Hello and welcome to Gemstone Mine. If you've found us, you probably already know about the Magic: the Gathering format known as "Commander". Our podcast is trying to bring knowledge and insights to players who are looking to up their game, and maybe even learn a few things from the most powerful corner of the Commander format: the cEDH metagame.Even if cEDH really isn't your cup of tea, we think there are some useful lessons to be learned from what people are using the most powerful cards in the history of Magic for. From building and discussing the most powerful decks in the...
The conventional wisdom says that Breach decks can't play Grafdigger's Cage, arguably one of the most powerful stax pieces in the format. But what if there was a deck that played like the lovechild of Razakats and Midrange Naus was raised by their weird uncle who only played Modern Eggs? That's...
Published 04/11/24
More Jeskai month! Jeskai has had some wild changes in cEDH over the past several years. Much of what informs the power of modern Jeskai decks in cEDH comes from a relatively short period of time that changed *everything* that players thought they knew about this color identity. So how does red...
Published 03/29/24