This Is Why Your Deck Feels Slow | Understanding Mana Curve | 730
The Command Zone
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
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| 1:00.0 | Alright, we have a really fun one. We're remaking an old episode today, Rachel. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah, so we've talked about Manor Curve on the show before. We've done a couple of episodes, but Manor Curve is a thing that adjusts as the format adjusts so we wanted |
| 1:12.3 | to make sure that there's an updated episode that talks about um manacurve and how to design the first |
| 1:17.8 | specifically like first few turns of your uh of your commander game how you anticipate things to go |
| 1:23.2 | so uh we're going to talk through that we're going to talk about what a manacurv is how to use |
| 1:27.0 | it to your ability and how it will affect your deck building long-term. And let's start with just what is a man-a-cur. The most important part about magic, I truly believe, is a manicur. That's a decent answer to, like, what is the thing that you need to master the most when building a deck. So do you like to surf, Rachel? No, but tell me about this metaphor. Do you understand the idea of waiting for the wave to come, and then when you're on it correctly at the right time, the wave is big enough that you can get on it, and then you're on it when it starts to crash, right? You're timing it all perfectly so that you can surf the wave. |
| 2:01.4 | And that is essentially what a manna curve is. |
| 2:03.9 | Yeah. |
| 2:04.9 | You're gunning yourself up to get the best game possible by allowing yourself the right pieces |
| 2:10.6 | at the right times and not having 10 eight drops in your opening hand. |
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