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I was a bit annoyed when I learned that the two weekly rotating point achievements in the West Coast Commander League would be different tribal ones when we already had a monthly point for August for yet another tribe. Deal 10 or more damage with elementals. Control 3 or more creatures in any...

Playing with Aluren in EDH again inspired me to start a Magic Memories thread for the card. I didn't do it at first, but I'm starting one now. I've had a fondness for this card for something like 20 years and I've built decks around it multiple times, but actually I've overall used it much less...

My shenanigans over the past three months in the West Coast Commander League have placed a month-long bounty on me. As it happens, this also happens to be the month in which I find the point structure least interesting. Oh, I'll get over it. Maybe next week I'll even try to win or something. But...

This has to be my most extreme oddball concoction for the West Coast Commander League. To put it simply, we had the opportunity to gain a repeating bonus point for each turn in which we spliced a spell. So my plan was to build a deck that could not kill my opponents. No win condition at all...

Back at it with my usual shenanigans in the West Coast Commander League. As usual, points are to be had for... Winning games Eliminating opponents Getting "first blood" Saving an opponent from another opponent Being eliminated first Eliminating the player with the bounty (usually me) Being...

I did not realize I’d be back so soon for another update report to the prestigious CPA Tribal Council. And now, here we are for Core Set 2020, also known as Core 2020, Magic 2020, M20, The Core Set for 2019, Oops All Chandras, The Set Before the Release of Commander 2019, Holy Crap, There’s a...

Here's another deck built to milk the points system in the West Coast Commander League. Specifically I earned points for deploying snow permanents, for controlling several creature types among my creatures, for making squirrel tokens, for making a bear fight a creature with 6 or more toughness...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/july-8-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-07-08 Bridge from Below is banned in Modern. No changes to any other formats. Earthcraft counter: 772 weeks. :rolleyes: So I'm enthusiastic about the recent Modern Horizons set. It's my...

My deck from the West Coast Commander League yesterday. This was deliberately constructed to accrue some points for the Modern Horizons themes of this month in the league, and was badly rushed due to time constraints. It needs work, but I might use it as an initial template for a more robust...

Copy/pasted from the MTG Commander site...

It was bound to happen eventually through dumb luck, despite my lack of affinity for Limited formats. I won. Better, even. My prerelease deck went completely undefeated. Not bad for a set I didn't study up on at all even a little bit. So of course, I had to snap a picture... Mu Yanling, Sky...

I skipped the usual Commander League to participate in this $200 Budget event run by Magic of Browns Point. When a robust multicolored manabase is a factor, $200 doesn't go very far. So I figured I'd better go monocolor. I was tentatively going to try Yisan, Wanderer Bard. But then some...

Forgot to title this one with an [EDH] tag like I've been doing for these, but it's another of my decks for the weekly West Coast Commander League. So this one was a bit weird. For a weekly rotating point, I chose "gain control of a land that can produce mana outside of your commander's color...

Welcome to the second Tribal Update Report. While War of the Spark was a power-packed set with some notable goodies for all formats, its effect on Tribal-focused gameplay was relatively quiet. Well, Modern Horizons is both a high-impact set in general and an unusually potent release for creature...

Hey, it's the latest of my dubious concoctions for the West Coast Commander League. To recap, for the month of June, the following points are available alongside our normal permanent points... Homeward Bound (+1): Regain control of a permanent you own that an opponent controlled without an...

I won't say a lot about this one. It was exceedingly gimmicky and did its job perfectly. My goal was to win a game while controlling no permanents I own (for points). I did it. It worked. Every time. Guess I'm the bounty again. Commander: 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero 1x Vial Smasher the Fierce...

4UU Sorcery Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Flashback: 2U I think this is the most hyped I've been for a new card in...forever? The set as a whole seems pretty cool, but I just can't get over this sorcery. It's the first good Draw7...

The title is not flavorful because this has been a last-minute build. We'll see how it does. I had a different idea for the West Coast Commander League today, but it was bad and I gave up on it. Commander: 1x Nicol Bolas, the Ravager 1x Aid the Fallen 1x Ancient Tomb 1x Angrath, Captain of...

Spoiler from Modern Horizons... As a bonafide Urza card, this will get a lot of hype. It's also probably going to be one of the strongest monoblue commanders out there. Playable in Modern, though? Legacy? That's going to be harder, and tournament decks ask a lot of a four-drop. They pushed...

If you really want a card to slow opponents down, keep them from being able to do what they want to do, and make them cry, then there's one iconic card that really stands out, perhaps the most unique card in the "prison" or "lockdown" category... Bask in the brown glory that is Smokestack...