Untapped Libraries

Maria with Standard Pants

Our guest this week is Good Luck High Five’s Maria! She’s brought an old school 2019 Standard deck that is near and dear to her: Pants (where “pants” means auras). Maria shares not only how the deck works but also what it meant to her to play and compete with it. Vinny and Neale talk about Spotlight Series Toronto, saying Farewell, and how to pronounce “libraries”.

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ManaDad with Only Bad Cards Cube

This week’s guest is ManaDad and his Only Bad Cards cube. This is all about drafting and playing with some of the absolute worst cards ever created. What is in the cube? How does it play? Why would you do this to yourself?? Neale and Vinny talk about the official Untapped Libraries Commander Tracker. Our email is untappedlibraries@gmail.com.

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James with Skittles, Taste the Painbow

Joining us this week is James with his Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon commander deck. James is one of the hosts of the Planeswalker Traffic Report and we dive into magic aesthetics and customizing a deck with your favourite cards. Neale and Vinny talk about analog art, Mr. Show, and our new promo card.

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OnionBug with General Kreat in Clover

This episode we delve into the uncommons-only format, Clover, with its creator, OnionBug! OnionBug walks us through the format and her General Kreat deck. Neale and Vinny talk about building commander decks in all colour combos, being explosive and terrible on Arena, and quasi-Partners.

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Del – Uncle Touchy

Our guest this week is Del! He’s the co-host of the Planeswalker Traffic Report and builder of this week’s deck: Uncle Touchy (a Patton Oswalt reference). Uncle Touchy seems like it should be a beast to play against. And it is. And that’s the point. It’s built to produce the most incredible nightmare game of commander possible (with everyone’s consent). Neale and Vinny talk about our Local LGS, combo in a casual meta, and “the thirteen guy”.

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Ivy Foxglove – Circus Freak is a Compliment

This week’s episode features Ivy Foxglove, Magic Ambassador, Doctor of Psychology, and Rakdos superfan. Ivy’s deck stars one of the most recent Voltron commanders:  “Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat”. We talk about bulk rares, giving yourself a challenge, and rubber-ducking.

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Rachel Kendra – TogSi

This week’s guest brings the rock. Rachel Kendra’s Toggo and Silas Renn commander deck generates a lot of artifacts to make a Grixis landfall-affinity deck. We also talk Norwegian sauna, naughty rabbits, and deckbuilding as storytelling.

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EnkiBye – 99 Lands Lumra

At first glance, this episode’s deck with 99 lands plus Lumra as the commander might seem like a joke but as we explored the nooks and crannies with our guest, EnkiBye from France, this turned out to be a bear of a deck. We also talk 4-person cube, sharpie alters, and making do with limited options.

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DJ – Dear Gonti, Love Sophie

Our guest this episode is one we had in mind as the platonic ideal for a guest of this series, DJ and his “Dear Gonti, Love Sophie” deck. Yep, the one made famous by the Rhystic Studies video. We talk about punk aesthetics, rhinestones, and tracking coin flips.

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Mike Carozza – Lyzolda Sacrifice

Joining us for episode TEN (the big one-oh!) is comedian and Magic content creator, Mike Carrozza. Mike tours his Lyzolda, the Blood Witch deck and explains why he absolutely must send his creatures to the ‘yard. We also talk about the Commander Sealed Event, garbage plates, and asking your parents to buy you a booster.

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