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Commander Focus: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder – A cascading cascade of cascades

B Phillip York - November 5, 2020

In Commander Focus, we look at building around different Legendary creatures each week for the Commander format. This week we're looking at Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder comes out of a cycle of commanders from 2016, each possessed of...

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

B Phillip York - October 29, 2020

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...

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Commander Focus: Karona, the False God says “FU, have this”

B Phillip York - October 22, 2020

Credit: UDON, Wizards of the Coast Karona, False God is kind of a strange card in a game that's ostensibly two-player. Why play a creature your opponents are going to get to control? Karona's effect is not entirely dissimilar to...

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

B Phillip York - October 16, 2020

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...

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CF: Let’s Fighting Love: Neyith of the Dire Hunt

B Phillip York - September 29, 2020

Occasionally Wizards of the Coast comes out with a new legendary creature (or planeswalker) that makes for an exciting commander. Unfortunately, some of the topmost competitive commanders in the game (Tymna the weaver, Thrasios Triton Hero, Kenrith the returned...

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Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Rising Round-up

Goonhammer Staff - September 27, 2020

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...

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Zendikar Rising Set Review, Vol. 1

The Dive Down - September 19, 2020

We recently spoke about the new Zendikar Rising set and its impact on Commander; this week we have a special guest - Shane from The Dive Down podcast - joining us to talk about the set's impact on the...

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Commander Focus: Omnath, Locus of Creation

B Phillip York - September 15, 2020

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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Zendikar Rising EDH/Commander Review: The Lands are back in town

B Phillip York - September 11, 2020

Zendikar Rising has a theme of “lands matter” much like Theros had “enchantments matter”. So there’s a number of creatures with landfall abilities that will probably make a splash in commander, especially in less competitive games. Potential Commanders Tazri, Beacon of...

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Rin and Seri: Seperable from my money

B Phillip York - September 10, 2020

When I saw this Ancient Grudge, I felt compelled to make a deck. Which is exactly what I think Wizards wants. But it also made me reflect on the almost baffling amount of products that Wizards is choosing to...