Welcome to the fourth Community Corner Creator Spotlight! In this article series, we interview and spotlight creators within the Magic community. We showcased MTGRookies and Garage The Gathering in <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/community-corner-creator-spotlight-mtg-rookies-and-garage-the-gathering">our previous Community Corner Creator Spotlight</a> article.
Today, we are happy to present two more interviews, this time with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BlueCollarCommander" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blue Collar Commander</a> and members of the team behind <a href="http://twitch.tv/CMDRsealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Commander Sealed</a>, below. They bring the perspectives of their time within the Magic community in its many forms. They also have a few events upcoming that you'll appreciate learning more about!
<h2 data-slot-rendered-content="true">Blue Collar Commander</h2>
<a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-186886" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11.jpeg" alt="Image credit: Blue Collar Commander" width="745" height="559" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11.jpeg 2016w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image11-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px" /></a>
<a href="https://bccmtg.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blue Collar Commander</a> is a relatively new Commander content creator, having started their content in December of 2024. However, despite the channel's age, in their first year of content creation BCC managed to fundraise over $17,000 for The Trevor Project in conjunction with Commander Sealed. This month, they worked with over 30 other creators to raise over $10,000 in charity funds as well. Such a philanthropic juggernaut cannot be overstated!
How did you first get into Magic, and what is the first set release you remember playing?
I first got into Magic through an old friend showing me the card <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Damn" href="#" target="_blank">Damn</a>. I had played some card games in the past, but never Magic. My friend was going through cards and showed me the card. I loved the card art and wanted to learn more about the game! They took me to the local game store for a prerelease that weekend which was for the Phyrexia: All Will Be One set! I have been absolutely hooked ever since.
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What is your favorite card/commander and why?
My absolute favorite card is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Phyrexian Obliterator|NPH|68" href="#" target="_blank">Phyrexian Obliterator</a>! Specifically, the Todd Lockwood art. The card art is absolutely amazing, and what the card does is insanely brutal. I was definitely one of the ones running Golgari fight club when it was Standard legal! Phyrexian Obliterator, <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bushwhack" href="#" target="_blank">Bushwhack</a>, and a dream!
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Why do you create content for Magic instead of other games? 
I am a man of many hobbies. I’ve always jumped from one thing to another. Guitars, drawing, restoring vehicles, you name it. Magic is the one hobby I have ever had that has completely kept hold of my busy brain. There’s just so much to do. So many different ways to play, collect, and most importantly, gather. Through my content, I’m able to really show my love of the game and just be myself while I do it!
What is the goal of your content?
This is an ever-evolving question. I feel like the content creation journey comes in phases. The first phase goal, you’re not sure if you can even do it. If you’ll be successful enough or have the time. You have your passions, the things you like to do or talk about, but you’re still figuring it out. Your goal is just to make it there.
In phase two, you realize that you’re more than capable. You’ve conquered your fears and worries. That’s when the true content comes. The stuff that doesn’t take 30 takes because you were so nervous to get it just right when it truly doesn’t make that much of a difference. Your goal is to just figure out your lane. Start to iron out what your content is about and why.
The third phase comes naturally. You’re past the nervousness for the most part. You’re confident. Eager. You can look at and track your growth. Set goals. But most importantly, your community is now full of individuals who share your passions, morals, and values. You have a team. You have people who have your back, no questions asked. People who take consistent time out of their lives to be a part of what you’ve created. Your goal is now to never let that community down. To stay passionate, stay true to yourself, and to rally your community towards aligned morals and passions.
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What about life outside Magic influences your content?
My blue-collar job! I’m a Master Electrician! Construction workers work very, very hard all day long, most often out in the elements. Guess what? We’re nerds too! Many times did we leave job sites to go straight to the LGS just to hang out and catch some games. Bringing our deodorant, of course… My channel represents the blue-collar workers within the community.
What is one thing you would change about Magic?
Although I do enjoy Universes Beyond sets, I think they should be limited to twice a year. I understand the business need for drawing in new players, etc. But too much can be bad. I was brought in, all bright-eyed, learning about multi-dimensional/planar war with Phyrexians and all sorts of beings. Can we bring more of that stuff back, please?
Are you attending/hosting any upcoming events where players could meet you?
Absolutely! I’ll be attending the following later this year!
MagicCon Atlanta
Commander Sealed
Commandfest Toronto
More to be announced!
<h2>Commander Sealed</h2>
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An effort between a collective of Magic players in Rochester, NY, and the host of the event, Just Games Rochester, <a href="https://commandersealed.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Commander Sealed</a> is one of the East Coast's biggest Commander events not run or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast. The event has grown massively since its seriously grassroots beginnings in 2019. Its philanthropic side also cannot be overstated, as it raises funds for both <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Trevor Project</a> and <a href="https://translifeline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trans Lifeline</a>. Founder Dean Gootee and Social Media Manager Michael Bauman-Sarchet represent Commander Sealed as they spoke with us.
How did you first get into Magic, and what is the first set release you remember playing?
DG: I first played Magic in high school. I believe OG Kamigawa and Mirrodin were in Standard at the time. I recall playing a friend’s deck and everyone dumping on him for running four <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sensei&#039;s Divining Top" href="#" target="_blank">Sensei&#039;s Divining Top</a> (because the card was soooo bad). I picked up cards and played very casually through college, but didn’t actually seriously start playing until Mirrodin Besieged came out. The first prerelease I remember playing in was New Phyrexia, where I recall being impressed by <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Slash Panther" href="#" target="_blank">Slash Panther</a>.
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MBS: My local video store had some boosters alongside the NES Games. They made me super curious because some had elves and dragons on them. I didn’t have much money, so I bought the boosters that were only $1.99 instead of the ones that were $2.99. So I owned a lot of Homelands and Fallen Empires cards when I could have been paying $1 more for Legends and Revised.
What is your favorite card/commander and why?
DG: It’s really hard to choose a favorite. I completed the Chromatic Challenge, building a deck for every color combination, and have continued building…yet more decks anyway, for whatever unholy reason. I feel like each of my decks has its own unique personality based on the way it plays and how I was feeling as I built it. Recently, I have been reaching for <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer" href="#" target="_blank">Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer</a> more than most of my other decks. I really enjoy building around an innocuous mechanic like looters and being allowed to pull off some weird tricks with discarding cards to get around timing restrictions.
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MBS: My favorite card is <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Intruder Alarm" href="#" target="_blank">Intruder Alarm</a>; I’ve been trying to break that one for about 15 years. My favorite commander is either <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Balthor the Defiled" href="#" target="_blank">Balthor the Defiled</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oji, the Exquisite Blade" href="#" target="_blank">Oji, the Exquisite Blade</a>. I’ll say Oji because that’s the commander that I top 4’d at a Commander Sealed event with, and I still have the deck.
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Why do you create content for Magic instead of other games?
DG: It’s a pretty straightforward, maybe even dumb, reason: I just like Magic. A lot. Or at least that’s why I started making content. I suppose it’s evolved somewhat since my beginnings. 
MBS: Well, I also create content for the Zelda 1 (NES) Randomizer Community, alongside working as an admin on the tournament Discord. But Magic is the one game where it’s so deep that you can spend a weekend playing competitive Standard on Friday, a Premodern charity event Saturday, and playtest for a budget cEDH tournament Sunday.
What is the goal of your content?
DG: The goal of Commander Sealed’s content is ultimately to make things better for everyone. All of our content, despite how cool Magic is and how fun our format is, is centered on trying to raise money for The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. We strongly believe in queer folks’ right to a bright and happy future, and we are fighting towards that in our own small way.
MBS: Our goal is to raise awareness for our charities, Trans Lifeline and Trevor Project. I tell people that if you are not being proactive in helping others around you who need help, you are failing at being a good person. There are so many opportunities to help fight poverty, discrimination, disease, miseducation, hatred… Now’s the time to step up, whether it’s time, money, voice, or even just making your loved ones and family talk about topics they avoid so they learn.
<div id="attachment_186910" style="width: 2058px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-186910" class="size-full wp-image-186910" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393.jpg" alt="" width="2048" height="1053" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393.jpg 2048w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393-300x154.jpg 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393-768x395.jpg 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2393-1536x790.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a>Commander Sealed 2024 (Photo by Nick Wolf)</div>
What about life outside Magic influences your content?
DG: There’s a certain punk ethos to Commander Sealed’s approach to content. We aren’t afraid to be a little bit edgier in our approach and say what we’re thinking, though we have become more focused and professional about it in recent years. 
MBS: Too much! We are starting our annual ramp-up to our September convention soon, with weekly Bracket 1 Commander content featuring our team of content creators who are raising funds for the two charities. So, coordinating my schedule, finishing my bachelor’s degree, finding new work, and taking care of my wife and our friends. And I need to find a way to get to Dean’s house for his weekly game at some point in between all that, so we can playtest this year’s end-of-round event.
What is one thing you would change about Magic?
DG: I would kill Universes Beyond. Hands down, that is the best thing that could happen for Magic.
MBS: The Reserved List is an easy one, but something a little more Hot Take is to stop trying to make every set “for everyone”. Companies like Games Workshop and Lego have done well scaling back and focusing more on the players' well-being for a few years, and then following up with big splashy things when the player base expands. I think that strategy would help Wizards of the Coast because it feels like their decisions don’t have a 3-, 5-, or 8-year plan, and I’d like to see that. And I think going back to some specialty products like another Commander-based set, a new Modern Masters, or a Pioneer Masters would do a great job of grabbing people who are starting to get disenfranchised. Oh, and let them unionize, seriously, Wizards.
Are you attending/hosting any upcoming events where players could meet you?
DG: I will be at Commander Sealed, but I won’t be at any other events this year in particular.
MBS: I’ll be at the Bufftown Bullies Charity Fundraiser on June 13th in Buffalo, NY, at the Mana Bar, and I’m trying to find a way to attend the Excalibur Events cEDH Tournament in Pittsburgh, PA, in July. And of course, you can find us at Commander Sealed September 18th to 20th in Rochester, NY.
<div id="attachment_186911" style="width: 2058px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-186911" class="size-full wp-image-186911" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397.jpg" alt="" width="2048" height="1056" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397.jpg 2048w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397-300x155.jpg 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397-768x396.jpg 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MG_2397-1536x792.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a>Commander Sealed 2024 in full swing. (Photo by Nick Wolf)</div>
<h3>Read More:</h3>
https://edhrec.com/articles/community-corner-creator-spotlight-mtg-rookies-and-garage-the-gathering
https://edhrec.com/articles/community-corner-interview-with-dianaoftherose
https://edhrec.com/articles/veterans-the-gathering-brings-vets-and-magic-together

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Creator Spotlight: Commander Sealed and Blue Collar Commander

On Monday, September 15th, the staff for Commander Sealed, a charity-fundraising Commander event in Rochester, NY, announced that this year's event raised over $100,000! A co-organizer of the event and the owner of Just Games Rochester, Matt Vercant, made the announcement earlier that morning, stating that the event had officially raised $104,677.
According to the stats found on Commander Sealed's official event website, this year the event raised $37,428 for <a href="https://translifeline.org/">Trans Lifeline</a> and $66,629 for <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/">The Trevor Project</a>. Commander Sealed billed The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline as "dueling charities" for this event for the third consecutive year. Many content creators also worked to raise funds for these charities outside of the event proper, and Commander Sealed includes those funds in their final fundraising total.
According to <a href="https://commandersealed.com/commander-sealed-raises-over-104000/">the full announcement</a> on Commander Sealed's website:
<blockquote>THANK YOU to everyone who made last weekend’s Commander Sealed 2025 fundraising event for The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline a huge success! This year we raised over $104,000!
Trans Lifeline Fundraising Total: $37,428* 
Trevor Project Fundraising Total: $66,629*
GRAND TOTAL FUNDRAISING
$104,677
That is more than double our impact from 2024, and over 600% more fundraising impact than we had in 2022, our first year of 200+ players. Crucial timing of our donations to take advantage of Pride Month and Back to School matches on Trevor Project also helped our community maximize the total impact of our cash fundraising this year in ways we’ve never done before.
*Includes matched donations made by our Content Creation community during The Trevor Project’s 5:1 Pride Month matching offer and their September 1:1 back to school match, as well as funds pledged, proceeds from the auction, and all donations recorded on the respective charities Commander Sealed fundraising page.</blockquote>
The announcement went on to thank many sponsors, artists, and content creators for their part in making this event possible. For full disclosure, we here at EDHREC have sponsored Commander Sealed for quite a few years at this point, and were among those thanked in the announcement.
Naturally, we are so thrilled that Commander Sealed reached such a momentous goal this year! We hope the momentum can continue to heighten in the future. Way to go!

Commander Sealed Raises Over $100k for its Dueling Charities

<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Doubling Cube" href="#" target="_blank">Doubling Cube</a> | Illustrated by <a href="http://www.marktedin.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Tedin</a>
Yesterday, we covered <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/edge-of-eternities-two-new-commander-formats-announced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Commander Box League</a>, an event that Wizards of the Coast is spearheading for Edge of Eternities. Many players seem to find some issues with it.
Because it's a sanctioned event format, there's not a lot that players can do to change the policies of this event series. However, with this article, I'd like to introduce a way to augment your next Sealed Box league for Commander play that may revolutionize the way you play it.
<h2>Background</h2>
For a few years, I've tried to make the Commander Boxing League work. I started my first foray into it with Zendikar Rising, and that ended rather poorly with no actual games conducted. The idea simply petered out amongst my playgroup.
The next booster Commander Boxing League saw me with a booster box of Bloomburrow. This posed its own set of distinct issues despite games firing with more ease. My playgroup had great commanders but not necessarily the needed tools to make a deck work smoothly.
I mulled this idea over for the better part of a year, and, with Final Fantasy, finally got to enact a means to make a Commander Booster Box League fire on all cylinders for myself and two other eager playtesters.
Enter: The Booster Box Buffer Kit.
<h2>What Is the Booster Box Buffer Kit?</h2>
Simply put, this kit is a 70-strong singleton kit of cards that each player in your Commander Sealed Box event should have ready and open access to that augments one of the most major aspects of any Commander deck: mana smoothing. The kit contains 13 artifacts and 57 lands, in its current iteration.
Furthermore, these cards assist with mana production, fixing, land fetching, and even a little bit of card advantage.
Notably, all of the cards in the Buffer Kit are easy to fit in many single players' given budgets, at about $41 for the full kit. They're all geared towards generic usefulness in Commander and augment your experience for a much smoother game. In turn, this allows you to focus on putting more of your cool cards from your booster box proper into the deck.
<h2>Positives to the Buffer Kit</h2>
According to one player who playtested this with me during the Final Fantasy prerelease:
<blockquote>The supplemental material is very helpful at helping players feel like they can still play on curve even when their box cards aren’t “ready” to go in an opening hand. Having something to play every turn helps keep games competitive through midgame. The question is in picking the right dual lands or staples. Maybe some decks really want a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="City of Brass" href="#" target="_blank">City of Brass</a>-like card instead of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Command Tower" href="#" target="_blank">Command Tower</a>, for instance. It adds a selection mini-game to break up the initial overwhelming excitement for new, unplayed cards.</blockquote>
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As my playtester points out, the potential for mutability from set to set is one positive aspect of this kit. What works in a lands-matter set like Zendikar Rising won't always work for a set like Edge of Eternities or Bloomburrow. As such, cards can be added or removed to shore up any glaring issues with a given set, be they mana fixing, land fetching, or pretty much any other general aspect of the Commander play experience.
Fortunately, my other playtester noted how smoothly the games we played went. Mana fixing was so easy to draw into. Because of this, we all had an easy experience getting to our needed land drops. In turn, this allowed us all to secure mana on time for our more impactful plays to be made in an even measure.
Furthermore, this kind of buffer to a booster box's Sealed pool enables players to more easily use their cards in a manner more befitting the actual rules of Commander. Singleton decks with 100 total cards are much easier to make with this kit. They'll also be able to adhere well to color identity rules as Commander as a format dictates.
<h2>Potential Shortcomings of the Buffer Kit</h2>
My other playtester for the Booster Box Buffer Kit praised it highly. That said, they pointed out one possible issue with it. Being a 70-card list, it may be a bit too much for the average player to amass four times over. Shortening the list may be a necessity for some playgroups.
However, my colleague also remarked that doing so may limit options too much. As such, adding or replacing options will almost always feel better than simply removing them.
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To this end, I can agree with my colleague. If you want to cut some amount of cards from this list, I would advise you cut one to two full cycles of dual lands, such as the Ravnica Karoo cycle (<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Azorius Chancery" href="#" target="_blank">Azorius Chancery</a> and friends) the lifegain duals (<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tranquil Cove" href="#" target="_blank">Tranquil Cove</a>, etc.), or the "Thriving" land cycle (<a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thriving Heath" href="#" target="_blank">Thriving Heath</a>, etc.).
This in turn will cut down on some options while keeping similar options open, if you cut no more than two of these aforementioned cycles. Remember, your playgroup will want equal treatment here so you'll want three or four of each card in the Kit as you see fit to add them.
<h2>Buffer Kit List</h2>
This list focuses on my personal iteration of the Buffer Kit. Feel free to make your own additions and subtractions from it to enhance your experience.
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*1 Arcane Sanctum
*1 Ash Barrens
*1 Azorius Chancery
*1 Bloodfell Caves
*1 Blossoming Sands
*1 Boros Garrison
*1 Bountiful Landscape
*1 Command Tower
*1 Contaminated Landscape
*1 Crumbling Necropolis
*1 Deceptive Landscape
*1 Dimir Aqueduct
*1 Dismal Backwater
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Foreboding Landscape
*1 Frontier Bivouac
*1 Golgari Rot Farm
*1 Gruul Turf
*1 Izzet Boilerworks
*1 Jungle Hollow
*1 Jungle Shrine
*1 Myriad Landscape
*1 Mystic Monastery
*1 Nomad Outpost
*1 Opal Palace
*1 Opulent Palace
*1 Orzhov Basilica
*1 Path of Ancestry
*1 Perilous Landscape
*1 Rakdos Carnarium
*1 Reliquary Tower
*1 Rugged Highlands
*1 Rupture Spire
*1 Sandsteppe Citadel
*1 Savage Lands
*1 Scoured Barrens
*1 Seaside Citadel
*1 Seething Landscape
*1 Selesnya Sanctuary
*1 Shattered Landscape
*1 Sheltering Landscape
*1 Shimmering Grotto
*1 Simic Growth Chamber
*1 Swiftwater Cliffs
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Thornwood Falls
*1 Thriving Bluff
*1 Thriving Grove
*1 Thriving Heath
*1 Thriving Isle
*1 Thriving Moor
*1 Tranquil Cove
*1 Tranquil Landscape
*1 Twisted Landscape
*1 Wind-Scarred Crag
[/Lands]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Chromatic Star
*1 Commander&#039;s Sphere
*1 Expedition Map
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Hedron Archive
*1 Mind Stone
*1 Prismatic Lens
*1 Prophetic Prism
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Thought Vessel
*1 Wayfarer&#039;s Bauble
*1 World Map
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<h2>The Future of the Buffer Kit</h2>
I'm sure I'll make adjustments to the experience. As sets come out and their themes are made more apparent, I may remove certain cards from the Kit list. Even so, I'll work to retain a majority of the core of this experience. Feel free to try this out at your next Sealed Commander Booster Box event!
And now, I'd really like to hear from the readership of this article. Do you think this idea will make Sealed Commander Box Leagues better for players? What do you think about the possibility of using this kit in the future? Finally, does it appeal to you more than the previously-announced Commander Box League, for example? Sound off below!

Adding Buffers to a Commander Booster Box League

The Commander Sealed event in Rochester, NY, is quickly becoming a highlight for Magic: The Gathering players in the region. This year's event takes place from September 13th to the 15th at the RIT Inn and Convention Center. The event draws fans of the Commander format who crave a new and unique twist on Sealed. This event challenges participants to construct their Commander decks from a limited pool of Sealed booster packs. This gets players pushing their strategic thinking and creativity to the limit.
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The Magic community has even begun to embrace this innovative format. It created an atmosphere of excitement and camaraderie where players face off and open packs. Every card pulled can dramatically shift the direction a deck is built. This event not only showcases the diversity of the Commander format but the social aspect of the format.
<h2>The Format</h2>
One thing that makes Commander Sealed such a unique event is the format itself. Players are still are using 98-99 cards plus a command zone as it gets filled and follow the color identity restrictions. Where the format diverges from traditional constructed Commander is the card pool. Participants at Commander Sealed are given 14 semi-randomized packs which they open and build there card pool from. Another factor with this pushing the boundary further is the continuous construction of the decks. This unique rule lets players freely exchange cards from their pool with others within their pods to assist with their own decks and their pod mates. Once the deck construction phase is complete cards can still be swapped between mainboard and side board in between rounds as well.
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Now, say that you're attending the event and you happen to open a <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hullbreacher" href="#" target="_blank">Hullbreacher</a> in a pack. This is normally a round of bad news as it is banned for play in Commander. Thankfully, at Commander Sealed you're able to play all cards that you open in your packs. If you happen to be a fan of <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primeval Titan" href="#" target="_blank">Primeval Titan</a> or <a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Braids, Cabal Minion" href="#" target="_blank">Braids, Cabal Minion</a> this is the event for you! If you want a more detailed breakdown of the format and have more questions, check out the<a href="https://commandersealed.com/primer/"> format primer</a> for more information.
<h2>The Weekend</h2>
Commander Sealed even offers a huge, fun-packed weekend of Magic for those not playing in the main event. Whether you want to grind side events for value or check out the artist alley, everyone will have something to do. The event kicks off Friday with a welcome party, gaming, and a comedy show featuring <a href="https://x.com/mikecarrozza">Mike Carrozza</a>. Mike is the host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast">Am I the Bolcast?</a> and a professional comedian so make sure to show up early! Saturday also features a full day of side events to match the main event. Finally, Sunday will wrap up with VIP events and meet and greets for many of your favorite creators. Among these events will also be a live show from the entire Am I the Bolcast crew!
For a full listing of all the side events and weekend activities make sure to check out the official <a href="https://commandersealed.com/schedule/">weekend calendar</a>.
<h2>The Cause</h2>
One of the reasons Commander Sealed has taken off like it has also comes down to its purpose. Commander Sealed started as a fundraiser and continues to raise money for Trans Lifeline and The Trevor Project. All of the proceeds from the event after production costs are then donated to the two charities. This makes the event one of the few where you can have a great time supporting an even better cause.
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If you are in the New England and upstate New York area and need to get your fix for a weekend full of Commander, mark your calendars. Every year has slowly grown and added more to experience and this year's event will be no different. Check out the <a href="https://commandersealed.com/">Commander Sealed website</a> for more details on the full weekend including specials guests and artists. I hope to see you there!

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