Dice-rolling in Magic started as a joke, mainly with silver-bordered sets like Unglued, Unhinged, or the few MTG videogames of the ‘90s. After all, players hate variance and luck in their competitive games, and so dice were relegated to a niche...
Read moreMagic: The Gathering is an ever-changing thing. Each edition sees the terminology and the rules of the cards evolve as the game designers see fit. MTG boomers out there remember terms like “bury” and “remove from play,” or what we now call...
Read moreExplore’s a simple keyword that fits in Ixalan’s themes of hidden cities, treks through the wilderness, and (of course) exploration. But what exactly is explore? What are the best ways to take advantage of it?
Read morePlaincycling is at its best in Limited formats, and good recent Draft formats have included new plainscycling designs. Some of these are even worth adding to Constructed formats!
Read morePseudo-levelers get this name because they work very similar to the level up mechanic, and we now have almost 10 of these cards, all inspirted by the original Figure of Destiny.
Read moreWith the dawn of January 2026, we got the hotly anticipated return to Lorwyn set in the form of Lorwyn Eclipsed. Eighteen years, people.
Read moreDual lands are essential in MTG, and there have been plenty of dual land cycles printed over the years. Some of them are better than others, and it’s easy to decide between one or another depending on the deck and the format you’re playing. Today...
Read moreThis deck is a pseudo 5-color deck, in the sense that it uses all the colors of mana, but most of the colored spells are devoid cards, and it’s heavy on colorless mana. Since your commander is a kind of Eldrazi typal commander, most spells are...
Read moreColorless cards include a lot of different stuff, from equipment to Eldrazi, so these budget options will cover cards that fit a high variety of decks ranging from aggro to control and combo.
Read morePlayers rejoiced when WotC announced that there would be a way to buy Wildcards directly on MTG Arena. The feeling of spending your cash to open pack after pack looking for a specific card or just to open enough packs for Wildcard progression is...
Read moreDeathtouch is bound to appear in your games as one of MTG’s evergreen mechanic. It shows the flavor of venom or poison or just a deathly gaze.
Read moreElf lords in MTG are cards, usually creatures, that boost other elves around them. Some elf lords will grant elves abilities like deathouch or trample, while others just give a traditional power and toughness boost.
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