After the past few years of MTG design, we have a profusion of enchantment commanders for almost all color combinations, not just the classic Selesnya. Some focus on auras, but some have more expansive interests. Ready to get, well, enchanted?
Read moreChoices are always great in Magic card design. We’ve seen plenty of modal options with commands, spree cards, and so on, but we’re looking at the most charming modal cards in Magic today!
Read moreLhurgoyf was my first MTG love. I started playing in Ice Age and this was the first build-around card my baby Magic brain understood. “Wait… it’s actually okay that my things go to the graveyard?!”
Read moreMagic is a game whose objects are beautiful. I like beautiful things that aren’t parts of games. I play plenty of games with un-beautiful pieces. So a game that merges those two things is a feat, in digital gaming, board gaming, and in card...
Read moreMagic can be a game of intricate planning, long turns, and baroque strategies. But sometimes you just want to be a buffet dishing out knuckle sandwiches. Figuratively.
Read moreSurveil has been in Magic since 2018, and I’ve always thought it weird that a term for spycraft is used to talk about manipulating your own deck. But that’s how it goes sometimes.
Read moreSpace, the final frontier. Clearly there will be more MTG fan unease at yet another non-fantasy UB product, but for the Star Trek faithful, this is a long time dream fulfilled.
Read moreI’m just going to get the requisite pun out of the way: These cards are otterly cute! We’ve had a smattering of otters in Magic for a few years, but Bloomburrow brought a whole romp of otters.
Read moreOne of the most interesting parts of the set booster experience is the chance to get a Special Guest or another reprint card from The List. Special Guest cards are “highly desired reprints with creative that adapts it to the world,” according to...
Read moreEvery good spellslinger wants to copy their spells. Replicate skips the extra cards and does it all by itself.
Read moreThe Kaladesh block was really polarizing. Some loved it, some hated it, and this has to do with the mechanics and the Standard format, which was shaky to say the least. Two new mechanics debuted in this block, energy and vehicles.
Read moreFblthp’s not the only playable homunculus in Magic. Keep an eye out for some of these quirky creatures.
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