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Dig Through Time — Alara Reborn

Dig Through Time — Alara Reborn

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Dean Gootee
Dean Gootee
This week in Dig Through Time: Alara Reborn! This set ties up the preceding Shards of Alara and Conflux sets in the Alara block. In order to represent the reunification of the five shards of the shattered plane, Alara Reborn is comprised entirely of multicolor cards. This is the first and only set to do this ever. The set […]
Low Market — Zada Spellslinger

Low Market — Zada Spellslinger

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Quinn Miller
Quinn Miller
The Daily Grind Here on Low Market, we do our level best to balance out what sorts of budget decks we build, in terms of both colors used and highlighted archetypes. Unfortunately, there are occasional deficiencies. Today we push the pendulum back towards equity by shining the spotlight on an underused color (mono-red) in a […]
Burning Inquiry — Silas & Bruse Fidget Spinners

Burning Inquiry — Silas & Bruse Fidget Spinners

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Eric Walter
Eric Walter
Reality can be heavy with burden, and, at times, feel like you're entrenched by your circumstances. School, work, the responsibilities of life; each has the potential to become menial tasks we're perpetually chained to. Of course there are ways to cope with this stark truth. Some people break from traditional norms after becoming romanced by […]
Underdog's Corner — Chainer, Dementia Master

Underdog's Corner — Chainer, Dementia Master

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Mason Brantley
Mason Brantley
This article is Round 10 of the Underdog’s Corner, a series spotlighting various lesser-used commanders and their place in the format. Each article makes the argument for a single commander that deserves more play, as well as highlighting key cards and synergies.   The Black Set Hello all, and welcome back to the Underdog's Corner! While I […]
EDH Political Science — Saskia and the Olive Branch

EDH Political Science — Saskia and the Olive Branch

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Rick Amundson
Rick Amundson
Have you ever been stabbed in the back? No, I haven’t had someone put a knife in my spine either, but having a friend betray you at the last moment is devastating. Nation-states try to prevent this sort of betrayal by creating treaties. They do act similarly to the ones you crafted when you realized […]
Non-Basically Speaking — Mina and Denn Wildborn

Non-Basically Speaking — Mina and Denn Wildborn

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Nick Wallace
Nick Wallace
Hello friends and Elven members of the Mul Daya tribe, welcome back to EDHREC and our continuing biweekly column, Non-Basically Speaking, the series that strives to identify non-basic lands that should be considered valuable staples or hidden gems based on their visibility on EDHREC. Today we're working on a deck that wants to crank up […]
Commander Showdown — Karador vs Meren

Commander Showdown — Karador vs Meren

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
Blast from the Past Commander Anthology comes out this Friday, inviting us all to enjoy some of our old favorites from past Commander products, such as and . The Anthology deck I'd like to spend some time on is Plunder the Graves, featuring . Before Commander 2016 gave us and , Meren was on course to […]
Partner Focus — Tymna the Weaver

Partner Focus — Tymna the Weaver

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Nate Burgess
Nate Burgess
is a popular card. It's in over 23000 decks. That's 31% of all the decks that can play the color black. What if you could do that effect more than once per turn? That would be nifty. If you could do it seven times, then you would be and you would be banned from playing Commander. It's that […]
60 to 100 — Creatures in the Toolbox

60 to 100 — Creatures in the Toolbox

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
Welcome everyone! Today we are trying something a little different. As you know, my previous series about the Singleton Guild Wheel wrapped up a couple weeks ago. With that completed, we are now moving on to a fresh mindset for my articles moving forward. The Guild Wheel was a known quantity for us, it wasn't […]
EDH Benchwarmers — Niv Mizzet, the Firemind

EDH Benchwarmers — Niv Mizzet, the Firemind

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Andy Hull
Andy Hull
Oooooh, the Firemind. What, am I supposed to be afraid of this guy? Niv-Mizzet is a massive dweeb and we all know it. He may look like a super rad dragon with wicked cool frill-things around his head and very intimidating wings and everything, but NM is really just a super nerd, and not even […]