The Start of a New Age Hello everyone and welcome back to your favorite spotlight series for the under-appreciated! If you have never read this column, welcome! There are many reasons why a commander could be under-appreciated: it could be because of obsolescence, or it's too expensive, or maybe it could be because of narrowness. […]
Underdog's Corner — Evra, Halcyon Witness
May 14, 2018 by
Mason Brantley 
Underdog's Corner — Sedris, the Traitor King
April 27, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
Brought Back to Life Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of the Underdog's Corner! If this is your first time, this series is all about covering the underplayed, unrecognized, and outshined commanders of our format. Overall popularity is the most common way we identify underdogs, but I've shown in the past that it […]
#aetherling, #black, #blink, #blue, #conjurers closet, #Endless Sands, #exile, #feldon of the third path, #flicker, #grixis, #haste, #reanimator, #red, #redundancy, #release to the wind, #return, #sedris the traitor king, #sundial of the infinite, #teferis veil Read More »
EDHREC Dominaria Set Review — Uncommon Gold Legends
April 20, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
If you hadn't guessed it by the fact there are 44 new legendary creatures releasing with Dominaria, there is a Legendary-Matters theme in the set. There are so many legends in this set, in fact, that Wizards needed to have legends appear at uncommon, something that hasn't happened in thirteen years! The biggest boon with […]
#adeliz the cinder wind, #arvad the cursed, #cycle, #dominaria, #garna the bloodflame, #hallar the firefletcher, #raff capashen ships mage, #rona disciple of gix, #shanna sisay's legacy, #slimefoot the stowaway, #tatyova benthic druid, #tiana ships caretaker, #uncommon Read More »
Underdog's Corner — Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
April 10, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
Call the Spirits Hello, everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the Dominaria spoilers season as much as I have, because I am looking forward to explore many of the new cards! Before we get of ahead of ourselves though, welcome to the Underdog's Corner! This series is dedicated to shining a light on […]
#artifacts, #combo win conditions, #gilded lotus, #kurkesh onakke ancient, #mono red, #red, #strionic resonator Read More »
Underdog's Corner — Tishana, Voice of Thunder
March 27, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
Recent-Past Reviewed Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another edition of the Underdog's Corner! As we move closer towards the release of Dominaria, I thought to look back on the last block, Ixalan. This week's entrant is one that always seemed powerful, but never received a lot of attention. I certainly never gave it much attention […]
#blue, #draw, #green, #paradox engine, #ramp, #simic, #tishana voice of thunder, #wide Read More »
Underdog's Corner — Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
March 12, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
A Surprise Entrant Hello all, and welcome back to the Underdog's Corner! I hope you are all having a lovely Monday so far, wherever you are in the world, and I'm here to bring you a new Underdog and a deck to go with it! We are back with a new commander that I think […]
#blue, #green, #kynaios and tiro of meletis, #landfall, #red, #white Read More »
Underdog's Corner — Elenda, the Dusk Rose
February 26, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
Love Bites Welcome back to another installment of the Underdog's Corner! Due to personal scheduling details, I have been away for what feels like far too long from writing, but I am excited to be back! What has happened in the world since? Well, Rivals of Ixalan was released, and the higher ups even let […]
#angel of invention, #anthem, #elenda the dusk rose, #elesh norn grand cenobite, #gideon ally of zendikar, #glorious anthem, #orzhov, #sorin lord of innistrad, #spear of heliod, #tokens, #tribal Read More »
Rivals of Ixalan EDH Review — Top Ten
January 22, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
Hello all, Today I have the pleasure to bring you the Top Ten EDH cards from the newest Magic: The Gathering expansion, Rivals of Ixalan. Now... what makes a card fit into the Top Ten? I think a card makes the cut via a combination of power and the ability to see play in multiple […]
#atzal cave of eternity, #azors gateway, #dead mans chest, #dire fleet daredevil, #edh, #etali primal storm, #journey to eternity, #nezahal primal tide, #path of discovery, #pitiless plunderer, #release to the wind, #rivals of ixalan, #storm the vault, #the immortal sun, #top ten, #twilight prophet, #vault of catlacan, #world shaper Read More »
Underdog's Corner — Kefnet, the Mindful
January 8, 2018 by
Mason Brantley
New Year, Same Underdogs Hello and welcome back to the first Underdog's Corner of 2018! It's a new year, which means it's likely to look a lot like the last year. It's a time for opportunities to reinvent ourselves, make changes to our lives, and generally try to improve upon the previous years in some […]
#control, #draw, #empyrial plate, #kefnet the mindful, #paradoxical outcome, #recurring insight, #soramaro first to dream, #training grounds, #voltron Read More »
UN-derdog's Corner — Dr. Julius Jumblemorph
December 11, 2017 by
Mason Brantley
I Hope You UN-derstand Hello, everyone and welcome to a special edition of the Underdog's Corner! If you noticed the title, we are focusing on one of the silver-bordered legends from the newest set, Unstable! While silver-bordered cards are only legal until the banned and restricted announcement for Commander in January, I thought it would […]
#casual, #fun, #green, #selesnya, #silver bordered, #tribal, #unstable, #white Read More »