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Commander
Ben Guilfoyle

Land Destruction In EDH: You Need It!

Today’s topic is not nice. We are going to dive into the wonderful world of land destruction in Commander. Land destruction, like stax and hatebears often gets a bad reputation. A reputation that leads some people to dismiss the whole

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Learn to Play
Nick Norman

MTG Meta Breakers: How to Beat Yawgmoth in Modern

Welcome to MTG Meta Breakers! This series is devoted to helping you take on some of the most common decks in your favorite formats (aka “the meta”). Whether you’re looking to grind competitive events on MTGO, want to win your

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Learn to Play
Charlie Hopton

How to Build a Competitive MTG Deck Part Five: Control

Hey guys, Welcome to the fifth and final installment of Bolt the Bird’s series on competitive deck building! Our final topic will be how to build a competitive control deck. If you missed the previous articles in the series you

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Infernal Grasp is one of the best removal cards for Commander.
Commander
Ben Guilfoyle

EDH101: An Introduction to Removal in Commander

Welcome back to another edition of EDH101. Today we are looking at removal. This topic can be a bit tedious to cover. Many Commander players claim folks run too little removal. Others run none at all. Today I will take

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Learn to Play
Charlie Hopton

How to Build a Competitive MTG Deck Part Four: Combo

Hey guys, Welcome to part four of Bolt the Bird’s series on competitive deck building! Today’s topic is how to build a competitive combo deck. If you missed the previous articles in the series you can find them here: How

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Ben Guilfoyle

EDH101: Best Utility Lands for Commander

Most EDH decks run somewhere from 30 to 40 or so lands. While many folks will simply include a smattering of basics, a handful of dual lands, and maybe some fetches if they have them, there is another facet to

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Cody DeBos

Every MTG Card Symbol Explained (yes, really)

If you’ve never looked at a Magic: The Gathering card, you’re probably pretty confused. It might feel like you are looking at another language or hieroglyphics from another civilization. How can seasoned Magic players know what a card does, what

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Ben Guilfoyle

EDH 101: How to Build a Commander Deck From Scratch

Commander is one of the most accessible and active eternal formats. It has all the infinite possibilities of a format like Vintage, but a more relaxed atmosphere like a board game. Its unique rules and banlist make it a format

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