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Weird Harvest — Cyclonic Rift is my Commander!
Welcome back to Weird Harvest, the column devoted to all things jank. This week we have our sights set on an Esper commander that tries to do something on its color identity. I know, the notion shocked me as well when it initially occurred to me. As I contemplated this thought for a bit it […]
Low Market — Malicious Intet
Intet, the Dreamer art by Dan Scott Don't Let Your Dreams Be Dreams... Greetings thrifty shoppers, and welcome back to Low Market, a series on budget Commander deckbuilding. Not all that long ago, I sat down to play some Commander with a friend using as their commander. Intet is part of a five-card-turned-ten-card cycle of dragons, […]
Turning Data to Decks — Embracing New Players
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Kya Vess
Hello Everyone! Kya here! Also known slightly better as The Girl with the Lotus Tattoo! Who am I you ask? The same as you, a Commander player who enjoys spending my spare time slinging spells and talking smack while doing so. Okay...well maybe you're just into that first part about slinging spells, but I just […]
60 to 100 — Train Sucks, Soul Sisters Doesn't
Welcome yet again to another edition of 60 to 100, your favorite series on taking 60 card archetypes and bringing them to the world of Commander. This week I'm taking another reader request to cover a deck, and it happens to be one that I really enjoy this time! In case you missed the last […]
Replacement Commanders — Dueling is the Cat's Meow
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DM Cross
We are back (back again), readers! This is Replacement commanders, where we look at each of the eight new “other” legendary creatures released with the four tribal decks in the commander 2017 product. So far, we covered vampires, dragons and wizards, so there is only one tribe left…cats! I put up polls on Twitter for […]
Ultra Budget Brews — Daxos of Meletis
Ultra Budget Brews - Daxos of Meletis Hello, and welcome back to another addition of Ultra Budget Brews, the column that builds entire EDH decks that contain no card costing more than $1. As someone who writes about EDH, you would assume that I probably play more EDH than any other kind of Magic. You'd […]
Commander Showdown — Inalla vs Azami
Hocus Pocus Now that Halloween has passed, we can take off our wizard costumes... and pick up our Wizard decks! Tribal decks are all the rage this year, and one of the big decks from Commander 2017 is Arcane Wizardry, featuring . Boasting the bizarre ability to temporarily copy your creatures, Inalla has proven to […]
In the Margins — Fog
Currently, there are 2,536 decks in the EDHREC database running , and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome back to In the Margins, a periodic column where I make grandiose, dismissive statements about decent, playable cards like Fog. And Fog is absolutely playable. It's got a […]
Combo Corner — Paradox Engine
Just over half a year ago, a card was announced that made many people call for it to be banned even before it was in our hands: . Some even believed it would end up being banned in standard, which was hyperbolic, and at times I can even see why someone might want also banned […]
EDH Political Science — Duel to the Death
World at War When the world is thrown into the chaos of multi-sided war there is an air of unpredictability. Each country is attempting to get an edge on the enemy, but is ultimately only concerned with survival. During the last World War, there were the Axis and Allies, but each country fought multiple fronts […]