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...
Read moreTreefolk 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?
Read moreMagic’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...
Read moreEach 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...
Read moreFrog 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.
Read moreYgra, 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.
Read moreBears 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...
Read moreNaya 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?
Read moreAs 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.
Read moreMaralen’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.
Read moreThe octopus is really a fascinating creature. It’s an invertebrate, and it’s so dang smart. The way some species can not only change color but also change texture is a great camouflage trick, especially when you’re really squishy and there are...
Read moreModern Horizons 3 had some Eldrazi kindred cards, and now Lorwyn Eclipsed brings us back to the plane that introduced kindred cards to Magic. I’ve got all you need to know about kindred cards in Magic.
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