Commander is an ever evolving metagame, with new cards being added all the time. What’s changed in the past year or two? Which keywords are doing the heavy lifting? Commander Advisory Group member Kristen shares her thoughts on how things are shaping up. It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote about Casual Commander’s Most Underrated Abilities. The format …
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how to beat Scam, which was the beat deck in Modern at the time. However, a new challenger has appeared to try and claim that title: Four Color Beans. If you aren’t playing Beans yourself you’re going to make sure you have a plan for it. And since it’s a new and …
River Song is one of the most exciting Commander cards from the Doctor Who set due to the unique way she changes your play-experience — but maximizing her capabilities can be tough. So, today we’re going to do a deck tech and make the building process much easier. That said, Commander, as a format, is a lot of things to …
While Commander’s grassroots origins make it different from many other Magic formats, it still has a ban list like the rest of them. However, since Commander is not a format with tons of tournament data to back up banning certain cards, some players are unsure why certain offenders end up on the list. Today, I’m going to take a look …
Outside of the aptly named Modal Double-Faced Cards, when you cast a double faced card you have to cast the “face-up” side of the card, and then the card will have some kind of mechanic involved that will later let you use the other side of the card in one way or another. The Transformers Universes Beyond cards have a …
When you’re lacking inspiration ahead of game night, it can be tempting to try a new brew. Kristen has five Commander archetypes that can be built lightning fast to inject some novelty into your roster. Sometimes you look at your collection of decks and feel like nothing is catching your eye. Maybe you’ve played them all recently; maybe you’ve deconstructed …
We return to the Meso-American inspired plane of Ixalan in the upcoming The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and there’s a lot going on in this set that we already know about. That said, without any official story released yet and scant few cards previewed, a lot is still up in the air. So, let’s make some predictions about what’s in …
On Monday, Wizards of the Coast dropped an October Banned and Restricted update of “No changes to announce for formats.” While this was always a possibility, and probably the most likely outcome, many players were hoping to see things shaken up — at least in Modern. As is natural, there are a number of different outcomes when it comes to …
Update (11/02): Wizards of the Coast has announced production issues for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Collector Boosters. As a result, we are unable to ship preorders of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Collector Boosters within the timeline below. No preorders containing Collector Boosters will be cancelled, and we will fulfill them as soon as we have the product in hand. Our expectation is we …
To enfranchised Magic players, rare lands are always headline cards for any new set. The availability of color-fixing lands is a huge factor in deciding the metagame of a format, especially the presence of multicolor aggro decks. But despite this vital role, there’s usually not a lot interesting to say about the cards themselves. But that’s different for Cavern of …
