Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Kristen Gregory”
Modern Horizons 3 brings something new to the table: four Commander precons. But what if you’re just looking for upgrades to existing decks? Kristen has her pick of the highlights from the precons. With some very distinct mechanical themes – Eldrazi, Energy, Lhurgoyfs and Lands – the majority of the new cards in the precons are very specifically geared toward …
Modern Horizons 3 marks for a departure from the standardized Modern Horizons 3 release: It’s shipping with 4 Commander Decks. Graveyard Overdrive is a love-letter to Jund, filled with Lhurgoyfs, making Tarmogoyf tokens, and otherwise junding-’em-out. How is it out of the box? What tweaks can kick things up a notch? Let’s get our hands dirty and find out. NEW …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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? …
Combat Tricks are an integral part of Limited Magic and even find their way into 60-card Constructed formats. While they have a little less impact in Commander, they can still be great. Here are 10 combat tricks we’re really high on right now. The pervading philosophy is that Commander isn’t the best place for Combat Tricks. The argument is roughly …
The manabase is arguably what makes or breaks your Commander deck. Other than on-color basics and dual-color lands, what should you fill it with? Kristen has her picks of the best utility lands for Commander. 20 of the Best Utility Lands for Commander Picking out the best utility lands for your deck is a largely unique experience that’ll depend heavily …
