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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.

An Analysis of Izzet Draft Archetypes

Ciel Collins goes over the history of Izzet draft archetypes, from surge to convoke to energy and all things spell slinger!

Conditions Allow - Zimone, All-Questioning EDH

Ever wished you understood prime numbers a little better? Try this Zimone, All-Questioning deck in the latest edition of Conditions Allow!

When Flavor Text Gets to the Point

Sometimes flavor text is verbose and loquacious and excessive. But why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

Am I The Bolcast? - A Kindred Agreement

How far can you take a lord effect in Commander? Would you consider Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite to be fair game?

The Future of Commander is Now

With Wizards of the Coast taking over managing the Commander format from the Commander Rules Committee, it's both the end of an era and a new beginning.

Extra Life Secret Lair Drop Revealed For 2024

Wizards is once again teaming up with Extra Life charity to offer a Pixel Perfect drop for Magic's newest Secret Lair!

Space Cow Media Expands Scope with its Acquisition of cardgamer.com

Space Cow Media has acquired CardGamer.com, a website dedicated to all things related to card games.

Destroy All Humans Vol. 1 Manga Debuted By VIZ Media

Here’s our first look at Destroy All Humans Vol. 1, the new Magic Manga from VIZ Media!

Jeff Goldblum Commander Deck

How much do you love Jeff Goldblum? If you love Jeff Goldblum as much as Jeff Dunn does, try this Jeff Golblum Commander deck!

Community Rallies Around LGS Destroyed by Hurricane

After Hurricane Helene cut a swath through the southern United States, Charla Schlueter of Gamers' Haunt feared the worst. 

Sméagol, Helpful Guide Commander Deck Tech

Deep within the shadowy realms of Middle-earth, a force of cunning and insatiable hunger has arisen, and his name is Smeagol!