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AuthorCassidy McAuliffe

Cassidy got his start playing Magic in 1994 just after the release of Antiquities. He touched on just about every format before settling on Commander as a primary home for his creative focus. He is an active blogger and avid deckbuilder who lives in New Hampshire with his wife Nina and son Declan.

Dear Azami: Prismatic Tribal Notions

A reader is in desperate need of advice for their Horde of Notions deck, and Cassidy works his magic after being told that he has an unlimited budget to work from to make this Elemental playable for GenCon.

Dear Azami: Angels And Demons

Cassidy returns to some well-worn space for him, venturing once again into Angel Tribal with Radiant, Archangel at the helm. He’s learned how to build this exact deck from experience, but it’s shaped differently for a reader than it would be for himself…

Dear Azami: Hanna

This week’s Dear Azami reader wants some big-time help wielding a very notorious commander! Can Cassidy find a sweet new way to wield Hanna, Ship’s Navigator without angering the rest of the table?

Dear Azami: The King Is Dead! All Hail That Other Guy…

Cassidy returns to Dear Azami and has a wicked cool deck with him! Join him as he tweaks out a bizarre combo deck that will have your next pod laughing and crying at the same time!

Dear Azami: Mogis, God of Slaughter

This week on Dear Azami, Cassidy looks at some of the difficulties of using seldom-seen Commander color combinations! In the process, he helps an ailing reader repair his underwhelming Mogis deck.

Dear Azami: Don’t Pay The Ferryman

An Enchantress Commander deck without playing green? Heresy! Or perhaps not, as Cassidy shows when he helps a reader tune a W/B enchantment deck with Athreos, God of Passage as the Commander!

Dear Azami: The (Arti)Fact of the Matter

Does artifact maven Arcum Dagsson have to be a degenerate combo Commander? Cassidy McAuliffe helps a reader construct a mono-blue deck that will be fun to play with and against!

Dear Azami: Vaevictis Back From The Dead (Again!)

Cassidy attempts to make amends with Phil by offering up a few suggestions to improve his Commander deck led by old-school legend Vaevictis Asmadi!

Dear Azami: Anax-ident Waiting To Happen

This week Cassidy steps outside of his comfort zone to build an Anax and Cymede Commander deck metagamed to beat up on Edric, Spymaster of Trest.

Dear Azami: Beating Them At Their Own Game

Cassidy takes a look at two Commander decks today: a judo variation of his own adaptation and a reader’s entry that fits a far more wacky thematic slant.

Dear Azami: Beaten By Angus

See what happens when Cassidy attempts to help Sam with his Angus Mackenzie Commander deck that’s being pulled in two different directions.

Dear Azami: Answering An Ageless Question

Cassidy provides some tips for how to run your local Commander playgroup and then helps Allan tweak his Oloro, Ageless Ascetic Commander deck.

Dear Azami: The Gruul-ing Road Back

Cassidy McAuliffe returns to Dear Azami with the story of his absence and a tune-up of a classic G/R Beatdown deck commanded by Stonebrow, Krosan Hero.

Dear Azami: Something For Everyone

Cassidy takes a break from deck doctoring this week and instead covers a number of topics that have come up recently regarding the Commander format.

Dear Azami: Avacyn Scared Straight

Join Cassidy as he turns Levi’s Avacyn, Angel of Hope Commander deck from mono-white oppression to Angel tribal!