SOCIAL MEDIA · CONTENT PROPOSAL

Synergy Over Spending

A content proposal to grow organic interaction for Spell Market, a future Magic: The Gathering website

Spell Market is a future website for the Magic: The Gathering community. Before it launches, the goal is to build an audience that talks back, not one that only scrolls past. To test the idea, I created a pilot reel around the most talked-about commander of The Hobbit: a budget infinite combo with Thranduil, the Elvenking that ends with one comment keyword, made to earn organic interaction in the niche.

PROJECT

Spell Market · content proposal

NICHE

Commander / EDH players in Spanish

FORMAT

Instagram Reel · pilot

WHAT THE PILOT REEL SHOWS

581

Likes on the reel

158

Comments on the reel

27%

Comments for every 100 likes

4

Budget cards to assemble the combo

THE PILOT

One commander, four cheap pieces

Thranduil has the activated abilities of every Elf in your graveyard. The pilot shows how four inexpensive Elves combine into infinite counters and infinite mana, closing with the idea behind the whole proposal for Spell Market: you don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to win, you need synergy.

THE PROPOSAL

Why this content fits Spell Market

01

THE OBJECTIVE

“ELFOS”

One comment keyword to receive the full decklist by DM

HOOK

The Hobbit’s most-built commander, right at launch

VALUE

A budget infinite combo explained in seconds

CALL TO ACTION

Comment “ELFOS” and ask which commander comes next

GOAL

Build organic interaction for Spell Market before launch

02

REACH IN THE NICHE

5,488

Commander decks built around Thranduil on EDHREC by August 23, 2026

AUDIENCE

Spanish-speaking Commander / EDH players

FORMAT

Commander, the most-played tabletop format of Magic

HASHTAGS

#MTGLatam · #MagicEspañol · #EDH · #MTGCommander

RESULT

158 comments, about 27 for every 100 likes

TAKEAWAY

Conclusion

For Spell Market, organic interaction has to come from content that is genuinely useful to players. In a niche like Magic, attention follows the release calendar and the players’ wallets, so tying the pilot to the most popular commander of The Hobbit, and to a combo anyone can afford, gave the audience a reason to stop scrolling and a reason to answer.

The result, 158 comments on 581 likes, supports the proposal: one current commander, one budget idea and one keyword that opens a direct conversation. Repeated as a series, this format can build Spell Market’s community before the website launches, so it opens with players who already talk to the brand.

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