Bennie Smith is hyped for Ixalan! What discoveries has he made for Commander? How much does he treasure Treasure? And is that a Standard deck?!
…ish) • Ghave, Guru of Spores (Melira Combo) • Glissa Sunseeker (death to artifacts!) • Glissa, the Traitor (undying artifacts!) • Grimgrin, Corpse-Born…
…They nearly trampled us to death last time they were started,” the mage noted to his prisoner. 20 “Plus, it…
This weekend, Martin attended three PTQs and won all of them utilizing the power of Takeno’s Cavalry enchanted with Kumano’s Blessing. Okay, maybe that’s not quite true, but he did attend one and he may have had to play against Takeno’s Calvary in round 6 where the winner of the match would make the Top 8.
…If it’s “someone living in England”, then I wasn’t the only one, if it’s “someone holding an…
…Living Phone Living Phone Rating: 4/10 Living Phone is really impressive. It’s small, but this toy card is…
…From there, it was a Songs of the Dead off Lotus Petal for a Living Death or Haunting Misery. The…
If you’ve ever wanted to get your hands on the Power Nine, this article is for you. Find out how you can trade for power successfully from Magic finance expert Chas Andres.
…Stories you can find there right now: - “Roommates” – About why I am bad at living with people. - “The Trade” – About…
I cracked some truly massive White legends in my deck for the Future Sight prerelease, including a combo that – if left untended – completely shut down the attack phase. How nice! And since I’m celebrating this absolutely absurd card pool, I figured I might as well discuss some of the legends of Magic past, including an extended talk about the four Hero Scrubs of Magic.
…When you read a hero scrub article, it feels like you’re being escorted into their living room to see…
Hey, people loved Peter’s last article on Intruder Alarm combos – and so he has even MORE Alarming ideas to share!
…Besides, Living Death -type decks have always revolved around filling the graveyard. Full English Breakfast was big on discarding or…
It is almost March. March means Pro Tour Honolulu, the start of the new Standard season, and the last few snow storms. It also means that Wizards is about to release the quarterly update to the Banned and Restricted list…
…The period’s control decks combined Tradewind Rider and Survival of the Fittest with Opposition and Living Death, or a…
Boros has gotten a ton of press as being a dangerously powerful guild! But we’re not talking about Limited or Standard here! Bennie wants to talk about the ways to push this often maligned color combo to the top of Commander!
…By the way, getting Magus of the Wheel back with Sun<br> Titan? Now that’s good clean living. Boros…
…For two years after college, I fulfilled a lifelong dream of actually living in New York. My apartment was in…
Sean celebrates the hundredth edition of Dear Azami by answering a reader’s call for help with his mono-green Jolrael, Empress of Beasts Commander deck.
…Death, Death, Death, Death, Lunch… Death, Death, Afternoon Tea… | Shirei, Shizo’s Caretaker | | 29 | Dear Azami: Luck Be A Lady…
Today, Abe issues the First Abe Deck Challenge. Prove you can build a deck like Abe, and you’ll have your deck featured in a future column. Well, what are you waiting for? Get cracking!
…I really like using the graveyard as a resource, and I’m not above playing Replenish or Living Death a…
Commander Rules Committee member Sheldon Menery reviews the five preconstructed decks of Commander 2020! See his top picks and upgrade suggestions!
…First Upgrade Living Death Come on, now. It’s my favorite card of all time. How could I not? You…
I want to imagine a world with Myr Incubator. In an artifact-heavy deck with possibly seventy-five artifacts or so, you can use the Incubator, get seventy or so 1/1 dudes, and win in the first combat phase where these dudes can attack. Yes, it costs twelve mana – but unlike Mindslaver, this is a winning condition on its own. Add Anger or Fires of Yavimaya and you can swing that turn. This has a fairly high potential.
…Say, for example, you have a Desolation Angel in your graveyard and your opponent just played Living Death. So, although…
Tuesday, January 26th – The Armada Games EDH League is back on! For the first week of this iteration of the League, I wanted to play Kresh, since he’s my signature guy. As you’ll see, the deck came through a little, and let me down a little, but as usual, he sometimes comes out of nowhere to deal a pile of damage.
…I’m not worried about casting Living Death in this game. I know the only way I’m going to…
The Modern Series returns with Darksteel. What does Chas Andres think of the set that brought Skullclamp, Arcbound Ravager, AEther Vial, and Sword of Fire and Ice into Magic, and what spec targets has he found?
…Wrath of God, <br> Smokestack, Burning of Xinye, Cataclysm, Living Death, Decree of Annihilation, Fracturing Gust, Terminus, and Martial Coup…
NEWSFLASH: The Ferrett’s not going to Barcelona. Why? Read on, Macduff… And get some multiplayer”tech” and your hands in the fire.
…Mike was hungry, so Mike went out and stabbed a pig to death WITH HIS BARE HANDS; then he carried…
…Quint flattened his ears in amusement, smiling. “Reports of my death or vaporization have been highly exaggerated, which is why…
…And it’s just a living Vedalken Orrery as it is. Very cool design concept plus awesome flavor, and interesting…
…We may be living in a world of super-powered dual lands, but even a deck like The Masterpiece would…
…He works hard to make a living chump-blocking or swinging in for a couple points. He's certainly the…
…Games involving Mountains will now have an increased sense of randomness with one deck quite literally living off the top…
…Then I ran against two decks with Ensnaring Bridge and one deck that featured pingers and Death Pits of Rath…
…Living Death {3}{B}{B} Sorcery Set aside all creature cards in all graveyards. Then, put each creature that is…
Wednesday, July 16th – With Eventide fresh in everyone’s minds, and the Constructed applications of the new cards and mechanics slowly filtering through our collective unconsciousness, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy takes a break from the sixty-card formats for a stroll through the forty-card farmlands. He brings us his preliminary rankings for the best commons by color, and shares a few tips and tricks picked up at the prerelease…
…Living in a multicolor block makes it worse than something like Death Rattle, but you will rarely find a deck…
Wednesday, February 25th – Every Counterbalance strategy is basically just the same 24 core cards, along with a varying land count of 18-24 and some window dressing to make them seem like completely different decks. Shocking, I know… decks that are based around the same strong card are really the same despite five variations of it existing? Blasphemy!
…in play versus trying other options to stave off death. Combo decks are also surprisingly okay to play against with…
Still unsure what to run at #SCGINVI or Grand Prix Charlotte? GerryT knows what his gameplan is! Today, he shares the details with you.
…There are also decks like Dredge and Living End out there that Leyline of the Void is very good against…
…Killing them or living with them should be an interesting decision where no one answer is right all the time…
…4.0 Not only is this efficient and hard-to-kill, if your opponent does kill it, Scuttling Death brings…
Monday, January 26th – A few weeks ago, Patrick Chapin took us through some of the more interesting cards springing up from the Conflux spoiler. Today, he continues this fine work with a look at the more powerful cards to catch his eye… Warning: Contains Spoilers
…The sexier aspect of the Child is his ability that triggers upon death. Of course, to truly understand this card…
…Since their best-case scenario in the above is a living, breathing Wort, you can use that info to frustrate…
Monday, November 10th – Patrick Chapin, one of the innovative minds behind LSV’s Pro-Tour Winning Elves deck, played an interesting control deck dubbed Next Level Gifts, taking it to a Top 50 finish. Today he shares the sights, sounds, and smells from glorious Berlin…
…The PT rolls around, and we move from the hostel to our respective living quarters for the actual tournament. Manu…
…Queen 2 Necrosavant4 Animate Dead 4 Dark Ritual 2 Living Death 4 Necromancy 4 Mana Leak 4 Firestorm4 Pyroblast 2…
…Brush with Death 2B Sorcery Common Grade B: First, this is loss of life and not damage. Second, this is…
Bennie takes on a new challenge today… a Two-Headed Giant draft conducted entirely by email. Pack by pack, pick by pick, he walks us through every step of the process, just as Nick Eisel has done above. Two-Headed Champs is this weekend… make sure you’re ready!
…I pause a bit on Living End … it is a Wrath effect after all, even if it’s a delayed…
“That’s an impressive list of interesting cards in a color not known for producing a lot of midlevel playable cards. Red gets some creatures for block, a few for Standard, and with XXXXX, quite possibly one for the ages.” Which cards is Zvi talking about? You’ll have to read it to find out!
…You could try to fit it onto a card like the Blizzard -Herder for a death blow, or combine it…
The Godfather of Commander speaks! He shares his insight into how the official debut of silver-bordered cards in Commander came to be and gives his exhaustive review of the set! You won’t want to miss this one!
…Now, instead of worrying that you’ll playing Living Death, people will have to worry that you can just battle…
Today’s main topic is as promised: Snakes.
…I don’t want to rely on my guy living, so the Myojin wins. That leaves two more slots, and…
At the risk of looking like a scrub (okay – more like a scrub), I am going to build dragon decks. This is partly because the new set is so dragon-friendly – and partly because I am getting some flak for playing too many combo decks. Even my beatdown decks generally have some”surprise, you all lose” elements. I’m trying to build something that only wins by beating down.
…I would probably start with a Living Death or two, plus Volrath’s Stronghold. Patriarch’s Desire also has some…
…Spike weaver recusion - “Wow I can;t deal with that - I lose.” Living death - “Wow I can;t deal with…
Sheldon Menery updates his suite of Commander decks with goodies from the Warhammer 40,000 Commander decks. Which cards made the cut, and why?
…White Celestine, the Living Saint Into: Halloween with Karador I happened to have an opening in this deck, as I…
…0-1 Round 2 – Grixis Death’s Shadow I sat down and waited for my opponent, but on the other…
…They would support a heavy recursion deck fairly well - perhaps run one copy each of Living Death, Dawn of the…
Though he’s examined the new cards from Commander 2018, Sheldon has yet to discuss how they come out of the box! Which is the best for playing on its own? If you can only buy one, which is best?
…You know Living Death would make an<br> appearance, along with Patriarch’s Bidding if we held onto that Beast…
…Seal of Strength cannot save it from its impending death. I happily slaughter the Zombie and he topdecks a Birds…
…As I said during my article, budget deckbuilders often make a living off of “bad rare” decks like the ones…
…This only happen to me since I'm a living example of Murphy's Law in full effect”. To say…
Friday, September 17th – Nassif discusses how he designed the White Weenie deck that trounced Amsterdam – but more importantly, he shares the most insane and entertaining tales of his Hall of Fame-winning Magic career!
…It felt like I was living every game more intensely. I was heartbroken when I watched Noah lose in round…
Fresh off his trip to Nationals, Jim discusses the seven reasons why you’re not winning Grand Prixs and Maher is. This is, perhaps, one of the finest”Get better at Magic” articles written in the past year; if you’re willing to take a good, brutal look at why you’re losing, you might want to start here.
…I made the mistake of replacing Ralphie’s two maindeck Teroh’s Faithfuls with Bane of the Living, expecting Elves…