Golden Golgari For me, the city of Ravnica is a place of nostalgia. When I first started playing casually in college, Ravnica: City of Guilds had just been released. I bought intro decks and packs and proceeded to play really badly with my friends. Then, when I got into Magic more seriously and transitioned to Commander, Return to […]
Guilds of Ravnica Set Review — Golgari
September 24, 2018 by
Dean Gootee 
#assassins trophy, #golgari findbroker, #GRN, #guilds of ravnica, #hatchery spider, #izoni thousand-eyed, #mausoleum secrets, #molderhulk, #moodmark painter, #necrotic wound, #status // statue, #swarm guildmage, #undercity uprising, #underrealm lich, #vraska golgari queen, #vraska regal gorgon Read More »
Commander 2018 Set Review — Gold (Pt 2), Artifacts, and Lands
August 3, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
Commander Treasures It's that time of year again! August, the birthday month for many an EDHREC author including Joey Schultz, Sam Alpert and yours truly. For our birthdays, Wizards has decided to release the yearly commander product in August again! Now there may have been a bit of a kerfuffle about what exactly a "Jund lands" […]
#ancient stone idol, #arixmethes slumbering isle, #commander 2018, #coveted jewel, #endless atlas, #forge of heroes, #geode golem, #isolated watchtower, #retrofitter foundry, #windgraces judgment, #xantcha sleeper agent, #yuriko the tigers shadow Read More »
Core Set 2019 Review—Black
June 28, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
Down to the Core All hail the return of the Core Set! Historically, core sets have not been anything exciting for enfranchised players. They may have held a card or two like Cultivate or Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, but those were usually pearls amongst the pig's feet. The last Core Set was Magic Origins, which was […]
#bone dragon, #death baron, #demon of catastrophes, #fraying omnipotence, #graveyard marshal, #infernal reckoning, #isareth the awakener, #liliana untouched by death, #lilianas contract, #nightmares thirst, #open the graves Read More »
EDHREC Battlebond Review — Multicolor
June 1, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
Battlebond is upon us, and Wizards has been kind. We've got sick reprints; sweet new cards; the return of partner, but with a twist; friend or foe cards; and more! Even if you aren't interested in playing Two-Headed Giant, the format Battlebond was designed for, you can't not be excited about the set. Let's jump right into […]
#apocalypse hydra, #archon of valors reach, #azra oddsmaker, #dinrova horror, #enduring scalelord, #evil twin, #gwafa hazid profiteer, #Last one standing, #savage ventmaw, #unflinching courage, #vampire charmseeker Read More »
Dig Through Time — Saviors of Kamigawa
May 8, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
Today on Dig Through Time we finish up Kamigawa block with a review of—Saviors of Kamigawa. This set gave us mechanics like sweep,epic, and channel which varied from good to bad. Sweep was bad; epic, an early attempt at a legendary sorcery, was only good on two cards; channel was okay, and probably paved the way for bloodrush. One technological development in […]
#azami lady of scrolls, #descendant of soramaro, #DTT, #endrek sahr master breeder, #footsteps of the goryo, #gonti lord of luxury, #heartless hidetsugu, #hidetsugus second rite, #ideas unbound, #jace vryns prodigy, #kuon ogre ascendant, #pains reward, #queen marchesa, #reverence, #sedris the traitor king, #seizan perverter of truth, #shifting borders, #thoughts of ruin, #zedruu the greathearted, #zo-zu the punisher Read More »
Dig Through Time — Betrayers of Kamigawa
April 24, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
Hoooleeeee crap, it has been awhile. But! Dig Through Time is back today with a review of the second set of the infamous Kamigawa block—Betrayers of Kamigawa. This set came out 13 years ago in 2005 (can you believe that 2005 was 13 years ago?) and introduced one of the most popular, most requested aspects […]
#DTT, #enshrined memories, #heros demise, #iname as one, #kitsune palliator, #korlash heir to blackblade, #kumanos blessing, #mannichi the fevered dream, #ornate kanzashi, #patron of the kitsune, #reduce to dreams, #rosheen meanderer, #sen triplets, #sickening shoal, #skyfire kirin, #talrand sky summoner, #toshiro umezawa, #uril the miststalker Read More »
EDHREC Dominaria Set Review — White
April 16, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
It's that time again! A new set is about to be released, we know what cards are in it, and we need to talk about them. This set is so dense with top-notch cards and so exciting that I'm just going to let them speak for themselves. Let's skip the preamble and talk about all […]
#baird steward of argive, #benalish marshal, #board the weatherlight, #danitha capashen paragon, #dauntless bodyguard, #dominaria, #evra halcyon witness, #fall of the thran, #seal away, #teshar ancestor's apostle, #urzas ruinous blast, #white Read More »
EDHREC Rivals of Ixalan Review — Red
January 9, 2018 by
Dean Gootee
Rivals of Ixalan spoilers have officially dropped in their entirety, and I have a fistful of tickets to hype train, so all aboard! Hello, it's Dean from Dig Through Time, but today I'll be taking you through the most promising red cards in RIX. Historically mono red has been the worst, or one of the worst, […]
#blood sun, #brasss bounty, #charging tuskodon, #dire fleet daredevil, #etali primal storm, #pirates pillage, #silverclad ferocidons, #tilonalis summoner Read More »
Dig Through Time — Urza's Block
November 28, 2017 by
Dean Gootee
Welcome back to another Dig Through Time, and I apologize for the delay between our last column and today's. Just an FYI, this series is going to become slightly more intermittent, dropping down to once a month or so for the time being, as my family welcomed my second baby on November 21st (fingers crossed […]
#anax and cymede, #arcades sabboth, #curfew, #defensive formation, #DTT, #freyalise llanowars fury, #grenzo dungeon warden, #harmonic convergence, #mark of fury, #outmaneuver, #phenax god of deception, #planar void, #purify, #radiants judgment, #saskia the unyielding, #sliver overlord, #somnophore, #sun quan lord of wu, #talrand sky summoner, #thran turbine, #wake of destruction, #zo-zu the punisher, #zur the enchanter Read More »
Dig Through Time — Onslaught
October 24, 2017 by
Dean Gootee
Welcome back to another Dig Through Time—I apologize for the lateness of this article. I had some computer troubles, and some issues with work and getting ready for a second child. This week we're going to check out 2002's Onslaught set. Onslaught brought back the cycling mechanic which was first introduced during Urza's Saga, and which we saw […]
#bloodline shaman, #butcher orgg, #chain of acid, #chain of smog, #death match, #derevi empyrial tactician, #DTT, #ezuri renegade leader, #glarecaster, #head games, #jhoira of the ghitu, #kaboom, #kangee aerie keeper, #nath of the gilt-leaf, #onslaught, #phelddagrif, #queen marchesa, #sen triplets, #underplayed, #walking desecration, #words of wind, #xenagos god of revels Read More »