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Mind Bend - Naya Extra Turns
Time After Time “The world, I’ve come to realize, is a blank canvas on which to paint.” —Ixidor, reality sculptor Commander is the best Magic: The Gathering format for expression. With just about every card available to a deck builder, Commander is truly a blank canvas, and any idea is at least worth trying out. […]
Spreading the Love - EDH Scavenger Hunt!
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Kya Vess
It's (Almost) That Time of Year! Happy November Everyone! Kya here once again! I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their opinions on my last article. It was an interesting topic to cover, and I have to say I was very happy with the maturity of everyone's input on the subject. As […]
Replacement Commanders - Once an Apprentice, Now a Combo Master!
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DM Cross
An Artificial Apprenticeship Alright, my beloved readers, it is time to return to this year's Commander product and shining the spotlight on those Replacement Commanders, the legendary cards that were the right colors to be in the command zone, but found the deck's directions to not be as supportive for their abilities as the face […]
Shape Anew - Grixis Tokens with Kess
The Token Tokens Greetings, fellow EDH addicts. Welcome to another iteration of Shape Anew, where we build a decklist around a commander with 500+ decks on EDHREC. Different strategies will be explored to find original approaches for these popular commanders. We’re not allowed to use more than fifteen nonland cards used in the commander’s average […]
Commander Showdown - Vela vs Yuriko
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: [card]Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow[/card]. At long last, our wishes for a Ninja Tribal commander were fulfilled! Does the term "Commander ninjutsu" […]
Ultra Budget Brews - 5 Colors
Hello and welcome back to another edition of Ultra Budget Brews, the monthly article series that builds entire Commander decks in which no card costs more than $1. Every week, I give you all a poll so that you all have some say in what these articles end up being about. If I'm writing about […]
Lore Seeker - Galvanized Goddess
Prologue Welcome to Lore Seeker, a series devoted to the legendary creatures left by the wayside of Magic story. In this series I analyze a legendary creature card in depth, one that does not have much mythos surrounding it. I consider everything from the name and mana cost to the art and flavor text, extracting […]
EDH Player Psychographics - Negotiating with Goblin Diplomats
Negotiation is for those who don't attack enough. At least that's what Goblin Diplomats think. Today is the sixth (and final?) edition of our EDH Player Psychographic series. We've covered Herm/Hermettes, Turtles, Mackenzies, Barktooths, and Puppet Masters. To round things out, we'll take a look at perhaps the most extreme psychographic there is: the Goblin Diplomat, […]
The Knowledge Pool - Karador, Ghost Chieftain
The Ghost Chieftain Hi everyone! Welcome back to The Knowledge Pool! It's been a little while since my last article, and for those of you who don't remember, I promised you a Part 2 to my lands series. However, given that we're approaching the spookiest of holidays, I thought it only fitting to push back […]
The Toolbox - You Get an Artifact! And You Get an Artifact! And You Lose an Artifact!
Who’s that Writer? Hello everybody! I hope that you are all having a great day, and I would like to welcome you to the first article in this series, The Toolbox. My name is Elijah, and I am a student looking to go into computer engineering. I started playing Magic just before the release of […]