Call for Backup Upgrade Guide: 16 Easy Changes You Can Make
The backup has arrived; let’s get to work on this deck!
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The Ultimate Guide to Baldur’s Gate Commander Legends Draft
Another day, another Ultimate Guide, right? Today’s Ultimate Guide is a bit unusual in that it’s focused on a multiplayer Draft format: Battle for Baldur’s Gate.
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All 47 Heroic Cards in Magic Ranked
Achilles was an impressive warrior, but that ankle tho. Hercules, strong as can be, was also a haughty son of a gun. His Twelve Labors were mostly to purge the blood poison from *checks notes* committing a bunch of murders. It’s this flavor of...
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Tinker Time Upgrade Guide: 16 Easy Changes You Can Make
Tinker Time is the least thematically tied to its mother set March of the Machine, but it offers a fresh take on an artifact deck. Today I’m upgrading the deck, taking it from an out-of-the-box battler to a self-sufficient deck at your typical...
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Divine Convocation Upgrade Guide: 15 Easy Changes You Can Make
Commander 2019 was all about ability-driven precons. Flashback, morph, madness, and populate all received new support, but convoke didn’t make the list. Fast forward to March of the Machine Commander, and we have the convoke deck that surely...
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The Ultimate Guide to March of the Machine Draft
MOM is a sluggish, value-heavy format that can be approached in a couple ways. Aggro/tempo, midrange/ramp, and control are all viable playstyles that have tailor made approaches.
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Growing Threat Upgrade Guide: 16 Easy Changes You Can Make
Today I’m upgrading Growing Threat, taking it from its out-of-the-box experience to an average casual competitor. Let’s get to it!
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The Best 6 Budget Commander Decks You Can Build for Cheap
When I started playing Magic in the Alara-Zendikar meta, I saw lots of decks I wanted to play that were Standard-legal, but there was a slight problem: they were pricy for a newcomer. Jund and vampires looked like great suggestions but I couldn’t...
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Sick of Getting Countered? Here Are 8 Ways to Easily Beat Counterspells in Magic
In 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.
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Cavalry Charge Upgrade Guide: 16 Easy Changes You Can Make
March of the Machine Commander introduced five new Commander precons to the product line-up, this time playing into the themes and settings of the mainline MOM set. From Phyrexian tribal to convoke support, these decks covered a wide range of...
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The 61 Best Look at Hand and Hand Reveal Cards in Magic Ranked
You ever boot up a console game with a friend, start a split screen match, and find yourself giving them the stink eye a few minutes later? Did they really earn that kill or were they screen-peeking?
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Derevi, Empyrial Tactician Commander Deck Guide
The 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...
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