Rival's Duel 12- Navigating the Deadeye Problem

Welcome to another edition of Rival’s Duel. This week, the rivals Eric and Nole take on a single card that seems to be on everyone’s radar, yet seems to dodge the banhammer. They are looking at Deadeye Navigator and whether or not it deserves to be banned (I’ll give you a hint: the host that doesn’t play blue wants it gone). They also talk about FTV: Annihilation and MTG Conspiracy. As always, fell shownotes after Rakdos the Clickable

90 Minutes with Nole- Why We play Commander

So earlier this week I wrote an article called "90 Minutes with Nole- Why we play Commander" for Commandercast. I rather enjoyed how it turned out, so I may continue to do them here on this site (Yay for exclusive content for Rival's Duel fans). In case you missed it, here is the one I wrote, as originally published on Commandercast.com on 2/25/14.
-Nole

Editor’s Note: So it’s been a while since I’ve put pen to paper for the site, and seeing as how we don’t have anyone else swimming in the pool today, looks like I’ll be writing tonight. This is an idea I’ve had bouncing around inside my head for a while, but have never put pen to paper. For the record, the time is now 90 minutes till this article has to go live. Consider this a thought experiment, can I put out something both worth reading and comprehensible is 90 minutes? You’ll have to let me know in the comments below.

 

(I’ll keep you posted on the clock as it ticks down: 80 minutes remaining)

Rival's Duel 11- Children of the Lesser Gods

It’s time for another episode of Rival’s Duel. This week, Eric and Nole give you their take on Born of the Gods, from the ones we are super excited to play, to the ones that give us a migraine just thinking about them. They also talk about the EDH rules committee’s latest swing on the banhammer as well as answer some listener e-mail. As always, Shownotes after the break.

Rival’s Duel 10- Cat-mandercast

Welcome to another episode of Rival’s Duel. This week Eric and Nole are on the hunt for the Purr-fect commander as they debate who is the best Legendary cat. They also look at the 7 new legendary creature in born of the gods. Is this all a ploy to cash-in on the internets’ love of all things feline? You’ll have to listen and find out. As always, shownotes after Rakdos the Clickable.

 

Rivals Duel 9- Timely And Other Things This Podcast Is Not

Welcome back to another season or Rival’s Duel. With the holiday hiatus behind us, the Rival’s Eric and Nole are playing catch up with all the stuff that has happened in the world of MTG, including baseless Born of the Gods speculation, a new Planeswalker, and an argument about the changes to the card frame. As always, shownotes and more after Rakdos the Clickable.

Rival’s Duel 8- General Face Off: Christmas Edition

Welcome to the Special Christmas edition of Rival’s Duel: To get you in the spirit of the Holiday, this week the Rivals Eric and Nole are debating (kinda) which is the better gift-giver General, Zedruu the Greathearted or the magical purple hippo phelddagrif. They also spend some time answering a letter from a fan, by taking a second look at the Gods of Theros. Since you won’t be hearing from us for the rest of the year, we make sure to give you lots to think about. Consider this a double helping (and double sized) edition of Rival’s Duel. As always, Show notes after Rakdos the clickable.

Rival’s Duel 7- Boros Baby!!

Hello Everyone! after a slight delay (mmmm turkey coma). The Rivals Eric and Nole are back. This week, they are looking at Boros, specifically how best to build this. Both Eric and Nole agree that Boros’ biggest problem is keeping cards coming into your hand, however they have very different ways of overcoming that hurdle. We also talk some of our favorite Boros cards and spend a lot of time on how bad Razia is. As always, full shownotes after Rakdos the Clickable.

Rival’s Duel 6- New Cards and Fake Cards

To celebrate Commander 2013 week. The Rivals Eric and Nole take a look at the 51 new cards in the precons, as well as spend time talking about proxys (We also have the first ever instance of a bleeped word on Rival’s Duel. Spoiler: It involved Eric and a Blue card.) As always, shownotes after Rakdos the Clickable.

Rival’s Duel 5- What the Tuck?

In this episode, Eric and Nole are back to look at the “other” commanders in the 2013 Commander product, as well as argue the pros and cons of general denial, such as “tucking”, Nevermore, and Spin into Myth. As always, shownotes after the break.

Rival’s Duel Episode 4- General face off: Esper Edition

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another edition of Rival’s Duel. This week, Eric and Nole take a look at the sweet newly spoiled generals for the fall commander product as well as have an argument about who is more powerful/scary, with Nole choosing Zur the Enchanter and Eric choosing Sharuum the Hegemon. Who do you think is better? Let us know in the comments below. As always, shownotes after Rakdos the Clickable.

Rival’s Duel Episode 3- Gods, Bacon, and 1v1 Commander

This week on Rival’s Duel, Eric and Nole, talk about the sweet (and in some cases, deliciously bacon-filled) new cards in Theros and how they will impact Commander. They then take a look at the Pros and Cons of 1v1 commander. (as always, shownotes after the break)

Rival’s Duel Episode 1: Commander Face off (Simic Edition)

Hello everyone and welcome to our first schedueled edition of Rival’s Duel, the podcast where Eric argues that anything is permissible and Nole argues that it’s not. This week we are answering one of the most common questions that gets asked in commander. That question is “What is the least fun general to play against in a certain color combination?” This week we are looking at Simic and whether Momir Vig or Edric is worse to play against. Give us a listen and let us know what you think. Shownotes and contact information after the break.

Rival's Duel 0: The Enrivaling

Hello Everyone! Due to some technical issues, the episode of Commandercast that was supposed to appear today will not be shown. Instead, Please enjoy this new podcast called Rivals Duel, hosted by Commandercasts’ own Nole Clauson (of (Social) Contract from Below) and Eric Bonvie (of (Vexing) Devil’s Advocate). This duo will be appearing every other week here on commandercast.com to (amongst other things) debate one topic concerning commander. This weeks topic is: “Which is worse to play against: Mana Denial or Ramp?” (Other topics include FtV:$$$, the newly spoiled Commanders for the new precons, and other general goofing around.) Give it a listen and let us know what you think about our sweet new podcast!