Commander Clash: Anything Goes | S10 E22

We're keeping things loose this week with another round of Anything Goes, where each of us bring whatever deck we feel like playing, with no restrictions other than our seasonal house bans (see below). Here's what we've got:

• Crim shows the power of Merfolk in Modern Commander with Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• Richard honors a viewer's request for a "true" Scarecrow deck without changelings(!) led by Reaper King
• Seth busts out a troll deck filled with cards to ask Tomer to pay the X, with Zur the Enchanter
• Tomer fulfills his charity milestone promise by playing Group Hug with Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis

Here are four decks! Which deck will win? Find out now on Commander Clash! But first, a quick reminder: if you like Commander Clash and other video content here on MTGGoldfish, make sure to subscribe to the MTGGoldfish Youtube Channel to keep up with the latest and greatest.

Crim's Deck (Svyelun)

Richard's Deck (Reaper King)

Seth's Deck (Zur)

Tomer's Deck (Kynaios & Tiro)

New Season House Bans

In addition to the official Commander ban list, we have a collection of house bans. This list changes with each season. For Season 10 we started with a clean slate and banned cards based on three loose criteria:

1. Cards that were played too much last season.
2. Cards that regularly caused games to revolve around them.
3. Cards that are far out of the budget of the average viewer.

With this in mind, here is our new ban list for Season 10:

• Rhystic Study
• Mystic Remora
• Notion Thief
• Narset, Parter of Veils
• Hullbreacher
• Gaea's Cradle
• Mana Crypt
• Strip Mine
• MLD / Mass Mana Denial like Blood Moon
• Smothering Tithe
• Teferi's Protection
• Dockside Extortionist
• Necropotence
• Survival of the Fittest

So this is a major shakeup to our ban list. A lot of Commander Clash staples like Smothering Tithe, Rhystic Study, and Dockside Extortionist are out, and there no longer will be the threat of Notion Thief + Windfalls that dominated conversations. 

However, there are some notable unbans: expensive cards like Wheel of Fortune are now allowed (for now). Plus for the first time in a long time, fast mana like Sol Ring is back on the table!

Our house bans are meant to encourage more entertaining games for you, the viewers, so let us know what you think of the new ban list! We'll be following all the feedback from the early episodes to see how you all are enjoying it.

What Are You Playing On?

We're playing Commander on a program called Magic Online. If you're interested in Magic Online then check out my guide to the program over here!

Next Week: Revenge Week!

We're bringing back our favorite losing decks from previous episodes to give them one last shot at redemption!