The dawn of a new format has arrived, and we don’t yet have the tools to solve it. With EDHREC supporting Brawl with full functionality there was a need to create articles that sift through the information. Understanding a format takes time. The announcement was less than a week ago as I write this article. […]
Let's Brawl — Day Zero Primer
March 29, 2018 by
Rick Amundson 
EDH Political Science — Duel to the Death
October 27, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
World at War When the world is thrown into the chaos of multi-sided war there is an air of unpredictability. Each country is attempting to get an edge on the enemy, but is ultimately only concerned with survival. During the last World War, there were the Axis and Allies, but each country fought multiple fronts […]
#black, #blood artist, #craterhoof behemoth, #golgari, #green, #meren of clan nel toth, #politics, #razaketh the foulblooded, #shadowborn apostle, #strategy Read More »
EDH Political Science — Straw Man and Threat Assessment
October 16, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Politics wouldn’t be the same without lying. There is a precedent for it. Lying as part of any political system exists simply because there are clear advantages to doing so. A politician can get caught lying and still come out ahead. The fact that information is out there is more important than if it was […]
#arcane adaption, #black, #blue, #enchantment, #esper, #political, #rooftop storm, #ulamog the ceaseless hunger, #white, #zur the enchanter Read More »
EDH Political Science — Guns, Germs, and STEAL
September 22, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Update 1/16/2022: Since the original publishing of this article, we have learned that Cortés' arrival in Mexico was probably not interpreted by the Aztecs as the return of the god Quetzlcoatl, as some were taught in school. The 'white gods' myth was likely invented by later generations due to various social and political pressures. We're […]
#axis of mortality, #black, #debtors knell, #evangelize, #new blood, #orzhov, #politics, #smallpox, #strategy, #swords to plowshers, #vona butcher of magan, #white Read More »
EDH Political Science — Land Ho!
September 8, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Cartography has been political since the beginning of history. The act of making a map has an intrinsic relation to the boundaries governments set. Creating a world within a page for others to see manufactures a perception on the world it depicts. This could be a fabrication. John Smith created new towns and territories to […]
#constant mists, #dark depths, #ixalan, #lands, #omnath locus of rage, #politics, #revel in riches, #skullwinder, #spires of orazca, #strategy, #thaumatic compas, #the gitrog monster, #thespians stage, #thrasios triton hero, #titania protector of argoth, #vial smasher the fierce Read More »
EDH Political Science — Mathas, FRIEND Seeker
August 25, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
The world lived in chaos before 1945. War was the status quo for many places through out history. In the age we have lived in since the end of World War II there have been many quarrels and fights between super powers. Deaths have occurred; however, on a large scale, the world has less violence […]
#black, #debtors knell, #ghostly prison, #group hug, #group slug, #howling mine, #mardu, #mathas fiend seeker, #oblation, #politics, #red, #vindicate, #white Read More »
EDH Political Science — Party Time, Excellent
August 11, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Political parties have been a contentious part of United States politics since the founding of the nation. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote about their concerns and the benefits of "factions" on the political stage in the ninth and tenth Federalist Papers. They began a heated debate that years later led to the formation of […]
#caged sun, #ezuri claw of progress, #five color, #gather the kindred, #kindred discovery, #paradox engine, #politics, #simic, #the ur-dragon Read More »
EDH Political Science — Tasigur, Steel-Driving Man
July 28, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
The steam engine broke society. It brought the world into the modern era. Industrialization, creating every modern amenity, would not have been possible without it. After the initial design by James Watt there were countless improvements, but there have been no developments with as large of an impact on the world since. When the previews […]
#black, #blue, #demonic tutor, #green, #paradox engine, #sultai, #tasigur the golden fang, #torment of hailfire, #villainous wealth, #whir of invention Read More »
EDH Political Science — Breaking Bolas
July 14, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Heroes are what write books, and get movies onto the silver screen. Villains keep us enthralled and hooked. Foils are vastly more intriguing than protagonists. Dracula, Darth Vader, and The Joker are the figures that we remember more vividly than heroes. Through history villains have had more appeal than their fictional counterparts. The attention that […]
#archfiend of ifnir, #blood moon, #deckbuilding, #grixis, #nicol bolas, #nicol bolas god-pharaoh, #nicol bolas planeswalker, #politics, #the locust god, #the scarab god, #the scorpion god Read More »
EDH Political Science — Marchesa's Bully Pulpit
June 23, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
At the end of last year India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced a bold plan to cut out black market spending and corruption. Eliminate money. Not all money, but enough of the untraceable, large denomination, physical bills so the underground economy is either left exposed or starves. A wave of anti-corruption politics has swept other […]
#aggravated assault, #aggro, #black, #mardu, #mass mutiny, #meta, #politics, #queen marchesa, #red, #vindicate, #white Read More »