The Metaworker: Teferi Tax/Lockdown and Symmetry Part 1 James LaPage January 11, 2017 The Metaworker In the past few weeks I’ve had a considerable amount of feedback on these resource denial articles, so I figured I’d keep the ball rolling and take an even deeper dive into the archetype to pick apart how t... Read More...
The Metaworker: Stax, Tax, and Resource Denial James LaPage December 28, 2016 The Metaworker 2 In the last episode, we took a look at the different types of resources in Commander, and how to convert one type of resource to another. In this episode, we’re going to look at what can go wrong when you’re tr... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Fallen Ideal Ben Iverach-Brereton December 26, 2016 Rants of Valakut 2 There are some cards that seem to do everything you want them to do in your deck. Fallen Ideal, a black aura from Time Spiral and an homage to the card Fallen Angel, enchants a creature and gives it both flying... Read More...
The Metaworker: Resource Conversion and Karametra James LaPage December 14, 2016 The Metaworker In this week’s episode, we’re going to be exploring the ideas of resources and resource conversion in Commander. Resources, in the general sense, are a stock or supply of assets that can be drawn on by a person... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Isperia the Inscrutable Ben Iverach-Brereton December 12, 2016 Rants of Valakut 2 When a deck isn't working it can be hard to pinpoint exactly why. With my Isperia the Inscrutable commander deck the problem largely involved the costs of the cards I was including. When I first built the deck,... Read More...
The Metaworker: Fun With Friends James LaPage November 30, 2016 The Metaworker 3 After reading back over the last couple instalments of The Metaworker, I realised that some of the strategies I’ve been getting into might be a little heavy for the average playgroup. In fact, the whole con... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Ulvenwald Mysteries Ben Iverach-Brereton November 28, 2016 Rants of Valakut I've been quite impressed by Ulvenwald Mysteries, a 3 cost green enchantment from Shadows over Innistrad. While I haven't seen it in Commander yet, I saw it a fair bit in draft, and the amount of work it put in... Read More...
The Metaworker: Damia, Sage of Stone James LaPage November 16, 2016 The Metaworker In the last installment of The Metaworker, we refurbished a Dralnu list that was struggling to keep up in the face of an Azorius deck that lands hard locks on the board fairly early on in the game. Sometime... Read More...
Why We Play: Commander Steven Hamonic November 8, 2016 Why We Play It’s time to do some more testing to see if our theory that "Magic is the most fun game" holds any weight! This week, with the upcoming release of “Commander 2016” and its 4 colour madness, we’re going to exam... Read More...
The MetaWorker: Episode 2 — Focus Dralnu!, Focus! James LaPage November 2, 2016 The Metaworker For today’s installment of The Metaworker, I’ll be dealing with one of the most common pitfalls of Commander deck construction – lack of focus. Quite often a lack of focus results from a lack of planning before... Read More...
