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This was an experimental Canadian Highlander concept, but I'm shelving it for now. Bad timing took this up to 12 points just two days after I built it. Also, it was way too slow and would need a lot of work to be remotely viable. Oh well. Internally, I kind of debated whether to even post this...

And in the West Coast Commander League, the Legends legends are back for 2020. It took until the last week of February for me to bring another classic legend to the table, but that's actually not entirely all my fault (I did build that Axelrod Gunnarson deck last month, only for the event to get...

This was my Brawl deck from South Sound Magic's Ultimate Melee 2020 event. It did OK overall, but wasn't as fun as I wanted it to be and I just can't get into Brawl. Oh well. Commander: 1x Korvold, Fae-Cursed King 1x Angrath's Rampage 1x Arboreal Grazer 1x Arcane Signet 1x Assassin's Trophy 1x...

I'm a bit late in posting my latest list from the West Coast Commander League. Sorry, I've been busy. Also, I won't have one for you next week because I'll be participating in South Sound Magic's "Ultimate Melee 2020" Brawl event, which runs at the same time as the weekly West Coast Commander...

This wasn't particularly good, but it was fun anyway. Sacrificing stuff is fun. Commander 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper 1x Animate Dead 1x Anvil of Bogardan 1x Archetype of Finality 1x Ash Barrens 1x Ashnod's Altar 1x Avatar of Woe 1x Bitterblossom 1x Black Market 1x Black...

Last year was pretty crazy about pushing the power level of Magic sets. We’ll see what 2020 brings, and that all starts with Theros Beyond Death. As usual, I’ll be analyzing the theoretical impact of this set on “Tribal” constructed Magic gameplay. My primary vision for this is some kind of...

My latest West Coast Commander League deck features another commander I was excited to play, one I'd been wanting to build a deck around for years. I packed this deck with good cards and the result was, well, not great. At least Sliver Queen did OK. My Sidisi deck generally crapped out and...

Built this yesterday, but we didn't get enough turnout for the West Coast Commander League, because of the Theros Beyond Death prerelease. I did poorly in the prerelease, too. Will play some version of this some day, but not next week... Commander: 1x Axelrod Gunnarson 1x Anger 1x Animate Dead...

Recently in "Magic Memories" I mentioned that I have the cool new printing of Life from the Loam, and that I wanted to use it in a deck. I also wanted to do a Loam deck for yesterday's West Coast Commander League Event, which included a special point for putting 20+ lands onto the battlefield...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/january-13-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement Modern: Mox Opal is banned. Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned. Mycosynth Lattice is banned. No changes to other formats, but Ian Duke notes that moving forward, Pioneer changes will be...

I like the art on the new "Secret Lair" version of this card and I'm excited that I'll finally be using it soon... Where to start? Life from the Loam is one of my personal favorites, but it's also one of the all-time great Magic cards. And I don't know how to properly convey that. In...

I started off 2020 in the West Coast Commander League with the commander that will always be the my true favorite, deep down. Nearest and dearest to my heart. The card that was my favorite Magic card in 1998 when I had no idea what I was doing, but making lots of slivers was fun. Long live the...

Back in February of 2019, West Coast Sports Cards in Federal Way, Washington began organizing test runs for a new weekly casual commander event, which would become the West Coast Commander League. The league officially opened in March and while participation has been inconsistent, it’s looking...

Oops, forgot to post this on Sunday. Last deck of the year for the West Coast Commander League. Themes included snow, cards with family relationships in their names, and giving Flying to non-flying creatures. Commander 1x Gosta Dirk 1x Ajani, Caller of the Pride 1x Anvil of Bogardan 1x Arcane...

This is a long article. You’ve been warned. At the most abstract level, this one has been a long time coming. A very, very long time. But I don’t think I’d have made the effort to string these words together and come up with something coherent if not for the (relatively) recent article by Bryan...

Here's yet another wacky creation for the West Coast Commander League. Having at least nine elk and/or caribou over the course of the game wasn't worth enough points for how hard it is to pull off. But Caribou Range got me there. It's totally a legitimate Magic card. My favorite play of the...

Continuing this December silliness in the West Coast Commander League, I built a deck to best ensure that I'd have snow permanents, that I'd have cards with family relations in their names, that I'd tap Sensei's Divining Top and/or Candelabra of Tawnos, and that I'd trade cards with my...

It turns out that Thornbite Staff is a good Magic card. After four weeks in a row of playing Legends legends, I decided to change it up and do a combo deck. Well, what really happened was that the weekly rotator in the West Coast Commander League's point system was to activate abilities of...

I'm already working on my deck for the next West Coast Commander League meetup, so I'm ahead of schedule on that compared to my usual these days of "Don't start until the night before." But I've fallen behind on reporting my decks as they're played. So here's my deck from the 1st. But it's weird...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/products#secretlair Looks like they have some fun stuff. Thinking about getting these once they're available...