We already covered Mercadian Masques back in February. Today we're going to dig back in time to cover the second set in the Mercadian Masques block—Nemesis. Nemesis came out in 2000, and brought back Spellshapers, alternative casting costs, Mercenaries and Rebels from the previous set. Mercenaries and Rebels are still too parasitic to be very interesting, but the […]

Welcome to the post-Commander 2017 world! It's where every player of every playstyle is stoked to jam with those new toys from WotC. Whether you dress up like a wizard and do Harry Potter cosplay while expressing your inner nerd (which we all are) or you're setting out to bash some skulls and give swirlies […]

Hello everyone and welcome to the first installment of Weird Harvest. Over the course of this series I hope to impress upon all of you one of my favorite elements of EDH, and that is using jank during our build process to disrupt our opponents. You may ask yourself, “Why would I ever intentionally put […]

This week I’m dropping the flavorful approach in favor of a more direct contribution. It was a fun experiment and may come back in the future, but for now I just want to talk unhindered about a sweet new card from Commander 2017 (C17). A Brief Aside But first just a couple thoughts on the […]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews, the article series where we build an entire EDH deck where no card costs more than $1. Normally this ends up costing right around $30, so for the cost of around 30 McDoubles from McDonalds, you can have a functional deck that will last you UNTIL […]

Alternate Timelines Here on Commander Showdown, we normally take a close look at two commanders whose abilities are very similar. Last week, for example, we went in-depth on The Ur-Dragon vs Scion of the Ur-Dragon. Long before that, we examined Roon vs Brago in a Blink-Bros Brawl. This week, I hope you'll indulge me as we try something […]

is an angel-in-training who is clearly too sexy for his shirt. Too Sexy for His Shirt Let's see what Ravos can do. Human Cleric If we like the tribal route, the pair of Ravos and are currently the second favorite "commander" for cleric tribal, which doesn't stray far outside of white and black. See for yourself at edhrec.com/tribes/clerics. […]

This article is Round 14 of the Underdog's Corner, a series spotlighting various lesser-used commanders and their place in the format. Each article makes the argument for a single commander that deserves more play, as well as highlighting key cards and synergies. Little House of Horrors Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of the Underdog's […]

Remember? The guy from that commercial? When he was all like "WIZARD!"? Remember commercials before Netflix and AdBlock? It's no coincidence that I'm bringing that up because I want to talk about WIZARDS today and I'm capitalizing every letter in the word because, have you seen the Wizards in this deck? Every new card is […]

Political parties have been a contentious part of United States politics since the founding of the nation. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote about their concerns and the benefits of "factions" on the political stage in the ninth and tenth Federalist Papers. They began a heated debate that years later led to the formation of […]