Let the Land Fall Welcome back to the Commander Showdown, the series where we pit similar-ish commanders against each other to analyze differences in card selection and strategy. Normally, I like to analyze two commanders at a time, such as Jodah vs Ramos's five-color face-off, or Marath vs Ghave's counter-token-combo matchup. However, this week we're discussing not […]
Commander Showdown — Landfall Battle Royale
June 6, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz 
EDHREC Battlebond Review — Black
May 30, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Let's Get Ready To Rumble Battlebond is arriving soon, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that the set looks fantastic. Full to the brim with amazing reprints and jam-packed with cards that work not only in Two-Headed Giant but also in Commander, Battlebond is shaping up to be a total smash. […]
#archfiend of despair, #assist, #battlebond, #diabolic intent, #friend or foe, #krav the unredeemed, #nirkana revenant, #noosegraf mob, #stunning reversal, #thrilling encore, #two-headed giant, #virtus the veiled Read More »
Commander Showdown — Valduk vs Kemba
May 16, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Red & White Equipment Red and white are frequently admonished for their weaknesses in the Commander format. Both colors have limited access to mana ramp and card draw effects, which makes for a difficult time in a multiplayer environment. In 1-on-1 games like Standard and Modern, Red and White make up for this lack of […]
#auras, #cat, #dragon throne of tarkir, #elemental, #equipment, #kemba kha regent, #mono red, #mono white, #skullclamp, #tokens, #valduk keeper of the flame, #voltron Read More »
Commander Showdown — Ramos vs Jodah
May 2, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Five Color Fantasies Dominaria is here at last, and with it, we dive into a whole new slew of fantastic commanders. There's a brand new five-color commander on everyone's mind, who just narrowly won the vote from the last Commander Showdown. Folks are already staring to brew with him here on EDHREC: Jodah, Archmage Eternal. […]
#dominaria, #eldrazi, #fist of suns, #five color commander, #five color mana base, #forgotten ancient, #jodah archmage eternal, #myojin, #progenitus, #ramos dragon engine, #sunbird's invocation, #zacama primal calamity Read More »
EDHREC Dominaria Set Review — Multicolored Part 2
April 23, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Multicolored Madness Dominaria is here, and it's full of so many legendary creatures we've barely been able to keep up! There are so many amazing multicolored cards in the new set that we've split the Set Review for multicolored cards in twain; check out the review of uncommon legendary creatures by fellow writer Mason Brantley, […]
#aryel knight of windgrace, #darigaaz reincarnated, #dominaria, #firesong and sunspeaker, #grand warlord radha, #jhoira weatherlight captain, #jodah archmage eternal, #muldrotha the gravetide, #oath of teferi, #primevals glorious rebirth, #set review, #spoilers, #teferi hero of dominaria Read More »
Commander Showdown — Jhoira vs Jhoira
April 18, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Back to the Future, Forward to the Past Our trip through the Dominaria preview season has been topsy-turvy, wibbly-wobbly, and of course, timey-wimey. From Muldrotha, the Gravetide to Firesong and Sunspeaker, this legendary plane has more legendary creatures than we’ve seen in a long time. Still, one of them stands out from all the rest, […]
#aetherflux reservoir, #artifact, #clockspinning, #eggs, #eldrazi, #fury charm, #izzet, #jhoira of the ghitu, #jhoira weatherlight captain, #jhoiras familiar, #jhoiras timebug, #paradox engine, #paradox haze, #paradoxical outcome, #storm, #Suspend Read More »
Commander Showdown — Marath vs Ghave
April 4, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Counters, Tokens, and Combos When people think of Commander cards, there are often a few EDH-specific cards that come to mind. Sol Ring, for example, or Cyclonic Rift. One of the biggest is Doubling Season, a card whose price is exorbitantly high and whose demand comes almost exclusively from Commander players. While it's true that […]
#+1/+1 counters, #abzan, #ashnods altar, #black, #blood artist, #cathars crusade, #combo, #earthcraft, #elemental, #enrage, #ghave guru of spores, #green, #mana echoes, #marath will of the wild, #naya, #phyrexian altar, #purphoros god of the forge, #red, #saproling, #tokens, #white, #zulaport cutthroat Read More »
Commander Showdown — Zacama vs Gishath
March 21, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Elder Dinosaur Highlander Masters 25 is here and Dominaria is around the corner, but we can't leave Ixalan just yet. We've discussed some of Ixalan's Vampiric offerings, as well as its slippery underwater inhabitants, but we can't say we've properly explored Ixalan until we do a proper Dino Showdown. This block gave us two enormous Naya monstrosities that would […]
#dinosaur tribal, #dinosaurs, #gishath sun's avatar, #mana reflection, #miraris wake, #temur sabertooth, #zacama primal calamity, #zendikar resurgent Read More »
Commander Showdown — Mairsil vs Experiment Kraj
March 7, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Some Assembly Required Magic: the Gathering is filled to the brim with abilities. We have triggered abilities, as seen on cards like Eternal Witness and Phyrexian Arena. There are mana abilities, famously found on lands, artifacts, and mana dorks such as Gilded Lotus and Llanowar Elves. Then we have static abilities, like the classic Glorious […]
#+1/+1 counters, #activated ability, #aetherling, #anthroplasm, #cage counter, #experiment kraj, #gilded lotus, #grixis, #hateflayer, #infinite combo, #mairsil the pretender, #mirror-mad phantasm, #nevinyrrals disk, #pili-pala, #quicksilver elemental, #sage of hours, #simic, #staff of domination, #tree of perdition, #untap Read More »
Commander Showdown — Etali vs Grenzo
February 21, 2018 by
Joseph Schultz
Stealing Things is Fun Rivals of Ixalan unleashed a cycle of new dinosaurs into EDH, from the enormous Ghalta, Primal Hunger to the terrifying Tetzimoc, Primal Death. However, one dino can still be heard above the rest: Etali, Primal Storm, the spinosaurus that bellows so loudly it shakes the top card of everyone's library loose. […]
#aggravated assault, #bedlam, #break through the line, #disrupt decorum, #etali, #etali primal storm, #goad, #goblin war drums, #grenzo havoc raiser, #hellkite charger, #lantern of insight, #mono red, #neheb the eternal, #relentless assault, #scroll rack, #world at war Read More »