Oops, All Artifacts! Alela Combo Casual EDH Deck Tech

Posted on May 17, 2023 by John Parker

Many commander players tune their decks, optimizing every aspect of play. Every weakness is covered, every strategy exploited, and no wasted space is allowed. This is not one of those decks. At its heart, the deck wants to cast artifacts to create Faerie tokens. This isn’t a win condition in and of itself usually, but it facilitates various paths to victory. As usual, you can find the decklist on Moxfield.

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Storing and Playing Planechase

Posted on April 21, 2023 by John Parker

Released on September 4, 2009, Planechase is a casual, multiplayer friendly format for Magic the Gathering. While it wasn’t the most popular format at the time, it did spawn a new set in 2012, as well as a Planechase Anthology collection in 2016. Over the years, the format has grown in popularity, with many variants popping up. The March of the Machines commander decks each include 10 Planechase cards and Planar die, resurrecting the format and showcasing commander Planechase as a new way to play.

A Commander deck and Planechase cards in a Prime X4 Gaming Box

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MTG Oathbreaker Format

Posted on March 24, 2023 by John Parker

Recently, Wizard of the Coast announced Oathbreaker as the newest officially supported format. Originally tested in 2017, it gained new attention during the War of the Spark release, as planeswalkers became more prevalent, along with spells that reward having specific planeswalkers in play. Like Commander, it is a casual, multiplayer format. However, there are a number of important differences as well.

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Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver EDH Deck Tech

Posted on December 19, 2022 by John Parker

Introduced in the Midnight Hunt commander decks, Wilhelt is a zombie tribal commander that offers a lot of benefits. The ability to generate a 2/2 black zombie (albeit with Decayed) when another Zombie dies is nice, and being able to sacrifice a Zombie during your end step to draw a card is icing on the cake. My version of the deck focused on tokens with cards that give buffs to Zombie tokens and anthem effects. You can find the deck list on Moxfield.

Sleeved Commander deck with Spectrum Prism deck box

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Siona, Captain of the Pyleas EDH Deck Tech

Posted on November 15, 2022 by John Parker

Auras in Magic don’t get the same respect as Equipment cards. They cannot swap between creatures, while Equipment can. Killing the creature an Aura is targeting will remove both, unlike with Equipment. Despite this, Auras fill a role, especially in Commander.

Siona is an Auras-matter style commander that puts an Aura into your hand when entering play. More importantly, whenever an Aura is attached to a creature you control, you create a 1/1 white human soldier token. As expected, this deck uses many enchantments to get the most out of this, as well as cards to help recycle Auras. You can find the full deck list on Moxfield.

Magic The Gathering commander deck with Spectrum Lime Green deck case

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MTG Warhammer 40k EHD Deck: Forces of the Imperium

Posted on October 27, 2022 by John Parker

From lowly soldiers of the Astra Militarium the the myriad chapters of Space Marines, the Imperium a diverse and popular faction in Warhammer 40k. The deck reflects with, offering a sampling of soldiers and gear from across the spectrum.

Magic the Gathering Warhammer 40,000 Commander Deck Forces of the Imperium — Warhammer 40k MTG Commander Deck: Forces of the Imperium

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MTG Warhammer 40k EDH Deck: The Ruinous Powers

Posted on October 18, 2022 by John Parker

The Magic: the Gathering / Warhammer 40k commander decks continue to hold interest of players of both games. The Ruinous Powers deck focuses on the Chaos faction, full of Chaos Marines and various Daemons from beyond the Warp.

Magic the Gathering Warhammer 40,000 Commander Deck The Ruinous Powers — Magic the Gathering Warhapper 40k Commander Deck: The Ruinous Powers

Using the default commander, Abaddon the Despoiler, the deck seeks to gain card advantage and generate value by giving spells Cascade. While it only works on your turn, it can affect many cards in your hand, depending on how much damage you do to opponents each turn. As it has good stats and trample, the commander can be a source of damage for this effect.

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MTG Warhammer 40k EDH Deck: Tyranid Swarm

Posted on October 13, 2022 by John Parker

The Warhammer 40k Commander decks for Magic the Gathering recently released to an eager audience. The decks offer a glimpse into the Universes Beyond concept, with unique, thematic art for reprints and interesting new cards.

Magic the Gathering Warhammer 40,000 Commander Deck Tyranid Swarm

The Tyranid Swarm is a +1/+1 counters deck with a token creature subtheme. It also features several creatures with X casting cost. As is, the deck is straight forward: Play creatures, make them big, then stomp over opponents. The default commander, The Swarmlord, complements this idea by not only getting 2 +1/+1 counters for each time it’s cast from the command zone, but also draws a card any time a creature you control with a counter on it dies.

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Mowu, Loyal Companion EDH Deck Tech

Posted on September 29, 2022 by John Parker

Like many people, my involvement with Magic the Gathering is more or less limited to playing Commander. I also like to keep things as inexpensive as possible, and definitely skew to the more casual side of game play. These should be decks that perform decently, and offer a good starting point for your upgrades.

This deck wants to put +1/+1 counters on Mowu as possible, as Mowu gets a nice bonus from them. This along with Trample and Vigilance gives plenty of chances to get commander damage on your opponents.

BCW Prime X4 XL Box with Commander decks and dice — Commander decks in a BCW Prime X4 XL Gaming Box

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Interlocking Card Frames

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Ted Litvan

If you want to display your favorite sports or game cards on a wall, BCW Interlocking Card Frames are an amazing system. Each frame has a black border and looks great individually, but it’s the interlocking system that makes these frames special. With the turn of two screws, each frame can connect with a neighboring frame, allowing you to form a grid for however many cards you want to display.

Flesh and Blood cards in Interlocking Card Frames

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