Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 387! The Gods of Theros have returned in the newest set Theros Beyond Death. This week Mark and Adam are going over which ones have grown to be worthy of our devotion and which ones have lost the hearts of the people. We also go over a few sequel cards and try to figure out if Devotion is worth it in Commander. Plus, a ton of movie discussions for you to fight about in the comments.
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CommanderCast Episode 387
Posted: January 27, 2020
Intros:
Adam
Mark
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Community
Topic: What makes a good follow-up or “sequel” card?
Top 5 “sequel” cards in Magic
Adam’s list:
Comet Storm (Fireball)
Legion’s Landing (Kjeldoran Outpost)
Shamanic Revelation (Collective Unconscious)
Karn Liberated (Karn, Silver Golem)
Jace, the Mind Sculptor (Jace Beleren)
Honorable Mentions:
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Mark’s list:
Neheb, the Eternal (Neheb, the Worthy)
Elspeth, Sun’s Champion (Elspeth, Knight-Errant)
Exsanguinate (Drain Life)
Lotus Field (Lotus Vale)
Ashiok, Dream Render (Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver)
Honorable Mention:
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (Selvala, Explorer Returned)
Interstitial fodder:
Dr. Sleep: thumbs up
Sequelitis (watch this)
Barred for Life
Worth Reading: “Why Anime Art Styles Change”
Top 5 & bottom 5 movie sequels
Terminator 2
Aliens
The Dark Knight
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
The Empire Strikes Back
Hot Takes:
Army of Darkness
The Matrix: Reloaded
Honorable Mention: Bladerunner 2049, Godfather Part II
BAD sequels:
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Grease 2
Highlander 3
Jaws, any after the first
Strategy
The Gods, revisited (+ some Titans)
O.G. mono-colored Gods (plus some extras):
Erebos, God of the Dead
Heliod, God of the Sun
Nylea, God of the Hunt
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Thassa, God of the Sea
Athreos, God of Passage
Xenagos, God of Revels
Gods of the new hotness:
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Nylea, Keen-Eyed
Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Klothys, God of Destiny
Titans (Why didn’t we call this segment “Remember the Titans”? Swing & a miss)
Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger
Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
Erebos’s Titan
Technology
Best Devotion cards
Abhorrent Overlord
Acolyte’s Reward
Altar of the Pantheon
Aspect of Hydra
Blight-Breath Catoblepas
Daybreak Chimera
Disciple of Phenax
Drag to the Underworld
Elspeth, Undaunted Hero
Evangel of Heliod
Fanatic of Mogis
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Karametra’s Acolyte
Klothys’s Design
Marshmist Titan
Master of Waves
Mogis’s Marauder
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Nylea’s Disciple
Nylea’s Huntmaster
Nyx Lotus
Reverent Hoplite
Reverent Hunter
Sanguimancy
Setessan Petitioner
Skyreaping (w/ not so great Seb McKinnon art)
Thassa’s Oracle
Thassa’s Rebuff
Threnody Singer
Thunderous Might
Honorable mentions: they made devotion counters??
Bloodthirsty Ogre
Pious Kitsune
Outtro/Contacts:
One of these ways is an abomination
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