| Illustration by Eric Deschamps I find Commander precons endlessly fascinating. Many new players are introduced to Magic with them given Commander’s popularity, and it’s easy to pick one up and pop it out of the box. Yet precons are often built...
Read moreSimic is a color pairing that’s superb at one strategy in particular: big mana. That isn’t to say it can’t support tokens, landfall, or any other specific strategy, but what Simic does best is generate huge amounts of mana and give you creative...
Read moreArtifacts come in all shapes and sizes and provide all sorts of different effects. Let’s take a look at these permanents from the point of view of the multiplayer format and find out which are the best of the best!
Read moreIf you want to bring Hare Apparents to your next Commander game night, there are quite a few potential commanders. I’m here to help you find the perfect general for your fluffy army.
Read moreCommander is far and away the most popular format in Magic: The Gathering. The best Commander cards are the best for a reason – they’re the best-in-slot choice or just generally the best version of that effect available.
Read moreWhat happens when you make deathtouch a core part of your deck’s identity? And which commanders should you run if you want build around it?
Read moreDue to modern design sensibilities and an overall focus on bolstering Commander, many MTG cards that care about legendaries are at their absolute best right now, and only getting better.
Read moreCleric commanders often revolve around lifegain or aristocrat-style sacrifice strategies, but there’s plenty of variety in how they can be built. Some buff your team, some drain your opponents, and others keep your creatures coming back from the...
Read moreDiversity makes the Sultai colors a great place to look if you’re not set on an archetype for your Commander deck yet. Most Sultai commanders support different tactics and open up an expansive variety of different strategies.
Read moreLands tend to be the bland side of Magic, a way to get to the fun part of slamming down creatures and raining instants and sorceries upon our enemies. But then we have utility lands: lands that do something else, which can go from making more...
Read moreJund takes the best parts of red, green, and black and mixes them together for a brutal combination of big creatures, sacrifice effects, and graveyard play. Jund decks can play like “Gruul plus black,” “Rakdos plus green,” and “Golgari plus red”...
Read moreLook, unique doesn’t mean amazing. But it does mean you’re in for a good time with a commander that bucks the usual trends.
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