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 ...