Sam Alpert

Intellectual Offering — Brion Stoutarm

Intellectual Offering — Brion Stoutarm

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
With each new set we must begin again the process of evaluating the new cards. This can either take some time if the card is very complex or be quick if it's extremely straightforward; was the later. This card was easy to evaluate, or so I thought. It’s insanely powerful. It does bonkers things. After […]
Intellectual Offering — Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Intellectual Offering — Yahenni, Undying Partisan

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
[Editor's Note: The original release of this article used the pronoun 'it' to refer to Yahenni; however, that was this editor's change and not the author's. The author's original use of 'they' has been restored.]  Let me be straight with you for a minute, readers. I am very new to writing. Such a shock, I know. Therefore, this […]
Intellectual Offering - Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

Intellectual Offering - Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
Since this series is about breaking down the results on EDHREC, why not take it one step further and take a deeper look into a popular commander? is the most popular Orzhov commander on the site with 538 decks (at the time of writing). As a commander, she lends herself towards a sac-and-recur strategy, providing […]
Intellectual Offering — Vial & Thrasios

Intellectual Offering — Vial & Thrasios

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
Last week we introduced the idea of the Precon Effect wherein a card's occurrence in a deck list is perpetuated by its initial inclusion in one of the preconstructed commander decks. Players entering their nearly unaltered pre-constructed decks into Tappedout or Deckstats databases increases the occurrence of those cards in the list and makes them more likely […]
Intellectual Offering — Breya, Etherium Shaper

Intellectual Offering — Breya, Etherium Shaper

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
That’s right; Commander 2016 is here, and that means it’s time to proclaim your favorite commander as fast as possible lest someone else in your playgroup snaps them up. Time to begin the never-ending process of tweaking and reassembling that comes with a new deck. Everyone has their opinion of what cuts to make and […]
Intellectual Offering - Ezuri, Claw of Progress

Intellectual Offering - Ezuri, Claw of Progress

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
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