All 11 Nissa Planeswalkers in Magic Ranked
Nissa Revane is one of Magic’s longest running planeswalkers. Nissa planeswalkers have a very cohesive mechanical identity built around lands, which you’d expect from an elf with green magic.
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Caves in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Parents: Get your kids some books. Or an e-reader. Or a library card. Just get your kids reading, because it’s the easiest way to transport them to other worlds without leaving home. How else would I have learned the word “spelunking” as a...
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All 15 Ajani Planeswalker Cards in Magic Ranked
Ajani has often played the role of a mentor in Magic, both in the story and to newer players. He has had a couple planeswalker decks, and his cards tend to be rather straight-forward payoffs for lifegain or go-wide decks, two archetypes that...
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All 17 Treefolk Commanders in Magic Ranked
Treefolk commanders aren’t the most powerful, but I dare say that they bring a lot of fun to the right Commander pod. After all, every table needs someone to represent the interests of nature, so why not you?
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Tribal Card Type in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic’s history is full of experiments and mechanics that haven’t returned much since they were introduced. Cipher is a pet favorite of mine, and the arcane spell type associated with spirits is another weird relic from the past. Magic players...
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All 13 Gruul Planeswalkers in Magic Ranked
Each color and most color combinations have their own planeswalkers, and they each do different things depending on the characters they represent and what their colors can do. Gruul planeswalkers are typically aggressive, but which are the best...
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All 12 Frog Commanders in Magic Ranked
Frog commanders are legendary creatures that have “frog” either in their type line or as part of their rules text. There aren’t any planeswalkers as of Bloomburrow that can be your commander and have any frog-related abilities.
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Ygra, Eater of All Commander Deck Guide
Ygra, Eater of All is just one of the many standout cards from Bloomburrow. It has very fitting abilities for a Calamity Beast, and it’s trivial to assemble a deck that combos off and grows Ygra into a must-answer threat.
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The 40 Best Bears in Magic Ranked
Bears are a creature type in Magic usually found on green creatures. Alpha’s Grizzly Bears was the first card with the creature type, and it also gave us the slang name of “bears” for the low-mana 2/2 creatures found in many MTG sets, often a...
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All 8 Naya Lands in Magic Ranked
Naya mana fixing doesn’t fare the absolute worst among the 3-color shards and wedges. But which Naya lands are worth your time, and which belong in your bulk box?
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The 35 Best 5-Mana Commanders in Magic Ranked
As long as the power and toughness aren’t completely out of line, the abilities on a 5-mana commander should be both good enough and fair enough to make it playable. Many 5-mana commanders are among the most popular in EDH, too.
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Maralen, Fae Ascendant Commander Deck Guide
Maralen’s abilities support spell theft and casting spells on your opponents’ turns. That’s a lot of potential variables, so you can definitely tune the deck to your particular playstyle.
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