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Commander Decks on a Budget

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Written by Christian Gil Portugalisa         This truly is Commander Christmas. The new Commander 2019 has just recently arrived and now Throne of Eldraine is releasing new and spicy Commanders for Brawl which can and will be used for our own format. What an exciting time to be playing Magic the Gathering.         Aside from new Commander cards being printed, our community has also started to grow. Standard players have started to venture into our format and I have heard great feedback from them. Entirely new Magic players have also started to test out the waters down south which is great for our format. However, one common comment I hear is that our format is getting too expensive and hard to build a decent Commander deck around affordable cards. Well look no further my good readers and let me introduce a couple of Commander decks that are below $50 and still bring fun and havoc in a regul...

Into the Vault: Ghired, Conclave Exile Deck Tech

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Written by Christian Gil Portugalisa         Modern has been in an uproar when the battlefield changed from being overrun by Hogaak decks to now being overrun by Stoneforge Mystic decks. The card is very powerful, allowing you search for any equipment that you need and playing that equipment with its tap ability. So why don't we find a way to bring that same gameplan into our beloved Commander format. The Commander         The commander whose colors can be found in its name. A new legendary creature from Commander 2019's Primal Genesis . A sweet commander bringing populate back from the brink of death. What set's this commander apart from other populate commanders is that he can generate a huge rhino token when he comes into play and populate it when he attacks. Another good thing here is that the newly created token is also tapped and attacking. If you have a haste enabler on the battle...