“Animated Army” Precon Upgrade | Bloomburrow | The Command Zone 621 | MTG EDH Magic Gathering

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Show Notes:

Trying to tune your Raccoons from trash pandas to treasure pandas? Look no further, because today we’re bringing you our upgrade guide for the brand new “Animated Army” (red/green) precon from Bloomburrow. Special guest upgrader Olivia Gobert-Hicks is here with 10 cards to make the deck sing, and 10 you can leave in the garbage, all for under $50. Don’t miss it!

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Relevant Links:

"Animated Army" Precon Upgrade Deck List:

Olivia Gobert-Hicks:
Twitter: @goberthicks
Instagram: goberthicks

Serge Yager:
Twitter: @sergeyager

Nissa Cosplay:
Twitter: @NissaCosplay

Commander at Home:

Elder Dragon Hijinks:

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:33 - “Animated Army” - Precon Upgrade
00:04:53 - Possible Commanders
00:11:06 - Notable Reprints
00:13:32 - Reprint Value
00:16:42 - Deck Stats
00:20:48 - Best Cards
00:25:28 - Upgrade Goals
00:31:08 - Cards To Add
00:48:58 - Honorable Mention
00:49:41 - Cards To Cut
00:58:30 - How The Deck Plays
01:02:18 - To The Listeners
01:04:41 - Olivia & The Outside!

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[commandcast]

What do you think of this precon? Any cards we missed? Any cards we suggested to take out or add that you disagree with?

[justinhalstead]

48:35 “You could have a raccoon piloting a Nautiloid ship” your commander is essentially Rocket Raccoon

[brycetinley]

an amazing add in for this deck is threefold thunderhulk. 7 colourless mana. when said card enters the battle field put 3 plus 1 counters on it. when ever this creature etbs or attacks make 1/1 Gnomes equal to its power. 10c card, terrible on paper until it enters as a 4/4 then gets 3 plus on counters on it and gains haste so you make 14 gnomes on as soon as you play it and swing with it. then you swing with it next turn and it happens again, plus it has a secondary ability that sacrifices the gnomes to become even bigger. and on top of all that juice it also look like a giant metal bunny with a word. card just has it all :). love this show, thanks for caring about your fans @commandcast

[nathansparks]

The coolest thing about magic, commander specifically, is that the decks DO DIFFERENT TBINGS, and its genuinely so refreshing to play a game that every time I sit in a pod, I have no clue what I'm gonna get clobbered by, and it's fun EVERY TIME. it's not like yugioh where a single turn sets and decides the game, it's not like pokemon where the basic gameplay of every deck is the same, it's truly unique. This is one of those decks that I think is so unique and different (new player, only a couple months into commander) that blows my mind. Game feels more like a competitive board game than a card game.

[RickyChops]

Whatever you’re paying Rachel, go ahead and double it.

[tysonwarkentin]

The only addition to the Cards to Add section that I think should be there is some way to protect Bello. All your enchantments do nothing mid combat if your opponent has a swords to plowshares, pongify, or lightning bolt. I think that swiftfoot boots and lightning greaves are a must.

[hiddenleaf]

Bramble Sovereign seems like a great budget add at only $2 because of the recent reprint. Your 4+MV artifacts/enchantments enter as creatures with Bello out so you can pay the 1G to make a permanent token copy of them, while also being able to make token copies of your creatures for more blockers.

[dt]

Saryth, the viper's fang seems great in this deck. giving your attacking enchantments deathtouch means they only need to deal one damage to the blocking creature and can hit through and draw you the card when they have trample. She'll also protect bello by giving him hexproof

[dangerm]

Perfect video to watch after waking up in mtg mood. So fun, and amazing hosts. This video felt so much shorter than an hour. That's how you know its great

[Regisauris]

I got the precon and was just starting to update. I had managed to convince myself that Bello only animated non-creatures so now that I have been corrected on this it opens up a bunch of new options! Thanks!

[porci]

surprised Olivia didn't go for the "racoon driving cars" aproach

[javiercardona]

Every time I play with this deck it reminds me that scene from the Great American outdoors when the raccoons are digging in the trash and they're talking to each other and then you put the intro song from that scene hilarious awesome deck love this deck

[Xylak]

I like the idea of calling the version of Bello that uses vehicles "Crash Panda"

[JoshuaBrocklebank]

I’m not gonna lie this made me laugh so much - I love Olivia and Rachel’s chemistry - honestly pure joy ❤️😂

[hellehundt]

I'm thinking of Threefold Thunderhulk. 7 mana, enters as a 00 with three +1 counters. When it enters or attacks you make 1/1 gnomes equal to it's power. If the commander is out, it enters and makes 7 gnomes and then immediately attacks and makes 7 more gnomes. I also sort of want to play alot of cheap protection spells for the commander.

[tlzevqi]

Rachel you slay with this new hairstyle! ❤

[nicholasrolo]

"You know when you catch the racoon in a spotlight and he hisses at you? Thats the deck."

10:45

[lonewulfric]

The little "oh I forgot *throws the paper sheet on Rachel's head*" made my day.

[bianchi]

You can use Bello, Bard of the Branmbles as a craterhoof and swing in one shot it comes down if Wildspear Scouring Maw is your commander since he can bring in many more enchantments to the field.

[nicbui]

Natures will + Aggravated Assault + Bedlam = a cool late game combo that’s fun and finishes the game when it needs an ending! 🎉