Casual Commander Revival
Casual Commander Revival is a Magic: The Gathering podcast centered around the Commander format. Luke and Levi discuss their experiences in Magic as casual players and all of the ins and outs of the most popular format in the game.
Episodes
17 episodes
The Commander Dating Show
This week, Levi and Luke are looking for a perfect match, and are swiping left and right on commanders to find a potential candidate for their next deck.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:12:32
Resolutions for 2025
Levi completely forgot to upload this episode from a few weeks ago, so you're getting New Year Resolutions....in February! The guys talk about the things they want to do more of, less of, or better in 2025.
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Episode 16
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1:36:17
On the Commander Bans and Wizard of the Coast Taking Over
On this episode, Luke and Levi discuss the recent seismic shifts in the commander format, including the banning of Nadu, Dockside, Mana Crypt, and Jeweled, as well as the decision by the Rules Committee to hand over the control of the format to...
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Episode 15
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1:23:04
The Commander Salt Tier List with Queen Honey
On this episode, we talk to Queen Honey, an MTG Instagram personality who loves playing high-power games and salty cards, and put together a tiered ranking of the saltiest parts of playing Commander in 2024.
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Episode 14
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1:42:04
Interview with Robbie from Infinity Bros
Levi and Luke sit down with Robbie from the Infinity Bros, a growing content creator group on Instagram and TikTok that covers all parts of nerd culture including movies, comics, and Magic: the Gathering.You can find them on Instagram @...
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Episode 13
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1:34:58
Revelations
Levi and Luke sit down and have a revelation. Well, sort of. Really, it's an episode about the things we've learned since we started playing Magic: The Gathering, including confronting our own weaknesses.
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Episode 12
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1:29:35
Welcome to the Commander Vaults
This week, Levi and Luke try a new format where we create "vaults" inspired by the Fallout series where we conduct experiments on the commander format with various rule changes.
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Episode 11
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1:45:43
Interview with Maya the Gathering
This episode we are joined by Maya the Gathering, a rising MTG influencer on Instagram to talk about how she got into Magic and content creation, her favorite decks and commanders, and how she approaches the game.
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Episode 10
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1:17:02
MagicCon Chicago Recap with Hooah
This week, we bring our friend Hooah on the podcast with us as we discuss MagicCon Chicago and reflect on our experiences from a weekend that was both fun and frustrating.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:45:25
Preparing for MagicCon Chicago
This week, Luke and Levi talk about MagicCon Chicago and how they're preparing for it.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:41:04
Magic's 2023 Year in Review
This episode, Levi and Luke look at Magic's year in 2023 and all of the different sets that came out. Check out which sets we liked, which ones we loved, and which ones we didn't like.
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Episode 7
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49:58
Our Favorite Cards (of each card type)
Everyone has a few pet cards. Cards that nobody else likes, but you *love* because you pulled it off with something crazy exactly one time and you've been chasing that high ever since. Well, we're talking about some of those today while we talk...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:26:08
What Do You Value in a Commander?
Expanding upon our previous episode, we talk more about what we value in commanders, and how those preferences influence the decks we build. Do you prefer your commanders to be the engines of your deck, or would you rather they be the finishing...
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Episode 5
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1:30:45
Finding Your Niche
Do you have any Magic: The Gathering decks that you just don't like all the much, and you're not sure why? Do you have some that you love and you want to figure out how to make more that you love just as much? This episode we're...
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Episode 4
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1:04:57
The Evolution of Magic: The Gathering (since we started playing)
This episode, Levi and Luke discuss how the game has changed since they started playing over a decade ago. Standard used to be the premier format, but it's almost non-existent now. What else has changed?
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Episode 3
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1:19:00
The Unwritten Rules
Magic: The Gathering is a complex game with a complex set of rules. And like many other parts of life, the community has created a few unwritten rules and codes of conduct that people generally abide by. We discuss some of those rules, how we p...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:18:53
The First Episode - Our Magic: The Gathering Stories
Hey! Welcome to our Magic: The Gathering podcast. We're Levi Stevenson and Luke Vorwald, and we're casual Magic players that love the game and love talking about it. We're here to talk about the nuances of our game and give you our view from th...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:20:43