Welcome to the Hero's Blade Vibe Check, where we talk about Commander/Elder Dragon Highlander & Magic. We chat about recent & future events, games & deck brews, new cards, articles & gameplay videos, & if your Commander passes the Vibe Check! (also, pop culture media that we've been dabbling in).
We're Cole (he/him, @TheBloodricGuy on Bluesky, editor) & Empress Quinn (fae/faer, @girldickenergy on Bluesky, composer), joining forces to chat about things we love & adore in Magic the Gathering. Let's hang out & enjoy the vibes.
(was previously Uncommon Commander: an Unconventional MTG podcast)
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You could play Sun Quan, Lord of W…
Let's show you the meaning of haste....as reminder text!
Part 2 of the Uncommons of Middle-Earth continues! We take a look at the Hobbits of the Shire, as well as the rest of the expansive cast of M…
Middle-Earth is chock full of legendary creatures, characters of all shapes and sizes, so we begin to breakdown the 40 legendary creatures of the Uncommon variety, looking at the Elves, Dwarf, humans…
Video games are popping off in 2023, and half the year is already over? How much more can we expect? Spoiler alert, I guess?
Phil and Davy, the dynamic couple of Neoroyal, House of Pricey Cardboard …
Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just want to go ape on your opponents?
Empress Quinn returns with the second showing of Armix, slinging some madness spells, with some words of wisdom regar…
First of all: nice.
Continuing the Boros/Lorehold adoration, I have Trentyn return for us to gush about hypotheticals with our favourite Loxodon from Strixhaven, the recently sparked Quintorius! The…
I was thrown for a loop when I re-read Slinn Voda this episode. Why aren't Merfolk thrown into sea monster cards? We're missing out.
Chain comes on to chat about the history of his Slinn Voda, the R…
You've heard of her haven't you? The Legend of Gut. When I was young my father would tell me stories about her, the skeletons she conjured. It's too spooky, this party's getting crazy, LET'S ROCK!
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Blink and you'll miss it: this tiny goblin was actually a dragon the whole time. Who'd have thought? Magic is so wild and random like that. Also we've never played a commander game in our lives. Don'…
Who knew that the Path of the Kensei lead to having creatures Blink in and out of existence? Is it possible to learn this power?
Lenny, aka Ajani's Gay Pridemate, joins me again to discuss Oji, how …
Look, it's tiny baby boy Mishra digging in the sand, combing the desert, building silly constructs. I hope he doesn't become an absolute monster in his adult life.
MJ of the MTG in Quarantine podca…
From the frozen east of Canada, a single man flies a banner in the chilly province of Quebec. The flag shows the hybrid symbol of Phyrexia and Mirrodin as one.
Emmanuel, aka MunsuLight, and I chat …
You're looking for value in this game of Commander. A crime lord from the Undercity offers you an opportunity, you just have to make the journey. Hope you don't mind the plane-hopping along the way.
Magic's story and lore hasn't been that bad, right? Nothing to really nitpick? But we can't help but compare what we experience with recent pop culture crazes, like the abundance of super hero media …
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Sometimes you make a deck, and the you got your pile of cuts. And then you make a deck with those, and you still got a bunch of cuts left. What else is a Commander player to do?
Nick, AKA G3 from MT…
Two adult men talk about Pokemon. It goes about as well as you expect.
Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with the…
"It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century. A half-century has passed since Earth began moving its burgeoning population into gigantic orbiting space colonies. A new home for mankind, where people…
If a printed Attraction has a regular holofoil, but the one of Scryfall has the nut holofoil, which one is the legal one?
Prophet from the Casuals 7's podcast is here to chat about Unfinity's very ow…
Let's change the tempo a bit! Today I bring on my long time friend Alex on for a little bit of Magic, but a ton of Transformers lore! Alex and I discuss the 15 Brothers War: Transformers cards being …