There are different ways to play the game depending on your deck, but here are some basic strategies that youll need to learn about if youre going to start playing competitively
New product hits the table, packs get cracked, and the cards start moving fast
For monsters, we wanted something that allowed you to play the card in the early to mid-game, but let you have a giant monster in the endgame
For example, if you have 3 life and an effect says that your life total "becomes 10," you would gain 7 life which Phial doubles to 14, so your life total will actually become 17
If you do, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost if the two spells have the same mana value.
In some earlier articles in this series, Ive argued that some cards banned in the early days of Commander should be unbanned because the game has changed so much over the last 15+ years