The next few short weeks, this CawBlade deck continued to dominate tournaments from local FNM’s to large Star City Games hosted events everywhere. The young mage, Mike Lanigan, read articles, built decks, and tried his best to build a comparable strategy that could take down this “Jund-like” beast (or “Faerie-like” if you prefer).

Magic is a diverse culture of players, as there is a format for nearly everyone and each has their own unique trading style as well. This column will be devoted to understanding how to approach each trade, with everything from how to organize your binders to what cards to look for. This week I will cover how to maximize values when trading with an EDH (Commander) player.