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Replacement Commanders — Activating Abilities with the Great Pretender
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DM Cross
Ladies, gentlemen, changelings…here we are again! Another installment of Replacement Commanders, the series where we look at the “other guys/girls” from Commander 2017 and break down some different strategies that may have not been represented well with the precons. We look at what you, the people are building with the help of EDHREC.com, the site's […]
Ultra Budget Brews — Vela the Night-Clad
Hello and welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews, where we prove weekly that "Magic content of the poors, by the poors, and for the poors, shall not perish from the internet." It's also the article series where historical quotes are butchered and tangentially related gifs and memes are repurposed in an attempt to dazzle and […]
Commander Showdown — Sygg vs Sygg
Sygg-nature Move In honor of the recent release of Duel Decks: Merfolk vs Goblins, we're going to do something fun for this week's Commander Showdown. Normally this series compares and contrasts commanders with similar abilities. For example, Tishana vs Zegana focused on two Simic card drawing powerhouses, and Hapatra vs The Scorpion God honed in on commanders that use -1/-1 […]
Historically Speaking — Blood Fast and Bat Gods
Welcome to Historically Speaking! I’m Charlie Allison, and I’ll be your guide through mythology, anthropology, and burn spells! I’ve been playing Magic: The Gathering since middle school, and Commander in particular since college, putting about a decade of experience brewing, scheming, and fuming over historical travesties under my belt. When I’m not playing Magic or […]
Pure//Simple — Still Going Strong
In my last Pure//Simple article, I looked back fondly at the year 2010 and found some cards that were hot in the Commander format but have since lost their luster in the last 7 years. This time, I’m going to skip ahead two years to 2012 and look at cards that were at the top […]
Maze's End to Non-Basically Speaking
Hello friends and maze runners, welcome back to EDHREC and our final Non-Basically Speaking article. This series has completed its task to identify non-basic lands that should be considered valuable staples or hidden gems based on their visibility on EDHREC. It's been an amazing journey my friends, but I have arrived at the point where […]
Uncompetitive Spirit — Kingdoms
Too Many Cooks... EDH is pretty great, though I think we’d be hard-pressed to find consensus among the community about exactly what it is that makes it great. Some like to play competitive EDH, a concept I myself find very difficult to grok. Some like to play preconstructed decks or Pauper EDH with only commons […]
Weird Harvest — Cyclonic Rift is my Commander!
Welcome back to Weird Harvest, the column devoted to all things jank. This week we have our sights set on an Esper commander that tries to do something on its color identity. I know, the notion shocked me as well when it initially occurred to me. As I contemplated this thought for a bit it […]
Low Market — Malicious Intet
Intet, the Dreamer art by Dan Scott Don't Let Your Dreams Be Dreams... Greetings thrifty shoppers, and welcome back to Low Market, a series on budget Commander deckbuilding. Not all that long ago, I sat down to play some Commander with a friend using as their commander. Intet is part of a five-card-turned-ten-card cycle of dragons, […]
Turning Data to Decks — Embracing New Players
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Kya Vess
Hello Everyone! Kya here! Also known slightly better as The Girl with the Lotus Tattoo! Who am I you ask? The same as you, a Commander player who enjoys spending my spare time slinging spells and talking smack while doing so. Okay...well maybe you're just into that first part about slinging spells, but I just […]