Back in the 90s, you wouldn’t have any clue as to which card in your booster pack was rare. Maybe it was that cool 4/4 boar card that attacks and blocks. Or that radical enchantment that makes opposing creatures unable to attack and block.
Read moreMTG Arena introduced a new high-risk, high-reward Draft alternative, though it was short-lived for Secrets of Strixhaven. How do Contender Drafts work, and are they worth your precious gems?
Read moreVoting for a certain effect to happen is pure politics in multiplayer games, and MTG adapted the idea for Conspiracy and Commander games. Today, we’re looking at council’s dilemma, a mechanic that has only a few cards, but has a big impact on the...
Read moreToday I’m showing black in all its splendor, highlighting the best black cards that MTG has to offer.
Read moreMagic cardboard’s getting really expensive these days, and some cards aren’t getting cheaper. Some cards can’t be reprinted at all thanks to the Reserved List, while some more recent cards like [REPLACE CARD]Sheoldred, the Apocalypse[/REPLACE]...
Read moreOmenpaths are portals between MTG planes, and the reason we’ve seen so many characters in MTG lore travelling to unfamiliar territory these days.
Read moreMTG has angels as its characteristic white rare creatures. That’s been true since the beginning, with iconic cards like Serra Angel and Archangel.
Read moreSpellshapers can discard any card from your hand to shape that card into a fixed effect. Some creatures allow you to make tokens, while others can turn lands into burn or removal spells.
Read moreFlashback is simple, with great gameplay and a huge design space. This mechanic allows you to reuse spells from your graveyard without having to jump through any hoops other than paying the flashback cost.
Read moreThe plane of Arcavios is the home of the Biblioplex, a huge library that’s said to have all the known spells in the Multiverse. This is what inspired the first Strixhaven Mystical Archive, and for our return to Strixhaven, WotC saw fit to bring...
Read moreInfusion is a MTG mechanic that cares if you gained life in a given turn, and it gives Witherbloom a more focused direction in Secrets of Strixhaven.
Read moreLorehold’s theme looks much better in our return to Arcavios. The cards-leaving-the-graveyard theme is pretty much the same, but WotC paid special attention to the enablers and payoffs in Secrets of Strixhaven.
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