We talk about decks on this podcast all the time. But what actually happens behind the scenes before we get here and share a deck with you? Join us this episode as Andy gets into all the details of how he makes sure his decks don’t just have a chance to do something cool, but unmolested, will do exactly what he wants every time. And as a bonus, Andy gets us started on a Polukranos, Unchained deck! Andy’s Polukranos, Unchained deck: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: T...
Mar 16, 2020•2 hr 33 min
If you’re the bottom brick in the stack, prepare your ass, because we’re bringing the dim mak to this fight. Join us as Andy takes on Jamie, Chaos Brewer’s (toffeecrisp) Rhonas the Indomitable deck. It’s a tour of building a solid foundation to leverage your commander to deliver a deathly blow to your opponents and their plans. Check out Jamie’s deck: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ----------------------------------- Intro and outro music...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Pour a glass of kombucha. Grill up your black bean burger. Tighten up your vegan belt. Because we’ve got a hipster deck for you. This week we’re diving into a listener deck that has the Triad of Fates at the helm. Join us as Kyle explores what RaginOwlBear has cooking in the deck and takes a stab at trying to bring this lesser-used commander closer to its full potential. Stay tuned until the end for another deck Kyle brewed if you’re in the mood to make your playgroup miserable. Kyle’s changes t...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 39 min
You ever get something new and realize you just wish you had the old one? Who needs New Coke when you have Coca-Cola classic (we swear to God, this isn’t an ad)? Join us for a therapy session as Kyle tells the tale his journey through the underworld with Erebos, Bleak-Hearted and how he came to find he only has eyes for Erebos, God of the Dead. Kyle’s Erebos, Bleak-Hearted deck: Kyle’s Erebos, God of the Dead deck: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_c...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 24 min
The council has spoken yet again. We’re talking about archetypes we’d like to see improved, and in so doing, we’re focusing on Voltron. What is wrong with Voltron? Why doesn’t it work? What are its blind-spots? Join us as Andy and Kyle try to figure out what is holding Voltron back and where Wizards of the Coast needs to focus design energy to make it more viable in the format. ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ------------------------------...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Grab your shades, lather on the suntan lotion, trim your mustache and wash your thong, cause we’re partnering up with Ludevic and Sidar Kondo to get in there and get physical with our opponents. Join us as we explore listener Ameen P’s deck and Andy checks in with his experience and insights from this crime-solving duo. Here’s Ameen P’s decklist: Here’s Andy’s version: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ----------------------------------- Int...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Look, we’ve been telling you that you don’t come to us for precision work. Expect approximate work from the Legendary Creature – Podcast. But because we know some of you nerds cringe each time you hear us say the name of your favorite legend, we know we have to invite the Legendary Creature – Linguistics Department in to show us the errors of our ways… or vindicate our apparent mispronunciations. ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature -----------...
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Come with us on a journey to a new world, a land of impossible wealth and opportunity. Put your name down in the annals of history and return to a life of fame and fortune. Or just get bit by this f*ckin’ vampire and have some fun playing Commander! This week we dive into a Patron deck and explore Sun’s Champion’s build for Elenda, the Dusk Rose. Find out what this deck is doing to create a happy medium of fun for the pilot and fun for the playgroup. Who knew allowing your commander to go the gr...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Blue. You know you hate those frickin’ fricks! They’re ruining everything! Someone at your table is marrying that god-forsaken color with some loath-able strategy that we never see coming. Everything happens out of their hand at the ideal moment, culminating in a disgusting masturbatory act that should be punishable with Magic prison. So how do we stop those spellslingers in their tracks and make them pay for their greed? Join us as Andy guides us to flipping someone’s plans to play solitaire on...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Science says 100 percent of people fail. Don’t quote us on that, but we’re pretty sure it’s true. Turns out that translates to deck building sometimes too. So, what happens when our clearly polished ideas for decks turn out to be real-life turds? Join us as Kyle and Andy talk a walk through their deck graveyard to see what deck failed and try to find out why. ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ----------------------------------- Intro and out...
Jan 27, 2020•2 hr 23 min
Strap on your armor. Summon the legion. Make sacrifices to the gods. Load the kids into the extended cab chariot. We’re going back to Theros! We’d make more allusions to the story, but there isn’t one. There might not be a story, but there are cards for commander players. Join us as Kyle tries to bring the gods to the Maury Povich show and Andy tries—tries—to get us through the good and the chaff as we wend our way through the land blessed and cursed by Nyx. ----------------------------------- P...
Jan 20, 2020•3 hr 27 min
Sometimes you’ve gotta go to the lands of the undead to really get what you want. This month for our tech tutor, we’re following a brave soul into the shard of Grixis to see if we can find an artifacts deck. Join us as Andy gets into the guts of a listener deck and explores the possibilities of Grixis and partners for piloting artifacts. Chris Von Doom’s deck: Andy’s Partnered Artifacts Decks: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature --------------...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Another year has come and gone. Let’s jump into our DeLorean and go back to 2019 to refresh ourselves on what happened. Join Andy and Kyle to figure out just what happened in the last year of EDH. Go check out Logan's Etsy store. He was super kind to share some merch with us. Link below: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ----------------------------------- Intro and outro music artists vary each episode, but comes courtesy of the sexy souls ...
Jan 05, 2020•2 hr 8 min
Jace, Liliana, Teferi and others may look good on product promotion materials, but they can be hard to deal with when you have to face a collection of them in the deck across the table of you. Join Andy and Kyle as they dive into ideas for how to deal with the pesky planeswalkers you deal with, and especially those nuisance superfriends decks. Check out Kyle’s non-comprehensive list of anti-planeswalker cards here: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_c...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 30 min
Didn’t your mother ever teach you to share? Who needs all five colors in their deck? Well, maybe Golos, Tireless Pilgrim doesn’t. Kyle explores a patron submitted Golos deck that is running cards only in the Abzan colors. Join us to find out what Golos can still do without all the colors of the wind. Ajani’s Gay Pridemate’s Golos deck: Kyle’s version: Kyle’s in-progress Golos blink deck: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature --------------------...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Do I really need to own a small, cute, loving, yet useless dog? No, but I love having him around anyway. What about cards? Are there cards in our decks that are just as vestigial to our decks as our pets are to our families? Probably! So let’s explore those cards. We’ll throw out a few of our pet cards and a bunch of cards that you patrons threw our way too. Maybe we’ll even find a few useful pets along the way. God forbid my dog bring me the newspaper or a weird magic card actual do something f...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 27 min
Is there a strategy in your playgroup that’s out of control? Does it have something to do with graveyards? You can either call the Ghost Busters at 1-800-555-2368 or join us for this week’s episode. Andy shares some cards, commanders, and strategies for combating those pesky decks that have run amok in your playgroup by abusing graveyards like some heathen demon worshipping teenagers. ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature -----------------------...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 38 min
We may not know your name. But we will tech your deck. Andy takes on the patron deck of the month and goes through Rashmi, Eternities Crafter. He explores preserving the core of a deck and trying to get it to where it has the capacity to win more consistently. Andy’s Rashmi: Jsay9663’s Rashmi: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ----------------------------------- Intro and outro music artists vary each episode, but comes courtesy of the sexy ...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 4 min
The will of the patron council has spoken and turns out you sick-o’s like to get in on our therapy sessions. Join us as Kyle and Andy wander into the perilous space of talking about the subjective impact of tutors and the power levels people operate with when they come to the table. Be sure to check out the dope work of Commander Theory that we reference in this episode: ----------------------------------- Patreon: YouTube: Discord: Twitter: @legend_creature ----------------------------------- I...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 15 min
This man is delusional. Get him out of here. Or bring him on in to explain this convoluted nuclear reactor of a deck. Andy explores taking artifacts and a building deck with a big enough cross-section in its Venn diagram to create a mega deck capable of being piloted by commanders with different objectives. Andy explains his Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer deck and creates a build with enough cross over to modulate into an Emry, Lurker of the Loch deck. Check out our Patreon page. You don’t have to pay ...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 29 min
We’re getting into a deep dive commander theme: legends that give you 1/1 tokens for jumping through their hoop. Kyle then shares an enchantment build for Alela that is ready to punish your opponents for entering this Ferngully. Kyle then takes a listener’s idea for Kykar and adds his own twist to the build. Also! We’ve started a Patreon. Come support us. You don’t have to pay money to support Legendary Creature content. Head to the page to see what you can do: Check out Kyle’s Alela list here: ...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 36 min
Korvold’s wedding went oh so wrong. But can this commander go oh so right for us? Join us as Andy explores what boxes need to be checked for a good commander and shares his build for Korvold with Kyle. Check out Andy’s Korvold deck here: ----------------------------------- Come watch us actually play commander and check out AP’s lore videos on our YouTube channel: Find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or wherever you grab your RSS feeds. Also, ask your smart speakers to ...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Whether you’re coming from another format or you’re new to Magic, the journey to becoming a commander player can be journey fraught with a variety of difficulties. You can feel like a gazelle getting its ass eaten. Or a young boy crossing into puberty. No matter the metaphor, some helpful advice can make the change of coming into commander a little easier. Join Andy and Kyle as they draw from their experience to provide some tips that will make commander a softer format to land in. -------------...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 39 min
With our hamster ancestry and elderberry scent, we ride into glorious adventure, hopeful that no beast with really sharp teeth shall fall upon us. In the end, we shall vanquish our foe and their spark of life shall be smothered in shite. Join us as Andy unpacks his build for Syr Konrad, the Grim. Kyle then side-steps Syr Gwyn to see if he can use all our newly acquired knights to turn his Sylvia and Khorvath deck into a Knight tribal deck. Check out Andy’s Konrad list here: Check out Kyle’s Sylv...
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Our transportation turned into a pumpkin. Our romantic interests turned into frogs. Apples do NOT keep the doctor away. Lakes hold great mystery and danger. The magic cards we want are hidden in gamble packages. And Wizards of the Coast made us a gigantic sandwich—and you’re wondering what we’re going to do with that sandwich. Throne of Eldraine is once upon this time. And that means another set review. Andy and Kyle review all the legends, break down the set, and try to make the product underst...
Sep 23, 2019•2 hr 36 min
Are you over all the new s#!t yet? Yeah, what do you do when you can’t shake a stick at all the legends that come pouring out of new products? You keep teching like it’s Tron. Andy dives into a tech or Rankle, Master of Pranks. That’s right, Thrones of Eldraine time. Kyle keeps the Commander 2019 train going by taking a look at Greven, Predator Captain. Andy gives a breakdown of an already tested Marisi, Breaker of the Coil deck that really messes with everyone’s plans. Kyle then goes through an...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 33 min
Join us as Trolley takes us into the imaginary kingdom of Naya, to see what it has to offer us. A cat that beats up mean cats? Check. And a guy who got excommunicated from his cult? Check! Andy gives a breakdown of an already tested Marisi, Breaker of the Coil deck that really messes with everyone’s plans. Kyle then goes through an unlikely take on Ghired, Conclave Exile, leveraging the Naya colors for a token deck with some truly bizarre yet fiery interactions. Check out Andy’s Marisi lister he...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Pramikon is bouncing everyone out of the combat club. But for what? Kyle explores the idea of building a wall between a bunch of planeswalkers and everyone else’s ability to have fun. Andy and Kyle also reflect on a fun weekend at Magic Fest Las Vegas. Check out Kyle’s Pramikon list here: ----------------------------------- Come watch us actually play commander and check out other videos on our YouTube channel: Find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or wherever you grab y...
Aug 30, 2019•1 hr 22 min
We’re starting a new series where we explore why certain commanders got retired from our playgroup. Join us as Andy takes a walk down memory lane, a place lined with cages and the faint memory of eye-rolls, exasperation, general despair, all pointing to a time when Mairsil roamed these parts. Andy and Kyle try to find out why Mairsil no longer comes to the table and if there is a build that is socially acceptable. Or is Mairsil just too psychotic to have friends? --------------------------------...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Your favorite gift-giving holiday continues. We’re completing our review of the new preconstructed commander decks and all their juicy—and not so juicy—contents. Join Andy and Kyle as the dive into two of the new decks: Mystic Intellect and Primal Genesis. ----------------------------------- Come watch us actually play commander and check out other videos on our YouTube channel: Find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or wherever you grab your RSS feeds. Also, ask your sma...
Aug 16, 2019•2 hr 32 min
