Mana Dork's Corner

art by  Forrest Imel Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) or Commander is an inherently broken format which regulates itself with the addition of a “Rule 0”. For those who don't play commander or Magic: The Gathering, Rule 0 is a pregame discussion that establishes how you want to play the game you are about to have. If you have played Dungeons and Dragons the equivalent of Rule 0 would be a Session 0, or the session when you reunite with your playgroup and Dungeon Master and discuss the in and outs of the campaign. Other Magic: The Gathering groups don't have a Rule 0 discussion because it's inherently known the experience they want. That kind of group play with a type of Rule 0 called cEDH, or Competitive Commander, or basically play to win. However when a card becomes “too problematic” to the target audience, low power level playgroups, the Rules Committee takes action and ban the card.  (If you found this blogpost and dont play Magic: The Gathering I'm so sorry and I hope ...

Hello friends! I wrote this before the pre-release week of Strixhaven however I never published it. Here's this wall of text that might be read as the rambling of a mad man but that's just my favorite literature genre.  Environmental Sciences art by  Jokubas Uogintas When I started this blog(?) website (?) whatever this ends up being I was in a mindset that I didn't want to make set reviews. Because I am bad at it and might end up shooting my foot? Yes! However for this post(?) entry(?) review(?) I will be talking about the cards that I like for EDH in Strixheaven for two reasons, well actually one, it's not a massive undertaking and it will be better for the average attention span of the internet user.  These cards will be in set number order. Also, I will not be using the Commander 2021 precon decks since they are still spoiling them as I write this. The set numbers start in colorless but only the Lesson cards, then WUBRG order, moving into multicolor, and finally ...

In a world where we strive to become the better version of ourselves a large majority of society seems to think that gaming is a child thing and that it will never amount to anything in your life, therefore, by such arbitrary standards, you will never be the better of yourself as long as you keep gaming. However, as gamers that may have a family, thrive in our workplace, and may become pillars of our community, we see gaming as part of keeping our work and personal life at a balance. In a perfect conformist society there are spreadsheets, to-do lists, and emails. In our imperfect non-conformist world, in our world, in our gaming society, there’s Magic: Gathering (MTG). Now, imagine that MTG is an early 1990’s  school movie, or an anime school, you pick. The purpose of said school is to play Commander because in our gaming society we become the better versions of ourselves through Commander.  Let us meet some of the kids during recess at the school’s playground.   In MTG o...

 Hi!  This first post will serve as an introduction to who I am, and for what I have created this blog for.  First off. My name is Juan, I'm from Puerto Rico. Secondly. I made this blog to write, mainly , about my favorite game, Magic: The Gathering. I will try to express my thoughts, as well as I can in my second language, and write about different topics which might include but not limited to: