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Uncompetitive Spirit — Planechase EDH, part 1

Uncompetitive Spirit — Planechase EDH, part 1

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Robin Kaas
Robin Kaas
Happy Holidays everyone! Hopefully you have some time off from school or work, and that you use this time off for some epic games of EDH with friends and family. Today, Uncompetitive Spirit brings you another way to mix things up - and make them games even more epic! I'm talking about mixing in another […]
Commander UNFocus — Grusilda, Monster Masher

Commander UNFocus — Grusilda, Monster Masher

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Nate Burgess
Nate Burgess
Do you enjoy forcing your opponents to put all their cards in the graveyard so that you can rummage through it and pick the best stuff to use for yourself? does. Would you like to mash two of the best dead creatures together to make something that has the combined might of both? would. Do […]
Low Market — Revenge of the Pauper Commander Double Feature

Low Market — Revenge of the Pauper Commander Double Feature

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Quinn Miller
Quinn Miller
Composite Golem art by Mark Tedin Double or Nothing Many moons ago, we here at Low Market made a brief double-foray into Pauper Commander, a Commander subformat where any Uncommon creature can be at the helm of deck composed entirely of Commons. My love for this obscure little format has not diminished, so we're bringing […]
Historically Speaking — Merfolk and Mayans, Oh My!

Historically Speaking — Merfolk and Mayans, Oh My!

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Charles Allison
Charles Allison
Welcome back to Historically Speaking! We’ve covered vampires, cat-people and the distinct possibility of bat-gods in previous articles. Today we proceed to examine the probable cultural influences and aesthetics of the green and blue faction of Ixalan—the River Heralds, those jade-encrusted merfolk who guard the path to the Golden City (more on that later—in a […]
Ultra Budget Brews — Rosheen Meanderer

Ultra Budget Brews — Rosheen Meanderer

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Andrew Cummings
Andrew Cummings
Hello, and welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews, the series that builds entire EDH decks with no card over $1, commander included. Last time, we were visited by the true spirit of Christmas, John McClane, who showed us how to lay waste to our enemies and anyone else who would dare threaten the Nakatomi plaza. […]
Un-mander Showdown — Grusilda vs The Mimeoplasm

Un-mander Showdown — Grusilda vs The Mimeoplasm

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
The Monster Mash Silver-bordered commanders are here for just a few short weeks, and while Un-mander isn't usually my thing, there's one legendary creature from Unstable who hits so close to home that I absolutely must write about her. I'm lucky to have many commander decks. Most are budget, several are just experiments, but there's […]
Spreading the Love — Bromances and Wolf Packs

Spreading the Love — Bromances and Wolf Packs

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Kya Vess
Kya Vess
Hello Everyone! Kya here once again to spread the love among our community once more. There was a lot of positive feedback in my last article, of which I couldn't be happier. However, I know I went after a demographic that doesn't pertain to everyone. For those who are not interested in mixing love and […]
60 to 100 — Landscapes Don't Sooth Angry Omnath

60 to 100 — Landscapes Don't Sooth Angry Omnath

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
A few weeks ago I went to Grand Prix Oklahoma City. If you've never been to a Grand Prix event I can't recommend it enough; the experience of just going and hanging out with a few thousand other nerds is pretty great. If you find such an event within driving distance just throw a few […]
Replacement Commanders — Revving up this Engine

Replacement Commanders — Revving up this Engine

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DM Cross
DM Cross
Well, ladies and goblins we are back for another installment of Replacement commanders! This series looks at all the non-face, non-Eminence or “alternate” legendary creatures for the commander 2017 precons and breaks each one down by their colors, stats, types and abilities. Once we identify the different traits of each commander, we look at the […]
Weird Harvest — I've been you

Weird Harvest — I've been you

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Christopher Russell
Christopher Russell
Hello fellow janksters and welcome back to Weird Harvest. In this installment we're going to continue along last installment's idea of running a hybrid Voltron commander. Rather than running Stax like we did with , we will focus on a traditional control strategy. There were many options available for running a control-centric commander, but my […]