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The Best Commander Card from EVERY Magic Set | 729

3/3/20263 hr 41 min

In Magic’s 33 years, Wizards has printed over 120 sets containing more than 30,000 unique cards. But which are the best of the best? The cream of the cardboard? The rectangles that truly wreck? This episode, we’re going set by set and picking the top cards from every standard set in MTG’s history. The journey goes all the way from Alpha to Lorwyn, so let’s get started!

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Speaker 10:30

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  3. Rachel Weeks· Host0:42

    Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone Podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Weeks.

  4. Jimmy Wong· Host0:47

    I'm Jimmy Wong.

  5. Josh Lee Kwai· Host0:48

    How's it? It's Josh Lee Kwai.

  6. Rachel Weeks· Host0:49

    And we've got a humdinger for you today.

  7. Josh Lee Kwai· Host0:53

    This, this is the outline.

  8. Jimmy Wong· Host0:54

    It's a book.

  9. Josh Lee Kwai· Host0:55

    I think this is the most... It's definitely by weight the heaviest or most amount of paper we've ever had for an outline for any show.

  10. Rachel Weeks· Host1:01

    Yeah. I, uh, thought about changing the font size, I'm gonna be honest.

  11. Josh Lee Kwai· Host1:04

    [laughs] [laughs] Thanks for not doing that. [laughs] My eyes are already not good. I feel like- Like cheating on a college essay over here.

  12. Rachel Weeks· Host1:09

    [laughs] Make all the periods bigger.

  13. Josh Lee Kwai· Host1:11

    Yeah. Before we start, I just want everyone who went to the restroom recently?

  14. Jimmy Wong· Host1:14

    Yes.

  15. Rachel Weeks· Host1:14

    Mm-hmm.

  16. Josh Lee Kwai· Host1:14

    Okay, good.

  17. Jimmy Wong· Host1:15

    Yeah.

  18. Josh Lee Kwai· Host1:15

    It's gonna be a bit of a long one.

  19. Rachel Weeks· Host1:17

    Because today- You too, listener ... we are going through every set in Magic history, all the standard legal ones and everything before that, and we are giving you the best Commander card from each of the sets.

  20. Josh Lee Kwai· Host1:28

    Every single set.

  21. Rachel Weeks· Host1:29

    Uh,

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