Wake Up, Corpses! Hello again, dedicated readers! My name is Seth Cross and this is Replacement Commanders, an annual series dedicated to shining the spotlight on the alternative legendary creatures from Wizards of the Coast's annual Commander precon products. Each year, we get amazing commanders like [card]Edgar Markov[/card], [card]Meren of Clan Nel Toth[/card], and [card]Atraxa, […]

Sweetest Devotion Hello and welcome to the very first edition of Mechanically Minded, the column where we build decks around some of the coolest keyword mechanics in Magic's history. For the inaugural edition of this column, let's explore Banding! Kidding, kidding. For the actual first mechanic, we'll cover Devotion. You'll remember this mechanic most recently from Theros, though […]

Hocus Pocus Locus Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Knowledge pool! Way back in September I introduced a two part series discussing a few of the different flavors of land based decks in Commander. Last time our focus was [card]Tatyova, Benthic Druid[/card], and we talked about the Simic color combination and the advantages that it […]

Welcome Back, Mr. Anderson Hello everybody and welcome back to The Toolbox! I am sure you're wondering how I was actually allowed to continue writing my half-nonsense (let’s be honest, it is closer to 75%-nonsense) here on the site. I am just as surprised as you, but am even more excited for this article! If you […]

Forgotten (Semi) Ancient Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another installment of my series: the Underdog's Corner! If this your first time visiting my portion of EDHREC's articles, I'm glad you're here! Each week I cover a commander whom I believe falls into one of several categories: the commander is underplayed in relation to it's color combination, is […]

A Non-Pacificistic Approach Currently, there are 2,696 decks in the EDHREC database running [card]Pacifism[/card], and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome back to In the Margins, a monthly Commander-centric column where I get to nerdsplain how your card choices, like your life choices, may not have been […]

Epic Preparations Good morning, EDHREC! I’m Bernardo Melibeu and this is The Epic Experiment, a series where we throw all common sense aside and experiment with some unusual cards, effectively changing how we normally build our deck. Is it going to work? Who knows?! We’re making science here. When you’re an Izzet mage, blowing things up […]

Time After Time “The world, I’ve come to realize, is a blank canvas on which to paint.” —Ixidor, reality sculptor Commander is the best Magic: The Gathering format for expression. With just about every card available to a deck builder, Commander is truly a blank canvas, and any idea is at least worth trying out. […]

It's (Almost) That Time of Year! Happy November Everyone! Kya here once again! I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their opinions on my last article. It was an interesting topic to cover, and I have to say I was very happy with the maturity of everyone's input on the subject. As […]

An Artificial Apprenticeship Alright, my beloved readers, it is time to return to this year's Commander product and shining the spotlight on those Replacement Commanders, the legendary cards that were the right colors to be in the command zone, but found the deck's directions to not be as supportive for their abilities as the face […]