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Am I The Bolas? - Why am I Always Called a Threat?

How do you deal with an opponent who insists you're the threat long after you've been dealt with by the table?

What Makes a Good Planar Deck?

Planar decks are a great way to spice up your Commander games, but how do you build a good Planar deck?

The Lord of Pain Commander Deck Tech

Lights, Camera, Pain! Try The Lord of Pain in Commander with this deck tech from Sahai Virk.

MTG Foundations Arena Spoilers Begin

MTG Arena previews three familiar planeswalkers with incredible new art!

The Best Commander Cards From... Mirrodin

Mirrodin brought us Rule of Law, Fabricate, Tooth and Nail, Necrogen Mists, and of course, Lightning Greaves. Which is your pick?

Trump Properly Explains How Banding Works During Otherwise Incoherent Speech

Donald Trump, managed to explain the oft misunderstood Magic: The Gathering mechanic "banding" during a recent town hall event.

Pauper Commander - Sunny Side Up

Alejandro builds a deck full of small artifacts that he uses to untap creatures and ping opponents to death.

Top Lessons Learned About Deckbuilding

Unsummoned Skull gives some great tips on building deck than can be applied to all sorts of different Commander decks. Dive on in!

Animar Artifact Creature Storm | $100 Budget Animar, Soul of Elements Deck Tech

Ever wonder how Animar would play on a budget with a heavy artifact theme? Benjamin Levin has the answer!

New York Comic-Con 2024 Magic X Marvel Panel Reveals

The 2024 Marvel x Magic: The Gathering panel at New York Comic Con brings Marvel's greatest into Magic for the very first time.

An Analysis of Golgari Draft Archetypes

From graveyard synergies to creature death payoffs to midrange strategies of every kind, Golgari has always had distinct draft archetypes. Ciel goes through them all!

Legends Legends - Tetsuo Umezawa

This week’s Legends Legends looks at Tetsuo Umezawa, one of the more powerful Commanders from Legends with a killer ability!

Cards That Confuse New Commander Players

What is Crypt Ghast's color identity? Why are fetchlands better than Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse?

I Want to Play a Game: Breaking Down the Color Pie of the Saw Franchise - Part One

There's no Universes Beyond: Saw in sight, but that won't stop Mike Carrozza from hypothesizing about the color identity of every Saw character!

Am I The Bolas? - Navigating Double Standards in Playgroup Dynamics

How do you feel about cards like Oubliette that truly neutralize a Commander by locking it out of the game?

Essential Spellbook - Tri-Lands and Beyond

Fill your Commander decks with lands that produce three, four, or five colors of mana! Never fail to cast your spells again! (Not guaranteed)

New Perspectives Grant Program opens application window for 2025's MagicCon Chicago

With MagicCon returning to Chicago in February, the application window is now open for the New Perspectives Grant Program.

MagicCon 2025 Lineup Revealed

The Gathering is on for 2025! Is Magic Con (and Fblthp) coming to your town?

Legends Legends - Barktooth Warbeard

Jeff Dunn proves once again that you can make an interesting deck out of a vanilla creature with this beard themed Barktooth Warbeard Commander brew!

How They Brew It - Niko's Untap Dancing

Love tapping? How about untapping? Meet Niko, Light of Hope, your new untap dancing partner!

Solitaired Study Declares Magic World's "Most Complex" Tabletop Game

According to a study done by the gaming website Solitaired, Magic: The Gathering is officially the most complex tabletop game in the world.

The Wandering Rescuer "Templar Knight Twiddle" - Plot Twist #20

This week's Plot Twist involves Templar Knights. How is Jeff going to surprise our opponents with a deck filled with copies of the same card?

Commander Player Weighs Options: Buy Card Storage or Keep Using Decade-Old Wet Box?

The local Commander enthusiast currently holds his Magic collection in a duct-tapped Khans of Tarkir fat pack dripping with an unknown fluid.

Simic Domain Incarnation | $100 Budget Nael EDH Deck Tech

Looking for a janky combo deck? Try this Nael, Avizoa Aeronaut Commander brew from Benjamin Levin.

Pauper Commander - Arabella's Small Dolls

Alejandro experiments with several different Boros commanders and finds the ideal leader of a boros token deck.

The Mindskinner Deck Tech

Skin minds and turn massive damage into massive mill with this Commander deck tech for Duskmourn's mono-blue monster; The Mindskinner!

Five Post-Ban cEDH Lessons

The banning of Dockside Extortionist, Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, and Nadu have turned cEDH upside down. What now?

Legends Legends - Hunding Gjornersen

Jeff Dunn brews around Human Warrior Hunding Gjornersen with a focus on good natured antics and his agreeable personality.