As long as the power and toughness aren’t completely out of line, the abilities on a 5-mana commander should be both good enough and fair enough to make it playable. Many 5-mana commanders are among the most popular in EDH, too.
Read moreColorless removal spells are especially important for decks with colorless commanders; those strategies heavily lean on ramping out big threats, so they can easily fall behind. But which of these removal spells are the best?
Read moreWhite might not be the best color in Magic for card draw or even targeted removal, but when it comes to board wipes, white thrives. There are a ton of white sweepers to choose from, but not all of them are going to be right for your deck.
Read moreRamp comes in many flavors, but green’s mana dorks are among its most useful. From Birds to Elves, green is the king of mana dorks.
Read moreThe octopus is really a fascinating creature. It’s an invertebrate, and it’s so dang smart. The way some species can not only change color but also change texture is a great camouflage trick, especially when you’re really squishy and there are...
Read moreFew planeswalkers are as iconic as Liliana Vess. One of the first planeswalkers ever printed in Lorwyn, she’s been the planeswalker to represent mono-black and a frequent flier in the story.
Read moreI wouldn’t describe ECL as a “combo-heavy” set, especially given how much Avatar occupied that space, but we can still piece together some very strong synergies using the first batch of cards from 2026.
Read moreWhen looking at green cards, many of the recognizable spells that players use in formats like Commander are sorceries, and some of them have ended more than their fair share of games.
Read moreAre you tired of playing honest Magic at your Commander tables? Maybe you’d rather pillage, plunder, and loot your way to victory? Ahoy, a pirate ye may be! Sailing the high seas is no easy feat, but this crew of no-good scallywags helm one of...
Read moreModern Horizons 3 had some Eldrazi kindred cards, and now Lorwyn Eclipsed brings us back to the plane that introduced kindred cards to Magic. I’ve got all you need to know about kindred cards in Magic.
Read moreToday, I discuss not just one or two, but all the 4-color commanders printed throughout MTG history. I explain their unique niches, rank them, and ultimately present a deck you can try that’s both colorful and powerful!
Read moreMagic’s assassin commanders were fairly limited to a few typal options in Dimir (UB) and a certain Mardu (WRB) monarch once upon a time, but Assassin’s Creed gave us a lot of new legendary assassins for our command zone.
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