Tappedout Community Commander Pod
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Posted on Aug. 14, 2015, 1:16 p.m. by Kryzis
For those Commander players that feel left out of the community leagues.
This is for you. SirFowler and I will be hosting a semi-formal league for anyone wanting to organize some fun commander games with their fellow members of the Tappedout community. In lieu of the recent leagues that have been sprouting up on this site, I've decided to organize a league of the one major format that's been (mostly) left out. EDH is my favorite format to play, as it offers the most malleability in deck building in play style- there are so many ways to design a deck, and so many more to play it, that no one game is the same. This is lost in many of the Constructed formats, where the non-singleton 60-card decklists provide far fewer game scenarios, with far more common net-decking and similar decks.
Fitting for the "social" format.
Commander is often called the "social" format. This nickname has brought about connotations of a game meant for people too afraid of the speed and power of top-tier constructed decks- a game designed for people who like playing big creatures and that hate combos. Though there is a side of Commander where people play for fun with very noncompetitive decks, there are others (myself included) that enjoy cutthroat games with highly tuned decks. It doesn't matter which style you like more. I'm leaving this open for anyone who wants to play Commander, and it can be your choice how competitively you play, just please communicate what level your deck is to your opponent(s) before you start.
Signups and Play
This is a very open league. Each person that wants to join has to submit to deck to me (Kryzis) or SirFowler for review. If it passes (which it always will as long as it's a legal deck), that is the deck they will be playing with for the entirety of the league.
You can submit an American Banlist deck and a Duel Commander deck, but not more than one of each.
As this is more of a casual league, there will be no brackets. Each person can play with as many other signed-up members (see table here) as they want, as long as all of their opponents have the same kind of deck.
It is up to you to organize your own games- there will be no brackets. It also doesn't matter on the size of your game. A Duel Commander game will always be 1v1, but American banlist can consist of 2, 3, 4, or even 5 people. As long as two or more people report from each game (with the same answer as to who won), the winner will be noted.
Rewards
This league will continue for a couple months, and at the end of that time the players with the most wins in the American Banlist category and the Duel Commander category will be given a prize.
Prize: 2 Feature Tokens
If you have any questions or concerns about the pod feel free to ask, and go and have fun with your commanders.
@NecroPony MTGO isn't free, so some players might not have the means in order to play. If you are able to find players with MTGO, you are more than welcome to play against them as you wish. Just post your decklist and which banlist you want to enter and I'll have you entered in the league.
August 26, 2015 4:45 p.m.
@SirFowler I figured that might be an issue.
Well, @all, anyone on mtgo want to give this a shot?
August 26, 2015 5:03 p.m.
TheBawzzett says... #4
Sign me up please
August 28, 2015 6:37 a.m. Edited.
KillTheIslandUser says... #6
i'm currently on untap.in
my username there is killbluplayers, and i'm just dicking around with the controls and figuring out untap.in... but if you are down for a game hit me up.
I am cst player, and I am gonna be available tomorrow around 4:30pm CST Aug, 31
August 30, 2015 10:06 p.m.
Lordvalknareck says... #7
KillTheIslandUser, lulz, my modo username is BanBlueEdh
August 30, 2015 10:13 p.m.
Wow, you both would hate me then huh? Do you hate blue because of control?
August 30, 2015 10:14 p.m.
Lordvalknareck says... #9
SirFowler It's a running joke in my commander play group. We all still have blue decks of course, but we just rag on either other when one of us plays them. We are hypocrites.
August 31, 2015 11:43 a.m.
Lordvalknareck says... #10
So modo players, can I get three more people for a game. We can determine a time when we have all the people.
August 31, 2015 12:08 p.m.
Philosophy-in-Blue says... #11
My friend introduced me to Cockatrice, so I'm available to play on there now
August 31, 2015 4:21 p.m.
KillTheIslandUser says... #12
Lol yeah similar in my group... I've played numerous blue decks...pass go even tbh. It's just a joke name is all
SirFowler nah it's just a joke name tbh. It's not something to be serious. Unless I'm playing a certain type of deck, and blue is gonna hinder me from winning with said deck, then yes I will.
September 3, 2015 5:30 a.m.
Attention all edh league players. I will be taking a break from magic and tappedout for a while. I'm just getting tired and bored, so I won't be spending most of my time on the site as much as I used to, but I will check in every now and then to log your wins for the league. Just be sure to post which pod you're in and who won and I'll have it all written down. As for actually playing against people, I won't be able to participate. Good luck everyone and have fun.
September 3, 2015 7:43 p.m.
I don't blame you SirFowler. Things have been a bit discouraging with the league. We'll need way better organization if we ever do this again (IE, choose one program for matches and stick to it, schedule fixed times for matches, etc.) All too often we never manage to get more than 2 willing participants online at the same time.
September 3, 2015 8:01 p.m.
It's hard to meet up with people from different time zones from all across the world, each of which has different work times. I think we could use some kind of webchat to help us.
CuteSnail says... #1
I could join now, if you're using mtgo. I have that now, but I see how that could be an issue.
Or whatever, keep me posted.
August 26, 2015 4:27 p.m.