Well hey there party people! It's been a while hasn't it? Hopefully you didn't miss our forays and fun too much. I'm back this week with a deck that, of course, I love because if you've been listening to the EDHRECast(which you should be!) you'll know that I was so confident in this being the […]

3 and a Black, Green, and Blue. Legendary Creature - Elemental Avatar, 6/6 No combat abilities... why should we care about this commander? During each of your turns, you may play up to one permanent card of each permanent type from your graveyard. Oh my... Your Graveyard and You For Muldrotha, the graveyard is a […]

Welcome dear readers to my new series premiering today here at EDHREC.com! In this series, dubbed General Medicine, I take your submitted decks, throw them into the EDHREC machinery, add my own analysis on top, and present a cool brew, along with suggestions by EDHREC and myself. Before we meet our very first patient, I want […]

One of my favorite stories to come out of competitive Magic of all time is the success of Chris Lachmann and Jacob Van Lunen at Pro Tour San Diego in 2007. The format was Two-Headed Giant Time Spiral Booster draft and the two had come up with a very specific plan: force slivers. Apparently, most of the […]

Golden Reality Welcome to Andrew Jackson Highlander, a weekly series where I share a Commander deck tech that costs twenty dollars. In this article, I finally explore a play style that I have yet to touch on this series: combo. Love it or hate it, combo is a major pillar of the EDH format. It is pretty […]

Alternate Timelines Here on Commander Showdown, we normally take a close look at two commanders whose abilities are very similar. Last week, for example, we went in-depth on The Ur-Dragon vs Scion of the Ur-Dragon. Long before that, we examined Roon vs Brago in a Blink-Bros Brawl. This week, I hope you'll indulge me as we try something […]

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 […]

As Commander players, we evolve based on our experiences with the format. Naturally our deck compositions develop based on the results of casual games at shops, within playgroups, online games, or, for some, through competitive tournaments. While brewing decklists, whether we're aware of it or not, we go through a cycle of inquiry, action, and reflection as […]