toughness

Adapting the Abzan Armor Precon for Different Commander Brackets

July 7, 2025

On this edition of Bracketeering, John looks at the Abzan Armor precon from Tarkir: Dragonstorm to give it options for the 3 lower Brackets.

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Technically Playable - Mannichi, the Fevered Dream

March 21, 2025

Paul Palmer

This Technically Playable mono-red list contains the spirit Mannichi to brew up a fevered dream of tech!

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From the Brim to the Trim – Tough Bodies and Weak Budgets

November 13, 2024

Arnaud Gompertz

Tough out your next Commander game with this Abzan commander!

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Evasive Maneuvers — Skulk

January 7, 2021

Trent Trombley

How effective is this unique form of evasion in Commander?

Archetune-Up - A Tangled Web We Weave

October 6, 2020

Angelo Guerrera

Doran loves his eight-legged friends...

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Too-Specific Top 10 - Vanilla

March 6, 2020

DougY

No abilities, no problems!

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Commander Showdown - Arcades vs Doran

July 20, 2018

Joseph Schultz

Defense is the Best Offense I'll be honest, the first time I glanced through Core Set 2019, I wasn't super impressed. With s and s, I was dubious that the set would contain interesting goodies for our beloved format. Even some of the Elder Dragons, such as , left me skeptical. Then was revealed. Now this is an […]

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Partner Focus — Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper

April 18, 2017

Nate Burgess

I've been looking forward to writing this article. Along with , this partner was the most immediately appealing to me. is a combat-ready commander that enjoys jumping into the fray and gives you an amazing benefit as a result. Let's look at each part of the card in turn and see what deductions can be […]

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