Red. It's the color of love and blood, and it's the color I've always thought was best personified by this dude; a confused meathead spinning his wheels, yelling the dumbest thing possible. Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt! As time has passed though, I've softened a bit on red and her place in Magic, and come to […]

Greetings Planeswalkers and Gatherers alike, my name is Christian Alexander, and welcome to the Scrambleverse! I played my first game of Magic right before Theros came out, attended a draft a couple weeks later, bought 2,000 cards with my friend Eric from some random guy on Craigslist, and never looked back. I quickly fell in […]

Greetings to everyone, fans of Commander near and far! Dominaria is nearly upon us! Spoilers were spoiled. Podcasts were released! Seriously, go check out the new podcast. It's a pretty great time. Joey, Dana, and myself have had a blast recording the episodes so far and are looking forward to many many more for you. […]

Hoist the Colors! Ahoy there, ye well-learned bunch of scallywags! Apologies for the lateness of this here article, but my personal life hit some bumps last month. Today I’ll be talking about the roughest and toughest group of sea dogs ever to find themselves trapped on the waves of the seas of Ixalan. Ye be […]

Call the Spirits Hello, everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the Dominaria spoilers season as much as I have, because I am looking forward to explore many of the new cards! Before we get of ahead of ourselves though, welcome to the Underdog's Corner! This series is dedicated to shining a light on […]

Aura of Heroes Welcome to Andrew Jackson Highlander, a weekly series where I share an EDH deck tech that costs $20 or less. For the third AJH post, we’re taking the typical Boros approach and going aggro. However, we will be taking an enchantment approach with some heroic help from [[Anax and Cymede]]. This week, […]

Counters, Tokens, and Combos When people think of Commander cards, there are often a few EDH-specific cards that come to mind. , for example, or . One of the biggest is , a card whose price is exorbitantly high and whose demand comes almost exclusively from Commander players. While it's true that synergizes brilliantly with […]

Welcome back to the Knowledge Pool! My last two articles focused on decks aiming to do "big" things, and have been inspired by decks I've personally built in real life. This week, I want to go in a different strategic direction, and focus on a commander that's new to me. As Dominaria spoilers begin to […]

Last time on Pure//Simple, the article series that explores the why behind the best cards in the Commander format, I went over a few “I win” buttons. Cards that when you cast them in the right situations and you’re practically guaranteed victory. This time, I’m completing the list with a few more powerful Commander spells, […]

A Surprise Entrant Hello all, and welcome back to the Underdog's Corner! I hope you are all having a lovely Monday so far, wherever you are in the world, and I'm here to bring you a new Underdog and a deck to go with it! We are back with a new commander that I think […]