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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 […]
Replacement Commanders — Activating Abilities with the Great Pretender

Replacement Commanders — Activating Abilities with the Great Pretender

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DM Cross
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 […]
Commander Showdown — Sygg vs Sygg

Commander Showdown — Sygg vs Sygg

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
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 […]
Weird Harvest — Cyclonic Rift is my Commander!

Weird Harvest — Cyclonic Rift is my Commander!

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Christopher Russell
Christopher Russell
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

Low Market — Malicious Intet

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Quinn Miller
Quinn Miller
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

Turning Data to Decks — Embracing New Players

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Kya Vess
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 […]
60 to 100 — Train Sucks, Soul Sisters Doesn't

60 to 100 — Train Sucks, Soul Sisters Doesn't

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Matt Morgan
Matt Morgan
Welcome yet again to another edition of 60 to 100, your favorite series on taking 60 card archetypes and bringing them to the world of Commander. This week I'm taking another reader request to cover a deck, and it happens to be one that I really enjoy this time! In case you missed the last […]
Commander Showdown — Inalla vs Azami

Commander Showdown — Inalla vs Azami

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Joseph Schultz
Joseph Schultz
Hocus Pocus Now that Halloween has passed, we can take off our wizard costumes... and pick up our Wizard decks! Tribal decks are all the rage this year, and one of the big decks from Commander 2017 is Arcane Wizardry, featuring . Boasting the bizarre ability to temporarily copy your creatures, Inalla has proven to […]
Replacement Commanders — Spells from the Grave

Replacement Commanders — Spells from the Grave

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DM Cross
DM Cross
Ah, hello again, readers and spellslingers. Welcome back to Replacement Commanders, the series where we look at the Other Commanders (™ pending) from Commander 2017 and break down their abilities and stats. Next, we use EDHREC.com's data to see what the current best card choices and strategies are for each one. Finally, we go off […]