Commander

Commander Focus: Watch Your Step! (Iroas, God of Victory)

You find yourself in a field. You don’t know how you got there, where the field is, or what day it is. You see barbed wire and the backs of signs in the distance and start to panic. There...

Commander Focus: Budget Combos Episode 1

Hi everyone! I'm back with something a little different this week. When I first started writing about Magic, my goals were twofold: Show players that Magic can be accessible with strong, focused decks on a reasonable budget. Demonstrate that...

Jumpstart 2022 Review: The New Cards

Magic recently released a new supplemental set, Jumpstart 2022, with new cards in every pack and a whole bunch of reprints. The half decks are compatible with the original Jumpstart decks as well as the set specific Jumpstart boosters....

Commander Focus: Let It Snow! (Isu the Abominable)

Oh the weather outside's been frightful, but this deck is so delightful, and since we've no place to go, let's team up and crush the jerk playing draw-go! I'm back with another seasonal deck that will serve as a lead...

Commander Focus: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Credit: Michelle Lizak One of the things that eluded Magic in the beginning was a sense of ownership, a sense of place in the game for the protagonist, aka the player. The original backstory of Magic explained that you were...

Commander Focus: Poxwalkin’ on the Sun

Hi everyone! Welcome back to another Commander Focus: Budget edition! I'm your host, Loxi, and today we'll be bringing you the latest in fun and affordable deck techs. I'll actually be starting a mini series-within-a-series (within...a series?) where we...

Commander Focus: Talrand’s Flying Circus

Have you ever felt like your friends were playing too much Magic in your game of Magic? Do you think that there's a finite amount of fun to be had in a given game and want to have all...

Memory Jar: 40k Commander Decks

Given the flurry of new product releases we thought it would be useful to do a follow-up to each set with a list of the top cards that would seem to have an impact on the format. This week's...

The Brothers’ War Review, Part 4 of 4: The Colorless Cards

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to what many consider the home of Magic, Dominaria, to see familiar faces and pick up old plot threads. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk...

The Brothers’ War Review, Part 3 of 4: The Monocolor Cards

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to what many consider the home of Magic, Dominaria, to see familiar faces and pick up old plot threads. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk...