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Candy’s Top 15 Dragons for EDH
It’s pretty much a given that most Timmies love dragons, and, well, I’m pretty solidly in the Timmy camp. So yeah. Dragons. Gimme some dragons! They’re stompy (flappy?) and they (well, many of them) [card Firebreathing]firebreathe[/card], and the vast majority of them have some kind of evasion. When I see a sweet dragon, somewhere deep…
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From the Vault: Legends announced
Coda alerted me to this less than half an hour ago: the upcoming From the Vaults set is to be Legends, which ties in very nicely with the Commander releases they’re planning for later this year. 15 reprints of legendary creatures. Check out the hot new art for [card Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir]Teferi[/card]. I’ve always…
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On the Value of Haste, or, How to Win More Often When You’re a Timmy with a Token Deck
If you look at my Magic player psychographic profile, you’ll find me pretty squarely in the Timmy camp: I love big spells, I love big creatures, I love big effects, and my primary motivation when playing Magic is to have fun while turning cards sideways with my friends. But I have a Spike streak as…
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Mirrodin Besieged Set Review, Part II
What’s this? PART II? Don’t know where Part I is? Suffering from a chronic fear of scrolling down more than a couple hundred pixels? Fear not. Here’s Part I of our Mirrodin Besieged review. [card]Galvanoth[/card] Coda: Free spells, you say? Sign me up! I imagine [card]Jace, the Mind Sculptor[/card] probably has one of these things…
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Mirrodin Besieged Set Review, Part I
Coda: Let’s be honest—Scars wasn’t exactly the most inspiring of sets, EDH-wise, especially compared to some of the great staples and over-the-top ridiculosity that got printed in Zendikar block. [card]Genesis Wave[/card] is one of my all-time favorites, sure, and there were some decent legends, but aside from that what have you got? [card]Steel Hellkite[/card] and…
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Unsung Heroes, Part I
There’s a whole long list of cards that tend to get bandied about in EDH circles…the ones you’re supposed to include no matter what. This is not that list. These are the unsung heroes of EDH, the cards that never seem to get the love they richly deserve. Or, well, five of them. This is…
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Let’s Talk About EDH. Baby.
Welcome! (And if you didn’t hear that in the Merchant’s voice from Resident Evil 4, then I certainly hope you do so. Now. Do it. It’s an order.) This here be an Elder Dragon Highlander group blog—or Commander, if you want to be all up on the correct terminology and shit. It is almost definitely…