Jun 26, 2026 · 1 hr 47 min · 12 segments
Different decks built around the same commander may even call for different approaches to mana development. Andy takes Kyle into his two different builds for Bruna, the Fading light—one around making…
Yeah.
And, uh, one of the things that I've been messing around with a q- quite a lot is the fundamentals around how the mana is built into the deck.
Right.
Uh, I kinda went on a little bit of a tirade about it in the last episode, so I think I would just kinda, like, follow through with a demonstration a little bit of what I've been doing.
Okay.
And the listener can either, you know, tell me to get bent or-
[laughs]
...
I don't know, like s- maybe think about their own roster and be like, "Okay, where, where does this work?" Um, so just to kind of recap, I think what I w- what I hit on a little bit on the last episode was I'm finding that some of my decks aren't very friendly with spending the early game and a lot of card slots, uh, devoted to m- uh, m- mana, like mana artifacts-
Yeah
... specifically.
I didn't bring up mana dorks.
I didn't bring up, you know, things like Nature's Lore or whatever.
So-
Yeah
... that is not what I'm talking about f- today or, and I didn't talk about it before.
Those are, that's a different style of ramp that I think, I think is a little different and should be considered, uh, not the way I'm, not the way I'm attacking this.
Sure.
So that's a different dimension, I think, a different direction.
Yeah, yeah.
That's fair.
Um, so some of my decks I, I think want to have those early phases of developing an artifact to field and have, you know, our best imitation of a extra land play, right?
Yeah.
If I'm in a non-green deck mostly, most of the time.
I almost never run Signets in, in green decks.
Yeah.
And, uh, one of the things that I've been messing around with a q- quite a lot is the fundamentals around how the mana is built into the deck.
Right.
Uh, I kinda went on a little bit of a tirade about it in the last episode, so I think I would just kinda, like, follow through with a demonstration a little bit of what I've been doing.
Okay.
And the listener can either, you know, tell me to get bent or-
[laughs]
...
I don't know, like s- maybe think about their own roster and be like, "Okay, where, where does this work?" Um, so just to kind of recap, I think what I w- what I hit on a little bit on the last episode was I'm finding that some of my decks aren't very friendly with spending the early game and a lot of card slots, uh, devoted to m- uh, m- mana, like mana artifacts-
Yeah
... specifically.
I didn't bring up mana dorks.
I didn't bring up, you know, things like Nature's Lore or whatever.
So-
Yeah
... that is not what I'm talking about f- today or, and I didn't talk about it before.
Those are, that's a different style of ramp that I think, I think is a little different and should be considered, uh, not the way I'm, not the way I'm attacking this.
Sure.
So that's a different dimension, I think, a different direction.
Yeah, yeah.
That's fair.
Um, so some of my decks I, I think want to have those early phases of developing an artifact to field and have, you know, our best imitation of a extra land play, right?
Yeah.
If I'm in a non-green deck mostly, most of the time.
I almost never run Signets in, in green decks.
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