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Most Commander players build a Voltron deck at some point. Whether it’s equipment, auras, counters or a mix of the three, suiting up one large threat is a lot of fun. Winning with Voltron requires some skill-testing decision making, though. Here are five common mistakes Voltron players make on their path to victory. So, you want to progress from lowly …
Modern Horizons 3 releases on June 14th and this time around a Modern Horizons set comes with Commander preconstructed decks. The Tricky Terrain deck is perhaps the most unique of these new decks as it is a Simic “lands matter” deck that approaches lands in a couple of very novel ways. In this article, I’m going to look at the …
The Eldrazi Incursion Precon Commander deck from Modern Horizons 3 is one of the most aniticipated precons of all time, and now that we have the full decklist, it doesn’t disappoint! But just because the deck looks both powerful and like a ton of fun out of the box doesn’t mean there isn’t some room for improvement, even on a …
It’s the Modern Horizons 3 Commander Set Review. This one’s a real meaty review, as the set has just that many playables. You can find other recent Commander set reviews here: As always, we’re only looking at the all-rounders. For example, we won’t cover cards like Necrogoyf, Detective’s Phoenix, Eldrazi Linebreaker, or Primal Prayers that are very specific or only …
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor brings Aura Enchantress to mono white. With card draw and granting enchantment spells you cast affinity for auras, it’ll be quite the engine. But what are we casting for cheap? PEARL-EAR, IMPERIAL ADVISOR Pearl-Ear is seriously cool. It’s been a long time since Mesa Enchantress and Kor Spiritdancer, and finally, we have another mono-white card draw creature …
Sunforger has started to feel like quite a mana intensive operation in Commander. Three mana to cast; three to equip; RW to activate. That’s a lot of mana. However, for a start, I don’t think that’s what you want to be doing with Sunforger anyways. Who has time and mana for that? SUNFORGER Sunforger is essentially a reward for playing …
Legions is a weird set. Released in February of 2003 as the second set of Onslaught Block, it has one of the most extreme set gimmicks we’ve ever seen. That’s because every single card in the set has the same card type! All 145 cards in Legions are creatures. On the whole, Onslaught block was very focused on creature types, …
Modern Horizons sets generally aim to shake up Modern, but they inevitably appeal to Commander players too. Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2 both had a big impact on the Commander format. Here are 10 cards that have changed the face of Commander forever. MODERN HORIZONS SETS CHANGED COMMANDER Before Modern Horizons, Commander players generally only got new cards in …
Have you ever looked at your deck and thought “do I have too many creatures here”? Unless you were playing way back when Shivan Dragon was the best threat available, the very idea of “too many creatures” probably sounds weird. The power and utility offered by creature cards has been steadily growing throughout Magic’s history, and expectations of their role …
When building a manabase, a lot of effort goes into making sure you can cast your spells by having the correct color sources. Identifying good utility lands to add is easy enough, especially if you checked out our list of 20 of the Best Utility Lands. But how do you wring out the last bit of value from the manabase? …
