Kristen takes us on a deck building journey that started with Saskia the Unyielding and ended up with a completely different commander: Liesa, Forgotten Archangel.  Sometimes when you sit down to build a deck, it’s a straightforward process. You pick a commander that resonates with you, and the deck just builds itself. It’s smooth like butter, and before you know ... Read More...

Welcome back for the January 2022 edition of Modern Tier List! Over the last month, we’ve seen three decks really separate themselves from the field, making for a much smaller A Tier than we’re used to. That means that several of the heavy hitters are getting relegated to B Tier this month, while some combo decks are starting to fight ... Read More...

Modern is a format full of possibilities, but too often, we see the same cards and decks talked about ad nauseam. Today, we’ll be looking at four decks that have all done well in big events recently that are fun, powerful, and underexplored. It’s all spice all day today, so let’s jump right into it. Dimir Control Control decks have ... Read More...

Reanimator – bringing back huge creatures from the graveyard with relatively cheap spells – is one of the oldest and most recognizable strategies in Magic. The mechanic draws inspiration directly from the fantasy stories which inspired the game’s creators, where wizards reanimate the fallen as shambling undead or reincarnate them to full glorious power. As you’d expect, both black and ... Read More...

Get ready to turn your trash into treasure with this powerful mechanic! What is Delve? Delve is technically a graveyard mechanic, though it functions differently than most. Rather than reuse or repurpose the cards in your graveyard, delve lets you exile cards from your graveyard to pay the costs of spells. Each card you exile pays for one generic mana ... Read More...

Commander is often known as a “wild west” format; as long as you’re playing within the confines of the Rule 0 talk, anything goes. Games are full of unique interactions that leave you with fond memories. This, to me, is the essence of Commander: celebrating the depth of possibilities in one of the best gaming sandboxes ever made. I’m here ... Read More...

If there’s one thing sure to drive Magic players into furious debate, it’s the merits of adding advanced technology to their fantasy card game. While equal parts anticipation and dread simmer in advance of the Universes Beyond: Warhammer: 40,000 Commander decks, we arguably have our first taste of clashing ideals in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.  Universes Beyond In February 2021, Wizards ... Read More...