Bloomburrow is out on shelves now, and for the first time in a while for a Standard Magic set, I’m excited! There are tons of things I’m enjoying about it, from the lore to BLB drafts to the fun new typal strategies. But Bloomburrow also brought...
Read moreModern Horizons 3 gave us The Necrobloom, a unique and powerful Abzan commander. It’s a token generator, a Field of the Dead variant right from the command zone, and a card that allows you to “draw your lands from the graveyard” via the dredge...
Read moreIs Commander, once a casual and community-driven format, now undermining the balance and integrity of other constructed formats? Or is it simply a case of Wizards of the Coast needing to manage better the power creep and design philosophy of new...
Read moreI’ve done it! I’ve done it! I’ve solved Magic: The Gathering! The problem all along was paying mana to cast spells! The solution was so simple: What if we stopped paying mana for them? I’d like to introduce you to The Infamous Cruelclaw.
Read moreThe best populate commanders are the most aggressive, pump out the highest number of tokens, and have the best rate for your resources.
Read moreAnything that feels like breaking the rules in MTG is exciting, even if permission to break the rules is just right there in the rules of the card, so it’s no longer really breaking anything. It’s part of the fun of a game that lets us do magical...
Read morePicture this: The First Sliver grants cascade to all your sliver spells, which in turn cascade into further sliver spells. A magical tidal wave of swarming bodies! A never-ending flood of slivers buzzing forth from your library!
Read moreIt’s time for Bloomburrow! I don’t know what the hype is like in your local area, but the players around me have all been buzzing over this MTG set for months. Let’s check out the Commander decks from this set!
Read moreI’ve been waiting for an otter commander. There are a few in Bloomburrow, but I’ve been itching to rebuild my Izzet tokens deck helmed by Ovika, Enigma Goliath, and now’s my chance for something otterly different.
Read moreLike Steve Urkel’s wardrobe, the Family Matters precon is all over the place. There’s a ton of good cards in here, including some really intriguing new cards, but it’s more like the seeds for a few other decks rather than a cohesive whole.
Read moreI’ve been looking forward to Bloomburrow for a while, and this MTG set doesn’t disappoint. The Animated Army precon looks fantastic. Gruul commanders have some of the most interesting designs in the format, and [REPLACE CARD]Bello, Bard of the...
Read more| Illustration by Anna Pavleeva A new Magic set means new Commander precons to upgrade! This has become one of my favorite parts of new MTG sets, right up there with diving into new Limited formats. I’ve been particularly excited for Bloomburrow...
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