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Licia, the Sanguine Tribune taught me many lessons about Commander deck building and game management. I explore them in this game log.

The EDH Evolution Series memorializes the life of an EDH deck. It starts with the initial build, continues through gameplay in the pod, and ends when the deck is dismantled. Watch out for Wasitora Deck Tech Series focuses on the Jund Commander Wasitora, Nekoru Queen. Wasitora has been on my build list for a while. I like Dragons. I like tokens. It was just a matter of time before I took the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup approach and attempted to condense them into a bite size trea

In order to keep things fresh and satiate the variety of Magic Interests in our playgroup we hold scheduled events that cater to individual favorites of the group. You can find more on that concept in my Playgroup Dynamics: Meeting Needs Through Schedule One Time Events intro article. Decks on Display as Guests Arrive The Commander format is the backbone of our playgroup. It garners the most enthusiasm and attendance. That doesn't mean everyone takes the same approach to the

Some playgroups fall into the trap of doing the same activities every time they meet. If your playgroup does the same thing each time,...

The EDH Evolution Series memorializes the life of an EDH deck. It starts with the initial build, continues through gameplay in the pod, and ends when the deck is dismantled. Listening to Licia series focuses on the Mardu Commander Licia, Sanguine Tribune. Time to Swing Big Why Licia, Sanguine Tribune I wanted to play a life gain deck. Specifically, I wanted interactive, in-your-face life gain. I didn't want to collect one and two points of life here and there. I wanted my lif

While stumbling through the internets I noticed Brian Demar's Battle Box Series on Channel Fireball. It struck me as a possible solution to a problem I was having. My playgroup had a time use problem. We had small chunks of time that weren't being spent well. Time before, after, or in between draft and EDH matches was being wasted. Constructed formats didn't seem to be filling these spaces. Members of our play group didn't seem interested in maintaining decks in a 60 card for