Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first article in The Chopping Block. My name is Josh Coleman, and I’m here to bring you some Commander insight. I’m an avid Commander player with over a decade of experience in the format. From my first red-white cool-art deck, to my turn-two-win [Card]Teferi, Temporal Archmage[/Card] deck, I’ve […]

Currently there are 1,645 decks in the EDHREC database running , and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome back to In the Margins, a semi-regular column where I focus on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. I wrote in my first article that I would […]

Patrick Sippola here, reporting from front lines of the jank wars, bringing you what can only be described as combos. The best thing about finding new interactions between cards is that sometimes an idea strikes you to just make a small change to a type of deck that is already out there. This month is […]

Welcome back to Pure//Simple, the article series that tries to take the mystery out of card choices. Knowing what cards are good in Commander is one of the first steps towards becoming well-versed in the format, but knowing why certain cards are good is even more important. Sometimes, after building a deck and playing a […]

Government agencies are still not beyond the use of covert espionage. There was a recent New York Times report that uncovered details of more than a dozen United States spies working in China who died or were captured between 2010 and 2012. It wasn't that long ago when the US was in trouble with a […]

Hello everyone! Today we're covering something that some may find premature, but since the cat-dragon is out of the bag, we decided to address the new Commander 2017 "leaks." Check out the photos here. So yeah, cat dragons. Seriously. Well then, that's something completely different. The token is pretty cute though. The fiercest and most […]

Hello friends and fellow distinguished classmates, 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 play host to our opponents by providing breakfast, lunch and dinner in the […]

Commander Showdown is a series that compares and contrast two similar commanders, analyzes differences in strategy and deck construction, and evaluates how those differences are represented by the data here on EDHREC. The Planeswalking Dead In the wake of Pro Tour Amonkhet, zombies have begun shambling their way through the Standard format. With new toys […]

In this week's Dig Through Time, let's examine a block from very early on in Magic's history, Tempest block. Tempest came out from 1997-1998, and is comprised of Tempest, Stronghold, and Exodus. For all of you Vorthos out there, this block is set on the plane of Rath, which has since become fused with Dominaria. Magic's early blocks […]

This article is Round 9 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. Back in Black It's been too long, but I'm glad to be back! In this […]