Benjamin brews an EDH deck made entirely out of Banned cards!
Achievement Unlocked - Are Cards Banned in Other Formats Underrated in EDH?
March 13, 2023 by
Benjamin Nicol 
#banned, #banned list, #bonder's ornament, #dig through time, #drannith magistrate, #expressive iteration, #felidar guardian, #Field of the Dead, #galvanic relay, #green suns zenith, #hermit druid, #locus of creation, #mycosynth lattice, #mystic sanctuary, #narset parter of veils, #omanth, #ragavan nimble pilferer, #serra ascendant, #skullclamp, #stoneforge mystic, #strip mine, #thassa's oracle, #underworld breach, #uro, #Uro titan of nature's wrath, #wheel of fortune, #white plume adventurer, #winota joiner of forces Read More »
Achievement Unlocked - Which Alt Win Cons Are the Most Satisfying to Win With? Part 2
December 26, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Which alternate win condition is the most exciting to pull off?
#alternate win conditions, #atemsis all-seeing, #divine intervention, #door to nothingness, #hedron alignment, #helix pinnacle, #hellkite tyrant, #jace, #Jace wielder of mysteries, #laboratory maniac, #lilianas contract, #mayaels aria, #mazes end, #mechanized production, #mirrodin besieged, #mortal combat, #near-death experience, #Ramses Assassin Lord, #revel in riches, #simic ascendency, #test of endurance, #thassa's oracle, #triskaidekaphile Read More »
Gemstone Mine - Anatomy of a cEDH Deck -- Lessons from cEDH
December 21, 2022 by
Community Spotlight 
It's time for the big question, one that a lot of curious players find themselves asking: what makes a deck into a cEDH deck? Is it the dual lands? Is it Mana Crypt? Is it Force of Will? Demonic Tutor? Thassa's Oracle? The truth is a lot more complicated, as cEDH decks are brutally-efficient and […]
Too-Specific Top 10 - Don't Go Cascading Combos
October 21, 2022 by
DougY 
Two-card combos for two mana each? Abbadon cascades into victory!
#abaddon, #Abaddon the Despoiler, #aphetto alchemist, #benthic biomancer, #bloodchief ascension, #brain freeze, #cascade, #cascade combo, #cascade combos, #cephalid illusionist, #demonic consultation, #dramatic reversal, #duskmantle guildmage, #etherium sculptor, #goblin welder, #grim monolith, #grindstone, #isochron scepter, #lightning greaves, #lions eye diamond, #maddening cacophony, #mesmeric orb, #mindcrank, #nivix guildmage, #painters servant, #power artifact, #senseis divining top, #thassa's oracle, #The Reality Chip, #thornbite staff, #two card combo, #two card combos, #two mana combo, #two mana combos, #underworld breach, #wizard class Read More »
Solve the Equation – Does Size Matter?
July 26, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Lurrus just found a few new friends... or should we say, Friends Forever?
#blood artist, #charming prince, #clues, #cruel celebrant, #dockside extortionist, #esper sentinel, #lurrus of the dream-den, #mistmeadow witch, #phantasmal image, #reckless fireweaver, #rise and shine, #sage of lat-nam, #thassa's oracle, #the meathook massacre, #time sieve Read More »
Do Your Worst - Mono-Blue Aristocrats
May 25, 2022 by
Philomène Gatien 
Blue's usually known for spells, not sacrificing creatures, right? ...Right!?!?
#ashnods altar, #aura thief, #body double, #cackling counterpart, #cauldron of souls, #chasm skulker, #faerie artisans, #false demise, #floating-dream zubera, #homarid spawning bed, #illusionists stratagem, #Inga Rune-Eyes, #iridescent drake, #Keiga, #keiga the tide star, #minn, #Minn Wily Illusionist, #mitotic manipulation, #nadir kraken, #Naru Meha, #Naru Meha Master Wizard, #nim deathmantle, #overcharged amalgam, #psychosis crawler, #reef worm, #retraced image, #river kelpie, #selhoff occultist, #spawning pit, #Specimen Collector, #stitchers apprentice, #sublime epiphany, #thassa's oracle, #toothy, #toothy imaginary friend, #vedalken shackles, #whirler rogue Read More »
Power Sink - Azami Hand Jive
February 17, 2022 by
Lenny Wooley 
Azami combo? Nah. Azami hand-size-matters tribal? Oh heck yeah.
#azami lady of scrolls, #Barrin Tolarian Archmage, #dramatic reversal, #empyrial plate, #hand of vecna, #hisokas guard, #isochron scepter, #laboratory maniac, #Minn Wily Illusionist, #oneirophage, #soramaro first to dream, #sturmgeist, #thassa's oracle, #toothy imaginary friend, #venser shaper savant, #vodalian illusionist, #wizard class Read More »
The Nitpicking Nerds - How to Combo in Commander | The Complete Guide to Combo in EDH
January 7, 2022 by
Community Spotlight
This is everything you'll need to learn how to play WITH and AGAINST combos in Commander! Use our Tcgplayer affiliate link to buy cards: http://bit.ly/NitpickingNerdsTCG Buying Dragon Shield product in the United States? Use our affiliate link! https://bit.ly/DragonShieldUSA Buying Dragon Shield product in the EU? Use this affiliate link: https://bit.ly/DragonShieldEU Come join our Discord community! […]
#demonic consultation, #nitpicking nerds, #thassa's oracle Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - (Last) Year In Review
December 31, 2021 by
DougY
What can 2021 tell us about 2020, and the future of EDH design?
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #Anowon the Ruin Thief, #Araumi of the Dead Tide, #Archmage Emeritus, #ardenn intrepid archaeologist, #bala ged recovery, #bastion of remembrance, #Birgi God of Storytelling, #brallin skyshark rider, #cazur ruthless stalker, #dauthi voidwalker, #deflecting swat, #destiny spinner, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #esper sentinel, #feed the swarm, #fierce guardianship, #garruk's uprising, #Gavi nest warden, #haldan avid arcanist, #heliod, #heliod sun-crowned, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #Kalamax the stormsire, #kathril aspect warper, #kinnan bonder prodigy, #liesa shroud of dusk, #Malakir Rebirth, #nethroi apex of death, #obeka brute chronologist, #obuun mul daya ancestor, #omnath locus of creation, #otrimi the ever-playful, #pako arcane retriever, #Rin and Seri Inseparable, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #scute swarm, #shabraz the skyshark, #shadowspear, #silvar devourer of the free, #solve the equation, #spectator seating, #storm-kiln artist, #tayam luminous enigma, #thassa's oracle, #Toski Bearer of Secrets, #trynn champion of freedom, #ukkima stalking shadow, #urzas saga, #village rites, #wandering archaic, #wheel of misfortune, #winota joiner of forces, #xyris the writhing storm, #yavimaya cradle of growth, #yurlok of scorch thrash, #zaxara the exemplary Read More »
Reconstruct History — Laboratory Maniac (And Friends)
November 2, 2021 by
Trent Trombley 
Have the popularity of Thassa's Oracle and Jace affected Lab Man's popularity too?
#demonic consultation, #doomsday, #Jace wielder of mysteries, #jeweled lotus, #laboratory maniac, #lions eye diamond, #mana vault, #Ormos Archive Keeper, #tainted pact, #thassa's oracle, #triskaidekaphile Read More »