Death is the Best Life Ultimate Masters has made a big splash in the collective consciousness of us Magic players with its fantastic suite of reprints. It features brand new art for the much-beloved (or much-maligned) Sultai Shaman, . Infamous as a piece of dazzling neckwear for , this sly, impetuous character uses the Delve mechanic to astonishing effect, […]

Lurking in the Shadows Happy Halloween to all! In honor of this dark and spooky holiday, let's take a look at Magic's deadliest shadow-dwelling commanders! Commander 2018 introduced one of the craziest legends we've ever seen: . At long last, our wishes for a Ninja Tribal commander were fulfilled! Does the term "Commander ninjutsu" still crack me […]

Identity Theft With the release of Guilds of Ravnica, the Dimir guild grows ever more mysterious. The more we learn about them, the more and more elusive they become. Though we all know and love and his Jaqen H'ghar impersonation, this faceless man has changed his identity once again, now sporting the title . A succinct two-mana […]

Mini Minions Some colors in Magic: the Gathering like to play the "go big or go home" game. In green, for example, we see , , , and a myriad of other effects that reward you for playing enormous monsters. Other colors, however, prefer to go wide rather than tall. White, with its and effects, loves legions […]

Endless Ranks of the Undead If there's one thing I've learned playing Magic: the Gathering, it's that the Zombies just never stop coming. From Alpha to Zendikar, the dead are always with us, hungry for more. I've written not one but two Commander Showdowns about Zombie tribal decks in Commander... but only for the blue-black legends. While I've discussed , , and […]

Master of Your Own Fate Commander 2018 has brought us some of the craziest new commanders we've ever seen. We have three new blue-red Artificers, one of whom duplicates your tokens; three new Bantchantresses, masters of card advantage; a Jund lands commander who's so cool I had already sleeved up my 99 in anticipation of his […]

Clear as Day, Black as Night Welcome to the Commander 2018 Black Set Review! There are only a handful of new black cards in this year's product, but boy, do they pack a punch. Let's dive right in and check out these awesome new cards. Bloodtracker We begin with , a card that immediately grabbed my attention […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D7g_3KZ8ZY Commander 2018 spoilers are here, and we're happy to share our preview card! Thanks, WotC, for giving EDHREC its first preview content! Join us in a guessing game to find out which card we've got, then join us in a review of every year's Precon decks! From 2011 to 2017, what fun commanders and […]

Defense is the Best Offense I'll be honest, the first time I glanced through Core Set 2019, I wasn't super impressed. With s and s, I was dubious that the set would contain interesting goodies for our beloved format. Even some of the Elder Dragons, such as , left me skeptical. Then was revealed. Now this is an […]

Five-Color Tribal The fight is on! Battlebond has given us a spectacular new commander, . At long last, we have a leader for a Warrior tribal EDH deck! Though Najeela herself is mono-red, her activated ability contains all five color symbols, giving her a rainbow-tastic color identity. This isn't the first time we've seen a tribal […]