How to Beat Green Decks w/ Brian Kibler | 692

The Command Zone

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

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It ain’t easy beating green, but MTG Hall of Famer Brian Kibler is here to help! Yes, with all that ramp, green can get so far ahead that catching up feels impossible. But today we’re sharing some tips and tricks to exploit the color’s weaknesses and give yourself the best shot against the big bad green deck that keeps stomping your pod! -------- Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone -------- WATCH OUR MAGIC MOVIE: Don’t miss our biggest production ever! Four heroes explore a derelict spacecraft and find a Commander battle on a cosmic scale. Will they escape with their life totals? Find out: https://youtu.be/jclO7Mjfjq0 -------- BROOKLYN BEDDING: Ready to upgrade your sleep? Brooklyn Bedding has you covered! Get 30% off sitewide when you go to https://Brooklynbedding.com and use promo code COMMAND! SHOPIFY: Power your business with Shopify. Start your one-dollar-per-month trial period today by going to: https://www.shopify.com/tcz MARVEL STRIKE FORCE: Download Marvel Strike Force and use promo code FOUR to unlock the entire Fantastic Four team for free: https://tinyurl.com/GetMSF -------- 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: Brian Kibler: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bmkibler Twitter: @bmkibler Instagram: @bmkibler Bluesky: @bmkibler.bsky.social Commander at Home: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@commanderathome Twitter: @commanderathome Instagram: @commanderathome The Trinket Mage’s The Secret to Beating Ramp Decks in EDH: https://youtu.be/UDwB6GE57S8?si=9FmNpkaQkZIuscm3 How to Play GREEN w/ Brian Kibler | The Command Zone 606: https://youtu.be/n-s47Bf93rU?si=lUaMK8gpUHUg5bQz Rachel Weeks's The Colossal Dreadmaw Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/6567770/the_colossal_dreadmaw_an_unknown_commander_deck Game Knights...at Home! w/ Josh Lee Kwai and Jimmy Wong: https://youtu.be/n-gGYy544ds?si=i8wYGeFg3OFk69pV Arin Hanson LOVED Rachel Weeks's Dinosaur Commander Deck: https://youtu.be/lvpB6XWN0OY?si=GCRPTktFu7RL-9LZ -------- THE END STEP: Bicolline LARP Experience: https://bicolline.org/en/ -------- 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: commandzonecast@gmail.com -------- 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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0:00.0	Greetings, humans. You have entered the Command Zone.
0:05.5	Your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon Highlander.
0:10.0	Enjoy your stay.
0:13.1	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone podcast.
0:16.9	I'm your host, Rachel Weeks.
0:18.7	And today joining me, we have a special guest because we're talking about green.
0:22.7	And nobody knows green better than the Brian Kibler.
0:26.2	Hello.
0:27.2	Absolutely.
0:28.0	So today, I know it's like we're like how to beat Green.
0:31.5	We're bringing the play all my secrets.
0:33.5	I know.
0:34.0	That plays Green the most.
0:36.7	But Brian's a giver and is here to tell you all of the ways
0:40.4	that you can beat the big bad green in Commander.
0:44.6	Because there's a lot of counterplay in magic, and I think people think about it very literally
0:48.1	where they're like, you know, burn decks have life gain decks and there's, like, be life gain decks so you have Voltron
0:56.5	decks like there's a lot of counterplay but there's this I don't know if it's a
1:00.6	myth but there's this belief in commander that there's no answer to green
1:05.1	ramp decks in the format because there's a social stigma against any like
1:10.2	repeated land destruction yeah there's definitely social stigma against any like repeated land destruction.
1:12.6	Yeah, there's definitely a sort of protection by the sort of social contract of the game that it's like, well, you can't blow up everyone's lands. That's too rude. So it's very safe to just ramp your lands.
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