It was nice to take a second to really look at cards I may have wanted to play, not just poke at for value. So with these new cards in mind, and the large pool of White, Blue and Red that I have at my disposal, let’s build Vadrok, Apex of Thunder.
I really like Jumpstart 2022, it gives me the ability to play limited games VERY fast, and I like finding the interesting synergies between the packs to exploit.
The obvious theme is the big D, DRAGONS, showcased with the box legend Firkraag, Cunning Instigator. This deck has a whopping 13 dragons, these beefy creatures all have interesting effects and BIG power
Wizards of the Coast has come out with a new batch of 5 Commander decks in December of 2022, this means we get to add one of these decks to our COMMANDER VENTURE POOL!
I’ve been in the MTG space for a long time. In 2010 I opened my first little game store in Ste. Genevieve MO and 5 stores and a lot of ups and downs later I opened my latest store in 2019. Let me tell you, within that time Magic the Gathering sure has changed. When I first joined the professional MTG world commander was also just starting and the default way to play Magic was 60 card deck standard tournaments and still sometimes called “Type 2”. Players were working through how to make these 100 cards work, decks’ land to spell ratios were changing monthly, and the idea of “Competitive Elder Dragon Highlander” wasn’t really around. Now the commander format...