Top 10 Biggest Mistakes Commander Players Make | The Command Zone 196 | Magic: the Gathering EDH

Support the show and become a Patron! Be a part of our community, receive awesome rewards, and more :)

----------

Show Notes:

Nobody plays perfectly all the time. The problem comes when we keep making the same missteps over and over. On this episode, Jimmy and Josh talk about the 10 biggest mistakes that Commander players make and how to avoid them.

----------

----------

GAME KNIGHTS AUDITION INFORMATION (follow the link below for entry rules and guidelines):

----------

What We Mentioned on the End Step:

Check out Feast of Fiction here:

----------

Follow us on Twitter!
@CommandCast
@jfwong
@JoshLeeKwai

Email us:

----------

Huge thanks to Geoffrey Palmer for providing some of his amazing Living Cards animations for our videos. Follow him here:

Check out our sister podcast - The Masters of Modern:

Commander/EDH Official Rules, Banlist, Forums, and more:

[liperuf]

6:16 #1 Keeping Sketchy hands
13:09 #2 Impatience / No Plan
18:45 #3 Not knowing your deck
21:30 #4 Angering Multiple Players
24:49 #5 Angering the wrong player
28:29 #6 Not paying attention to the board
30:45 #7 Improper threat assessment
36:32 #8 Complaining about improper threat assessment instead of capitalizing on it
38:59 #9 Playing at sorcery speed
42:25 #10 No politics

[Hyo]

Playing a Full Control game. We had a game with all 4 players playing Control. It went for hours. And we didn't finish It. I still have nightmares.

[lukestadther]

7:43 Josh: "Ramp is good, but card draw could be anything. It could even be ramp!"

[pirateshaman]

it's not cool to keep a bad hand but it's funny when you still don;t die in 90 minutes because you become a sort of NPC that gets used by other players as a quest and the other 3 guys fight over you and it can become hilarious, , i think there is no agony in magic when you have 4 guys at a table that want to have fun

[flaviomargato]

I think people don't attack often enough and don't know who to attack.

[megadog]

Actually starts at 5:17

FYI, here's a thing to get to be on Game Knights before that if your interested in that.

[nabalcamacho]

Commander is a format that sometimes rewards you for making the wrong decision and punishes you for making the right one.

[TheBookreader]

One big mistake for new commander players is not expecting a wrath and going all in

[tyrael]

Great advice guys. Something I've noticed from my playgroup and something I'd add to the list. "learn from your losses". A few of my friends make the same mistakes over and over and never learn from them. Taking away knowledge from a loss makes you a much better player than winning a game.

[benstafford]

I'd say the biggest mistake I see people make that wasn't mentioned is taking way too long turns. You have three other turns to at least somewhat plan what you're going to cast. It's okay to stop and think for a bit when you draw a card that changes your gameplan, but no one likes turns that take 5, 10, 15+ minutes for no reason.

[dizzyfish]

i just noticed that they had siracha, the art of war, and salt in the background

[sephyrias]

1. Tappiing out while you have removal in hand
2. Not counting blue mana of control players
3. Not focusing blue and black first

[SmugLookingBarrel]

Best of luck to all the contestants! I can't enter myself due to not living in the states (and being a student who doesn't have time to fly over to LA), but I'll be super excited to see the episode with the winner.

[AreWeVenom_]

Loved this episode, my friend could really use this advice. Unfortunately he is the guy who pokes at everyone and doesn’t know when to fly under the radar. I’ve told him so many times just chill dude but he hasn’t learned his lesson. Due to this he is extremely salty because people group on him or he just can’t win.

[BrunoCasagrandaNeves]

Nice tips. The one about reading the cards... People NEVER read the cards. I'm always allowed to untap with Conqueror's flail and Iroas or Familiar Grounds on the table, with Iroas or Familiar Grounds in my hand... Sometimes with all of them!

[nicholashildenbrand]

People are always telling me "I don't negotiate with terrorists" because I just sit there with my Tree of Perdition. Minding my own business....

All I say is don't attack me. Lol

[seanthomas]

#11 building a deck without a defined path to victory. aka - no win conditions

[saw]

I think a lot of problems with EDH players starts at deck building.

[purpleboye_]

No one expects a Phyrexian inquisition!

[TheCommanderDojo]

Love your podcasts, you guys motivate me to keep making EDH content. Can't wait for the next one!