Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Commander”
Aristocrats is a popular archetype in Commander. It involves sacrificing the peons, the proles and the plebians in order to advance your cause, crushing the tokens and small creatures underfoot in a relentless pursuit of power. But is it all that it’s cracked up to be, or is it something of a trap? THE ALLURE OF ARISTOCRATS DECKS Aristocrats decks …
Sometimes you end up needing more than one win condition for higher power play. Sometimes you end up with more than one win condition by nature of the deck you’ve put together. Hofri Ghostforge is my Boros Commander Deck with 8 Win Conditions – here’s how it works, and why I love to play it. I’ve always loved Boros Reanimator, …
If you’ve ever sat down for a game and thought, “You know what I need today? An infinitely large, death-dealing construct that also happens to solve all my other problems.” Do we have a combo for you. Of course, we’ve seen powerful combos, but there’s something so satisfying about one that’s both simple and brutally efficient. Today, we’re diving into …
The prevailing topic these days is power creep, and if we’re not talking about that, we’re talking Universes Beyond. These 10 In-Universe Commander cards from old Precons prove that some Commander designs have aged really well. It’s time to dig them out of the bulk and give them another shot. 10 OLD PRECON CARDS THAT HAVE AGED REALLY WELL ACT …
Years gone by, Korvold was the name that struck fear into those across the table as the Jund Commander to be feared. Has Korvold’s Crown been usurped? Are there any contenders? Let’s investigate who the scariest Jund Commander really is. If we truly wanted to look at a history of Jund Commanders, we’d also be looking at Prossh and Food …
We’re a little over a week into Spooky Season. Last week I looked at some spooky Commanders to build around this October, and I’m doing something similar this week – only I’ll be specifically taking a look at spooky creature types and my pick for the best Commander that best embodies what each of these creature types are all about. …
MagicCon Atlanta saw the biggest Magic preview panels of the year. We got to see the roadmap for 2026, which features a variety of sets, and the roadmap for some of the Secret Lair products coming soon. One SLD is the Playstation Superdrop, which will go up for sale on October 27. The Ghost of Tsushima drop, which features Jin …
When you play Commander, you end up having way more decks than when you play other formats. How many is too many? What’s the right number for you? Let’s figure it out. WHY IS IT SO EASY TO KEEP BREWING COMMANDER DECKS? The first question we need to answer to figure out how many decks to have in your roster …
Lorwyn Eclipsed releases early next year, and it’ll be our first full-scale return to the plane since the original Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block which was released from 2007 to 2008. Lorwyn is a unique plane, because it transforms into Shadowmoor every several hundred years and vice versa. While Lorwyn is an idyllic world where it’s always daytime, Shadowmoor is the exact opposite …
As a Commander player, I’m very picky about what decks I build. I’m on the record on this blog about the keys to a fun deck: identity, ownership, and potential to win. The third one is more negotiable, since I enjoy having decks in different power brackets, but the first two are absolutely essential. I need a deck that does …
