The more I play Magic, the more I realize that I’m being smothered by an avalanche of cardboard. Fancy cardboard, but cardboard nonetheless. You need to protect your cards if you want to keep them long term. Navigating the world of storage can be...
Read moreToday, we go deep. Sea creature commanders are usually legends that care about what I’ll call Magic’s sea-dwelling Big Four, or KLOS creatures: kraken, leviathans, octopuses, and serpents. These Big Four have been batched on multiple cards...
Read moreAs a deck builder, I like to build with cards that are underused and try to exploit them to their maximum potential. More often than not, WotC releases powerful cards like this in sets with a theme for a particular creature type, but then they...
Read moreLet’s go big or go home. Enough with the rational plays and efficient cards, we’re entering 7+ mana territory, where we’ll find the best big-mana commanders in Magic!
Read moreAh yes, Sonic the Hedgehog and the murderous denizens of the Warhammer 40,000 universes, working in harmony to make your Magic: The Gathering cards more expensive. Well, at least this one single-print counters card, for now.
Read moreGoblins, dragons, zombies, and vampires all have their lords, but what about angels? There are angel decks across Magic’s history and formats, but we have fewer angel lords than you might expect.
Read moreLove it or hate it, Universes Beyond commanders now make up 20% of the most popular commanders in EDH.
Read moreArtifacts in Magic: The Gathering are the backbone of countless strategies. But what really makes artifact decks tick are the support cards behind the scenes, the ones that make your artifacts cheaper, stronger, or easier to recur.
Read moreJeskai decks often dabble with spellslinging, artifacts, or token production, and with 11 Commander precons in print, there’s some real competition within the color trio’s decks.
Read moreWhenever a Magic set gives us a new mechanic or a new card type, there’s always the question of whether that new element can be its own theme in Commander. Sagas now have enough history in MTG that they have their own dedicated commanders.
Read moreHave you ever woken up wondering if your most valuable rare or mythic Magic card you recently acquired is authentic and not a fake? Well, there’s a very simple test that’s almost foolproof to determine whether a card is a counterfeit or...
Read moreThat’s right, I give you a rare dose of Constructed content today. We’re talking land counts in 60-card decks. There’s a lot of established heuristics on this subject, and a few points I can toss in to help you construct an optimal mana base for...
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