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The Command Zone

Collected Company & Studio71

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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1v1 Magic is full of lessons and strategies you can use to up your EDH game. This episode, we’ve enlisted help from the best of the best including: pro players, competitive streamers, and hall of famers. Get ready for a ton of level-up moments as we solicit sage advice from some of the top minds in all of Magic. ------- JOIN OUR PATREON: Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more! https://www.patreon.com/commandzone ------- FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor. To get 50% off your first box plus free breakfast for one year, use code command50off at: https://www.factormeals.com/command50off 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! AG1: Head to DRINKAG1.com/COMMAND to get a FREE Welcome Kit, including a bottle of Vitamin D and free AG1 Travel Packs, when you first subscribe! ------- 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: Beky Bell: Twitter: @bekybear Instagram: @bekybear Corey Baumeister: Twitter: @CoreyBaumeister Washed Pro Commander Show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWashedProCommanderShow Melissa DeTora: Twitter: @MelissaDeTora Voxy: Twitter: @VoxyTwitch Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Voxy Rebell: Bluesky: @rebell.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RebellSpike Luis Scott-Vargas: Twitter: @lsv Reid Duke: Articles: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/author/Reid-Duke YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TCGplayerofficial Gavin Verhey: Twitter: @GavinVerhey “The Nature Of Card Advantage” Article: https://tinyurl.com/mrx5r4ey Brian Kibler: Twitter: @bmkibler Commander at Home: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@commanderathome Carmen Klomparens: Twitter: @Em_TeeGee Bluesky: @carmparens.bsky.social Marshall Sutcliffe: Twitter: @Marshall_LR YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LimitedResourcesPodcast lrcast.com Simon Nielsen: Twitter: @MrChecklistcard Metafy: https://metafy.gg/@simon-nielsen Amy the Amazonian: Twitter: @coL_Amazonian Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/amazonian/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Amazonian Ashlizzlle: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Ashlizzlle Twitch: https://twitch.tv/ashlizzlle CovertGoBlue: Twitter: @CovertGoBlue YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CovertGoBlue “How to Get Lucky” Article: https://tinyurl.com/8axx82hz Andrea Mengucci: Twitter: @Mengu09 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MengusWorkshop Maria Bartholdi: Twitter: @MissMariapants Bluesky: @missmariapants.bsky.social Instagram: @missmariapants Good Luck High Five: Goodluckhighfive.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@glhfcommander Brad Nelson: Bluesky: @fffreak.bsky.social Jim Davis: Twitter: @JimDavisMTG Bluesky: @jimdavismtg.bsky.social Instagram: @JimDavisMTG “Behind The Pro Tour” Documentary: https://youtu.be/3crdirj9quM?si=so1W_UzX_MWdCm5q Why Commander SUCKS Sometimes | The Command Zone 691: https://youtu.be/qtML-Alod6A?si=y1r4Dv0fM_jClxbt LRR | North 100 Showdown: https://tinyurl.com/mr6ucy3z Rachel's Canlander Deck: https://tinyurl.com/5e4bx2ru Beky's Canlander Deck: https://tinyurl.com/k5tnddua Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.0	Greetings, humans. You have entered the Command Zone. Your destination for all aspects of elder dragon highlander
0:39.9	enjoy your stay hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the command zone podcast
0:46.8	i'm your host rachel weeks and today joining me is becky bill hello hello we have a very
0:53.0	fun episode today i'm super excited to get into it.
0:56.5	If you're watching this, you are probably a commander player. You were probably only a commander
1:00.9	player, but there is a lot that commander players can learn from delving into the world of
1:05.6	1V1 magic. So for today, we are going to be enlisting some of the help of the greatest minds in
1:12.6	magic in history to help you be a better commander player. That's what we're doing today,
1:18.0	talking about things you can learn from just playing 1B1 magic, whether that's limited or
1:23.3	constructed or any number of different things. And today I wanted to make sure that Becky was my co-host for this one because you play a lot
1:29.6	of 1B1.
1:30.5	I have played a lot of 1V1 magic.
1:33.8	In my like getting ready for this episode, I was trying to like do the math of how many like
1:38.6	competitive Arial events I think that I have played.
1:40.5	My original guesstimate was around 300, but I feel like I safely put
1:44.6	just over 250 competitive Ariel events in my lifetime.
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