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Dig Through Time — Visions

Dig Through Time — Visions

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Dean Gootee
Dean Gootee
Did you know that Magic is 25 years old? You probably did. But are you familiar with very many cards more than a decade old? Maybe you aren't. Today I'm going to reacquaint you with a set 20 years in Magic's past: Visions! Visions is a small set from Mirage block that used the mechanics phasing, flanking, and cumulative upkeep. But […]

EDHREC Spoiler Coverage — Crazy for Kitties!

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
Welcome to spoiler week! It's like the nerdy version of Spring Break only we get like, six of them a year instead of just one. Plus there's way less shameful decisions made during spoiler week. Usually. Here at EDHREC we're going to break down the spoilers every day and give you a quick rundown of […]
60 to 100 — Meet Alesha's Aristocrats

60 to 100 — Meet Alesha's Aristocrats

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
How do folks!? Welcome back for another edition of 60 to 100, where we accelerate our decks from 60-card formats to 100-card Commander piles of fun! This week was a bit of a conundrum for me. I like brewing decks from scratch, maybe getting some ideas from some of my fellow writers at the site, […]
Ultra Budget Brews — Sek'Kuar Deathkeeper

Ultra Budget Brews — Sek'Kuar Deathkeeper

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Andrew Cummings
Andrew Cummings
Welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews, the article that desperately wants to be named Dollar General, but can’t, serving as a grim reminder that I have nice things. This article series builds EDH decks that only contain cards that cost less than $1, hopefully saving you money so that you can have nice things, like […]
The Chopping Block — Zurgo, Helmsmasher

The Chopping Block — Zurgo, Helmsmasher

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Josh Coleman
Josh Coleman
Welcome back to The Chopping Block! The place where we take an average deck and chop it into more refined pieces. With this information, you will be able to create a deck that feels like your own and is competitive to boot. This week we'll be looking at a series decks for the more aggressive […]
Commander Showdown — Titania vs The Gitrog Monster

Commander Showdown — Titania vs The Gitrog Monster

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
Let Me Tell You a Story Some time ago, I sat down for a game with my favorite deck, . A short while into this game, I assembled a small army with an . An opponent wiped the board. I dropped a and began to recreate the army, but the board was again wiped. Undeterred, […]
Partner Focus — Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

Partner Focus — Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

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Nate Burgess
Nate Burgess
and I have a special personal relationship, in that I was honored to be literally the first person to sing Kydele's praises to the world. Since the left the stage, the Big K needs a new multi-armed wizard to represent his interests in the mortal world. {Tap}: Add {C} to your mana pool for each card you've […]
Pure // Simple - Get More Cards in All Colors

Pure // Simple - Get More Cards in All Colors

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Jeremy Podczerwinski
Jeremy Podczerwinski
Welcome back to Pure // Simple, the article series that takes the mystery out of card choices in Commander. Commander is usually a game of attrition. -like cards destroy your creatures, you use your to deal with an opponent’s big threat, and maybe has been making you discard swaths of cards. Over the course of […]
EDH Political Science — Tasigur, Steel-Driving Man

EDH Political Science — Tasigur, Steel-Driving Man

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Rick Amundson
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 […]
Non-Basically Speaking — Budget Five Color with Horde of Notions

Non-Basically Speaking — Budget Five Color with Horde of Notions

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Nick Wallace
Nick Wallace
Hello friends and thrifty Commander brewers and welcome back to EDHREC and our continuing bi-weekly column, Non-Basically Speaking, the series that strives to identify non-basic lands that should be considered valuable staples or hidden gems based on their visibility on EDHREC. There's an unexplainable aura and feeling of pride when piloting a five-color commander deck. […]