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This is my first new deck of 2026, and I'm trying to rein in power level while still using cards I like. It's also my first deck helmed by a commander from the new *Lorwyn Eclipsed* set. As a big fan of Worm Harvest, I have to build around this guy. And while I couldn't resist the urge to...

One of my opponents decided to use turn 1 Black Vise on me, which was a bit strange. I had lousy topdecks and took a while to get out from under the Vise. By the time I did, the same opponent had set up Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Forced Fruition. So I couldn't cast any spells or I'd die...

Since I hadn't pulled this deck out for a while, I played it this week. I was excited to get a hand with Metalworker, Wormcoil Engine, and Sculpting Steel. I was able to rush out Wormcoil Engine and was contemplating shenanigans to copy and recur it. No one really had anything that threatened me...

I tried this deck yet again, having still failed to get Barren Glory to work for me. I had a sluggish start, then one of my opponents wiped the board and had me discard 11 cards (I only had 7 cards in my hand). I think he picked me because I had the most cards in hand, but it was an easy way to...

Despite the failure of Squandered Resources to break through in Legacy, the card has made appearances in tournament formats with smaller card pools, such as Premodern, a format that has often surprised me with its strange innovations. While the use of Squandered Resources in Enchantress decks is...

Speaking of staples, that’s another category I traditionally include in these reports. Ranking cards by category doesn’t really give a clear picture of which ones I used most throughout the year, and an unabridged list from the top includes lots of lands and mana rocks. So here are the 31 cards...

Welcome to my seventh annual article summarizing my year in EDH. This project began with the relatively short-lived West Coast Commander League (2019–2020). Since then, it has taken on a kind of life of its own. I play a lot of EDH and, compared to most players, I build a lot of different...

I just might do both! :P My sister is out of town, so we're celebrating "Christmas" with her on Saturday. But I also spent actual Christmas day with my mom and my youngest brother.

Originally, the Universes Beyond cards were only to show up in the "Secret Lair" product line (generally between 3 and 7 cards, which you order on a website and then get mailed to your house). But after a few of those they came up with three other models for Universes Beyond cards. Commander...

After slogging through a color-screw (couldn't find red mana until the turn after an opponent cast Blood Moon anyway), I had multiple false starts and got to a pretty low life total. When I finally did cast Hypergenesis, it gave one of my opponents fuel to use Bolas's Citadel to kill me while...

This deck won another game, and yet again I didn't get to use Barren Glory at all. I deployed Academy Rector as a bit of a bluff. My opponents didn't fall for it, so I grabbed Fool's Demise, even though I didn't have Academy Researchers or anything to go with it. Well, one of my opponents cast...

Last night, I picked the wrong to try this deck. Not only was there an archenemy at the table, but my deck wasn't really equipped to fight him, and instead it mostly fed him more cards. He'd have won either way, and seemed way too into it. Pubstompers.

Another uneventful loss for this deck. I couldn't find a fifth land for either Jasmine Boreal or Phytohydra. I drew Taunting Elf, Shinen of Life's Roar, and Tempting Licid, so I could really force people to block, but that was about it.

Ah. I'd seen you popping up on the Fantasy Football threads enough that I figured maybe you were just lurking on the rest of the site. Welcome back? I guess I should say, as someone who has generally been rather vocally critical of what WotC call "Universes Beyond", that the community...

I got severely manascrewed with this deck. One of my opponents put me out of my misery. The game ran on for a while after that and this ended up being my last game of Wednesday night.

I had another game in which my repeated use of Windfall with Waste Not and Geth's Grimoire went crazy. This time, I didn't kill myself and even managed to make a huge zombie army. But of course I empowered one of my opponents to take me out, and once I was out of the way he was able to battle...

After durdling for a while in a game where I should have lost, I was left to my own devices for long enough to draw into Demonic Tutor when I had Sun Titan and Altar of Dementia. I grabbed Angelic Renewal and milled my opponents out. One of them had Blighsteel Colossus in his library, but no way...

Closed out my final game for last night by casting Wargate for Divine Intervention while I had Moat and Dueling Grounds both on the field to protect me. I think I took 1 damage before my next turn, at which point I cast Solitary Confinement. The game ended in a draw. We're back, baby!

Played this deck again last night. I actually managed to get Green Ward on the Leprechaun and then, once it was killed, brought it back and put Flickering Ward on it. Well, then it was stolen with Subjugate the Hobbits, and I died. Leprechauns aren't hobbits! Oh well.

Well, this deck's first game went kinda OK, sorta. I was able to protect myself somewhat early on, but once two of my opponents had killed each other, I didn't have sufficient defensive capabilities to deal with the third. Cataclysm was the only board wipe I drew, and I didn't want to cast it...