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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...

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...

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...

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, &...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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, &...

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:...

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...

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!...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

The Pickup Truck Diaries: The Most Prolific Human Poet In History.

Seems grandiose, eh? This is one of the more modest, amongst the actual titles I was able to workshop, believe me! And I’d hope by now you’ve read at least one or two of these here Pickup Truck Diaries, so you are well aware already that I love being grandiose and mock-megalomaniacal for the sake...
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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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Means&Ends Ends&Means MeansToEnds

Means&EndsEnds&MeansMeansToEndsTake thy pick of power:Fame, Clout, Wealth, Capital.Ugly as they are.Disgusting as those that worship them.Unfortunately;My Ends -Need such colossal means.Humanism waits for no one.Not even me.Humanity?No clue I exist.Blessing,For now.For now.For now.
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Buddy Slang.

This world is smaller than we think.Six Degrees Of Separation.Except my Clan's strings -Range in exponential dozens of woven webs.Fast & Many.Seeking new experiences.So we build networks,In rather old fashioned senses.Canadianism.Buddy Slang,Friend of a Friend,Meet new people,Kind of way.
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CEDH ||

Sometimes,Luck strikes.Five for six.Not a bad record.Vaping the whole way through.The handicap is for me,Not them.To increase my challenge.Yet I still punt constantly,Cackling at my own mistakes,Due to impatience -Or distraction.Adore a good challenge.Would you kindly,Show me one?
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Pieces Of Me I Cannot Touch.

Five By Five,Coming down the pipe.Missile-lock oblivion,The dirges of war -Sung in the roar of rockets.The chatter of gunfire,Each breach & barrel.Most nights,I'm denied any sort of weapon.Subconscious refusing to help.So really,This war is against myself.Pieces of me I cannot touch.
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The Greatest Punchline.

My continued existence,Is a punchline to a joke.One that began with my blood-cursed birth.Living in spite of the odds!What could be funnier?A monster,Beast.Destined to die young.Yet kicking all the same!Full of vim & venom -Torture & truth.Jokers and Aces are wild.
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High Strangeness.

I want a love,That is true -Yet thrilling.High strangeness,Filtering into my life.Someone I can make laugh,And does the same -In equal measure.A god amongst gods,Brilliant.Mighty.Honorable.Challenge me.Push me.Keep me sharp,Along the razor's edge.Dopamine on full.
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How To Create Utopia.

He who dictates destruction,Thrives on power?Already lost the plot.One must ascend beyond the anarchists of yore.Smash the system with one hand,But build utopia simultaneous with another.Cyclical societies,Which eradicate injustice -While creating idealisms.Making truth.
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Succumbing To Want.

Why?How is it still,I'm my own worst enemy?Succumbing to want,Instead of living by need.This cannot do.This shall not stand.The Infinite Deconstruction of the Self.AGAIN!Until we finally get it right.Existing as perfect selves,Ready to inherit new ages.Nobody else can beat me,But me.
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This Is How I Will Take You, Third.

This is how I will take you,Third.Coiled to strike,Holding back.I'm a king.I accept nothing less than your best.Your truth.Your honor.I can wait forever for you,Even beyond death.With calloused hands upon your hips,A smile upon my lips.Then I can show you infinity.
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Fusion In Colliding Hearts.

Can shadows evoke light?Can someone born to darkness,Become a beacon of the sun?Golden radiance,Seething across the dunes.Divinity,Held in a palm.Clenched inside a fist.We will become the flash of the atom,Nuclear witnesses.Fission forever,Fusion in colliding hearts.
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Act Like It.

Feeling Power,In Moments Of Weakness.A True Witch,Learns the strengths in suffering.Long way round.When you're hurting -Be it anguish or agony,However you sacrifice enough,It feeds us back in exponentials,Every single possible vector -Mapped on solar scales.You're strong.Act like it.
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More Than Rust.

These new frontiers,Require me at my best.Working hard.Seeking new potency.Grind me down to cinders,Sparks from shavings,Slag to gleaming silver.Fresh steel's shine.Before oxygen can rust it to nothing.I am steel.The core is solid,Only the exterior is rust.This machine can live again.
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Poor Knows Poor.

My ghetto didn't look like your ghetto.Piles of scavenged boom chains -Side of the house.Dredged from the beach.Hauling steel from the muck,With work gloves -Kept on the floor of the work truck.Still,Poor knows poor.
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Is This Discerning Enough A Supervillain plot?

"A careful ploy to ensure I remain a hermit guru proper this time, in multiple parts."Create metaphorical romances:See who laughs through them,Or plays along for funsies.Who wouldn't wanna be bedfellows,With such powerful Symbolisms?Wait a second.Is this discerning enough a Supervillain Plot?
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My Dark Slavic Folk Tales Are Real.

Foolish McRae.Just because you lack a True Name,Doesn't mean you can hide.Playing Marionette within a Clan,Faceless.Steeped in shadows.Reduction to simple terms.Baba?Can you teach us Witchcraft?Bah!Go ask my cousins,Who practice only lighter magic.My Dark Slavic Folk Tales,Are Real.
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