Magic

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

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...

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...

Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Rising Round-up

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...

The Early Risers of Zendikar Rising

by Shane Beeps of The Dive Down This week’s episode of The Dive Down is a celebration of the new. Zendikar Rising is here, and already making waves in Modern and Pioneer. In this companion article, I’ll first go over...

Zendikar Rising Set Review, Vol. 2

Hello again! Shane here from The Dive Down Podcast. Last week I wrote up some of our thoughts on the first batch of Zendikar Rising spoilers, and the second half is potentially even more exciting! The set looks to...

Commander Focus: Prankle, Master of Pranks

Credit: Dmitry Burmak, Wizards of the Coast Faeries and rogues are cool. And there's this thing floating around, which is kind of cool: Which is one of my favorite heroes in 12v12 (though that's a story for another day), but it...

Zendikar Rising Set Review, Vol. 1

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...

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,...

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

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...