Thanks to March of the Machine, we now have a lot of interesting team-up commanders to build decks around. These new legendary creature mashups are almost like turning existing legends into partner commanders, but with the bonus that their...
Read moreYou’re playing a pretty straightforward Esper fliers deck, here. This is an aggressive deck that wants to get your opponents down to zero with a flying force that ignores any of their blockers.
Read moreIn my work at a local store I see a lot of newer players come across counterspell decks and not know what they could do differently. Today I’m going to do my best to simply answer a few questions that come up.
Read moreSometime around 10 years ago, my family and I noticed that some food packages in our pantry were broken. Turns out we had a rat living in our kitchen and stealing our food. We eventually saw the rat, and boy was it big. I obviously named the...
Read morePhyrexia: All Will Be One’s Domini is one of the more interesting creature cycles in a while. Each of the Domini makes for an interesting commander, but the one that most caught my attention was Solphim, Mayhem Dominus.
Read moreThe year is 2013. A friendly face at my LGS introduces me to the concept of “Commander” and points me in the direction of that year’s precons. On the shelves I see what would become my first Commander deck, the glorious and basically...
Read moreEverybody comes to a Commander table to play some powerful cards. A core tenet of the format is to play big, scary spells that are too slow for other formats like Modern and Legacy. What could be more fun than playing with your big splashy...
Read moreMarch of the Machine prereleases have started, and with this guide you won’t have to take on the Phyrexian menace alone. Expect a broad writeup covering the set’s mechanics, colors, archetypes, bombs, and more.
Read moreI wanted to create a unique build that allowed me to play cards I don’t usually get to use with this Omnath, Locus of All deck. I made sure to include a lot of 5-color and multicolor cards that would help trigger Omnath’s mana-generating...
Read moreSpellslinger decks are a ubiquitous archetype in Commander. Often associated with Izzet or blue-red commanders, the archetype focuses on playing lots of cheap instants and sorceries to accrue a bunch of value alongside cards that benefit from you...
Read moreMarch of the Machine is one of Magic’s biggest ever set releases. The conclusion of an epic storyline, the first brand new card type since planeswalkers in 2007, and Magic’s first ever legend team up cards. There’s even a bonus sheet of powerful...
Read moreToday I have a brief guide for Shadows over Innistrad Remastered, which was released last week. I’ll be covering the format’s mechanics, archetypes, play patterns, and best commons below.
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