Time to Break Up With Your Playgroup
There is one single rule that Commander advocates love to invoke when you don’t like something in the format: Rule 0. Sheldon Menery of the Commander Rules Committee does an excellent job laying out how Rule 0 works in this article. Essentially, what Rule 0 amounts to, in practice, is that you should, prior to […]
Cube of Force- Investigate for Treasure
Welcome back to Cube of Force, the article series where we build a Dungeons and Dragons themed Magic: The Gathering cube step-by-step. Last time, we helped our party gain some experience and level up by going on some adventures! Today, we will start by asking the question: why do players actually go on adventures? They […]
Decks of Many Things: Curses of Strahd
Welcome back to the Decks of Many things, the article series where I make MTG decks with Dungeons and Dragons themes. Last time, we looked at how Chulane was secretly the Dungeon Master, sending players on quests and adventures. Today, I want to model my deck after one of the most popular Dungeons and Dragons […]
Welcome back to Cube of Force, the article series where we build a Dungeons and Dragons themed Magic: The Gathering cube step-by-step. Last time, we built our party and focused on strengthening their bonds as a team. Today, our party will level up for the first time. As the party defeats the dragon, they feel […]
Chulane's Sword Coast Adventures
Welcome to the Decks of Many Things, the article series where I make Magic: The Gathering deck lists with Dungeons and Dragons themes! For the inaugural feature, I wanted to look at the Commander who is most a Dungeon Master at heart: Chulane, Teller of Tales. If you just look at Chulane’s art, he looks […]
Cube of Force - Let's Form a Party!
Welcome to Cube of Force, the article series where we build a Dungeons and Dragons themed Magic: The Gathering cube. Wizards’ two biggest properties have always had thematic overlap, and they have actually crossed over a few times with core DND books like Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica and Mythic Oddyseys of Theros. We even have […]
MTG: Commander Legends Unboxing (Part 1)
Why I'm Quitting Magic the Gathering
This is extremely difficult for me to write. I’ve been playing Magic since 2012/2013, and my passion and love for the game have only grown in the eight years since. I’ve grown to love many various formats and found a calling in playing EDH and cEDh. I’ve been writing content about Magic on and off […]
Hello once again from Playing to Win. I know it’s been a hot minute since the last article, but with the current state of the world I’m sure everyone is slowing down a ton more than they thought they would. I just want to take this moment to say don’t worry about being productive, focus […]
Saskia the Unyielding #SerrasAngelsMTG #MTG #Deckbuilding
So lets talk about this deck. I had an amazing time building this. I build decks based on inspiration. Just like writing, I need a muse and a reason to love the commander. It’s one of the reason I play a lot of personally themed decks. Sometimes I build them based on lore, for example […]