5 Creature Types That Desperately Need a Commander

Jacob LacknerCommander

Over the last few years, Wizards of the Coast has made sure to give support to lots of creature types that didn’t have it before. Just in the latest release – Final Fantasy – Scouts and Mutants received much-needed Commanders with Jenova and Vaan respectively. However, even with all the new Commanders, there are still some creature types that have …

5 Underrated Sagas for Commander

Jacob LacknerCommander, Products, Strategy

Saga is an Enchantment subtype that was originally introduced in 2018’s Dominaria. Flavorfully, they represent episodic stories that are told chapter-by-chapter. Mechanically, this means that Sagas stick around for a few turns granting you an effect every turn, until the story is complete, at which point they get sacrificed. I have been thinking a lot about Sagas because in the …

An Introduction to Magic: the Gathering’s Formats

Jacob LacknerCommander, Historic, Legacy, Limited, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Products, Standard

Magic is a very popular game, so it’s no surprise that the game is always getting new players. In fact, the potential for new players might be at its highest ever as Universes Beyond sets have become commonplace. Whatever you may think about those types of sets, which are based on non-Magic intellectual properties, it has to be acknowledged that …

How Siege Rhino Changed Magic: the Gathering

Jacob LacknerProducts, Strategy

Tarkir: Dragonstorm came out on April 11th, and a set that revisits an already established plane wouldn’t be complete without some references to older cards. So, it’s no surprise that we got a callback to what is arguably the most iconic card from the original Khans of Tarkir – Siege Rhino. Skirmish Rhino is a slightly smaller version of its …