Update 1/16/2022: Since the original publishing of this article, we have learned that Cortés' arrival in Mexico was probably not interpreted by the Aztecs as the return of the god Quetzlcoatl, as some were taught in school. The 'white gods' myth was likely invented by later generations due to various social and political pressures. We're […]
EDH Political Science — Guns, Germs, and STEAL
September 22, 2017 by
Rick Amundson 
EDH Political Science — Land Ho!
September 8, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Cartography has been political since the beginning of history. The act of making a map has an intrinsic relation to the boundaries governments set. Creating a world within a page for others to see manufactures a perception on the world it depicts. This could be a fabrication. John Smith created new towns and territories to […]
#constant mists, #dark depths, #ixalan, #lands, #omnath locus of rage, #politics, #revel in riches, #skullwinder, #spires of orazca, #strategy, #thaumatic compas, #the gitrog monster, #thespians stage, #thrasios triton hero, #titania protector of argoth, #vial smasher the fierce Read More »
Commander Showdown — Mathas vs Queen Marchesa
September 6, 2017 by
Joseph Schultz 
Mardu Politics Commander 2017 has graced us with a host of new tribal commanders, from Cats to Dragons to Cat Dragons. However, for this week's Commander Showdown, I'd like to take a step back from all the tribal synergies and focus instead upon a strange and intriguing new inclusion to the 'Vampiric Bloodlust' precon. His name is Mathas, Fiend Seeker, and […]
#bounty hunter, #commander 2017, #crown of doom, #curse, #curse of bloodletting, #curse of opulence, #disrupt decorum, #ghostly prison, #group hug, #mardu, #mathas fiend seeker, #monarch, #politics, #queen marchesa Read More »
EDH Political Science — Mathas, FRIEND Seeker
August 25, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
The world lived in chaos before 1945. War was the status quo for many places through out history. In the age we have lived in since the end of World War II there have been many quarrels and fights between super powers. Deaths have occurred; however, on a large scale, the world has less violence […]
#black, #debtors knell, #ghostly prison, #group hug, #group slug, #howling mine, #mardu, #mathas fiend seeker, #oblation, #politics, #red, #vindicate, #white Read More »
Weird Harvest — Pharika, Plague Politics
August 18, 2017 by
Christopher Russell 
Hello everyone and welcome to the first installment of Weird Harvest. Over the course of this series I hope to impress upon all of you one of my favorite elements of EDH, and that is using jank during our build process to disrupt our opponents. You may ask yourself, “Why would I ever intentionally put […]
#black, #city of solitude, #dread, #enchantments, #gate to phyrexia, #genesis chamber, #golgari, #green, #jolrael empress of beasts, #living death, #oath of ghouls, #pharika god of affliction, #politics, #portcullis, #tokens, #ward of bones Read More »
EDH Political Science — Party Time, Excellent
August 11, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Political parties have been a contentious part of United States politics since the founding of the nation. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote about their concerns and the benefits of "factions" on the political stage in the ninth and tenth Federalist Papers. They began a heated debate that years later led to the formation of […]
#caged sun, #ezuri claw of progress, #five color, #gather the kindred, #kindred discovery, #paradox engine, #politics, #simic, #the ur-dragon Read More »
EDH Political Science — Breaking Bolas
July 14, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Heroes are what write books, and get movies onto the silver screen. Villains keep us enthralled and hooked. Foils are vastly more intriguing than protagonists. Dracula, Darth Vader, and The Joker are the figures that we remember more vividly than heroes. Through history villains have had more appeal than their fictional counterparts. The attention that […]
#archfiend of ifnir, #blood moon, #deckbuilding, #grixis, #nicol bolas, #nicol bolas god-pharaoh, #nicol bolas planeswalker, #politics, #the locust god, #the scarab god, #the scorpion god Read More »
EDH Political Science — Marchesa's Bully Pulpit
June 23, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
At the end of last year India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced a bold plan to cut out black market spending and corruption. Eliminate money. Not all money, but enough of the untraceable, large denomination, physical bills so the underground economy is either left exposed or starves. A wave of anti-corruption politics has swept other […]
#aggravated assault, #aggro, #black, #mardu, #mass mutiny, #meta, #politics, #queen marchesa, #red, #vindicate, #white Read More »
EDH Political Science — Saskia and the Olive Branch
June 9, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Have you ever been stabbed in the back? No, I haven’t had someone put a knife in my spine either, but having a friend betray you at the last moment is devastating. Nation-states try to prevent this sort of betrayal by creating treaties. They do act similarly to the ones you crafted when you realized […]
#argothian enchantress, #eidolon of blossoms, #enchantresss presence, #phyrexian arena, #politics, #saskia the unyielding, #sigil of the empty throne, #tokens, #voltron Read More »
EDH Political Science — Edric, the Spy Who Loved Me
May 26, 2017 by
Rick Amundson
Government agencies are still not beyond the use of covert espionage. There was a recent New York Times report that uncovered details of more than a dozen United States spies working in China who died or were captured between 2010 and 2012. It wasn't that long ago when the US was in trouble with a […]
#augury owl, #blue, #craterhoof behemoth, #edric spymaster of trest, #green, #politics, #simic, #triumph of the hordes, #vendilion clique Read More »