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HomeAuthor page: Alex Barker

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MTG Bond Lands: What Are They and Where Can You Find Them?

MTG Bond Lands: What Are They and Where Can You Find Them?

Alex Barker September 17, 2025 Collecting, Commander, MTG Products

Everybody knows dual lands are helpful. They help you balance out your land count and fix your mana to be more consistent. It can be hard to strike a good balance with just basic lands, and you can sometimes find yourself not getting enough mana...

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Commander
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How Does Commander Color Identity Work?

How Does Commander Color Identity Work?

Alex Barker September 3, 2025 Commander, MTG Rules

If you’re a seasoned Commander player, you’re probably familiar with the concept of “color identity.” If you’re not, then may not have worried about it before. Deckbuilding around your commander’s color identity can be confusing if you’re new to...

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How to Get Your Hands on the Godzilla Magic Cards

How to Get Your Hands on the Godzilla Magic Cards

Alex Barker August 5, 2025 Collecting, MTG Cards, MTG Products

Today is all about the Godzilla Magic cards! If you’ve been keeping up with MTG in the last couple years then you’ve probably seen Godzilla roaming around on some cards.

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MTG Cards
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Summoning Sickness in Magic

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Summoning Sickness in Magic

Alex Barker April 2, 2025 MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Have you ever woken up in the morning and just felt groggy and detached from everything? Or maybe you watched a movie where some dude pops out of a portal and throws up. That’s more or less how your creatures feel when you summon them in...

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Commander
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Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow Commander Deck Guide

Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow Commander Deck Guide

Alex Barker January 7, 2025 Commander, MTG Decks, Strategy

Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow: a fantastic Dimir general for your Commander deck that finds a home in both casual and cEDH gameplay. It’s a powerful commander and my favorite in the format, and I’m excited to share the 99 cards that I run in my...

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Deckbuilding
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Explaining the Genius of the MTG Color Pie

Explaining the Genius of the MTG Color Pie

Alex Barker January 1, 2025 Deckbuilding, MTG Rules

The color wheel, or “color pie” as you’ve probably heard more often, is one of MTG’s defining traits. It’s part of what makes the game so unique and successful. Starting from the top and going in a clockwise circle we have white, blue, black...

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Deckbuilding
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Hideaway in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Hideaway in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Alex Barker September 13, 2024 Deckbuilding, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Have you ever wanted a snack but you know it’s not good for you, so you tuck it away and decide that it’s better as a reward for some accomplishment during your day? Then you treat yourself to that snack when you meet your self-imposed...

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MTG Rules
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A History of Damage on the Stack in MTG

A History of Damage on the Stack in MTG

Alex Barker April 27, 2024 MTG Rules

The stack. You’ve probably had your fair share of interesting interactions with other players using the stack. You might even be the one who knows your way around it the most in your playgroup. Or, hey, you might be newer to the game and still...

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MTG Community
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Reviewed: The Best Magic Set Editors

Reviewed: The Best Magic Set Editors

Alex Barker November 2, 2023 MTG Community, MTG Products, Review

If you’re like me, you’ve probably wondered what it’s like to design Magic cards. With some experience and research to inform our top picks, I’d bet money we can find you the program you’re looking for to help you do just that.

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MTG Cards
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Retrace in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Retrace in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Alex Barker October 19, 2023 MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Have you ever found yourself wishing you could access a spell in your graveyard so you could run it back and win the game? Well, if that’s the case, retrace is the mechanic for you.

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MTG Cards
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Echo in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Echo in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards

Alex Barker July 11, 2022 MTG Cards, MTG Rules

It’s no secret that Magic has tons of wildly varying mechanics that spice up gameplay left and right. You might sometimes find one mechanic that closely mirrors another, like hearing an echo from the developers.

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Collecting
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The 20 Best Dash Creatures in Magic Ranked

The 20 Best Dash Creatures in Magic Ranked

Alex Barker May 26, 2022 Collecting, Deckbuilding, MTG Cards

Dash is a fun mechanic for more than one reason. It can either help you stay on curve or mitigate negative effects on creatures that have it.

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