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A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Strixhaven Expansion, Part 4 of 4: Commander 2021

With the imminent release of the new Strixhaven set, B Phillip York and FromTheShire are evaluating the first years as they make their way into the academy. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Strixhaven Expansion, Part 2 of 4: WUBRG

With the imminent release of the new Strixhaven set, B Phillip York and FromTheShire are evaluating the first years as they make their way into the academy. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be...

The 16 cards that are banned in Commander but not Conquest

We've previously covered the Conquest format and what sets it apart from the Commander format. In today's column, we're looking at how the format's ban list differs from Commanders, and the impact certain "unbanned" cards may have. Part of the...

Commander/Conquest Focus: America: FY with Brallin and Shabaz

I've long had a fondness for the "Curiosity effect + deal a damage when you draw a card" combo that's pretty obviously built in to Niv Mizzet, the Firemind. The combination of card draw and damage based off card...

Conquest Focus: The Recent Bans and Revisiting Jorn, God of Stax

We've talked about the Conquest format and what's cool about it pretty recently - check out our intro here. Well the format recently updated with a new set of bans: - Inalla, Archmage Ritualist is banned as commander. - Rograkh,...

Commander Focus: Conquest, the Format of the Future Past

Conquest is a new-ish (it's actually close to a year old at this point) format that attempts to capture the interesting aspects of cEDH while avoiding some of the problematic luck components and excessive shuffling aspects. It's no accident...

Commander Focus: Golgari Elves, the Re-anim-elf-matrix

Credit: Wizards of the Coast Elves have been pushing into Golgari territory the last year or so, and though it's not a new concept - Wizards first introduced green-black elves in Ravnica with the Golgari and expanded the concept in...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Kaldheim Expansion, Part 3 of 3: Lands, Artifacts, and Final Thoughts

With the imminent release of the new Kaldheim set, B Phillip York and FromTheShire are reviewing the avalanche of new cards sweeping downhill into all formats. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be primarily...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Kaldheim Expansion, Part 2 of 3: Multicolor and Double-Faced

With the imminent release of the new Kaldheim set, B Phillip York and FromTheShire are reviewing the avalanche of new cards sweeping downhill into all formats. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be primarily...

A Review of Magic: The Gathering’s Kaldheim Expansion, Part 1 of 2: WUBRG

With the imminent release of the new Kaldheim set, Phillip York and FromTheShire are reviewing the avalanche of new cards sweeping downhill into all formats. Note that as our typical coverage is focused on Commander, we'll be primarily examining...