We first met Violet back at PAX AUS 2025 when I interviewed the Good Games Morley team, so I was so stoked to finally get her on the show. She was an absolute sweetheart and we had so much fun recording this one, which I think really came through in the edit. I think it''s a good sign that I laughed as much as I did just editing it.

This was also our first attempt at remote recording a full episode of the show. We've done similar things for our livestream setups, but this was something else entirely. The recording situation used similar tech to our livestreams, with a couple of additions that were intended to enable a more flexible post-production, but we ended up with a whole heap of audio drift on each video track that had to be manually resynced. This was a GNARLY edit.

Anyway, we've got one more card on the banlist left to go, and for that one we've lined up a guest who is even further away from us geographically speaking. Don't worry, we've got plans to tighten the recording setup by then too. At least, I sure hope we can figure that out, for my sake.

- chillybin

Hey, so, Ante sucks. What do you mean someone else is gonna take one of my cards home? These things are so expensive!

We almost forgot about Ante being on the banlist, because like Conspiracy, it's not a single card sitting on the list alongside the others. Ante as a whole is banned in Commander. We've got thoughts on why. You know the drill. Come check it out.

- chillybin

This one is the second time we've had to record an episode about a card a second time, with the first being our Fastbond episode. Much like Fastbond, we had both completely forgotten what we said the first time around, so this still came out really well. It's got a funky little ban reason too! I did not see this coming, even though I'd seen it before.

- chillybin

We're into the final four cards on the banlist, and through the randomness of the spin wheel, we've ended up with a bunch of absolute heaters to wrap this phase of our show up.

Please enjoy us talking about Channel. It's too much.

- chillybin

As we get close to the end of the banlist, here's another piece of the Power Nine for our discussion and your amusement.

Huge thanks to Palms Off Gaming for supporting this episode and providing us with their new Portal Nexus Deck Box! Head to https://palmsoffgaming.com.au/#casualcompliance and use code CCPORTAL to get 10% off your own Portal Nexus!

- chillybin