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What's Up w/ Bracket 4? | 731

3/17/20261 hr 34 min

Ready to push “casual” Commander as far as it can go without crossing into cEDH territory? Then have we got a bracket for you! This episode, we’ve got our spikey friend Joe Johnson in the house to lay out how to soup up your deckbuilding for the Bracket 4 big leagues. It’s a playstyle full of complexity and competition, but it’s also a blast to play. So grab all your game changers and get ready to brew!

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Relevant Links: Joe Johnson: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/blackneto.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephhjohnsonjr/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TabletopJocks Commander Gameplay POST MALONE v RACHEL WEEKS v CerberusArms v Blackneto | MTG EP 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyoGR8jIhU When Your Deck is Too Good (But Also Too Bad) | The Command Zone 690: https://youtu.be/I6kd3ggg81w?si=l87TpSDpoLS28Uai Rachel’s Rakdos, Lord of Riots: https://archidekt.com/decks/171808/rakdos_lord_of_big_free_stuff Rachel’s Orvar, the All-Form: https://archidekt.com/decks/1003066/orvar_the_dogwarriorcephalidouphe_archived Rachel’s Aeve, Progenitor Ooze: https://archidekt.com/decks/14909789/cz_690_aeve_progenitor_ooze_updated

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Clips

I run my mouth
Everything is allowed here
Bring that smoke
Born into the fire
How games actually end
Turn-two Smothering Tithe
Time Stop, end your turn
Pet cards as a tell

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

    [upbeat music] Greetings, humans. You have entered the Command Zone, your destination for all aspects of Elder Dragon Highlander. Enjoy your stay.

  2. Rachel Weeks· Host0:11

    [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome back to another episode of the Command Zone Podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Weeks, and today joining me is a very special guest. We've got Joe Johnson.

  3. Joe Johnson· Guest0:21

    Hey, hey, what's happening? Thank you for having me [laughs].

  4. Rachel Weeks· Host0:23

    I'm so glad to have you. It's the perfect episode to have you.

  5. Joe Johnson· Guest0:26

    Mm.

  6. Rachel Weeks· Host0:26

    Uh, so for... I won't have released this other episode yet, but it's coming soon. We're doing a two-part episode, one about bracket four, one about bracket one, talking about playing on the fringes of casual commander and why and how you should get involved in that. But, uh, first, introduce yourself, Joe, for the people who haven't had the pleasure.

  7. Joe Johnson· Guest0:44

    Sure thing. Uh, thank you for having me again. Uh, what's going on, y'all? It's your boy, Joe Johnson, AKA BlackNito, AKA Bushido Brown, AKA Known Thug. I am the creator and CEO of Tabletop Jocks. Uh, there's a lot of stuff going on other than Commander, but I do love Commander, but we're playing D&D. I'm playing, uh, you know, just video games now. [laughs] I, I threw my Twitch in there. I'm doing a little Resident Evil stuff, so it's just kinda all over the place, but it's just, like, what I love to do. You know what I mean?

  8. Rachel Weeks· Host1:13

    Mm-hmm. Yeah.

  9. Joe Johnson· Guest1:13

    So, yeah.

  10. Rachel Weeks· Host1:13

    That's great. Uh, so how long have you been playing Magic?

  11. Joe Johnson· Guest1:16

    Ooh. Uh, so I started... I learned how to play during Return to Ravnica.

  12. Rachel Weeks· Host1:21

    Okay.

  13. Joe Johnson· Guest1:22

    That's when I, like, learn, learned how to play, so I guess since then, but, like, obviously there's been breaks, like long- There always are, yeah.

  14. Rachel Weeks· Host1:28

    Uh ...

  15. Joe Johnson· Guest1:28

    [laughs] long breaks.

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