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Mtgcommander, Mtg, Leisure, Commander, Games, Magic

4.8 • 545 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Does going first win more games? Are the Brackets accurate? Are games getting faster? We analyzed over 500 games, and here are the results!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the ETH RETCast, where we're all about commander, data, and dad jokes.
0:15.5	I'm Joey Shultz, and I'm joined by my pun-tastic co-host.
0:18.6	He stood on his left foot for the entire New Year's countdown.
0:22.7	That way, when he finally took a step, he was starting things off on the right foot.
0:26.9	It's Dana Roach.
0:28.6	Well, as you said, Joey, we're recording this on New Year's Eve, as was implied there.
0:33.0	And my main resolution going into 2026 is to read more.
0:38.2	So my plan tonight is to turn on subtitles on a Stranger Things finale.
0:42.7	Wow.
0:43.0	Just get started right away.
0:45.6	Wow.
0:46.2	Okay.
0:47.4	I'm not sure that that counts as reading there, Dana, but I support your decisions regardless.
0:51.8	Jokes like that, Joey, or why we're friends forever.
0:56.3	I see what you did there, too.
0:57.7	That's extremely clever.
0:59.0	Friends forever on the guards.
0:59.9	I like that whole lot.
1:01.0	Matt would have appreciated that one.
1:02.7	Yeah, yeah.
1:03.4	Happy New Year, by the time this one's coming up, we will finally be in 2026.
1:07.9	And we have a tradition to uphold.
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