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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 […]
Commander Focus — Mairsil, the Pretender

Commander Focus — Mairsil, the Pretender

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Nate Burgess
Nate Burgess
Some commanders are considered to be "glass cannons", in the sense that all the offensive power of the deck is concentrated through a single creature. If that creature is repeatedly removed or otherwise subdued, then the deck just stops being a threat. However, if that creature has enough protection or can evade detrimental spells, then […]
EDH Political Science — Straw Man and Threat Assessment

EDH Political Science — Straw Man and Threat Assessment

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Rick Amundson
Rick Amundson
Politics wouldn’t be the same without lying. There is a precedent for it. Lying as part of any political system exists simply because there are clear advantages to doing so. A politician can get caught lying and still come out ahead. The fact that information is out there is more important than if it was […]
Replacement Commanders —  O-Kagachi, Where Art Thou?

Replacement Commanders — O-Kagachi, Where Art Thou?

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DM Cross
DM Cross
Hello again readers and welcome back to Replacement Commanders. For this series, we look at all the alternative legendary creatures created for the Commander 2017 product and concoct some different brew strategies for them with the help of EDHREC.com's endless data on what the cool kids are building for each Commander. I put up a […]
Non-Basically Speaking — Kess, Dissident Mage

Non-Basically Speaking — Kess, Dissident Mage

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Nick Wallace
Nick Wallace
Hello friends and spellslingers, 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. In our last episode of non-basically speaking we jammed three of Ixalan's new double faced artifact-to-land cards […]