest beats.
","summary":"Jeff from MTG Lexicon joins us at the breakfast table this week on an epic episode to discuss everything from the Lexicon lore, what 'the gathering' means to us, commander philosophy, beer, anime, music, literally everything. Enjoy.","date_published":"2020-08-25T20:45:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/9ccf9779-ad3e-4d47-abac-60ab66f471e4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":96010960,"duration_in_seconds":12001}]},{"id":"29c62e02-d60b-4c64-b5b3-6c78a9037620","title":"Episode 07 – Creativity & Self Expression with Sheepwave","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-7-sheepwave","content_text":"Mornin' breakfast lords! We're excited to be joined for breakfast this week by artist, content creator and all-round wonderful person Meghan, aka Sheepwave. We dive deep on what it means to be self expressive at the commander table, including the discussion of social contracts in Commander, the use of proxies and artistic inspiration, plus of course the related financial implications and complexities of our favorite social format. Enjoy!\n\nYou can find Sheepwave and her awesome artwork at: \n @sheepycutie\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"Mornin' breakfast lords! We're excited to be joined for breakfast this week by artist, content creator and all-round wonderful person Meghan, aka Sheepwave. We dive deep on what it means to be self expressive at the commander table, including the discussion of social contracts in Commander, the use of proxies and artistic inspiration, plus of course the related financial implications and complexities of our favorite social format. Enjoy!
\n\nYou can find Sheepwave and her awesome artwork at:
\n @sheepycutie
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"We're joined by artist, content creator and all-round wonderful person Meghan, aka Sheepwave, for an extensive discussion around creativity and self expression in Magic. ","date_published":"2020-08-18T17:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/29c62e02-d60b-4c64-b5b3-6c78a9037620.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":82941306,"duration_in_seconds":6763}]},{"id":"134c9154-b260-407e-aff6-3333ac21e8d2","title":"Episode 06 – Effective Cards for a Positive Table","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-6-effective-cards-for-a-positive-table","content_text":"Greetings commander jank lords! This week we're opening up a discussion about a theme of positive table interaction in commander. A couple epsiodes back JR from SpellTable brought up the idea of playing cards that result in some table chatter, which got us thinking about what it is that really helps make a commander game enjoyable and positive for eveyrone, and the heart of it is interaction. In the spirit of promoting the best sides of the game we love, we take a look at some specific cards that embody the spirit of positive table interaction, and provoking a conversation, whilst remaining effective to your game plan - that is to say not having to fall into the extremes of chaos, or group hug. We've opened this up as an open ended theme to continue to explore and discuss, and hope you consider some of the ways you get your table involved in your next commander game (whilst still aiming to win!). Enjoy!\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"Greetings commander jank lords! This week we're opening up a discussion about a theme of positive table interaction in commander. A couple epsiodes back JR from SpellTable brought up the idea of playing cards that result in some table chatter, which got us thinking about what it is that really helps make a commander game enjoyable and positive for eveyrone, and the heart of it is interaction. In the spirit of promoting the best sides of the game we love, we take a look at some specific cards that embody the spirit of positive table interaction, and provoking a conversation, whilst remaining effective to your game plan - that is to say not having to fall into the extremes of chaos, or group hug. We've opened this up as an open ended theme to continue to explore and discuss, and hope you consider some of the ways you get your table involved in your next commander game (whilst still aiming to win!). Enjoy!
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"On this weeks episode we discuss some cards and strategies to keep in mind to cultivate positive play experiences in your meta or with new players, whilst remaining effective to your game plan. ","date_published":"2020-08-10T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/134c9154-b260-407e-aff6-3333ac21e8d2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47373299,"duration_in_seconds":3946}]},{"id":"c8b731ab-4143-4763-af53-ffe344264339","title":"Episode 05 – Upgrading the Commander 2020 Precons ","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-5-c20-upgrades","content_text":"Welcome back Commander Addicts! This week we resist the urge to have yet another guest, and instead learn to talk among outselves about the latest juicy commander release this year, the Ikoria themed Commander 2020 precons. Thanks to Wizards of the Coast, Chesh received one of each of the decks from mothership to produce a series of sponsored videos showing an upgrade path for each of the precons. We run through Chesh's thought processes for each of the deck upgrades, outlining key deck building considerations, interesting discoveries, fun gameplay stories, and the regular serving of wacky tangents and spinoffs you've grown to expect from us. Enjoy! \n\nChesh's C20 Precon Upgrade Videos can be found at:\nSymbiotic Swarm\nTimeless Wisdom\nEnhanced Evolution\nRuthless Regiment\nArcane Maelstrom\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar\n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"Welcome back Commander Addicts! This week we resist the urge to have yet another guest, and instead learn to talk among outselves about the latest juicy commander release this year, the Ikoria themed Commander 2020 precons. Thanks to Wizards of the Coast, Chesh received one of each of the decks from mothership to produce a series of sponsored videos showing an upgrade path for each of the precons. We run through Chesh's thought processes for each of the deck upgrades, outlining key deck building considerations, interesting discoveries, fun gameplay stories, and the regular serving of wacky tangents and spinoffs you've grown to expect from us. Enjoy!
\n\nChesh's C20 Precon Upgrade Videos can be found at:
\nSymbiotic Swarm
\nTimeless Wisdom
\nEnhanced Evolution
\nRuthless Regiment
\nArcane Maelstrom
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com as well as Josh & Pat's MTG Bazaar
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"Chesh and Sam deep dive into the latest Ikoria themed Commander 2020 precon servings to discuss upgrade paths for each of the decks to coincide with a series of deck upgrade videos recently produced by Chesh.","date_published":"2020-08-05T00:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/c8b731ab-4143-4763-af53-ffe344264339.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94719496,"duration_in_seconds":6764}]},{"id":"7f772763-515e-46e2-980e-7bc928fa7d88","title":"Episode 04 – Remote Magic with JR from SpellTable","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-4-spelltable","content_text":"Welcome coffee fiends! This week's esteemed guest is responsible for the very platform that is keeping us connected virtually for paper magic through these weird and wacky times - it's Jonathan Rowny from SpellTable. JR runs through with us the beginnings of SpellTable, the uncanny timing of it's success, observations on commander culture, and then we go right down the rabbit hole for barrage of wild topics, including NHL, NBA, Rocket League and Surf Ninjas - Enjoy. \n\nYou can find JR and SpellTable at: \n @SpellTable\nhttps://www.spelltable.com/\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com \n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"Welcome coffee fiends! This week's esteemed guest is responsible for the very platform that is keeping us connected virtually for paper magic through these weird and wacky times - it's Jonathan Rowny from SpellTable. JR runs through with us the beginnings of SpellTable, the uncanny timing of it's success, observations on commander culture, and then we go right down the rabbit hole for barrage of wild topics, including NHL, NBA, Rocket League and Surf Ninjas - Enjoy.
\n\nYou can find JR and SpellTable at:
\n @SpellTable
\nhttps://www.spelltable.com/
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"SpellTable co-founder Jonathan Rowny joins us at the breakfast table this week to go deep on virtual EDH, the success of SpellTable, general commander appreciation, and everything from NHL to Surf Ninjas. ","date_published":"2020-07-27T23:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/7f772763-515e-46e2-980e-7bc928fa7d88.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90067329,"duration_in_seconds":6432}]},{"id":"95693a17-fbbd-4216-b85c-3381ad2d2f55","title":"Episode 03 – Chasing Waterfalls with ManaCurves","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-3-manacurves","content_text":"We're super excited to chat this morning to Chase Carroll, aka ManaCurves - she's known for her articles on TCGPlayer, awesome twitch commander deck brewing sessions, being an incredible figure in the Magic community, and for her work and writing around mental health and how that relates to Magic. \n\nWe get right into topics of commander deck brewing and some of Chase's latest deck articles, inclusive culture in Magic and your LGS, Chase's work in the mental health field, and a great deal of other great tangents. Enjoy. \n\nYou can find Chase at: \n @ManaCurves\ntwitch.tv/manacurves\n\nChase's fine articles can be browsed over at:\nhttps://infinite.tcgplayer.com/author/Chase-Carroll/e287626b-5cbb-4549-828d-33ca4591eed6/\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com \n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"We're super excited to chat this morning to Chase Carroll, aka ManaCurves - she's known for her articles on TCGPlayer, awesome twitch commander deck brewing sessions, being an incredible figure in the Magic community, and for her work and writing around mental health and how that relates to Magic.
\n\nWe get right into topics of commander deck brewing and some of Chase's latest deck articles, inclusive culture in Magic and your LGS, Chase's work in the mental health field, and a great deal of other great tangents. Enjoy.
\n\nYou can find Chase at:
\n @ManaCurves
\ntwitch.tv/manacurves
Chase's fine articles can be browsed over at:
\nhttps://infinite.tcgplayer.com/author/Chase-Carroll/e287626b-5cbb-4549-828d-33ca4591eed6/
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"Chase Carroll, aka ManaCurves joins us at the breakfast table to enlighten us about everything Magic, deck brewing, culture and mental health. Enjoy!","date_published":"2020-07-21T22:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/95693a17-fbbd-4216-b85c-3381ad2d2f55.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88548966,"duration_in_seconds":7378}]},{"id":"0f430bb6-fb65-4fda-825c-c691120436d9","title":"Episode 02 – Breakfast with Jason Alt","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-2-jason-alt","content_text":"Today we're joined at the breakfast table by none other than Jason Alt, known around all corners of the Commander websphere for his works with Brainstorm Brewery, EDHREC.com, writing at MtG Price and CoolStuff Inc, and most recently from the Film Hooligans podcast, as well as a great little term we know of eternally in EDH as the '75% Theory'.\n\nWe run through everything from Commander philosophy, latest product releases, the future of magic and work as we know it, film and the state of comedy.\n\nYou can find Jason at: \n @JasonEAlt\n\nThe original 75% article:\nhttps://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jasonalt-121114-8-simple-rules-for-playing-in-my-commander-group/\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com \n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"Today we're joined at the breakfast table by none other than Jason Alt, known around all corners of the Commander websphere for his works with Brainstorm Brewery, EDHREC.com, writing at MtG Price and CoolStuff Inc, and most recently from the Film Hooligans podcast, as well as a great little term we know of eternally in EDH as the '75% Theory'.
\n\nWe run through everything from Commander philosophy, latest product releases, the future of magic and work as we know it, film and the state of comedy.
\n\nYou can find Jason at:
\n @JasonEAlt
The original 75% article:
\nhttps://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jasonalt-121114-8-simple-rules-for-playing-in-my-commander-group/
Send us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"We welcome special guest Jason Alt from Brainstorm brewery and EDHREC for a chat about everything from commander philosophy and the future of magic, film and the state of comedy.","date_published":"2020-07-14T03:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/0f430bb6-fb65-4fda-825c-c691120436d9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69120743,"duration_in_seconds":5759}]},{"id":"cafb4a88-7b38-459c-807c-c740c538c6e1","title":"Episode 01 – Sublime Epiphanies from Core 21","url":"https://cmdrcrunch.fireside.fm/episode-1-sublime-epiphanies-from-core-21","content_text":"Need to start somewhere! Sam & Chesh get things with a run through of all the latest from the release of Core Set 21, including some choice new cards on our radar and what they mean for Commander.\n\nIn the entertaining, we discuss Dorohedoro, found on Netflix, as well as The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, also found on Netflix. \n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch\nSam is at @passthejamsam \nChesh is at @CheshirePlays \n\nChesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com \n\nMusic by TRG Banks","content_html":"Need to start somewhere! Sam & Chesh get things with a run through of all the latest from the release of Core Set 21, including some choice new cards on our radar and what they mean for Commander.
\n\nIn the entertaining, we discuss Dorohedoro, found on Netflix, as well as The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, also found on Netflix.
\n\nSend us feedback, questions, pictures of Cephalids to cmdrcrunchpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you.
\n\nFollow us on twitter at: @cmdr_crunch
\nSam is at @passthejamsam
\nChesh is at @CheshirePlays
Chesh's Youtube content, including Deck Techs and Commander: The Distancing Series can be found here
\n\nThis Podcast is sponsered by PureMTGO.com
\n\nMusic by TRG Banks
","summary":"Welcome to Commander Crunch! Your tasty serving of nutritious commander discussion, news and culture, plus a side serving of our curated tastes in entertainment and pop culture. ","date_published":"2020-07-04T17:00:00.000+10:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/3524005d-f291-404a-ad21-23c07a842123/cafb4a88-7b38-459c-807c-c740c538c6e1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69379681,"duration_in_seconds":5633}]}]}