All posts by Cliff Daigle

I am a father, teacher, cuber and EDH fanatic. My joy is in Casual and Limited formats, though I dip a toe into Constructed when I find something fun to play. I play less than I want to and more than my schedule should really allow. I can easily be reached on Twitter @WordOfCommander. Try out my Busted Uncommons cube at http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/76330
Casual Fridays

Bright Lights, Neon City

We haven’t gotten all of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty yet, but we’ve gotten a lot of it and we’ve already seen some truly outstanding cards be previewed. The full set should be up either today or next Friday, but either way, we’ve got some tremendous cards to look at and think about.

It’s possible that we get some even bigger bangers than we’ve gotten, but even with about two-thirds of the set revealed, there’s a few cards that are already obvious candidates for our money. Let’s dive in!

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Cliff (@WordOfCommander) has been writing for MTGPrice since 2013, and is an eager Commander player, Draft enthusiast, and Cube fanatic. A high school science teacher by day, he’s also the official substitute teacher of the MTG Fast Finance podcast. If you’re ever at a GP and you see a giant flashing ‘CUBE DRAFT’ sign, go over, say hi, and be ready to draft.

Casual Fridays

The Fractured Calm Before The Storm

We’ve got a set of new commanders with Neon Dynasty, and one of them tells us exactly what to do.

I love commanders that are explicit about what they will reward you for. If you’ve never goaded something big and scary, you’re in for a treat here. In terms of what’s currently spiking or about to spike, let’s dive in and look at some cards.

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Cliff (@WordOfCommander) has been writing for MTGPrice since 2013, and is an eager Commander player, Draft enthusiast, and Cube fanatic. A high school science teacher by day, he’s also the official substitute teacher of the MTG Fast Finance podcast. If you’re ever at a GP and you see a giant flashing ‘CUBE DRAFT’ sign, go over, say hi, and be ready to draft.

Casual Fridays

What to Buy in Commander Collection: Black

 I realize this seems like a simplistic question, but given the amount of cards that are reprinted every year, we have to make judicious decisions about where to put our money. Plus, because of the gushing torrent of reprints and Secret Lairs and oh my god Double Masters 2: Quadruple is coming out this year…it’s easy to overlook some releases.

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Cliff (@WordOfCommander) has been writing for MTGPrice since 2013, and is an eager Commander player, Draft enthusiast, and Cube fanatic. A high school science teacher by day, he’s also the official substitute teacher of the MTG Fast Finance podcast. If you’re ever at a GP and you see a giant flashing ‘CUBE DRAFT’ sign, go over, say hi, and be ready to draft.

Casual Fridays

Trust me, I’m a Dragon player

Right now, things are pretty calm in terms of Magic finance. Next week we get the Double Feature prerelease, and the only Secret Lair available at the moment is the highly-skippable Capricorn Swamp. Are they going to make every sign for every basic land? That’s sixty different lairs!

Double Feature is prereleasing next weekend, and we’re entering preview season for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. I’m expecting a lot of reprints in the Commander decks, so I’m leery of buying into Ninja or Spirit hype. We also know that there’s a fair amount of Dragons and Dragon-themed cards coming, and with an amazing recent commander in Tiamat, I’m getting ready for the big lugs to have some impressive jumps.

I’ve mentioned it before, but I love my five-color The Ur-Dragon deck. I’ve had it basically since that Commander deck came out, and I’ve gone through a lot of Dragons and Dragon accessories. Let’s talk about what’s due to go up now that we’re getting more Dragon goodies.

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Cliff (@WordOfCommander) has been writing for MTGPrice since 2013, and is an eager Commander player, Draft enthusiast, and Cube fanatic. A high school science teacher by day, he’s also the official substitute teacher of the MTG Fast Finance podcast. If you’re ever at a GP and you see a giant flashing ‘CUBE DRAFT’ sign, go over, say hi, and be ready to draft.