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With so many Commander precons releasing nowadays, it feels like a strong theme and identity is required to make a new deck stand out from the pack. Luckily for the designers putting together the Tarkir: Dragonstorm precons, the plane of Tarkir is home to Magic’s best-developed lore factions this side of the Ravnica guilds. I’m sure they didn’t have to …
Tarkir: Dragonstorm releases on April 11th, and with it we are receiving 5 Commander precons – one for each of the plane’s three-color clans. In this article I’ll be discussing the Sultai Arisen deck. Unsurprisingly, this deck is all about the graveyard. You want to load it up, and turn it into an incredible resource that generates all kinds of …
How does one acquire the riches of Tarkir? How does one take Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant even further beyond? By blinking an old favorite, Deadeye Navigator, and doubling up those treasures with the help of Xorn! This Combo Breakdown is brought to you by Commander Spellbook, the search engine with over 40,000 EDH combos, including this Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant combo to finally amass a dragon’s hoard for yourself. The Combo Begin …
Part of what makes Magic so great is the way its many different formats allow us to experience the game in different ways. Each format has its own metagame, history, community, and playstyles, and as we get more experienced most players will naturally home in on the ones we feel the most affinity for. Vintage is different though. To the …
Magic has a ton of iconic and beloved creature types, but you can make a strong argument that dragons are #1 all time. Shivan Dragon was functionally the game’s mascot in the early years and the most desirable rare long before Black Lotus could command a price tag. Dragon cards appear across all five colors and in nearly every Magic …
Magic Math: 9 Lives + 3 Cats = 0 Surviving Opponents. Time to show our work! This Combo Breakdown is brought to you by Commander Spellbook, the search engine with over 30,000 EDH (Commander) combos. The Combo Begin the combo with Nine Lives and Herald of Eternal Dawn on the battlefield. This combo is perfect for Zedruu decks, and fits …
What do you get when you mix a Goblin Wizard, a Squirrel and a Vampire? A game-winning combo that results in infinite life-loss and Treasure tokens, that’s what! This Combo Breakdown is brought to you by Commander Spellbook, the search engine with over 30,000 EDH (Commander) combos. The Combo Begin the combo with Warren Soultrader, Chatterfang, Blood Artist, and at …
The craziest finishers in Commander tend to cost quite a bit of mana. Whether it’s the Archangel Avacyn and Serra Emissary of an Angels deck, a Craterhoof Behemoth in a go-wide deck, or good old Insurrection, game winning spells often cost a lot of mana – at least when you’re not trying to win with a cheap combo. As such, …
Wizards has allowed us our first glimpses of the long-anticipated Universes Beyond tie-in with Final Fantasy! Already, we can see the ambitious scope of the set, featuring iconic characters from across the full breadth of the beloved JRPG franchise and its spinoff games. At least a few of them are getting multiple cards, or dual-faced transforming cards – giving designers …
Get your wheels on the starting line and your foot on the accelerator, because it’s time for Card Kingdom’s Aetherdrift Draft Guide! The expectation for this vehicle-heavy set was that it would be a lightning-fast race to finish off your opponent… but in reality that’s only half true. It’s certainly an unforgiving competition though, so make sure you read on …
