Am I The Bolas? - Tactical Resignation
Is conceding a game for the sake of helping or hurting other players fair game? Mike Carrozza weighs in on political resignations.
Is conceding a game for the sake of helping or hurting other players fair game? Mike Carrozza weighs in on political resignations.
A reader writes in to ask if they're the Bolas for bringing a competitive deck to a local tournament that wasn't prepared for it.
Mike Carrozza dives right into the new allied and shard cards from Foundations.
At what point does "upgraded precon" become a fully kitted out deck capable of destroying a table?
Rounding out his analysis of the franchise, Mike takes a look at the second half (or so) of Saw movies and assigns each one a color identity. Did your favorite character get the color(s) you'd think? Click to find out!
How do you deal with an opponent who insists you're the threat long after you've been dealt with by the table?
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!
How do you feel about cards like Oubliette that truly neutralize a Commander by locking it out of the game?
How far can you take a lord effect in Commander? Would you consider Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite to be fair game?
Is blue a color for nerds and tryhards? Or has it earned an undue reputation over the years? Mike Carrozza weighs in on Magic's wettest color.
Placing counters, doubling them, tripling them... How often does complicated math get in the way of enjoying a game of Magic?
Slash your way into the best allied color cards from Duskmourn: House of Horror with this review from Mike Carrozza.
Do you have an obligation to help your opponent remember their triggers? Is it okay to help someone play their own deck?
Should you expect your opponents to know the ins and outs of how your cards work? Should you read the full text of a card as you cast it?
What happens when a player tries to build a meme deck and ends up creating something that stomps the whole table?
Is it appropriate to ban a player from your playgroup if they won't stop playing the same card?
How do you feel about politics in Commander and people talking when it isn't their turn?
Fellow Commander's Herald writer Nick Wolf asks if he's the Bolas when he uses signed cards that aren't as easy to read as they could be...
What happens when your issue isn't the deck, the format, or the game, but one specific player giving you grief?
Join Mike Carrozza in Bloomburrow with a review of the best allied color cards to lead your latest Commander deck!
What happens when your reputation precedes you and the table starts treating you as the threat because they know what you're capable of?
Is land destruction always a hard no in your playgroup? Do you have different rules for mass land destruction and targeted land destruction?
Lots of Commander groups have their own house rules, but what happens when a player starts taking advantage of those house rules?
Should you rewind on a misplay and act like the optimal play went ahead or is it better to play the game as it actually happened?
There are seven brand new red cards in Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed, and MIke Carrozza reviews them all!
Fan of Oko? Smokestack? Armageddon? How do you deal with players that would really rather not play against infamously hated cards?
Are you the Bolas if you include cards that let you lose on purpose in order to concede at instant speed without the usual connotations?
Are you more likely to complain about value engines or the most pressing threat on the board at any given moment?