CommanderCast Ep 492 – Ice Age in the Summertime

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Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 492! This week Mark and Adam are looking for something cold to finish out the summer. What better way to do so than to look at some cards from Ice Age! First we take a moment to talk about some news from the upcoming Commander Sealed 2022. We then get to ask the question… When should you go infinite? We wrap things up with a quick look at some cards from Ice Age that are still really good to play with in the modern day of the game.

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

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CommanderCast Episode 492

Posted: August 22, 2022

Intros:

Adam

Mark

Keep up with the conversation on Facebook & Twitter.

Community

Commander Sealed 2022 update

• About halfway sold out of tickets already

See also: Dean’s guest spot on Ep. 484 where he talks all about the event.

Interstitial fodder:

• The Diofield Chronicle demo is pretty deece.
• X-Men volume 5 (disassembled/age of X-Man)
• 20 Minutes Till Dawn is a better version of Vampire Survivor
• What makes a good deli?

Strategy

When do you unleash your infinite combo?

• As early as possible (between turns 3 to 5)
• Low on cards/tapped out/have counterspells
• If someone else is on the brink of alpha-strike, winning.

Do you piecemeal or drop it all at once?

The social aspect of combo-ing off

See also: Commander Spellbook.com

Technology

Cards from Ice Age that are actually worth playing in 2022

• Abyssal Specter
• Altar of Bone
• Arenson’s Aura
• Burnt Offering
• Dance of the Dead
• Diabolic Vision
• Enduring Renewal
• Fyndhorn Elves
• Glacial Chasm
• Glacial Crevasses + Sunstone
• Hallowed Ground
• Halls of Mist
• Hydroblast
• Illusions of Grandeur
• Infernal Darkness
• Jeweled Amulet
• Jokulhaups
• Leshrac’s Sigil
• Magus of the Unseen
• Marton Stromgald
• Merieke Ri Beret
• Mesmeric Trance
• Monsoon
• Norritt
• Orcish Lumberjacks
• Portent
• Pox
• Pyroblast
• Skeleton Ship
• Skull Catapult
• Soldevi Machinist
• Songs of the Damned
• Urza’s Bauble
• Withering Wisps
• Zur’s Weirding

“Gimmes”

• Necropotence
• Demonic Consultation
• Mystic Remora
• Nature’s Lore
• Brainstorm

• Pain lands
• Snow-Covered lands

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

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And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!