{"id":307,"date":"2020-01-06T05:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T05:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2020-01-20T04:38:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T04:38:26","slug":"personal-page-gavin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/personal-page-gavin\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Duggan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone has their degeneracies, and mine is finding homes for underplayed cards.   I play regularly online, and love playing with new players so message me to set up a game! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;FORMAT&#8221; OF THE MONTH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are lots of reasons Commander is a popular format, but variety is a big part of it.  The larger decks and singleton cards increase variety from game-to game, and the colour identity and commander availability increase deck diversity.  That said, if variety is the &#8220;spice of life&#8221; then each player has a different tolerance for that spice.  Some people prefer the consistency of eternal formats, others like rotating formats.  Weekly draft throwbacks are popular online, and some players build a deck every week.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as Commander is one format of MTG, variants of Commander can mix it up for those who crave a deckbuilding challenge or a new game flow.  Tiny Leaders, Brawl, and several other lightweight versions of commander have cropped up over the years because, even if a format can be &#8220;solved&#8221;, doing so is a fun exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, I&#8217;ve created a number of variations on that theme Commander, and starting February 1st, I&#8217;ll be publishing a new twist, idea, or hair-brained scheme each month for players to experiment with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fair warning&#8230; many of these ideas will be unpolished, and some of them may be downright bad! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gavin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS: I&#8217;m going to leave comments open so you can give feedback or let me know what you think, but I don&#8217;t have much patience for bad behavior. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Decks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nicol Bolas<br>Kaervek the Merciless<br>Dromar, the Banisher<br>Nath of the Gilt Leaf<br>Chorus of the Conclave<br>Sliver Queen<br>Sliver Legion<br>Sliver Overlord<br>Sliver Hivelord<br>The Ur-Dragon<br> Sharum, the Hedgemon<br>Rhys, the Redeemed<br> <br> <br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> Kethis, the Hidden Hand<br> Savra, Queen of the Golgari  <br>Tymaret, Murder King<br>Mayel of the Anima<br>Archangel Avacyn<br>The Academy<br>Szadek, Lord of Secrets<br>The Grand Calcutron<br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nonsocial<\/span><br>Inalia, Archmage Ritualist  <br>Oona<br>Prossh<br>Thrasios\/Tymna<br>Porphorous <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Brawl:<br>Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord <br>Ugin, the Ineffable<br>Chandra, Fire Artisan <br>Judith, the Scourge Diva<br>Domri, Chaos Bringer<br>Zegana, Utopia Speaker<br>Nicol Bolas, Dragon God<br><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has their degeneracies, and mine is finding homes for underplayed cards. I play regularly online, and love playing with new players so message me to set up a game! &#8220;FORMAT&#8221; OF THE MONTH There are lots of reasons Commander is a popular format, but variety is a big part of it. The larger decks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/personal-page-gavin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gavin Duggan<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/307\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mtgcommander.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}