Perhaps the most notable cards to finally see their first reprint are the free commander spells from Ikoria, with the cycle not only getting some sweet alternate arts but also their first foil printing for players who really want to bling out...
Read moreWeird deck alert! This legendary treefolk from Lorwyn Eclipsed may very well be the all-time best Rat Colony Commander.
Read moreShared deck formats are niche micro formats with special rules, the most significant of which being that all players in the game pull from a single, shared deck. They’re essentially mini-games that test different aspects of the game in fun...
Read moreThis week’s WeeklyMTG stream revealed that there will be changes to Commander coming on February 9th. Will Jeweled Lotus return, and will Rhystic Study catch a ban?
Read moreEvery now and then, something illicit slips past R&D and curdles formats, warping them around its existence. These broken mechanics are infamous, often whispered of in the corners of the LGS lest you summon them back to print.
Read moreTheft commanders are legendary creatures that help you deploy a “theft” strategy, in which you win the game by casting or stealing your opponents’ cards. Most of these effects live in Grixis colors, though all five colors are...
Read moreAfter getting an early look at Secrets of Strixhaven, a player noticed something that foreshadows the reprinting of the best red spell in Commander.
Read moreTMNT play boxes are experiencing a huge downswing, following a slightly unfortunate Universes Beyond trend.
Read moreWhen I saw the first previews for Bloomburrow with their furry, friendly designs and Redwall vibes, I thought we might get a chill Magic set after Modern Horizons 3 demonstrated just how strong power creep could be. Then I saw Baylen, the...
Read moreRed often has spellslinger strategies within its share of the color pie, making it the perfect color for powerful and explosive instants and sorceries. That explosiveness is literal thanks to red’s inclination towards burn spells.
Read moreLorwyn Eclipsed features a rarely seen effect: Permanent ability removal. The rules can get kinda murky, so we broke ’em down for you here.
Read moreThis constant threat of recursion and other graveyard-based synergies like delirium and threshold make exile-based removal absolutely critical. Exiling cards effectively removes them from the game—in fact, Magic originally used that phrasing...
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