Casual Compliance

NOTE: we recorded this prior to the February 2026 updates to the Commander Ban List and Brackets. As a result, we get a couple of things technically "wrong", but it doesn't really affect anything.

You'd think 9 mana would be a high enough cost to keep people from playing this angel, but Iona being able to just fully disable your opponents from playing a whole colour of Magic is STRONG

We finally take a look at Iona, Shield of Emeria and whether or not we could bring her off the banlist and discuss some interesting topics relating to player agency in Commander along the way.

You can find a video version of this episode at https://youtu.be/nqKbMIirmdo

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What is Casual Compliance?

Welcome to Casual Compliance, a show about Magic the Gathering's popular Commander format, but through an Australian lens. Strap in and meet your new friends Gramps (Lewis) and chillybin (Mike) as they take a focus on things like the ban list, how to be a better member of your play groups, and how to really do threat assessment at the table.