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New EDHREC Feature! Commander Showdown — Budget vs Expensive

New EDHREC Feature! Commander Showdown — Budget vs Expensive

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
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, […]
Dig Through Time — Urza's Block

Dig Through Time — Urza's Block

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Dean Gootee
Dean Gootee
Welcome back to another Dig Through Time, and I apologize for the delay between our last column and today's. Just an FYI, this series is going to become slightly more intermittent, dropping down to once a month or so for the time being, as my family welcomed my second baby on November 21st (fingers crossed […]
Historically Speaking — Silly Hats, Zero-Sum Games, and Lifelink!

Historically Speaking — Silly Hats, Zero-Sum Games, and Lifelink!

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Charles Allison
Charles Allison
Thanksgiving has creeped up upon us, stealthily, like a...stealthy thing. And so of course, instead of devolving into what the turkey meant in Mesoamerica (it was called the Chalchiuhtotolin, or jeweled bird, a favored animal of the Mexica trickster god Tezcatlipoca—oh damn there I go ahead willy-nilly) we will dive into a bit of game […]
Underdog's Corner — Stonebrow, Krosan Hero

Underdog's Corner — Stonebrow, Krosan Hero

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Mason Brantley
Mason Brantley
Clean and Simple Hello, one and all! Welcome to the Underdog's Corner. If you are a first-time reader, this is a series that covers a legendary creature that I think is either underplayed or underrated. Usually the commanders you see are janky commanders that require a bit a work, and other times I cover commanders […]
Intellectual Offering — Kess, Dissident Mage

Intellectual Offering — Kess, Dissident Mage

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Sam Alpert
Sam Alpert
This week in Sam vs. The Internet I take on a deck that pushing up the popularity charts week in and week out since its release. is not normally the kind of commander I like to write about as she doesn’t facilitate a specific strategy and instead supports generic “goodstuff” style control decks. However, when […]
Weird Harvest — A New Hope...of Ghirapur!

Weird Harvest — A New Hope...of Ghirapur!

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Christopher Russell
Christopher Russell
Welcome back to Weird Harvest, where we strive to weaponize jank to our strategic advantage. This week I figured we would take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to spotlight a deck building concept that is the embodiment of jank. It’s no secret that artifacts are a critical component of our format, with just […]
Uncompetitive Spirit — Pentagram

Uncompetitive Spirit — Pentagram

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Robin Kaas
Robin Kaas
You all know how it goes. You make the calls. You put the brews (or soda) in the fridge. You set the stage and make room around the kitchen table for yourself and three other powerful mages. And then four show up. So what do you do? You could just go ahead and play EDH […]
Low Market — The Times, They Are A' Changeling

Low Market — The Times, They Are A' Changeling

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Quinn Miller
Quinn Miller
Runed Stalactite art by Jim Pavelec A Silver Lining Welcome back folks to Low Market: bringing you budget Commander decks on EDHREC since 1993 2000 2017! This week, we're breaking down borders. Silver borders. At time of writing, we're smack-dab in the middle of spoiler season for Unstable, the first Magic joke set in 13 […]
Turning Data into Decks part 2 — Creating Chaos!

Turning Data into Decks part 2 — Creating Chaos!

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Kya Vess
Kya Vess
Hello my fellow mad scientists! Kya here again! I'm overjoyed with the response and feedback across the net about my first article. There are definitely those who have strong opinions about both Net Decking and Group Hug. I expected Net Decking to turn a few heads, but the real surprise was those against the concept of […]
60 to 100 — The Greatest (God-Pharaoh's) Gift

60 to 100 — The Greatest (God-Pharaoh's) Gift

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
Smell that? No, not your weird uncle and his "cologne", that he keeps hanging from his rear-view window. Yes, that other smell. The good one. It's that post-Pro Tour smell. Some innovation popped up like I told you it would, and, since I am a man of my word, I'm here to jam the most […]