Commander Night Playback – Zendikar Rising Legends Night
Now that Zendikar Rising has officially released, a new set of legendary creatures has been released upon us for our amusement. And naturally, that meant it was a good time to have a theme night. Each of us built a deck based around one of...
Commander Night Playback – A Most Perplexing Commander
Most of the commanders you'll see played against you in a match have an obvious direction or set of directions the deck could go: A Yuriko deck is probably going to swarm the table with unblockable ninjas. A Teysa Karlov deck is likely to have...
Magic the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Mill Wins (Sometimes)
Recently, EDHREC added a new page to their website, detailing the most common and popular combos in the format. And, naturally, as one does when exposed to a new resource of valuable information, I perused it.Two particular combos, both in Dimir colors, caught my attention,...
Magic the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Ravnica Guild Night
A good way to spice up a Commander playgroup is to run a theme night to force everyone out of their comfort zone in some way. When someone in my Tuesday night crew ran the idea by the rest of us, we were all enthusiastically...
Magic the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Killing Your Own Forces for Fun and Profit
Another week, another couple of rounds of Commander with my playgroups. Yes, you read that correctly.One of my friends who used to be in the first playgroup but needed to drop out for his new job started up another one with a few others at...
Magic the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Take One Down and Pass It Around
Everyone's had that experience where certain commanders just end up fundamentally warping the game around their abilities. Like that Lavinia, Azorius Renegade player who you just know is playing the Knowledge Pool combo or my own Marisi deck who forces the rest of the table...
Magic: The Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Achieving the Moral Victory
Statistically speaking, if a 4-player pod are building and playing decks are similar power levels, any one player should win roughly 25% of the time. This means that players should expect to lose the vast majority of their matches.While this week's matches fall into that...
Magic: the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Green is Too Powerful
It is often said that green is the most powerful color in Commander, possessing a glut of useful tools that feel almost disproportionate to what other colors are capable of. Of course, I've played decks that use Green, like Muldrotha and Marisi, but I've never...
Magic the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – Casual Game of Thrones
Well, this was supposed to be the week I went to Anthrocon. You might be surprised to know that there is some fierce competition in the intersection between furries and MTG players. I have a Kenrith and a Muldrotha deck that I've been prepared for...
Magic the Gathering – Commander Night Playback – The Return of King Kenny
There's nothing quite like a knock-down, drag out battle where every player gets the chance to take command of the game at least once. Three decks, all of the same relative power level, making strong plays, and sowing fear and excitement into their competitors.This was...