Death is the Best Life Ultimate Masters has made a big splash in the collective consciousness of us Magic players with its fantastic suite of reprints. It features brand new art for the much-beloved (or much-maligned) Sultai Shaman, Tasigur, the Golden Fang. Infamous as a piece of dazzling neckwear for Dragonlord Silumgar, this sly, impetuous character uses […]
Commander Showdown - Muldrotha vs Tasigur
November 23, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz 
Commander Showdown - Vela vs Yuriko
October 31, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Lurking in the Shadows Happy Halloween to all! In honor of this dark and spooky holiday, let's take a look at Magic's deadliest shadow-dwelling commanders! Commander 2018 introduced one of the craziest legends we've ever seen: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. At long last, our wishes for a Ninja Tribal commander were fulfilled! Does the term "Commander ninjutsu" […]
#arcane adaptation, #artifacts, #conspiracy, #dimir, #ninja, #ninja tribal, #rite of replication, #vela the night-clad, #xenograft, #yuriko the tigers shadow Read More »
Commander Showdown - Lazav vs Lazav
October 5, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Identity Theft With the release of Guilds of Ravnica, the Dimir guild grows ever more mysterious. The more we learn about them, the more and more elusive they become. Though we all know and love Lazav, Dimir Mastermind and his Jaqen H'ghar impersonation, this faceless man has changed his identity once again, now sporting the title Lazav, […]
#dimir, #guilds of ravnica, #lazav dimir mastermind, #lazav the multifarious, #ravnica Read More »
Commander Showdown - Grenzo vs Alesha
September 19, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Mini Minions Some colors in Magic: the Gathering like to play the "go big or go home" game. In green, for example, we see Elemental Bond, Colossal Majesty, Rishkar's Expertise, and a myriad of other effects that reward you for playing enormous monsters. Other colors, however, prefer to go wide rather than tall. White, with its Mentor […]
#alesha who smiles at death, #epitaph golem, #grenzo dungeon warden, #kiki-jiki mirror breaker, #mardu, #mentor of the meek, #murderous redcap, #rakdos, #reito lantern, #siege-gang commander Read More »
Commander Showdown - Varina vs Sidisi
August 29, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Endless Ranks of the Undead If there's one thing I've learned playing Magic: the Gathering, it's that the Zombies just never stop coming. From Alpha to Zendikar, the dead are always with us, hungry for more. I've written not one but two Commander Showdowns about Zombie tribal decks in Commander... but only for the blue-black legends. While I've discussed The Scarab God, […]
#anointed procession, #death baron, #esper zombie, #life from the loam, #necromancers covenant, #parallel lives, #path of discovery, #sidisi brood tyrant, #splendid reclamation, #sultai, #varina lich queen, #wayward servant, #Zombie Tribal Read More »
Commander Showdown - Aminatou vs Yennett
August 13, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Master of Your Own Fate Commander 2018 has brought us some of the craziest new commanders we've ever seen. We have three new blue-red Artificers, one of whom duplicates your tokens; three new Bantchantresses, masters of card advantage; a Jund lands commander who's so cool I had already sleeved up my 99 in anticipation of his […]
#aminatou the fateshifter, #baneful omen, #brainstorm, #eldrazi, #esper, #expropriate, #miracles, #odd, #order of succession, #temporal mastery, #twilight prophet, #vampiric tutor, #void winnower, #yennett cryptic sovereign Read More »
Commander 2018 Set Review - Black
July 31, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Clear as Day, Black as Night Welcome to the Commander 2018 Black Set Review! There are only a handful of new black cards in this year's product, but boy, do they pack a punch. Let's dive right in and check out these awesome new cards. Bloodtracker We begin with Bloodtracker, a card that immediately grabbed my attention […]
#black, #bloodtracker, #commander 2018, #entreat the dead, #loyal subordinate, #night incarnate, #skull storm, #sower of discord Read More »
EDHREC Commander 2018 Preview Card!
July 25, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D7g_3KZ8ZY Commander 2018 spoilers are here, and we're happy to share our preview card! Thanks, WotC, for giving EDHREC its first preview content! Join us in a guessing game to find out which card we've got, then join us in a review of every year's Precon decks! From 2011 to 2017, what fun commanders and […]
Commander Showdown - Arcades vs Doran
July 20, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Defense is the Best Offense I'll be honest, the first time I glanced through Core Set 2019, I wasn't super impressed. With Bone Dragons and Pelakka Wurms, I was dubious that the set would contain interesting goodies for our beloved format. Even some of the Elder Dragons, such as Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner, left me skeptical. Then […]
#abzan, #arcades the strategist, #assault formation, #bant, #behind the scenes, #defender, #doran the siege tower, #indomitable ancients, #meekstone, #sidar kondo of jamuraa, #toughness, #tower defense, #treefolk Read More »
Commander Showdown - Najeela vs Tazri
July 4, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Five-Color Tribal The fight is on! Battlebond has given us a spectacular new commander, Najeela, the Blade-Blossom. At long last, we have a leader for a Warrior tribal EDH deck! Though Najeela herself is mono-red, her activated ability contains all five color symbols, giving her a rainbow-tastic color identity. This isn't the first time we've seen […]
#allies, #ally, #arcane adaption, #bramblewood paragon, #druids repository, #five color, #food chain, #general tazri, #hagra diabolist, #najeela the blade blossom, #rite of replication, #tribal, #warrior, #xenograft Read More »