So many commanders are value engines that snowball out of control, and they require their players to jump through hoops to reach that point. Some Commander games feel like four players playing their own mini-games until the table itself collapses...
Read moreThis Vihaan, Goldwaker EDH deck is a grindy, casual midrange deck. You want to amass enough Treasure to make Smaug jealous then convert it into a living army with Vihaan to pummel your opponents. It combines that pressure with a few sacrifice...
Read moreThis creepy clown and his collection of inflated heads isn’t just a great option for a Halloween-time commander, it also offers a unique ability to create interesting interactions. Even as the person who put this Commander deck together, I was...
Read moreMy original idea for this Commander deck was to straight up include every single room card out there. Turns out we got a baffling 28 room cards in Duskmourn. For the sake of playability, I had to cut a couple of them out, but just know that...
Read moreThe miracle mechanic made a name for itself in Legacy as a key part of the format’s best control deck, which used Sensei’s Divining Top to set up powerful control cards like Terminus and Counterbalance. But Duskmourn: House of Horror has...
Read moreWhile new Magic mechanics keep the game fresh and exciting, I always enjoy seeing returning keyword abilities. Sometimes it’s just because they’re my favorites, like cycling and kicker, but other times, it’s because visiting a mechanic for the...
Read moreThe Eldrazi are some of the most menacing and powerful creatures in all of Magic. I like the way that sounds, so I put together this Kozilek, the Great Distortion decklist to really maximize that mission statement. Today I’ll go over the list...
Read moreBloomburrow is out on shelves now, and for the first time in a while for a Standard Magic set, I’m excited! There are tons of things I’m enjoying about it, from the lore to BLB drafts to the fun new typal strategies. But Bloomburrow also brought...
Read moreModern Horizons 3 gave us The Necrobloom, a unique and powerful Abzan commander. It’s a token generator, a Field of the Dead variant right from the command zone, and a card that allows you to “draw your lands from the graveyard” via the dredge...
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 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 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!
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