Commander Spotlight: Instill Furor

Few things can motivate people into doing work than that of the deadline. In the larger world, most people fall into one of two camps. In the first camp are those who thrive at planning. These are the people with...
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Commander Spotlight: Recoil

After last week’s deep dive into the rate of legendary creature releases, this week we’re pulling back a bit and keeping things simple. As in so simple one can argue whether it has any real purpose being considered for Commander...
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Commander Spotlight: Zurgo Helmsmasher

What would you say if I told you that 30% of all new legendary creatures in Magic: the Gathering have been printed in the last two years? Surely that could not be the case, especially as the game enters its...
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Commander Spotlight: Profane Memento

There comes a time with any intellectual property fortunate to be around long enough and build a fanbase large enough where its impact grows beyond its original foundation. Magic: the Gathering, for all it may be thought about nowadays, has...
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Commander Spotlight: Rubblehulk

Well here we are. Home stretch. The end of 2021 is in sight. And honestly, it can’t come soon enough. There is no magical reset to the troubles and travails we face when the calendar year changes, but there is...
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Commander Spotlight: Blessed Reincarnation

Among the endless drumbeat of anecdotal criticisms, few have been as steady or as enduring as a Magic player complaining about the relative strengths or weaknesses of their favorite colors. It has been around as long as the game itself,...
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Commander Spotlight: Zirda, the Dawnwaker

I am a longstanding advocate of Wizards experimenting with new mechanical in-game concepts. On the one hand, it’s a necessary imperative with a game of Magic’s nature: it must continually innovate or it will die. That is the inherent flaw...
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Commander Spotlight: Killing Wave

When it comes to pretty much any form of gaming, my instinctual preferences are for long-term planning goals and the ability to prepare for contingencies when my initial choices inevitably no longer work. It’s a strategic mindset that allows me...
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Commander Spotlight: Risen Reef

Thanksgiving is here in the US this week. As major American holidays go, it’s admittedly a modern oddity, though not necessarily in a negative way. Unlike all the other top tier holidays here (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, the Fourth of July),...
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