Comments on: Insider: Shotgun Speculation on Commander

By: ? sheet

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:33:08 +0000

Do you have a link to the discord page?

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By: Christopher Tidmore

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:11:16 +0000

Also I would believe the themed tribal nature of this years decks made it easier for speculators (such as myself) to search for and buy a basket of cards. When there is more thought required to find synergy with new commanders and decks it will be harder to pick the cards ahead of time.

That isn’t to say that next year’s Commander product won’t have the same issue but it may be due to greater discussion of individual cards from a larger group.

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By: Sigmund Ausfresser

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:26:49 +0000

Very astute observation, Chaz. I almost wonder if the power of a like-minded community engaging regularly on the Discord is more valuable than a single expert’s written word, at least when it comes to Commander?

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By: Chaz V

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:04:46 +0000

Great article, Sig!

My personal note on this: All points are valid, but points that are for basically everyone else that doesn’t frequent QS and the Discord Channel mainly. Our discussions and purchasing may have overall been a shotgun buy on many cards – they were not haphazard choices and were fully discussed.

The main cards that were acquired (as you did go on to discuss) were mainly foils of *good* cards in those archetypes or RL cards that fit the theme and, again, also solid RL cards in their own right. In this instance I can understand many folks not waiting around to finish in last place – and put forth some great discussions/evaluations. Overall the endeavor mostly paid off (as you stated) and happened well before anyone else (including experts) was ready to discuss or make recommendations.

How could you forget Barrin!

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