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Introducing The Scrambleverse — Four-color Lands?

Introducing The Scrambleverse — Four-color Lands?

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Christian Alexander
Christian Alexander
Greetings Planeswalkers and Gatherers alike, my name is Christian Alexander, and welcome to the Scrambleverse! I played my first game of Magic right before Theros came out, attended a draft a couple weeks later, bought 2,000 cards with my friend Eric from some random guy on Craigslist, and never looked back. I quickly fell in […]
Slowing Down the Competition — Fighting Fire with Fire

Slowing Down the Competition — Fighting Fire with Fire

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Kya Vess
Kya Vess
Hello Everyone! Kya here again! I hope everyone is ready for Dominaria! I know I've been excited with the new set's power level! Speaking of power level, I thought it would be fun to show off one of my competitive decks. In my last article, we briefly discussed how my fiance likes to do things. […]
Librarian Lore — Black Flag Royalty

Librarian Lore — Black Flag Royalty

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Casey Spark
Casey Spark
Hoist the Colors! Ahoy there, ye well-learned bunch of scallywags! Apologies for the lateness of this here article, but my personal life hit some bumps last month. Today I’ll be talking about the roughest and toughest group of sea dogs ever to find themselves trapped on the waves of the seas of Ixalan. Ye be […]
Commander Focus — Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Commander Focus — Muldrotha, the Gravetide

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Nate Burgess
Nate Burgess
3 and a Black, Green, and Blue. Legendary Creature - Elemental Avatar, 6/6 No combat abilities... why should we care about this commander? During each of your turns, you may play up to one permanent card of each permanent type from your graveyard. Oh my... Your Graveyard and You For Muldrotha, the graveyard is a […]
Commander Showdown — Marath vs Ghave

Commander Showdown — Marath vs Ghave

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
Counters, Tokens, and Combos When people think of Commander cards, there are often a few EDH-specific cards that come to mind. [card]Sol Ring[/card], for example, or [card]Cyclonic Rift[/card]. One of the biggest is [card]Doubling Season[/card], a card whose price is exorbitantly high and whose demand comes almost exclusively from Commander players. While it's true that […]
The Knowledge Pool — Admiral Beckett Brass

The Knowledge Pool — Admiral Beckett Brass

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Scot Sutton
Scot Sutton
Welcome back to the Knowledge Pool! My last two articles focused on decks aiming to do "big" things, and have been inspired by decks I've personally built in real life. This week, I want to go in a different strategic direction, and focus on a commander that's new to me. As Dominaria spoilers begin to […]
60 to 100 — Wydwen Calls To Her Kin

60 to 100 — Wydwen Calls To Her Kin

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
Howdy all my friends and fellow spell slingers! I hope your weekend wasn't bogged down with too many [card]Tree of Redemption[/card]s! Masters 25 is out and reprints are everywhere! I know the community at large is a bit sour on the set, but being able to get [card]Eladamri's Call[/card] on the cheap again is something this […]
Weird Harvest — Target Acquired

Weird Harvest — Target Acquired

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Christopher Russell
Christopher Russell
It’s that time again! Welcome back for another installment of Weird Harvest, where we supply only the freshest of free range jank for EDH. We have another reader request this week and this one comes courtesy of Brian Meracle. Brian asked if we could do a mercenary build based on [card]Tsabo Tavoc[/card]. This is certainly […]
Weird Harvest — Control Denied

Weird Harvest — Control Denied

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Christopher Russell
Christopher Russell
It’s that time again! Welcome back to Weird Harvest, where misfit commanders wield forgotten spells to create head scratching situations. This week we tackle a reader request from Darrenn E Canton! He asked if we could break [card]Ertai, the Corrupted[/card]. We’re going to shatter this jank commander or die trying. Ertai: Just Add Oil This […]
Low Market — Sliver Hivelord Ascension

Low Market — Sliver Hivelord Ascension

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Quinn Miller
Quinn Miller
Sliver Hivelord art by Aleksi Briclot All Good Things Hello everyone, and welcome back to Low Market, an EDHREC budget deckbuilding column. Before we move on to today's main event, an announcement: at least for the foreseeable future, this will be the final installment of Low Market. That said, I'm one who prefers to go […]