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We are a Magic: The Gathering oriented podcast, based out of Oregon, dedicated to playing Competitive Commander, or cEDH for short. If you've ever wanted to play the Commander format at a tournament level, whether at your L.G.S., or at a Grand Prix, then this podcast is for you. Content will include: Topic discussions related to Competitive Commander, deck techs, and other content as it is developed. Be Advised: Some of our content is N.S.F.W. (not suitable for work), and any content that co ...
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Episode 15: "Intuition" (The Future of the Reserved List)
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Welcome on in to a new episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode, Cole and Jeff examine the Reserved List, from both a historical, and a practical, standpoint, as it relates to Magic: The Gathering, as a whole. Knowing how emotionally charged people can get sometimes when it comes to discussing a topic like this, rather than take side…
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Episode 14: "Nukem" (Lavinia OmenPool cEDH Deck Tech)
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Welcome on in to a new episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. It's been a few months since our last episode, thanks in part due to the Covid Pandemic and working as a part of the "Essential Worker" workforce; but that doesn't mean that we haven't come up with a hot new episode. The Lavinia OmenPool archetype is a definite darkhorse in the cEDH gam…
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Episode 13: "The Emerald City" (4C Curiosity Control)
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Welcome in to a new episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode, Cole and Jeff swing open the doors to The Emerald City and pull open the curtain on the "Curiosity Control" archetype; known by some as the 4C Rashmi Control Archetype. Since C16, 4C Rashmi Control has been a well-performing archetype over the last few years, in cEDH pods …
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Weird Science (Niv-Mizzet Parun Control cEDH; Episode 12)
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Welcome in to a new episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode, Cole will be taking the reins predominantly to discuss Niv-Mizzet, Parun; both as a creature, and as a Curiosity-oriented control deck formulated for the cEDH gamespace. While this deck may look like a throwback on the surface (to old school decks involving Niv-Mizzet, the…
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Welcome in to a new episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode, Jeff and Cole discuss the topic of whether or not it should be allowed to have any/all Planeswalkers be eligible to be your Commander, regardless of whether or not they were designated as legal Commanders in the first place. In light of Thassa's Oracle being printed in The…
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Episode 10: "The Frog Pond" (Gitrog Dredge cEDH Deck Tech)
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Welcome in to another episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode, Cole and Jeff will be diving head first into the frog pond to discover just exactly how, and why, the Gitrog Dredge Combo Archetype works as well as it does in the Competitive Commander environment. Built originally by Kiebitzen and Razzliox jointly, then piloted initial…
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Episode 9: "Three Card Monte" (Kess Grixis Consultation cEDH Deck Tech)
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Welcome on in to the 9th official episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode, Cole and Jeff will be looking at Kess, Dissident Mage, and more specifically, they'll be looking at her in the context of what they feel is probably the best suited archetype for her: The Consultation Archetype. Originally released in C17 with the Arcane Wiza…
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War, Inc. (Episode 8; Blood Pod cEDH Deck Tech)
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Welcome in to another episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast! In this episode, Cole and Jeff take an in-depth look at Blood Pod, a stax-combo hybrid deck capable of locking out commander tables within the first four turns, and is capable of defeating opponents either through attrition style beatdown with creatures, or through Kiki-Jiki Infinite via…
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The Future Sight Series, Episode 4 (War of the Spark)
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Welcome on in to our latest installment of The Future Sight Series! In this episode, we will be looking at 5 specific cards from War of the Spark (WAR), that we think will have Competitive Commander viability. Those cards are: 1. Dovin's Veto 2. Ashiok, Dream Render 3. Narset, Parter of Veils 4. Narset's Reversal 5. Niv-Mizzet Reborn ==============…
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S-Mart: An Introduction to the Stax Archetype (feat. Ruric Thar Stax deck tech); Episode 7
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Content Advisory: Portions of the audio content may be considered NSFW. ======================================================================== Welcome on in to another episode of the Tryhard Academy Podcast. In this episode (episode 7), our executive officer Cole gives us the rundown on Ruric Thar Stax, a one-stop shop of various Stax pieces and …
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The Future Sight Series, Episode 3 (Ravnica Allegiance)
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In this episode of The Future Sight Series, we will be looking at ten or so cards that we expect to either see cEDH play, or will more than likely have an impact on the cEDH meta. In no order of importance, they are: Wilderness Reclamation Rhythm of the Wild Domri, Chaos Bringer Cindervines Electrodominance Smothering Tithe Pteramander Verity Circl…
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The Future Sight Series, Episode 2 (Ultimate Masters)
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UMA is set to release in early December 2018, and it's bursting at the seams with glorious reprints.In fact, due to the amount of cEDH viable reprints, not all of them were able to be covered in this video.To accommodate this, here's the full list of all cEDH viable reprints that we feel are worth consideration:Laboratory Maniac, Back To Basics, Ph…
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The Future Sight Series, Episode 1 (Guilds of Ravnica)
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This is the first episode of our newest Auxilliary Podcast episode, entitled "The Future Sight Series".In this series, starting first with Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) and then moving forward in future episodes, our hosts (Cole and Jeff) will be sifting through the newest set to Magic: The Gathering, to dig for potential Competitive Commander (cEDH) gol…
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The Thin Red Line (episode 5, main podcast)
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In the fifth episode of the main podcast, the duo discuss the fine line between Combo and Synergy. In addition, they also discuss the fine line where synergy begins to mesh into the world of "combo". Examples of both Synergy and Combo are provided, in context, as well as definitions for both words.===================================================…
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In this episode of the main podcast, the duo conduct the first of what will be a number of deck-techs related to Competitive Commander.This deck tech is on the Ad Nauseam Fishbowl archetype, led by Sidisi, Undead Vizier.In the course of this episode, rather than giving a card by card list of what's in the deck, the hosts instead talk about the deck…
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The Toxic Deluge (episode 3, main podcast)
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In this hilariously irreverent episode, the hosts describe some of the strategies and techniques that they use with each other, in game, to get under each other's skin in order to get the psychological upper-hand.Advisory: This audio content is considered to be N.S.F.W. (not suitable for work), due to language and imagery. Listener discretion advis…
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In this episode of the Tryhard Academy main podcast, we discuss the usage of proxies in Commander games. Specifically, we discuss what a proxy card is, how they're typically used, and what WOTC's stance is on the usage of proxies both inside and outside of the Commander format, among other things.
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The Great Divide (episode 1, main podcast)
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This is the very first episode of the Tryhard Academy Main Podcast.We are a Magic: The Gathering oriented podcast, based out of the Portland/Salem, Oregon area, that is dedicated to playing Competitive Commander, or cEDH for short.In this introductory episode, we give our statement of purpose, as well as detail certain delineations between the powe…
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