Dana Roach
Dana Roach
Dana is one of the hosts of the EDHRECast and the CMDR Central podcast. He lives in Eau Claire, WI with his wife and son. He has been playing Magic so long he once traded away an Underground Sea for a Nightmare, and was so pleased with the deal he declined a trade-back the following week. He also smells like cotton candy and sunsets.
News — Change to the legendary rule
The Bearer of News This week we were hammered with a barrage of Magic-related news ranging from changes to the banned/restricted list for Vintage to coverage of the Ixalan leaks from earlier in the summer. Snuggled cozily in between all of that, however, is probably the most EDH relevant bit of information: "Starting with this […]
Commander 2017 — A Brief History of Vampires
“He thought, in fine, that the dreams of poets were the realities of life.” The first pack of Revised I ever opened contained a . At the time it was a bomb card. A 4/4 flyer for five was insane. Better hope you draw that , son. Still, the power level of the card wasn't what […]
EDHREC Spoiler Coverage — Blood and Iron
"To make you a vampire they have to suck your blood. And then you have to suck their blood. It's like a whole big sucking thing." Buffy Summers Day three of Commander 2017 spoiler week leaned heavily into vampires starting off in the wee hours of the morning with our first Mardu bloodsucker legend. As someone […]
In the Margins — Beseech the Queen
Currently there are 5,860 decks in the EDHREC database running , and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Okay, that's not entirely true. And by not entirely true I mean not even partially true. is a solid card and there are a ton of reasons to run […]
In the Margins — Naturalize
Currently there are 3,339 decks in the EDHREC database running , and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome back to In the Margins, a semi-regular column where I’ll be focusing on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. Before I go any further regarding Naturalize I probably should […]
In the Margins — Manalith
Currently there are 1,645 decks in the EDHREC database running , and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome back to In the Margins, a semi-regular column where I focus on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. I wrote in my first article that I would […]
In the Margins — Cancel
Currently there are 3,834 decks in the EDHREC database running Cancel, and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome to In the Margins, a semi-regular column where I focus on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. My name is Dana, and I’m primarily an EDH player. […]