Ezra Sassaman
Based in Maine, Ezra started playing Magic around when Ravnica: City of Guilds came out and hasn't looked back since! Besides Commander, he enjoys any format where you can look across the whole history of the game, so Cube drafting has a special place in his heart!
- Smooth Sailing: The Best Commander Smoothers of 2026
ListsThe best smoothers of 2026: cheap Commander cards that find early land drops and stay useful late, sorted by color with commander pairings.
- Ravnica, Time Spiral, Coldsnap, and 9th Edition | The Block Era
ListsRevisiting an iconic era of Magic, Ezra looks at the 2007 Standard decks and the cards from those sets that still define Commander.
- Empowering Carth with Reality Fracture
Deck TechsWith a focus on planeswalkers, Reality Fracture brings with it a ton of new toys for Carth the Lion, a Golgari-colored 'walker-loving legend.
- Commanders that Break the Color Pie
ListsEveryone knows each color's archetypal strategy, but what about monocolored commanders that commit a decidedly off-color gimmick?
- Lorwyn, Shards, and Magic 2010 | The Block Era
ListsA look back at Lorwyn, Shadowmoor, Shards of Alara, and M10, and the Standard-era cards from 2008–2009 that are still Commander staples today.
- Scars of Mirrodin, Zendikar, Magic 2011, Magic 2012 | The Block Era
ArticlesWhich cards from Scars, Zendikar, and the M11–M12 era still define Commander? A look back at the staples from 2011's loved Standard format.
- Return to Ravnica, Original Innistrad, and M14 | The Block Era
ArticlesWhich cards from Return to Ravnica, Innistrad, and the M13–M14 era still define Commander? A look back at the 2013 Standard format.
- The Block Era: Khans, Theros and M15 in Commander
ArticlesWhich cards from the Khans of Tarkir, Theros, and Magic 2015 Standard era still dominate Commander? A look back at the end of the block era.
- Uncovering Recent Combos with Commander Spellbook
ArticlesThe best new two-card Commander combos from Secrets of Strixhaven and Marvel Super Heroes, pulled straight from Commander Spellbook.
- Old-School Keywords – Where are They Now?
ArticlesRevisiting Mirage block's old keywords; banding, phasing, flanking, cumulative upkeep, and more; to see which still shape Commander decks.