Close quarters

I've gotten steadily more excited about the 2012 core set since the Gather Your Allies video appeared. I have interpreted allies to mean: roommates. More Spark House comics to come.

At your command

I've kept my distance from EDH/Commander in the past. I'd regularly read articles about the format by writers I enjoy, but in general (har har) playing Commander did not fit into my personal Magic universe in any logical way. But I cannot escape the gravity of these Commander pre-cons from Wizards. Their hooks are in deep. So many cool cards. Must. So, I will cleanse my palate, remove my fancy hat and dive in.

Meanwhile, how about some Commander-oriented art items? Phelddagrif is a pretty popular general, or something, so I hear, huh? How 'bout a hippo token to lull your opponents into a cuteness coma:



You can print your own lil' green cuties with this handy high-resolution PDF.



Personally, I'm excited to try out Zedruu the Greathearted. But with permanents being donated willy-nilly, it seems like there should be a way to see which ones are gifts from the antelope. Some kind of marker to make the battlefield read well and hey, it wouldn't hurt to remind the other players who specifically is their daddy. Something like:



Print out some Zedruu gift markers from this high-resolution PDF. And if you see me at the launch party, be gentle!


They don't call me 'the Greathearted' for nothin', boys!

NOTE: If the PDFs aren't working when you click on them you might want to try right-clicking and "Save Link As." For some reason that's working better when I try it. I'll investigate.

Use your illusion

Here's a Meloku illusion token I did for the Third Power podcast. Anthony and Usman, the show's hosts, think more about MTG cube before breakfast than you've thought about breakfast in your entire life, or something. They live cube, OK? Give them a listen.

Praetor? I hardly know her!

New Chillaxia

Not sure a bro-speaking Beast Within is what this world needs but I guess I'm willing to check. I'll have more New Phyrexia goodies for you in the weeks to come. Here's a PDF if you're inclined to use the bro within for your beast tokens at the prerelease.

And to really celebrate the Phyrexian victory in style see:

• printable Phyrexian poison bucks and poison clock
  
• Phyrexia is for lovers
  
• germ tokens
  
• United Monitors of Phyrexia, local 143
  
• Contagion Clasp funnies
  

32 Jaces

So, places one through fourteen of Grand Prix Dallas all played four of the big blue planeswalker. This prompted Ted "the Pageview Sculptor" Knutson (who knows a pool of gasoline when he sees it and always carries matches) to publish this doozy calling for a ban. Then the internet turned inside-out, goats gave birth to cats and there were seven days of blood rain. Teeth were gnashed. Some good rebuttals were written during those days of pandemonium (see Alexander Shearer, Lauren Lee). I maintained sanity by scrawling out these thirty-two Jaces.

Everybody say "yeah" (a lot)

Hey, I had a great time talking with Justin Treadway on the most recent episode of his Super Friends podcast. I say "yeah" too much but I also say a bunch of other stuff and so does Justin and so, yeah, check it out! Yeah.