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Core Games

Unstable Mutation: The Ten Best Cards to Upgrade Your Ahoy Mateys Pirate Deck for Commander

Marcille "Marcy" Donato -
Ahoy, Mateys (sorry) and welcome to our look at the, uh, Ahoy Mateys deck from the Ixalan precons. This is a precon with a particular tribal theme, that being Pirates, but instead of a simple tribal aggro deck, there...
Core Games

The 10 Cards to Pick up from Universes Beyond: Doctor Who

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones -
We recently wrapped up our review of the four Commander Decks from the new Universes Beyond: Doctor Who set, and if you missed those individual deck reviews you can find them here: Timey Wimey Blast from the Past Paradox...
Competitive Play

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

B Phillip York -
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...
Competitive Play

Commander Focus: Poxwalkin’ on the Sun

Will "Loxi" Angarella -
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...
Competitive Play

Commander Focus: Two’s a Party

Will "Loxi" Angarella -
Hi everyone! My name is Will, but you'll see me around by my alias, "Loxi." I've played Magic since Return to Ravnica and Commander for the past 7 or so years. I've always been passionate about the game being...
Competitive Play

Commander Focus: Golos, A token of my appreciation

B Phillip York -
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. Credit: Joseph Meehan, Wizards of the Coast Modern Horizons 2 is out and one of the things the set revealed is a renewed focus on "named tokens," with abilities that trigger off of them. Let's review the...
Competitive Play

Commander 101: Winning a Negative-Sum Game

B Phillip York -
In this week's Commander Focus we're kicking off a limited multi-part series on the basics and core principles behind Magic's Commander format. Each week we'll cover a different key element and dive into the dynamics behind it and how...
Gaming

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

B Phillip York -
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...
Gaming

Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Rising Round-up

Goonhammer Staff -
Magic's newest expansion dropped last week - Zendikark Rising, a new set in the very popular world of Zendikar. The Eldrazi are long defeated and the plane is at rest... or is it? New machinations are afoot as Nahiri seeks to...
Gaming

Commander Focus: Omnath, Locus of Creation

B Phillip York -
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,...
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