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AuthorBennie Smith

Bennie Smith began playing Magic in 1994 and started writing about it shortly after. A Virginia State Champion, he enjoys few things better than winning at tournaments with home brews. Commander is one of those things. He loved the format so much he literally wrote the book on it: The Complete Commander.

Hatching Evil Sultai Plots With Tasigur

Bennie Smith knows that Standard isn’t the only place Tasigur is tearing up! See how Bennie is letting Tasigur run wild in Commander as well!

Dragon Triggers For Everyone!

Dragons are everywhere, and Bennie Smith isn’t waiting until the next set to set them free! See Bennie’s awesomely powerful Commander deck that uses a ton of Fate Reforged!

Updating My Brew Queue: Fate Reforged Edition!

Bennie Smith is hyped for Fate Reforged! Accordingly, he’s got a ton of Standard brews ready to sleeve up and battle! See his latest innovative works, as well as what he plans to do with his now-famous Villainous Wealth deck!

Lithomancing For Fun And Profit

If you haven’t built a Commander deck using a planeswalker as your leader, you haven’t lived! In today’s installment, Bennie Smith takes Nahiri and her friends through the art of using equipment to deal unheard of damage to the table!

Titania’s Land And Elemental Exchange

Commander 2014 is still inspiring incredible new decks. Among the most exciting legends is Titania, Protector of Argoth! See Bennie Smith’s take on everyone’s favorite new land lover!

Slicing Through The Metagame WIth A Samurai Sword

Bennie Smith continues his dominance of all things Standard with wealth and villainy! See how he’s evolving his list and how he tested it against The World Championship!

Commander 2014 Card Review, Part 2!

Commander author Bennie Smith closes out his series on all the sweet new cards offered up by Commander 2014! If you need some new fire to your 100-card decks, Bennie has the answers!

Commander 2014 Card Review, Part 1

Bennie Smith is loaded with ideas for all the new Commander cards we’ve found in our stockings this year! Use his suggestions to take your Commander deck to the next level!

A Wealth Of Villainy At SCG Richmond

Bennie Smith has been refining his rogue brew for over a month, and it almost netted him an Open Series Top 8! Read about his matchups and experiences before #SCGATL tomorrow!

Feldon Of The Third Path

Nobody has received more love in Commander 2014 than Feldon and his grieving ways. Bennie Smith returns from a one-week hiatus to prepare his version of Feldon! Don’t forget to track Bennie down during #SCGRICH!

Calling Up Ghouls With Sidisi

Sure, Halloween was last week, but that was before the new Commander 2014 set! With new stuff hitting the shelves today, our favorite Khan has lots of new minions to dump into the graveyard and dig up later! Bennie, show us the way!

Two Times The Smashing!

Bennie Smith is here to tell you how to smash your next Commander table in not one, but two ways! Whether you like tribal synergy or blowing away everything on the table, we’ve got the deck for you!

My Villainous Wealth Continues!

Bennie Smith’s maniacal plan to conquer his opponents with villainy continues! See how he continues to evolve one of the most fun rogue archetypes in Standard before #SCGMINN!

Anafenza And Your Restless Dead

Hate-oriented green and white creatures have a storied history, but is there a more hateful card than Anafenza? Check out Bennie’s hateful little list for when you just want to hate the opposition out of commission!

Dusting Off My Evil Laugh

With SCG States coming up, Bennie Smith has an evil brew that is destined to take down the good guys on the other side of your match table! There could be better decks in the format, but this has to be one of the most fun that is still capable of being highly competitive!