Is 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 moreRats get a bum rap. Sure, the pests that live on them might be carriers of disease, but the rats themselves are quite clever. But which rats should you run in your command zone? And are there other non-rats you can run at the head of your rat...
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...
Read moreBloomburrow’s story hit most of the notes I was looking for, so it’s time to turn to the cards, specifically Bloomburrow’s commanders. What will this new set bring? What new archetypes are opened by our small friends?
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