Welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews, the article series that builds EDH decks where every card costs less than $1. Up to this point, the decks I brewed for this column are ones that I personally owned and played. Writing about these decks was fairly easy, because I had a decent amount of real world […]

A Plague of Locusts Upon Your House Hour of Devastation is almost upon us, and there are some awesome preview cards on the horizon. We've seen Theros gods and Amonkhet gods before, but we've never seen plague gods. Scorpions and scarabs are terrifying, but the one that frightens me most is . This giant insect will cost you […]

is one lonely (and angry) warrior khan. As her comrades die around her, she rallies strength from their sacrifice and inspires the rest of the troops under her command. That inspiration is a fluid that flows from the fallen to the survivors in her presence. Whenever a creature you control dies or is put into […]

This week we get deeply personal on 60 to 100. Not because the deck is inspired by something that I love and have played in depth. Nope. This week we're playing an archetype that I hate with a passion. As a Merfolk player in Modern there is one notoriously bad matchup that I dread. Every […]

Hello friends and worshipers of the God-Pharaoh. Welcome to EDHREC's final Commander set review of Hour of Devastation - gold cards, split cards, artifacts and non-basic lands! We have a lot to cover, so let's get started!   I Love Goooooold!!!! Bloodwater Entity You know a set is powerful for Commander when you open the […]

You read this byline correctly, it is I, Jason Alt, long-time behind-the-scenes manager of content on this site, contributing a piece to EDHREC. And why not? Our other authors writing an EDH review of the cards in Hour of Devastation looked like so much fun that I had to try it for myself. I chose […]

Welcome to Hour of Devastation review of blue, where we will take a look at the most powerful offerings from this small set. Maybe I should have said most devastating offerings. I’ll be here all week, or at least until the end of the article. Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign I would be remiss if I didn’t […]

Hello, everyone! Are you excited? I'm excited! If you're wondering why I'm excited, today was the end of "spoiler season" for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering expansion, Hour of Devastation. This means that every card in the set is now released, and everyone will be rushing to get their opinions out there. I'm no different, and […]

The Grass is Always Greener The Hour of Devastation is almost upon us, and in the spirit of survival, it's time for a review of the green cards in the upcoming set that are sure to shake up the EDH format. No time for pleasantries, Nicol Bolas is coming to wreck face, so we'd best […]

Today I have the privilege of taking you through the white cards of Hour of Devastation! We'll look at everything through the lens of Commander playability, so I'll skip lots of the common/draft cards that you likely won't ever see. Yada yada, disclaimers of my own opinions etc. Let's roll! To feed off of for […]