Overwhelming Splendor art by Richard Wright Darn You to Heck When the two suns of Amonkhet were naught but distant lights on the horizon, we knew to expect two things: top-down Egyptian themes, and top-down Nicol Bolas themes. What I did not expect was a smattering of curses, which (save for and ) are the […]

Maybe you've noticed a theme in my last two columns. First we did Future Sight. Then we visited Planar Chaos. Hm, is this a pattern? Yes, we've been doing Time Spiral block in reverse, and that means that today we're going to the past to visit the set that kicked off this crazy block. In addition to bringing […]

This article is Round 13 of the Underdog’s Corner, a series spotlighting various lesser-used commanders and their place in the format. Each article makes the argument for a single commander that deserves more play, as well as highlighting key cards and synergies. A Crawling Sensation Hello, everyone and welcome back to the Underdog's Corner! In my my […]

Currently there are 5,860 decks in the EDHREC database running , and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Okay, that's not entirely true. And by not entirely true I mean not even partially true. is a solid card and there are a ton of reasons to run […]

Hello everyone and welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews! Typically, this article builds entire EDH decks in which no single card costs more than $1. If you are reading this, it means that you are probably aware that Hour of Devastation has been recently released. I’m not sure if there is anything that Magic players […]

In the myriad of planes I traverse, I am afforded the singular opportunity to see the full range of approaches that the different colors of magic take to similar strategies. While green mages have the greatest affinity for finding new lands, using their resources, reviving the land, and repeating the process, some red mages and […]

She's a kor who is good at offensive fighting, enjoys high altitude travel with grappling cables, and gets more powerful with the more gadgets she has. Basically, she's the Zendikar version of Batman, except she's not a man and presumably doesn't have deep psychological parental issues that result in an animal-themed alter-ego.  has first strike and vigilance and gets +1 […]

Triple Showdown Two months ago, I wrote a Commander Showdown about the reigning zombie tribal commanders, and . Then Hour of Devastation happened, unleashing one of the coolest and most frightening commanders we've seen in a long time: . The zombie apocalypse never stops, nor do its commanders. We've been graced with another blue-black commander that […]

This week on Dig Through Time we're going to visit the alternate present of 2007 with Planar Chaos. Like the rest of Time Spiral block, this set explored the "crust" of the color pie, mining for effects that bordered on allowable in each color at the time. They weren't just pushing boundaries, though. Some of the experimentation was […]

Welcome party people! I hope your release weekends went great for Hour of Devastation with some awesome god-pulls.... See what I did there? "God-pulls?" Because there are gods in the set... You know what, I thought it was clever. Don't judge me. Anyways, this week I get to go back to a deck archetype that everyone […]