Articles
In the Margins — Cancel
Currently there are 3,834 decks in the EDHREC database running Cancel, and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome to In the Margins, a semi-regular column where I focus on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. My name is Dana, and I’m primarily an EDH player. […]
Ultra Budget Brews — Amonkhet Edition
Hello and welcome to Ultra Budget Brews! Typically this article series builds entire EDH decks where no card costs more than $1, but this week I decided to do something a little different. As you all know, Amonkhet is now legal, meaning a ton of new cards were just released into the wild. This means […]
EDHREC News Update — MTGO 1v1 Commander 5/3/17
Welcome back to EDHREC new at noon! As part of our continuing efforts to cover all things 100-card formats we wanted to cover the recent announcement on 5/2/2017 by Bryan Hawley from Wizards of the Coast. This involved the introduction of a new banlist and structure for play on Magic's online client, Magic Online. "MTGO […]
Commander Showdown — Oketra vs Heliod
Commander Showdown is a series that compares and contrast two similar commanders, analyzes differences in strategy and deck construction, and evaluates how those differences are represented by the data here on EDHREC. Amonkhet is here, with a whole new set of legendary creatures! So, in the words of Mark Rosewater: you know what that means! […]
Low Market — Alesha Cycling
The Cycle Unbroken My love of the cycling mechanic is well-documented. How well-documented? Well, I mentioned it at least once, in the cycling subsection of my Hapatra article. What? That's not enough documentation for you? Fine! Then I'll make an entire list based around cycling, and I'll base it on one of my favorite Commander decks: Alesha […]
Partner Focus — Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
Note the flavor text on the cards and . "May starving fleas birth a thousand generations on your stubborn hide, cow!" "May your horns get lodged in an Eldrazi's bony face, ornery brute!" -- Bruse Tarl, Goma Fada nomad is brash, abusive, unapologetic, and may or may not have a name that sounds like "bruise". […]
Singleton Guild Wheel — Rakdos and his Most Metal Collaboration
This article is part 9 of a 10-part series covering the Singleton Guild Wheel Project, a 10-deck project with only a single copy of any non-basic land among the 10 decks. Each deck uses the color combination of a different Ravnican guild. The methodology is introduced here and expanded upon each week by featuring a deck […]
EDH Political Science — Temmet, Cyberpunk
Do You Feel Lucky, Cyberpunk? Cyber security is something that most people (and until recently many businesses) take for granted. You throw up your firewall, install Norton, and call it good. You’re safe, right? After all, it’s just some hooligan in their mom’s basement trying to get your credit card to buy a new Xbox. […]
Non-Basically Speaking — Touring the Land of Amonkhet
Hello friends and article-thirsty desert nomads, 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. Well, except for today. In this article I wanted to set aside our normal routine […]
Pyramid Theory 101 — Gambling with Power
Greetings everyone, I'm back once again to highlight the deckbuilding process through the use of Pyramid Theory. This time I discuss 'all-in' strategies, and the gambling it brings to the table. What do I exactly mean by 'all-in' strategies? All-in strategies are hyperlinear that accept the risks involved with only having one gameplan. Some commanders […]