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EDH Political Science — Saskia and the Olive Branch

EDH Political Science — Saskia and the Olive Branch

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Rick Amundson
Rick Amundson
Have you ever been stabbed in the back? No, I haven’t had someone put a knife in my spine either, but having a friend betray you at the last moment is devastating. Nation-states try to prevent this sort of betrayal by creating treaties. They do act similarly to the ones you crafted when you realized […]
Non-Basically Speaking — Mina and Denn Wildborn

Non-Basically Speaking — Mina and Denn Wildborn

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Nick Wallace
Nick Wallace
Hello friends and Elven members of the Mul Daya tribe, welcome back to EDHREC and our continuing biweekly column, Non-Basically Speaking, the series that strives to identify non-basic lands that should be considered valuable staples or hidden gems based on their visibility on EDHREC. Today we're working on a deck that wants to crank up […]
Commander Showdown — Karador vs Meren

Commander Showdown — Karador vs Meren

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
Blast from the Past Commander Anthology comes out this Friday, inviting us all to enjoy some of our old favorites from past Commander products, such as and . The Anthology deck I'd like to spend some time on is Plunder the Graves, featuring . Before Commander 2016 gave us and , Meren was on course to […]
Partner Focus — Tymna the Weaver

Partner Focus — Tymna the Weaver

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Nate Burgess
Nate Burgess
is a popular card. It's in over 23000 decks. That's 31% of all the decks that can play the color black. What if you could do that effect more than once per turn? That would be nifty. If you could do it seven times, then you would be and you would be banned from playing Commander. It's that […]
60 to 100 — Creatures in the Toolbox

60 to 100 — Creatures in the Toolbox

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
Welcome everyone! Today we are trying something a little different. As you know, my previous series about the Singleton Guild Wheel wrapped up a couple weeks ago. With that completed, we are now moving on to a fresh mindset for my articles moving forward. The Guild Wheel was a known quantity for us, it wasn't […]
EDH Benchwarmers — Niv Mizzet, the Firemind

EDH Benchwarmers — Niv Mizzet, the Firemind

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Andy Hull
Andy Hull
Oooooh, the Firemind. What, am I supposed to be afraid of this guy? Niv-Mizzet is a massive dweeb and we all know it. He may look like a super rad dragon with wicked cool frill-things around his head and very intimidating wings and everything, but NM is really just a super nerd, and not even […]
The Chopping Block — Vorel of the Hull Clade

The Chopping Block — Vorel of the Hull Clade

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Josh Coleman
Josh Coleman
Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first article in The Chopping Block. My name is Josh Coleman, and I’m here to bring you some Commander insight. I’m an avid Commander player with over a decade of experience in the format. From my first red-white cool-art deck, to my turn-two-win [Card]Teferi, Temporal Archmage[/Card] deck, I’ve […]
In the Margins — Manalith

In the Margins — Manalith

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Dana Roach
Dana Roach
Currently there are 1,645 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 semi-regular column where I focus on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. I wrote in my first article that I would […]
Combo Corner — Taxes

Combo Corner — Taxes

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Patrick Sippola
Patrick Sippola
Patrick Sippola here, reporting from front lines of the jank wars, bringing you what can only be described as combos. The best thing about finding new interactions between cards is that sometimes an idea strikes you to just make a small change to a type of deck that is already out there. This month is […]
Pure // Simple - Outside the Pie

Pure // Simple - Outside the Pie

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Jeremy Podczerwinski
Jeremy Podczerwinski
Welcome back to Pure//Simple, the article series that tries to take the mystery out of card choices. Knowing what cards are good in Commander is one of the first steps towards becoming well-versed in the format, but knowing why certain cards are good is even more important. Sometimes, after building a deck and playing a […]