Throne of Eldraine introduced Food tokens, which became one of my favorite Limited mechanics. It added so much texture to the format, giving control decks legs against more aggressive decks leveraging Rimrock Knight and other cheap creatures.
Read moreZacama, Primal Calamity isn’t the most popular dinosaur in EDH; that crown belongs to Gishath, Sun’s Avatar. But for my money, Zacama can be one of the most fun ways to start your dinosaur adventure. Is this deck actually viable? Or is it just a...
Read moreThat’s right. After somehow managing to talk about Rakdos every chance I got, I’m finally writing about a Rakdos commander. However, this isn’t a “pure Rakdos” deck in the sense that I didn’t build it thinking in building around the commander...
Read moreA classically powerful mono-green EDH deck is Marwyn, the Nurturer. There’s a cEDH build of this deck, which shares 80% of the cards and the plan with the better Selvala, Heart of the Wilds deck, but I think Selvala, even down at cEDH tier 2 or...
Read moreOne of my favorite recurring characters in Murders at Karlov Manor is Etrata, the Dimir assassin. In our previous Return to Ravnica “block,” we got [REPLACE CARD]Etrata, the Silencer[/REPLACE], which was one of my favorite designs from that MTG...
Read moreSelvala, Heart of the Wilds isn’t the most popular mono-green commander, but it is classically the most powerful. Although for years Selvala was a top tier cEDH deck, in recent years the deck’s ability to win on turn 3 is just not quite that...
Read morePlaneswalkers are among the strongest card types in the game. Their structure makes them at minimum 2-for-1s in most cases; even in the scenarios when they eat a Bitter Triumph in response to activation, you get a removal spell and another...
Read moreSomething I really enjoy in Magic is when a card reflects its color identity nicely. Each color has a very strong personality and characteristics, and each combination that can result from them also has very notable themes.
Read moreEver since Niv-Mizzet became the embodiment of Ravnica’s Guildpact during the story events of War of the Spark, we’ve seen a host of 5-color Nivs designed to helm guild-themed decks. Dubious story choices in making Niv-Mizzet the Living Guildpact...
Read moreThe graveyard might be the most busted zone in Magic. All kinds of unfair things begin in the graveyard, from Dredge to Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis and beyond! Reanimation strategies are particularly nasty, often cheating threats like Archon of...
Read moreOh shoot! Your last game night didn’t end so well because you were top decking for answers again. This can unfortunately happen if you don’t have enough card draw spells in your deck, or if they’re all stuck at the bottom of your library...
Read moreEvery color has them, but we all know that blue has the most counterspells. Yet no matter what color your commander is, how many counterspells should you be running?
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