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Generally Speaking 28 – Cut-rate Cards for Cutthroat Players, Blue Edition
This entry is part 27 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis While reading about Commander decks on the internet, it’s easy to become lost in the sea of optimal card choices, or the...
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Generally Speaking 29 – Izzet Necessary to Know the Outcome?
This entry is part 28 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis When I was much younger, I was very interested in science. More than anything, it was the application of science I found...
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Generally Speaking 30 – Mono White Control
This entry is part 29 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis When Avacyn Restored came out, I ventured out into the world of playing EDH at local game stores I was unfamiliar with....
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Generally Speaking 31 – Mono White Control Part II: Odric
This entry is part 30 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis (Editor’s Note: I know a lot of you are expecting an article from Gibson Haynes AKA KaipaLin, but we haven’t got it for...
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Generally Speaking 32 – Commander’s Arsenal, Not Actually For Commander Players
This entry is part 31 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis Hello readers. Normally I deliver content along the lines of community, strategy, and technology, like our podcast does....
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Generally Speaking 33 – Differences in Kind
This entry is part 32 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis I had thought about writing a seasonal decklist, likely including All Hallow’s Eve, Headless Horseman, or at least...
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Generally Speaking 34 – Why Not This One?
This entry is part 33 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis Zendikar block saw a number of card cycles, the most prolific of which were the enchantments in the eponymous first set...
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Generally Speaking 35 – Isperia, 2.0
This entry is part 34 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis Return to Ravnica is not so much a genius set idea on Wizards’ part as it is an obvious one. With Wizards wanting Modern...
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Generally Speaking 36 – Rites
This entry is part 35 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingOn and off, I hear suggestions about ritual effects in Commander. Dark Ritual sees very little play, and reasons are usually related to the...
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Generally Speaking 37 – Of Daughters and Dinosaurs
This entry is part 36 of 37 in the series Generally SpeakingBy Imshan AKA Sinis For the most part, I’ve left my personal life out of my articles; I like to write about groups that I’ve played with,...
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Generally Speaking 08 – The Five Stages of Grief: Consecrated Sphinx
By Imshan AKA Sinis While playing Commander, many players find their decks focusing strongly around a single card that isn’t their general. Cabal Coffers is perhaps the most notorious example....
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Generally Speaking 09 – In Defense of Bad Cards
By Imshan AKA Sinis I like playing bad cards. Almost categorically, the worse the card or mechanic is objectively, the more I am drawn to try to make said card or mechanic work. This isn’t restricted...
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Generally Speaking 10 – The Casual Jungle
By Imshan AKA Sinis I have the good fortune to live in the most populous city in Canada. Our citizens are diverse and so are the groups with which we play EDH. When you play with more than a couple...
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Generally Speaking 11 – My General is Primalcrux
By Imshan AKA Sinis When Torpor Orb from New Phyrexia was spoiled, the online EDH community was abuzz with two things. The first was the threat to the value creatures that so many of us play; spell...
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Generally Speaking 12 – Two Colour Blues
By: Imshan AKA Sinis For a some players, especially those who are game theory devotees, the decision-making process for games of Magic are very broad. Many players only think of decision-making as the...
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Generally Speaking 13 – Cabal Coffers, A New Player’s Handbook
By Imshan AKA Sinis Cabal Coffers. If you’re new to Commander you may not have played against this card, but it won’t be a long wait before you see it in action. If you’re unfamiliar with it, Cabal...
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Generally Speaking 14 – A guide to Aggro in Commander
By Imshan AKA Sinis It is a common adage among Commander players that aggro – a deck archetype that attempts to hammer out damage as fast as possible typically via creatures and burn spells – is not...
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Generally Speaking 15 – Orb of Tresserhorn
By Imshan AKA Sinis A card that gets a fair amount of press in the Commander community with fairly little explanation is Torpor Orb. To veteran players, the application is obvious; Commander players...
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Generally Speaking 16 – What’s in a Combo?
By Imshan AKA Sinis One of the last games of Commander I played involved the use of Pestermite and Splinter Twin by an opponent, on turn four. This is highly abnormal for most of the groups I play...
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Generally Speaking 17 – The Extortion Effect
By Imshan AKA Sinis There is a class of card in Magic I like to think of as ‘extortion’ cards. These cards give opponents a choice, usually between two negative outcomes of differing varieties....
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