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Just to prove that I can play EDH on days other than Wednesday, I went down to my old LGS last night (it's still essentially the same distance from my house as the new one, just in the opposite direction). This deck won an epic slugfest of a game against three decks that were all probably...

Now onto the bomb WotC dropped last week... I don't want to get bogged down on the whole topic of threats against people involved because I just don't think that it's interesting or useful to do so. I've followed this issue online from its outset. As far as I know, there have been no publicly...

Closing out my games for last night, this deck pulled off an amazing win. One opponent was eliminated early and another kinda struggled for the whole game, but I was up against a formidable opponent with a deck helmed by Alela, Artful Provocateur. My auras were outmatched, but I just barely had...

This deck performed well last night. Ancient Brass Dragon started plundering my opponents' graveyards, and no one was able to deal with that. One by one, my opponents fell to the might of my dragon army. Amusingly, other than the ridiculous power of Ancient Brass Dragon, the dragon that was the...

I picked this deck for my first game last night. The deck performed decently, but was decisively outmatched by some newfangled Simic value stuff. No surprises there. If I'd been able to pull off an upset, that would have remarkable. And if I'd try to put more pressure on that Simic player...

So, if I'd known how this was all going to blow up, I should probably have started this whole thread with some context. That FAQ the RC published hints at it, but doesn't really tell the story. There's a bit of strange phrasing snuck into the FAQ... Anyone reading this who hadn't previously...

I've been posting in this thread a lot today. Let's keep it going. For context, this announcement reached the Commander community like a lead zeppelin. While most early responses seemed to be either bewilderment or outrage, it didn't take long for some of the more high-profile people in Magic to...

I've gone over the cards to set the stage. Now let's take a look at the announcement at the heart of this whole controversy... So far, so good, I guess? He's not factually wrong about what was going on in the format. I wouldn't have put it the way he did. But he's not wrong. Notably, Mana...

Alright, I noticed a mistake in my earlier post. When writing that post, I tracked down the receipt from when I purchased Jeweled Lotus in an attempt to offer a kind of full disclosure. I couldn't remember that it had been $100. I'm not rich, but I spend a lot on Magic cards, and I wanted to...

In one way, this card is probably the easiest one for my to analyze as a ban decision. Nadu is an infamous card across multiple formats and a cartoonishly stupid design from WotC that should really impel them to reevaluate their process. Many others commenting on this card have been quick to...

I'll say it again: I'm feeling pretty vindicated on this one. I was extremely critical of Jeweled Lotus as a concept from the moment it was spoiled, and went on to write an article here at the CPA (linking to it again here for convenience) detailing my take on this unfortunate design choice. I...

If I remember correctly, Dockside Extortionist holds the dubious distinctions of being the second card originally released in a Commander-specific product to be banned in Commander (after Hullbreacher), the second card printed in an official Commander preconstructed deck to be banned in...

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...