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Looking for something fun to watch during your holiday break? Check out the latest episode of Commander Kingdom: our monthly Commander livestream featuring guests from the Magic community. In our latest episode, we’re ringing in the new year with LoadingReadyRun’s Graham Stark, the Commander Advisory Group’s Shivam Bhatt, and the Command Zone’s Ladee Danger. Check out our recording of the …
Chances are that when you sit down for a game of Commander, it’s going to be “casual.” That only really holds true, though, if your definition of “casual” is strictly “not competitive.” Overwhelmingly, the non-competitive players outnumber those who want to push things to the limits, but the truth of the matter is that “casual” is a far more nebulous …
Although building new decks and trying new Commanders makes up a large part of the fun when it comes to new sets, updating old decks and trying to make older cards more playable is also rewarding in its own way. Like many people, I’ve been brewing with the new cards in my search for the most powerful way to play …
The Year of Commander is nearing its end. There have been ups and downs, but most importantly, it’s been a key developmental time for Magic’s most popular format. From new legendary creatures in Standard sets to the hugely successful Commander Legends, there are now more ways than ever to build your own Commander deck. But building a Commander deck has …
I’ve been writing quite a lot about Commander here of late. One reason why is that discussion tends to prompt more discussion; my initial articles led to a lot of interesting chats online and with friends in my Magic groups who wanted to know more, or share their own take on what I’d written. And after writing a couple of …
Kristen takes us through some choice ways to plunder your opponent’s graveyards. Recursion is something I’ve enjoyed writing about before over at Hipsters of the Coast. I feel that, along with ramp and draw, recursion is one the pillars of the Commander format — especially when it comes to gauging power levels. The Power of Recursion In fact, one of …
Commander Kingdom is our new monthly Commander livestream series featuring special guests from the Magic community. This month, we gathered three of your favorite creators for a special pre-Thanksgiving showdown featuring some new cards from Commander Legends. Watch the action unfold below, and check out our guests’ decklists after the jump. Crim: Lil Oozie Hurt While he streams MTG Arena …
There’s a number of reliable hot-button issues among the Commander community, but judging by the metric of online discussion, the objective rating of deck power levels might be the biggest. The goal is not just to pin down a tier list of optimal decks for the competitive side of the format, known as cEDH. That would be too easy! In …
Now that Commander Legends is upon us, there’s no doubt that we’ll see many new decks over the next few weeks. Between the new generals and the reprinting of several “classic” commanders like Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, most of us have at least one new brew in mind. As I’m brewing new decks, I tend to encounter many obscure and …
Today, Kristen takes us through what she believes are the most underrated abilities in casual Commander. When I think of casual Commander, I think of creatures. Creatures are the bread and butter of casual builds, and a lot of games with this ethos end when a player uses combat damage as the win condition — even when those decks have …
