<p style="text-align: right;"><em>Hapless Researcher | Art by <a href="https://ronspearsart.com/">Ron Spears</a></em></p>
<p>The redesign of EDHREC is launching today (if you don't see it yet, we are rolling it out incrementally to all users, so stay tuned), and there's a ton of new stuff to explore, from filters to precon pages and more. But none of that work just <em>happened. </em>It was the result of months of hard work <a href="https://spacecowmedia.com/about">by EDHREC's core dev team</a>. Led by keattz, the team featured efforts by Adam, GGards and Kaz, who together rebuilt the majority of EDHREC from the ground up.</p>
<p>And it was more than just a fresh coat of paint — these devs worked on nearly every aspect of the site.</p>
<p>For the nitty-gritty on exactly what's different, what's new, and what stayed the same, <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/changelog-edhrec-redesign">head over to the accompanying Changelog</a>, which goes into granular detail about the changes and the process to create them.</p>
<h2>A Chat with EDHREC's Dev Team on our Site Redesign</h2>
<p>Here, we sat down with these four to get a bit of lighter insight into the process. And, incidentally, revealed that at least two of them are the villains of their Commander tables.</p>
<h3>Introduce yourselves: Who are you? What's your job title? How long have you been involved with EDHREC/SCM?</h3>
<div id="attachment_194945" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-194945" class="wp-image-194945 size-large" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="1024" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/adam-2048x2048.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-194945" class="wp-caption-text">Adam, EDHREC senior data engineer</p></div>
<p><strong>Adam:</strong> Hi, I'm Adam, senior data engineer at Space Cow Media (SCM). I've been working on EDHREC since August 2025 and started full-time at SCM this past January. I've been slowly migrating our data-ingestion pipelines and number-crunching analytics into AWS to get more data on the redesigned website faster, such as the new color identity filter on Card pages.</p>
<div id="attachment_194944" style="width: 829px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/garretthalloween.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-194944" class="wp-image-194944 size-large" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/garretthalloween-819x1024.png" alt="" width="819" height="1024" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/garretthalloween-819x1024.png 819w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/garretthalloween-240x300.png 240w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/garretthalloween-768x960.png 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/garretthalloween.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-194944" class="wp-caption-text">GGards, EDHREC senior software engineer</p></div>
<p><strong>GGards:</strong> Hello there, I'm GGards, senior software engineer and designer on the EDHREC dev team primarily working on the front-end and UI. When SCM hired me just over a year ago, they had all these cool ideas they wanted me to do, but I convinced them to do this redesign first. Hopefully they forgive me now that it's out 😛</p>
<div id="attachment_194727" style="width: 944px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/NGC7293-2004-Helix-Nebula-Wikipedia-10-09-2026_10_45_AM.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-194727" class="wp-image-194727 size-large" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/NGC7293-2004-Helix-Nebula-Wikipedia-10-09-2026_10_45_AM-934x1024.png" alt="" width="934" height="1024" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/NGC7293-2004-Helix-Nebula-Wikipedia-10-09-2026_10_45_AM-934x1024.png 934w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/NGC7293-2004-Helix-Nebula-Wikipedia-10-09-2026_10_45_AM-274x300.png 274w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/NGC7293-2004-Helix-Nebula-Wikipedia-10-09-2026_10_45_AM-768x842.png 768w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/NGC7293-2004-Helix-Nebula-Wikipedia-10-09-2026_10_45_AM.png 1022w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-194727" class="wp-caption-text">Kaz, EDHREC senior data engineer</p></div>
<p><strong>Kaz:</strong> Heyo, I'm Kaz, senior data engineer on the EDHREC dev team working on all things data and backend. I have been working for SCM for almost three years now modernizing the data-processing backend and API. I am a huge WoW speedrunning nerd and like to make things go zoom.</p>
<div id="attachment_194720" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keattz2.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-194720" class="wp-image-194720 size-full" src="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keattz2.png" alt="keattz of edhrec" width="800" height="800" srcset="https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keattz2.png 800w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keattz2-300x300.png 300w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keattz2-150x150.png 150w, https://cloudflare.edhrec.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keattz2-768x768.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-194720" class="wp-caption-text">Keattz, EDHREC co-founder and lead software engineer</p></div>
<p><strong>keattz:</strong> I'm keattz (David), the project lead. I started working on EDHREC in 2015, back when it was just a Reddit bot and simple website — Advanced Filters was my first contribution.</p>
<h3>Which commander or <em>Magic</em> character would you say your colleagues are most similar to?</h3>
<p><strong>Adam:</strong> GGards is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Braids, Cabal Minion" href="#" target="_blank">Braids, Cabal Minion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> because he spent thirty minutes casually convincing me that I should trade it to him so he could build a sealed Commander deck with it. I didn't want it because it seemed like a great way to irritate your opponents. Hard to say for Kaz and keattz, but that's only because I am relatively new to the game.</p>
<p><strong>GGards:</strong> Adam is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ms. Bumbleflower" href="#" target="_blank">Ms. Bumbleflower</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>: I have no idea what he's doing most of the time, but he always does it extremely well. Kaz is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Yuriko, the Tiger&#039;s Shadow" href="#" target="_blank">Yuriko, the Tiger&#039;s Shadow</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>: Dude just gets in, gets things done, and then vanishes without a trace. keattz is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Muldrotha, the Gravetide" href="#" target="_blank">Muldrotha, the Gravetide</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>: First of all, he's Sultai AF, and second of all, he just does it all.</p>
<p><strong>Kaz:</strong> GGards added this question because he knew Adam and I would have no idea how to answer it.</p>
<p><strong>keattz:</strong> This question is too hard.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Braids, Cabal Minion"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ms. Bumbleflower"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Muldrotha, the Gravetide"></div></div>
<h3>Most-argued-over design decision internally: a color, a border radius, or a hill somebody died on?</h3>
<p><strong>Adam:</strong> Took me several recommendations to get GGards to finally let me press / to start searching for a card.</p>
<p><strong>GGards:</strong> The filter sidebar. Forever and ever and ever and ever. I have seen more iterations of that filter sidebar than I've lost games to mana screw.</p>
<p><strong>Kaz:</strong> Precon pages should have adds/cuts on the same page.</p>
<p><strong>keattz:</strong> GGards and I spent countless hours debating every little detail; it's difficult to remember individual arguments at this point. But a few that stand out are: which side the labels attach to cards, navigating between page sections on mobile, and everything about Advanced Filters.</p>
<h3>How would you describe your own Commander tendencies? Are you a villain, goofball, group-hug enthusiast, person who always dies first because they play the <a href="https://edhrec.com/top/salt">salty</a> cards?</h3>
<p><strong>Adam:</strong> I played <em>Magic</em> in my early teens and have only recently picked it up again since starting at SCM. I'm still re-learning the game, but my current strategy is to lay low and let everyone kill each other. Then I'll swing big with all my creatures and hope I figured out the opponent's blockers. Works like 10% of the time.</p>
<p><strong>GGards:</strong> Well, Adam already mentioned I played a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Braids, Cabal Minion" href="#" target="_blank">Braids, Cabal Minion</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> sealed Commander deck. I also have an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Azami, Lady of Scrolls" href="#" target="_blank">Azami, Lady of Scrolls</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> + <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mind Over Matter" href="#" target="_blank">Mind Over Matter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> + <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Laboratory Maniac" href="#" target="_blank">Laboratory Maniac</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck (<a href="https://archidekt.com/decks/16054729/azamis_wizard_school_for_wizards">found here</a>). So, ya know, you are free to draw your own conclusions.</p>
<p><strong>Kaz:</strong> It depends who I am playing with. With some non-EDHREC friends, I am Mr. EDHREC and I am the baddy. With EDHREC folks, I can't follow 90% of turns.</p>
<p><strong>keattz:</strong> For whatever reason, I tend to gravitate toward slower value-generating decks that appear nonthreatening but have a strong late game. I guess it's easier to sit back and let my opponents kill each other? In response, my playgroup has developed the "kill keattz!" strategy: they know they must take me out before I become a problem. So... I think I must be a villain?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Azami, Lady of Scrolls"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mind Over Matter"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Laboratory Maniac"></div></div>
<h3>What deck you're playing right now would you consider your "signature"?</h3>
<p><strong>Adam:</strong> I picked up the <a href="https://edhrec.com/precon/avengers-assemble"><em>Avengers Assemble</em> precon</a> to get back into MTG, and I've been tweaking it a bit. Recently started an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Amareth, the Lustrous" href="#" target="_blank">Amareth, the Lustrous</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck that needs a lot of work (this is when GGards took my Braids).</p>
<p><strong>GGards:</strong> <a href="https://archidekt.com/decks/14182096/gitrog_friends">Gitrog &amp; Friends</a>. He eats trash, he throws trash, he is trash. Just like me.</p>
<p><strong>Kaz:</strong> <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="King T&#039;Challa" href="#" target="_blank">King T&#039;Challa</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></p>
<p><strong>keattz:</strong> Sidisi self-mill has been my answer for a looong time. I don't expect that to change any time soon. It's a great mix of graveyard value and Zombie beatdown.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Amareth, the Lustrous"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Gitrog Monster"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="King T&#039;Challa"></div></div>
<h3>The old site in one word, the new site in one word.</h3>
<p><strong>Adam:</strong> Distinguished. Rejuvenated.</p>
<p><strong>GGards:</strong> How about emojis? Old: 🫩, New: 🧐</p>
<p><strong>Kaz:</strong> OG, Modern</p>
<p><strong>keattz:</strong> regular, crispy</p>
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<h2>A New Era</h2>
<p>We can't say enough about the effort these four put into creating the new-and-improved EDHREC you see today.</p>
<p>If Adam, GGards, Kaz and keattz were new terms for player archetypes, which one would you be?</p>


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