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Drawing cards is wonderful, but how can you get your cards to do more work for you? Also, the deck has a tendency to draw a lot of air and not be able to deal with what’s happening on the board, especially if the deck isn’t balanced. People have seen the swarm, lost to it, and learned not to let it do its thing. By now, The Locust God is a well-known commander, and one that comes with a certain amount of baggage. As you draw cards, it creates a swarm of tokens to overwhelm your enemies. The Locust God is a commander that's hungry for cards. For a deck to be powerful and consistent, each card needs to do a job, and these cards do WORK!įor our inaugural article, we're taking a look at a big bad buggy boy. My intention is to differentiate between high- and low-synergy cards, describe in what ways the cards work with the commander, and explain why high synergy is such a good thing.

Similarly, cooking shows on television often say ingredients 'go' together, but don't go into how, why, in what way, or why that's a good thing. What makes a card good? What’s the difference between popularity and synergy? What even is that synergy thing anyways? Doesn’t Cyclonic Rift just go into any blue deck, based on power alone? The commander breakdowns on EDHREC can be helpful resources for newer deckbuilders, but can also be overwhelming and confusing. Magic is a complicated game in every facet of the term. I refer to the cards and effects that decks need to operate consistently as “jobs”.

Combo taught me to evaluate the individual roles of cards and the ratios of effects to get the pieces to work together. Combat was complicated, so I learned to build combo decks to avoid that.

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When I first learned how to play Magic: the Gathering, I could not figure out how combat worked for the life of me. I'm also a current teacher, college professor, streamer, community leader, and content creator.

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Hi there! I’m Jeremy Rowe, AKA J Ro, the Unsummoned Skull, a former Judge, Tournament Organizer, and Pro Tour competitor.

( The Locust God | Art by Lius Lasahido) Working 9 to 5

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