Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. Magic: the ...

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If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. So many deck-building challenges in Magic: The Gathering could be solved with one weird trick ...

Sign me up. Sultai Arisen is based around exactly that, and for that alone I think it will be a popular MTG Tarkir Dragonstorm Commander deck. Both Commander cards work in sync with each other nicely.

The five Commander precon decks releasing as part of Dragonstorm each represent the clans from the plane of Tarkir, which in turn reflect the wedges of the MTG color pie. As they're specifically ...