Stealing Things is Fun Rivals of Ixalan unleashed a cycle of new dinosaurs into EDH, from the enormous to the terrifying . However, one dino can still be heard above the rest: , the spinosaurus that bellows so loudly it shakes the top card of everyone's library loose. There's another mono-red commander out there that […]

Under the Sea Commander Showdown is back! We had a brief bout of Un-Mander articles during the Unstable season, but now we're back to black-bordered Magic, so it's Rivals of Ixalan time! I won't waste time with preamble—these fishy friends were the most-requested matchup for this week's Showdown. You know who they are: and ! I previously […]

EDHRECast - Our Personal Decklists! Hello! Below you'll find links for decks belonging to the hosts of the EDHRECast: Joey Schultz, Matt Morgan, and Dana Roach! Check out the EDHRECast here! Enjoy the cast, and enjoy the decklists! Joey's Decks - Baby Lasagna - Mimeoplastic - Syrah Konnor + - A "Commander" Commander Deck - […]

Shifting Shape As of two days ago, January 15th, Un-Mander is officially over. The Unstable season has ended, and silver-bordered cards are no longer legal in EDH. Some players are happy about this, some are sad, most probably don't care one way or the other, but it is definitely over. So why, you ask, am […]

The Tide Rises The race is on! The many tribes in Rivals of Ixalan seek to control the legendary city of Orazca and harness its power. If you want to win the city's blessing, you'd better know what you're up against, including whatever mysteries lurk in the depths. Let's into a review of Rivals of Ixalan's most […]

X Gon' Give it to Ya Un-mander is here for only a few more weeks, but before the format goes back to normal, we need to have at least one more silver-bordered Showdown. Unstable gave us a commander that easily wins the Most-Difficult-Card-To-Search-By-Name award: . This sneaky Inspector Gadget spoof infiltrates an opponent's hand and plays […]

The Monster Mash Silver-bordered commanders are here for just a few short weeks, and while Un-mander isn't usually my thing, there's one legendary creature from Unstable who hits so close to home that I absolutely must write about her. I'm lucky to have many commander decks. Most are budget, several are just experiments, but there's […]

Triple Showdown Back in June, I wrote Commander Showdown — Ayli vs Karlov, tackling the two lifegain-based Orzhov commanders, and . Then Ixalan happened, throwing a new black-white lifegain commander into the mix. By now you're probably already familiar with her: it's . Yes, once again, we have an Orzhov commander that gains life and demolishes […]

Unbelievable Yes, you read the title correctly. No, this is not a joke. In fact, here at EDHREC we were actually thinking about doing an "Un-cards are legal!" prank for the next April Fools. Turns out the Rules Committee beat us to it and legalized silver-bordered cards in Commander until January 15th. I'll repeat that […]

Budget Showdown Watch out world, because EDHREC has a brand-new feature in town. You may remember when we unveiled our new Theme Selection tool back in September. For those who don't remember, it's the thing to the right of the pie chart that looks like this: That's the Theme Selection tool for . Using these options, […]