Commander Focus

Commander Focus: A Pirate’s Life for me, Part II: Admiral Becket Brass

Avast matey! Welcome to part two of our series on building around Pirates (you can find part 1 here). Lemme ask: Do you seek to set sail on the stormy seas with a deck with flair and a nautical...

Commander Focus: A Pirate’s Life for Me, Part 1 – Malcolm and Breeches

Credit: Ferris, Jean Leon GEROME/Private Collection/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES The distribution of power throughout the tribes of Magic: the Gathering is - at best - uneven. For most of Magic's history Elves have probably been the strongest, with the combination of cheap...

Commander Focus: Lurrus, of the Dream Den, you can Count on him

Credit: Slawomir Maniak, Wizards of the Coast Given the impinging Halloween and the strange year, I think it's important to bring up a topic that may be of much concern, and is very relevant and very serious. Who is the best...

Commander Focus: Kroxa, doesn’t want the turn to end

Credit: Wizards of the Coast, Vincent Proce There are a few cards in magic that have mechanics associated with them that essentially break the game. The way some of these cards are dealt with changes over time; sometimes they work...

Commander Focus: Tazri, Beacon of Unity (but not of winning)

A long time ago, in a meta far far away, General Tazri was a top tier cEDH commander, and a shell for food chain. Food chain relies on a relatively rare ability: Cards that can be cast from exile. The...

Commander Focus: Omnath, Locus of Creation

Credit: Chris Rahn, Wizards of the Coast One of the more exciting cards to come out of Zendikar Rising for Commander players is probably Omnath, Locus of Creation. We might call this Omnath the IV, or Omnath's fourth iteration. Hopefully,...

Commander Focus: Slay Queen Marchesa

Image credit: Kieran Yanner, Wizards of the Coast In Commander Focus, Pseudanonymous looks at key Commanders, how to build around them, and what makes their decks work. In this first installment, he’s looking at Queen Marchesa. Queen Marchesa represents a stable platform...

Commander Focus: Atraxa

In Commander Focus, Pseudanonymous looks at key Commanders, how to build around them, and what makes their decks work. In this first installment, he’s looking at Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice is a  powerful and flexible commander that has...

Commander Focus: Golos, Sleeping Pilgrim

In Commander Focus, Pseudanonymous looks at key Commanders, how to build around them, and what makes their decks work. In this first installment, he's looking at Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. Among the storied tales of tier 0 commanders are such legends...