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Originally printed in 1995 as one of the HarperPrism book promotional cards, Mana Crypt has been part of Magic since before EDH crawled out of the Primordial Ooze. Despite being banned in Legacy and restricted in Vintage, this card hasn't really presented a problem in EDH. Sure, it's always had...

Well, I suppose that I've waited long enough. I have a plenty of thoughts on this stuff, but at this point I'm actually not sure where to begin. Since this is the CPA and there might be limited overall experience with the Commander format and the events that led up to this, I suppose it's best...

I used this deck for the final game of last night. One of my opponents was trying to use Shadowborn Apostles with Aetherflux Reservoir, and I was pretty sure he'd win before I could. Managed to slow him down with Dance of the Manse to get Parallax Wave and Parallax Tide. He tutored for a...

Played this deck last night. At first, it was holding its own. After a couple of board wipes shut me down and after lousy topdecks saw me fall behind several turns in a row, one of my opponents used Drown in Dreams to deck me so that I couldn't interfere with his attempts to win against his...

Played this deck for my first game last night (opponents picked it at random). Although I didn't have my fastest start ever, my opponents initially weren't doing much and were being beaten down by small creatures. Omarthis came in as a 2/2. For a while, I had the best board position. Then the...

He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large, moving Torb! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him... That of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zulls knew...

Well, this one really got away from me. I had wanted to wait a bit before presenting my own critical analysis of this decision. There was a lot to say, but I didn't want to post a knee-jerk reaction here. Well, I waited a week, and WotC have already seized control of the format. Can't say that...

I don't play it often, but I've had my PreDH Barrin deck from 2023 in my bag this whole time. The Commander Rules Committee just banned Mana Crypt, which also invalidates the card for PreDH. If you take a look at the history of my use of Mana Crypt in EDH, there's actually very little there. I...

Jeweled Lotus was banned, so now I need to change this deck. Also, Exsanguinate is kind of boring anyway, so let's swap that out too: -1 Corrupt -1 Exsanguinate -1 Jeweled Lotus +1 Ever After +1 Painful Quandary +1 Rite of Consumption

I didn't build this deck to not run jank dragons from the original Portal set. Now that I've picked up copies of them, I need to make some swaps: -1 Coiling Rebirth -1 Icefall Regent -1 Noxious Dragon -1 Saw in Half +1 Cloud Dragon +1 Ebon Dragon +1 Ever After +1 Finale of Eternity

Bought some cards yesterday, so I can swap some cards in this deck: -1 Avatar of Fury -1 Boartusk Liege -1 Fires of Yavimaya -1 Phyrexian Colossus -1 Two-Headed Giant of Foriys +1 Borborygmos +1 Engulfing Slagwurm +1 Flameblast Dragon +1 Greater Gargadon +1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

Stickers are kind of annoying and I'm more interested in making this deck be about general aura goodstuff rather than zeroing in on Leonin Relic-Warder loops or whatever. I'm still using Animate Dead, Dance of the Dead, and Necromancy. But I'm cutting the sticker-based version of this effect for...

This deck is fun! I used this in my final game last night. Didn't win, but managed to hit an opponent for 60-something damage (too bad he was at 140 life).

Played this deck last night. I simply got a better start than my opponents and was able to beat them down with bigger creatures than what they had available. Nothing too fancy. Glaring Fleshraker did a lot of damage. I think that was the first time I actually used Glaring Fleshraker. Crazy card.

Won with this deck yet again last night. It was a good game, and actually pretty close. Had to recover from a board wipe and then deal with the fact that Heartwarming Redemption drew me into a land pocket. I ate 25 damage to the face once and was worried about how to block the next one, but that...

Played this one last night (uneventful game, got taken out by a player who was dominating the table with broken stuff). But I still need a proper substitute for the Jeweled Lotus I'd thrown in here if I'm going to keep the deck around.

And a little less than four years later, Jeweled Lotus is banned in Commander. Well, there it is.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-banned-and-restricted-announcement-september-23-2024 This is a reproduction of the announcement from the Commander Rules Committee. You can read the complete announcement and explanation at mtgcommander.net. Announcement Date: September...

Well, I had a somewhat uneventful loss to close out last night with this deck. Kept a one-land hand, but managed to deploy Drillworks Mole, then Omarthis. I also got Chronomaton. No one attacked into me or ever blocked Omarthis. But by the time my commander was big enough to be a threat, my...

This deck won a game! Not only did I pull off a win, but the card that pulled it off? The one and only Keldon Warlord! Got Survival of the Fittest and used it to dig for answers against opponent with superior decks. So, I used Spore Frog + Genesis to protect myself from Kresh, the Bloodbraided...