The 26 Best Black Cantrips in Magic Ranked
The best black cantrips are either cheap or offer value beyond the cantrip itself. These cards see play in a variety of formats as a way to accelerate a game plan without giving up card equity.
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All 5 Gruul Commander Precons in Magic Ranked
Gruul precons include an assortment of powerful, unique commanders, and strong cards to match. But which are the most impressive and play best out of the box? Let’s find out.
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All 10 Esper Commander Precons in Magic Ranked
Esper decks often lean controlling, with lots of removal and card draw, but the shard includes aggressive strategies, token strategies, even reanimation and artifacts. If it falls under the purview of white, blue, or black, an Esper deck can...
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All 12 Jeskai Commander Precons in Magic Ranked
Jeskai decks often dabble with spellslinging, artifacts, or token production, and with 11 Commander precons in print, there’s some real competition within the color trio’s decks.
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Mythweaver Poq Brawl Deck Guide
While many commanders in Brawl conjure permanents, few are quite as powerful as Mythweaver Poq, a fierce mono-green legend that rewards you for playing lands.
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All 5 Golgari Commander Precons in Magic Ranked
Golgari decks often dip into graveyard and sacrifice synergies, though a few prominent creature types like squirrels and elves have been built into MTG’s Golgari precons.
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The 16 Best Vampire Lords in Magic Ranked
A significant portion of vampire support comes from lords, creatures that enhance the vampires you control with power, keywords, and other boons.
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Gates in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
What does it take for a land cycle to receive such fame? A connection to one of the most iconic settings in Magic: Ravnica. The City of Guilds introduced the gate land type with the 10 Guildgates, but the archetype has grown and matured in the...
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The 40 Best Attack Triggers in Magic Ranked
Who cares how good your opponents’ cards are if they’re dead before they can use them? Attack triggers are another way for aggressive decks to apply pressure. They press your advantage by providing extra value in addition to combat damage.
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The Top 7 Inner Sleeves for Magic
Sleeving up your Magic cards is an absolute necessity. It helps to protect your valuable cardboard, but it also makes shuffling much easier. It also helps prevent issues with marked cards, either because you’re playing with double-sided cards or...
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The 35 Best Mana Sinks in Magic Ranked
Let me give you a simple, though not all-encompassing, heuristic to improve your Magic play: When faced with multiple options for game actions, take whatever line spends the most of your mana in each turn. In general, the player who spends all...
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The 59 Best Anthem Effects in Magic Ranked
If you came here for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” I’m sorry to disappoint you. These anthems are more about making creatures better attackers and blockers. Don’t worry, we can still sing the praises of anthems in Magic and rank the best of the...
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