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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.

The New Voltron Overlord!

As cool as Uril has been, it may be time to move on. How cool is it to get free Time Stretches? Free Treasure Cruises? Free Warp Worlds? Free everything! Check out Bennie’s latest!

Of Morphs And Men

We have a lot of new decks to work with thanks to the Open, but we haven’t seen them all! Bennie Smith has an awesome new idea that should stir the brewers out there! It’s morphin’ time!

The Art Of Punching Bears

Of all the clans of Tarkir, Temur is the one that likes punching bears the most. Find out how Bennie Smith has taken to this particular tribe and how he wants to punch not just wildlife, but the whole world!

First Thoughts On Khans Of Tarkir!

Bennie takes a break from his legendary musings to focus on the upcoming Standard format! He shares some new lists with you to get your creative juices flowing for KTK!

Commander Catch-Up #3: Magic 2015!

Bennie Smith concludes his series on the great things you can do with the legends we’ve come to love in 2014! See Bennie’s latest lists here!

Commander Catchup Part 2!

Bennie Smith continues his pursuit of all things legendary! There’s a lot of Commander coming in the late part of the year, so it’s about time to get all caught up with these new lists!

Commander Catch Up: Journey Into Nyx Edition!

With so much going on in Magic, Bennie Smith is behind on his new legendary creatures! Bennie fixes this by dishing out some amazing new Commander lists utilizing the new legends that have been waiting on his call!

The Ghost In The Machine

Bennie Smith recaps his sweet win with a Game Day brew and shows you one of the sweeter M15 Commander candidates you could possibly want to battle with!

The Pro Tour, Khans of Tarkir, And Commander

Bennie Smith talks about what he learned from watching Pro Tour Magic 2015, what the upcoming fall set has in store, and even shares a Modern list he’s been working on! Plus, he gives a fun list you could try at #SCGNY!

JaliraPOW!

Bennie Smith thinks that if you’re going to be competitive in Commander, you should at least do it in style! Check out his new Jalira deck that preys upon other would-be spikes at the Commander pod tables!

Mishra The Mad!

Most Commander builders look at a card and say, “Why?” Bennie Smith looks at Mishra, Artificer Prodigy and says, “Give me 100 sleeves.” Check out Bennie’s take on Mishra here!

In-Voke

Bennie has been inspired! The Born of the Gods mechanic has been mostly forgotten, but now that Convoke is on the table, things are starting to get interesting! Check out Bennie’s Inspiring Standard brews!

The Path Of The Wanderer

Bennie takes his first crack at one of Magic 2015’s new possible Commanders, unpacking Yisan, the Wandering Bard at the helm of his own Commander deck.

Grab Bag!

Magic is pretty sweet right now, and has a lot of cool things competing for our attention – Vintage Masters, Magic 2015, Conspiracy, what’s not to love? Bennie shares his thoughts on a wide variety of things that have struck his fancy lately…

Humble Brags

Commander guru Bennie Smith is still waist-deep in Conspiracy hype for his favorite format, and he both gets a Conspiracy draft in and builds a new Commander deck around another Conspiracy legend, Brago, King Eternal!