deck tech Archives

Brr! To help us begin to adapt to the idea of a whole new year (albeit a month early), we at Bleeding Cool have another Commander deck tech for Magic: The Gathering for you Today, we will be focusing on one of the mightiest, most powerful, and most attractive characters that red has to offer us[...]

I'm going to try to make the messages behind this Commander deck tech as clear as a horse head at the foot of your bed Capische? As an addition to the end-of-month fun we had with Mary O'Kill and her beloved pet Killbots earlier today, today we are covering an elephant of a creature, a mob[...]

Happy end of November, loyal readers! We at Bleeding Cool get that November has been long-winded, cold, and unforgiving, much like our end-of-month Magic: The Gathering deck techs for the Commander format Personally, I think that as the months go by and winter rears its ugly head, it'll be great to just duck into our coats[...]

Happy Turkey Day to all our loyal readers from Bleeding Cool! After we wrote up our Oko, Thief of Crowns Magic: The Gathering deck tech (days in advance of Thanksgiving, to be frank), we figured you'd all probably have room for seconds So, we cooked up another batch of deck techs for those with a more… insatiable[...]

Happy Turkey Day to all those in the United States who celebrate! To commemorate this day of questionable decisions, both in history and on the third helping of stuffing, we at Bleeding Cool have written up another Oathbreaker deck tech for Magic: The Gathering Oathbreaker, for those just beginning to read Bleeding Cool's deck techs on[...]

Heliod, much like other pantheonic leaders like Zeus, is aloof to the plights of the mortal realm. We can be, too, with life gain!

Welcome (or in many cases, welcome back) to our Magic: The Gathering deck tech analyses of the Amonkheti gods and the grim, grisly fates that took four out of the five of them (or is that the eight of them? The verdict is out) Currently, we are covering the fate of poor Rhonas, the "indomitable" snake-headed god of[...]

This has been done through various deck techs, and today will be no exception. We honestly did not get nearly enough of Rhonas the Indomitable in the Amonkhet short story series we got the chance to read during that block's story arc What little we know is that he was, unfortunately, the first god killed by[...]

Hello friends! This brisk evening of November 19th, we are going to follow up on the previous Magic: The Gathering deck tech I posted earlier today Hazoret the Fervent never made her way to Ravnica during the War of the Spark storyline arc, so of course in the spirit of cycle completion, Wizards of the[...]

She's missing an arm now, but that is no matter to a god, right? Source: Wizards of the Coast At any rate, today's deck tech revolves around Hazoret the Fervent You may remember from days of yore that I actually wrote a piece about my time recovering from an injury where I had no access to the[...]

Welcome! I have a second Magic: The Gathering deck tech article for you all today Not too long ago, we at Bleeding Cool wrote up a Commander deck tech revolving around Bontu, the Glorified, the black-aligned god of Amonkhet This article will focus on the eternalized version of Bontu, the aptly-named God-Eternal Bontu. Source: Wizards of[...]

Hello friends! It's time again for another set of Commander deck techs styled after the best and worst of each color in Magic: The Gathering Today, we will be looking over black, a color which may be even harder to find compliments for than blue (and hey, don't hate me for saying so – blue[...]

(Or, "Get In Nerds: The Party Bus Cometh!") Today in Oathbreaker deck techs, we have a Serra the Benevolent deck prepared especially for any Angel fans who wish to get into this illustrious format (created by the WeirdCards Charitable Club). Source: Wizards of the Coast This deck tech is based on a Gisela, Blade of Goldnight Commander deck[...]

The very worst offenders among cards that facilitate such a board state may well be the ones that provide players extra turns of play. With that preamble, I'd like to introduce the other commander for my Magic: The Gathering deck techs today: the corrupted version of Kefnet the Mindful, the powerful legendary creature known as God-Eternal[...]

Hello friends! It's time again for another set of two Magic: The Gathering Commander deck techs Sometimes, I find it's best to step away from the battlefield when writing up techs for my readers and take a moment to be mindful of things like burnout, writer's block, and other similar worries But then I think[...]

In continuation of our pair of white Magic: The Gathering deck techs for today (having kicked it off with Oketra the True), I now present the second Commander deck tech We are preparing for the arrival of Theros, Beyond Death through these techs, and as such we are giving special focus to the Gods in Magic. White is[...]

Happy Halloween everyone! It's October 31st, so hopefully, you know what's in store for you with regards to this particular Magic: The Gathering Commander deck tech. So very spoopy Source: Wizards of the Coast Over the past two months, we at Bleeding Cool have been going over a multitude of different legendary creatures from Throne of Eldraine,[...]

It makes for a good storytelling outlet overall. Do you know what makes for a great storytelling outlet, though? Games of Commander. This brings me to today's Commander deck tech I've covered all but a few of the major leading options for the format within Throne of Eldraine already Linden, Emry, Ayara, Torbran, and Yorvo make a[...]

From Linden, Steadfast Queen, all the way to Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig (with pitstops at the Questing Beast, Ayara, First of Locthwain, and Torbran, Thane of Red Fell), we at Bleeding Cool have been exhaustively going over the legendary creatures in the set to bring you quality deck techs We even went over the Brawl commanders[...]

Between Kenrith, the Returned King, the Throne of Eldraine prerelease, the Brawl decks being converted to Commander decks, My Little Pony's crossover with Magic, and so much of my procrastination getting to finally provide you with a deck tech for Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale, I've been remarkably hard at work for you, dear readers[...]

Today, we are shining a spotlight on Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded, a card which is infamously known to many, many players as the "worst Planeswalker card ever".

Furthermore, I totally apologize for last Sunday's "surprise" deck tech on The Grand Calcutron It was topical and fun and raised important points, but I do know my readers are expecting me to write my deck techs on black-bordered commanders This is all well and good, and I'll get to Alela in a moment because[...]

As a surprise for readers of Bleeding Cool's Magic: The Gathering content, I've decided to write up an extra deck tech for all of you for the month of September Brace yourselves, it's a bit of a doozy. Source: Wizards of the Coast Prior to the Comprehensive and Oracle rules changes which came about soon after Magic's newest set,[...]

That's what you're here for, right? Source: Wizards of the Coast So, for this deck tech, as the title suggests I will be making a deck based around Chulane, Teller of Tales, the face commander of one of the four new Brawl preconstructed decks This deck follows in the footsteps of my Kenrith, the Returned King deck[...]

This deck has original dual lands and even a Gaea's Cradle, which is a card that costs over $300 USD at the moment! As it were, if you wanted to make this deck more friendly towards a budget, you could replace duals with shocks (or, if the respective shocks are in there, pain lands) and[...]

The decks released were based on the mechanics of Morph, Flashback, Populate, and Madness, and we at Bleeding Cool have been not only analyzing the decks out of the box but offering deck techs on how to improve them These articles range from simple (wherein we made 20 changes to the deck overall) to complex[...]

Magic: The Gathering has been a powerhouse of a game for the past 26 years. There are millions of players of this game at tables across the globe

As I have gone over the "face" commanders in a series of deck techs already, I'm hoping to shed light on what makes a few of the other commanders work best Two days ago, on Tuesday, August 27th, I worked on a Volrath, the Shapestealer deck tech, shown here Today, we are going over Pramikon,[...]

As such, today I will be starting another short series, this time a smattering of Magic deck techs based on the Commander 2019 commanders that aren't the "faces" of the release I will be covering one from each preconstructed deck in this series Today's commander focus is Volrath, the Shapestealer, a commander from the "Faceless[...]