Pirate commanders are legendary creatures that are also pirates, or other eligible commanders that mention pirates in their rules text or otherwise synergize with pirates. Outlaws of Thunder Junction introduced the typal coupling of rogues...
Read moreEvery Magic deck needs lands, with very few exceptions. Creating a good mana base can often determine whether a deck is going to be successful. This gets even harder in a singleton format like Commander when you can’t just fill out your mana base...
Read moreIt’s always Halloween Commander time in my house. If my roommate had their way, we’d live in our own private fae realm, complete with mushroom furniture, decorative ivies, and lots and lots of faerie lights. Magic’s faerie commanders can be just...
Read moreFun budget Commander decks are decks that won’t cost you too much money but can still pull off fun moves. These decks can stand on their own in most casual playgroups, so you won’t feel like your lower budget is holding you back from being a part...
Read moreCommander is known as the most popular format of Magic. The possibilities are endless with far more than 3,000 legendary creatures to choose from to make your commander. With the partner mechanic, and its variants like choose a background and...
Read moreOne thing that helps keep Magic fun is remembering that you don’t always have to build a deck that aims to win. In fact, sometimes building a deck that’s purposely bad in a funny way can be a lot more enjoyable than just trying to win all the...
Read moreSome of Magic’s most busted cards rely on the graveyard, so building around self-mill gets you off to a strong start, especially in Commander, where games go long. But which commander should lead your graveyard-centric strategy?
Read morePicking the best commander for your deck is one of the most exciting and important parts of building an EDH deck. The focus on Commander as Magic’s most popular format, which includes an uptick in the number of legendary creatures we’ve seen...
Read moreWith Aetherdrift, we’ve got some nice new legendary vanilla creatures as well as new incentives to play vanilla creatures. That, coupled with a few vanilla legends that MTG already has, make for a fine ranking.
Read moreSplinter, Radical Rat makes it easier to play your ninjas with their special abilities as an unblockable enabler, plus it doubles up on your ninjas’ triggered abilities, usually combat damage/saboteur triggers that these slippery fighters tend to...
Read moreI really, really want to like things with beasts in them, but Magic makes it tough. They’re mana intensive to cast, and that’s sort of their identity. You really need special cards to help make MTG beasts playable. And often that’s going to be a...
Read moreGoing infinite might not guarantee a win, and it has quite the opportunity to make an incredible story, or turn you into a villain. You can use MTG to make your opponent suffer in an infinite loop and laugh as they realize they can do nothing to...
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