Final Fantasy’s Most Powerful Commanders | 678

The Command Zone

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Final Fantasy is completely revealed and it is FULL of powerful legends from across the franchise’s over-30-year history! But which of these new Commander contenders are the absolute strongest? This episode, we’ve narrowed down the roster to the most playable characters. We’ll lay out the strategies and synergies you’ll need to min/max their potential, so you can live out your final fantasy: winning a lot! -------- Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone -------- MAGICCON LAS VEGAS: Game Knights Live returns to MagicCon Vegas on June 20th! Don’t miss a second of the epic Commander action. Badges are on sale NOW, so get yours today at: https://mtg.social/MCVegasTixGKL -------- FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor. To get 50% off your first box plus free shipping, use code command50off at https://www.factormeals.com/command50off SHOPIFY: Power your business with Shopify. Start your one-dollar-per-month trial period today by going to: https://www.shopify.com/tcz ZOCDOC: Stop putting off those doctors appointments! Find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today by going to https://www.zocdoc.com/command -------- CARD KINGDOM: The Command Zone is sponsored by Card Kingdom! If you want to receive your cards in one safe package and experience the best customer service, make sure to order your Magic cards, sealed product, accessories, and more at Card Kingdom: http://www.cardkingdom.com/command ARCHIDEKT: Discover, build, catalog, and playtest on Archidekt, the deck-building website that makes it easy to brew brand new lists or manage your old favorites. Go to http://www.archidekt.com/commandzone to get started today! ULTRA PRO: Huge thanks to Ultra PRO for sponsoring this episode! Be sure to check out their amazing APEX sleeves and super classy MANA 8 product line. If you want to keep your cards protected and support the show, visit: https://ultrapro.com/command -------- Relevant Links: Voxy: Twitter: @VoxyTwitch Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/voxy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VoxyTwitch The Professor: Twitter: @TolarianCollege Bluesky: @tolariancommunitycollege.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TolarianCommunityCollege -------- Follow us on TikTok: @thecommandzone Follow us on Instagram: @CommandCast Follow us on Bluesky: @commandcast.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter: @CommandCast @JoshLeeKwai @jfwong @wachelreeks Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commandcast/ Email us: [email protected] -------- Commander Rules and Ban List: https://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list -------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.5	Greetings, humans. You have entered the command zone. Your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon Highlander.
0:40.1	Enjoy your stay.
0:43.4	Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone podcast.
0:47.2	I'm your host, Rachel Weeks.
0:48.7	I'm Jimmy Wong.
0:49.7	And today we are talking about the most powerful commanders in Final Fantasy, and there's a ton.
0:56.0	Yeah, so many of that, in fact, we're actually doing two episodes for the commanders.
1:00.0	There's going to be this one and another one, so if something's not covered today, good chance, it'll get covered in the next one.
1:05.0	We know there's a lot of legendary creatures that you're excited about, but let's get into it.
1:08.0	All right, first up, we have Celis Rune Knights.
1:15.3	This is a Mardu commander, so it's one red, white, and a black for a 4-4 human wizard knight. Game night.
1:17.1	When Celis enters, discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards plus one.
1:22.7	And it also says, whenever one or more creatures you control enter, if one or more of them entered from
1:28.2	a graveyard or was cast from a graveyard, put a plus one plus one counter on each creature you control.
1:35.0	Very good. Yeah, that first ability is obviously very powerful. It's like Valica Awakening. You get
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