The past decade of Commander play has always suffered from power level disparities between those of us looking to fill a deck with our chaff rares and those of us who take this supposedly casual format seriously. For years, players have searched...
Read moreThe mythical Black Lotus has been the crown jewel of Magic: The Gathering collections since the game’s inception 30 years ago. The lotus is a powerful card that’s become synonymous with spells that generate free mana, and it often ends games...
Read moreTetzin, Gnome Champion breaks the ceiling on what transform cards can do. But how can you make Tetzin into your very own?
Read moreIf you’ve owned or played any tabletop game in the last 10 years then you probably have a veritable dragon’s hoard of assorted and mismatched plastic d6s, starter set d20s, fat pack spindowns, and all sorts of odds and ends. But what if none of...
Read moreThe Magic Showcase 2021 previewed four different Universes Beyond crossover sets. We saw spoilers for the Warhammer 40k Commander set, the Lord of the Rings Modern Horizons set, as well as a Street Fighter and Fortnite Secret Lair drop sets.
Read moreIn the midst of the Masques block was Nemesis, a 143-card set that introduced the fading keyword to Magic. Step through the veil with me back to the turn of the century and welcome the ephemeral permanents of Nemesis.
Read moreFuture Sight dropped a ton of new mechanics that R&D were interested in testing out but couldn’t commit to designing an entire set around. Frenzy was one of these short-lived, one-off mechanics that would never again see the light of day.
Read moreReturn to Ravnica introduced five new mechanics to Magic: The Gathering, one for each of the ally-colored guilds featured in the set. Designers were determined to get Azorius () right this time after the huge air-ball of a mechanic that was...
Read moreOne turn they’re here, and then poof they’re gone! Magic’s vanishing mechanic puts a time limit on your permanents and forces you to use time as a resource. But what makes vanishing unique, and how did it come about?
Read moreThere’s never been a more complicated time to collect Magic: The Gathering cards than 2023. Foil-etched cards, textured foils, Secret Lairs, Universes Beyond, Lord of the Rings, Fortnite, and now Doctor Who? You’ll be forgiven if you have no...
Read moreEvery time we return to Ravnica, it seems like one of the guilds gets the short end of the stick, as far as effective and thematic mechanics go. Forecast isn’t bad, per se. It just lacks a certain splashy-ness that other mechanics have, and...
Read moreBack when EDH was new and we weren’t spoiled for options, we ran Karador, Ghost Chieftain, and we liked it. How has Karador changed over the past 12 years?
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