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McRae’s MTG Corner: Siloing CEDH & EDH

McRae’s MTG Corner: Siloing CEDH & EDH

Jun 20, 2023 | ,

Ew, I got CEDH in my EDH… Today we’re here to talk about power levels in the casual commander format, as well as how to encourage better CEDH & EDH play by more carefully separating the two formats despite their strange interwoven nature. As a “retired” L1 Judge for Magic: The Gathering, I’m...

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The Brewery Episode 50: “The Brewery.”

The Brewery Episode 50: “The Brewery.”

May 9, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIb-OOYfE_M&t=2s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch vs Kethek, Crucible Goliath vs Baral and Kari Zev vs Rona, Herald of Invasion | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep50: "The Brewery." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join...

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The Brewery Episode 49: “Penultimate.”

The Brewery Episode 49: “Penultimate.”

May 9, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUT9VhjUvc&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Omnath, Locus of All vs Timin, Youthful Geist & Rhoda, Geist Avenger vs Breena, The Demagogue vs Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep49: "Penultimate." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG...

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The Brewery Episode 48: “Vanilla.”

The Brewery Episode 48: “Vanilla.”

May 9, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOD6SwK_ttE&t=4s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Jerrard of the Closed Fist vs Yargle and Multani vs Jasmine Boreal vs Tobias Andrion | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep48: “Vanilla.” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph, RySquared, &...

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The Brewery Episode 47: “Ballin’.”

The Brewery Episode 47: “Ballin’.”

May 8, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHz4tKfMPw&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Unctus, Grand Mechatect vs Roon of the Hidden Realm vs Hazoret the Fervent vs Ganax, Astral Hunter | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep47: "Ballin'." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph,...

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The Brewery Episode 46: “Revenge.”

The Brewery Episode 46: “Revenge.”

May 8, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrdnXWh5CQU&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Horde of Notions vs Sarulf, Realm Eater vs Balmor, Battlemage Captain vs Amber Gristle O'Maul & Criminal Past | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep46: “Revenge.” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph,...

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The Brewery Episode 45: “CEDH Special #4.”

The Brewery Episode 45: “CEDH Special #4.”

May 7, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR-cjtPsXyk&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Garth vs Bruse vs Tevesh vs Thrasios | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep45: "CEDH Special 4." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph, RySquared, & McRae as they brew janky EDH decks each week on...

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The Brewery Episode 44: “Teeny Tiny.”

The Brewery Episode 44: “Teeny Tiny.”

May 6, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAk19WcaapE&t=4s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Grenzo vs Temmet vs Balmor vs Skrelv | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep44: “Teeny Tiny.” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph, RySquared, & McRae as they brew janky EDH decks each week on...

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The Brewery Episode 43: “McRae.”

The Brewery Episode 43: “McRae.”

May 3, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jhb33G3MoQ&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Marit Lage vs Gluntch vs Orah vs Imotekh | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep43: “McRae.” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph, RySquared, & McRae as they brew janky EDH decks each week on...

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The Brewery Episode 42: “Big Bois.”

The Brewery Episode 42: “Big Bois.”

Mar 24, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KilF_v2wdA&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Atraxa, Grand Unifier vs Borborygmos Enraged vs Ovika, Enigma Goliath vs Ultra Magnus, Tactician | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep42: "Big Bois." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph, RySquared, &...

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The Brewery Episode 41: “Gruger.”

The Brewery Episode 41: “Gruger.”

Mar 23, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpztZ5npb4&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Pir, Imaginative Rascal & Toothy, Imaginary Friend vs Octavia, Living Thesis vs Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa vs Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer & Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep41:...

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The Brewery Episode 40: “Live Brew Special Part 2.”

The Brewery Episode 40: “Live Brew Special Part 2.”

Mar 16, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcH_hlcDLQ&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Sidisi, Brood Tyrant vs Hokori, Dust Drinker vs Abaddon the Despoiler vs Isshin, Two Heavens As One | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep40: “Live Brew Special Part 2!” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join...

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The Brewery Episode 40: “Live Brew Special Part 1.”

The Brewery Episode 40: “Live Brew Special Part 1.”

Mar 16, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1jafisX46Q&t=77s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Sidisi, Brood Tyrant vs Hokori, Dust Drinker vs Abaddon the Despoiler vs Isshin, Two Heavens As One | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep40: “Live Brew Special Part 1!” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around!...

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The Brewery Episode 39: “Null & Void.”

The Brewery Episode 39: “Null & Void.”

Mar 15, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBZHlBfjB40&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Thassa, Deep-Dwelling vs Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut vs Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa vs Slicer, Hired Muscle | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep39: “Null & Void.” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join...

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The Brewery Episode 38: “Artist’s Choice.”

The Brewery Episode 38: “Artist’s Choice.”

Mar 15, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImRG1ufyOc&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Nin, the Pain Artist vs Zask, Skittering Swarmlord vs Kalain, Reclusive Painter vs Kibo, Uktabi Prince | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep38: "Artist's Choice." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph,...

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McRae’s MTG Corner: Garth Loves Puss – A CEDH Primer.

McRae’s MTG Corner: Garth Loves Puss – A CEDH Primer.

Mar 13, 2023 | ,

Decklist: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/qijT0MA0hEizDrtBepJJEQ Introduction: Party on, Wayne. Party on, Garth. Welcome to the Garth One-Eye primer. As far as I know I’m one of a very select few who have been brewing up Garth to try and hang in the CEDH scene. There’s no discord server that I’m...

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The Brewery Episode 37: “Boooring.”

The Brewery Episode 37: “Boooring.”

Mar 13, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnQeJq4lokE&t=1s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Imotekh The Stormlord vs Myrel, Shield of Argive vs Henzie "Toolbox" Torre vs Sefris of the Hidden Ways | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep37: “Boooring.” Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show around! Join Joseph,...

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The Brewery Episode 36: “Joseph.”

The Brewery Episode 36: “Joseph.”

Mar 13, 2023 | ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gSsMehyz-A&t=2s&ab_channel=TheBreweryMTG Wilson, Refined Grizzly & Criminal Past vs Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor vs Slogurk, The Overslime vs Tatyova, Steward of Tides | MTG Commander Gameplay | The Brewery Ep36: "Joseph." Welcome to the jankiest #MTG show...

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The Pickup Truck Diaries: “The Second Most Prolific Poet In History” & Goal Setting.

Let’s start this edition of The Pickup Truck Diaries with a rhetorical question: “How does one go about achieving the goals they’ve set for themselves?” I’ll give you a few minutes to pause and think about that. Most folks have already started churning their brains into realistic “brass tacks”...
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Central Universe Science Fiction Shorts: An Update!

Campfire. Come gather 'round the campfire. Let me tell you a story. Several small ones, in fact! It started a month or two ago, when I had a bunch of hits on "Our Better Angels" via the 'ol analytics. Now, I've been running this little business for half a decade - so out of neurotic perfectionism,...
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McRae’s MTG Corner: The Rainbow Bible. (AKA The Rukarumel “Gay Pirates!” Tribal Tribal CEDH Primer.)

WARNING: This piece clocks in at 62,000+ words. It currently holds the record for longest "CEDH Primer" ever written. (Although it's more like a textbook or resource guide to Tribal Archetypes, and Rainbow/5c Magic, really.) It is over half the size of my sci fi books. Please remember to drink...
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McRae’s MTG Corner: Tempo For Dummies (Especially For Commander.)

Aight, we back yet again. Somehow in my long years of being an L1 Judge and Modern and EDH player, I had never realized that learning tempo in Magic The Gathering is a rather visceral experience, in that you learn experientially. For the layman, that means that you have to learn that deep sense of...
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McRae’s MTG Corner: Siloing CEDH & EDH

Ew, I got CEDH in my EDH… Today we’re here to talk about power levels in the casual commander format, as well as how to encourage better CEDH & EDH play by more carefully separating the two formats despite their strange interwoven nature. As a “retired” L1 Judge for Magic: The Gathering, I’m...
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For The Alt & Punk Rock Anthems of Our Youths.

There is much to be said,For strength of will,And power of presence.For many decades -I have been discriminated against,For my disabilities.Treated like I am:Inept.Broken.Dangerous.Evil.Now?I shall show you how to control a room.Defy stereotypes they place upon us.
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Claw at my truths.

One day,I will be able to play the hermit,No longer. Droves will hunt me,Seeking out my knowings.Claw at my truths. Goodnight void -May these hallowed hours remain sacred.May the silence of the void be absolute.
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The Brewery.

COME,Rivals! Bear down upon me,Foes. I hath waged a thousand wars,Across ten thousand battlefields.Slaughtered myself,Within and without. Come.Test me.Let me see what brave souls,Linger in shadowed wings. It that studies everything,Anything,Becomes something. The cackling dervish,I am certainly...
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The Beast In The Reflection.

This elegant goodbye,A piece of soft mourning.We're trapped,Worlds apart.I'm the beast in the reflection.A monster you cannot let out.No matter the cost.'Ere my foul magicks seep,Back into the world.Blood curse boiling,Dark weavings churning.We must exist,At odds.
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Dreams Of Kepler.

To placate my ghosts,Lovely flock,I do haunt my homeworld.Familiar orbits.Dreams of Kepler.Perfect ranges for carbon based life.Foolish Necromancers,Play corpses & spirits.Me?Dark Arts powered -By every single death on Earth,That has ever happened.Wielding extinction events as diesel.
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Hardly Beyond Apes.

Perhaps Not.Maybe my faith was always misguided,Relying on people stupider than I,To seek knowledge & wisdom.But paths of least resistance -Hardly work that way.Wanted to see my species shine;Breaking free of evolutionary shackles,Such as Tribalism.Yet they're hardly beyond apes.Sad.
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Dating Apps Suck.

Swiping Left Like Hurricanes,Spinning one direction.Boring same archetypes of people:Yoga, Brunch, Hiking,All the “Vancouver Specials” -Whereas I'm hunting weirdoes.Colored hair artists,Queer or Neurodivergent Communities,That aren't toxic or gatekeepy.Dating Apps Suck.Want stranger folk.
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Dead Names. \\ Pseudonyms.

My old names,Often haunt me.Regardless of how many I've buried.Do our many dead names,Echo around us evermore?Which selves,Risk resurrection?What identities,Must remain locked,& chained?Experimental iterations,Of what a person could be.These mausoleums,Grow heavy.Weight upon my mind.
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Graveyard For Toys. \\ Hollow Empty Black Sockets.

Forgotten amidst weeds,As ever.Cosmic equivalent,Of a graveyard for toys.Where I once came to rot -Festering,Bloating,As all flesh eventually does.'Til naught but spirit & bone,As the best of us.Hollow Empty Black Sockets.Death's Head:In full display.Madness Lies This Way.Are You Sure?
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Faux: Tar Pits.

Faux:Tar Pits. Infinite Honeycombs.Infinite Fizzing Lightbulbs,Tungsten Filaments Ablaze. Faux:The Madness Comes & Goes,Like A Wave. I refuse to be carried out to sea. No matter how long I can breast stroke for. Hike? Climbing Mountains,Was always second nature.We did it every...
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I Chose The Monk’s Life.

You can live in hyperbole all you want,My darling.Go!Wreak havoc across the wastes!Sorry gorgeous,I've got no time for dissonance.Gotta keep going.Good luck with the meltdown,I wish you peace and love,The exact kind you truly need.I chose the monk's life.Suited me.
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One Year.

I spat nasty words like hot curling irons through toilet paper, wrinkling out flames and black smoke into damp spring air. It has been one year since tensions simmered and boiled down a relationship, cherry picking doubts and fears that tick-tocked two months time until explosions rocked the...
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“How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!”

Been a few centuries.Your archaic ideas of woodsmen,Are out of date.Logger-talk,Slang dialects unique to my origin.Running twenty-five ton machines,That would terrify you -In thy lack of understanding.Won't repeat their lofty scene.Shall create my own art;& future,For my species.
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Pattern Recognition Symphonies Redux.

Webs of data.Quantitative slurry.Pattern Recognition Symphonies.Or am I just another broken sociopath,Like them?Toxic love,Perhaps.Can I treat people,Like people?Treating myself like Chernobyl -Quarantine zone,Strictly enforced for safety of others.That way;My poisons,Can't hurt them.
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Communication, Transparency, Trust.

We build relationships -Based on communication,Transparency,Trust.Holding the world in our palm,Is a responsibility -Not a simple pleasantry.We exist as islands,These days.Trapped unto ourselves.Striving to evolve,Grow,Mutate.Until we can become our best selves.Ones we choose.
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