Imprint is the complicated older cousin of cipher, which is itself a pretty complicated mechanic. It’s one of Mark Rosewater’s “all-time favorite mechanics,” but it has thus far topped out at a couple dozen cards, which means its overall...
Read moreA question for creature-based strategies in Magic has always been whether to go tall or go wide. Should you have a really big creature, or lots of little ones? Fabricate is a mechanic that lets you choose the option you most need when you cast...
Read moreCards that give you choices are always excellent in MTG. Fabricate is a mechanic that gives you the choice of two options, both of which can be excellent in the artifact spaces where these cards tend to be played.
Read moreTimeless is Magic’s newest format, and with the best decks at 30 or 40 rares/mythics, it can be an expensive format to enter! Our goal is to help you find some decks that you can use to dip your toe in and be competitive without spending all your...
Read moreI’ve been waiting for an otter commander. There are a few in Bloomburrow, but I’ve been itching to rebuild my Izzet tokens deck helmed by Ovika, Enigma Goliath, and now’s my chance for something otterly different.
Read moreLike Steve Urkel’s wardrobe, the Family Matters precon is all over the place. There’s a ton of good cards in here, including some really intriguing new cards, but it’s more like the seeds for a few other decks rather than a cohesive whole.
Read moreIf you’re tired of three years of Esper Midrange in Standard, Bloomburrow should shake things up! And if you’re thinking about getting into Magic because this MTG set looks cute, but wonder if it’ll hold up competitively, I can tell you that...
Read moreThere are a bunch of reprints in Assassin’s Creed, headlined for me by Onslaught’s Cover of Darkness, Exodus reprint Reconnaissance, and of course, Black Market Connections. I’m also curious if Propaganda becoming new-to-Modern will...
Read moreIf I’m going to run a tribal deck in Commander, I’m going to run zombies. And I’m not alone. Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver card rose to the top spot of all zombie tribal commanders for a time, and almost to the top 10 of all commanders.
Read moreSince Raffine, Scheming Seer was printed in Streets of New Capenna, Esper Midrange has dominated tournament Standard play. And midrange decks, like Jund BRG or “The Rock” have had moments of domination across MTG history.
Read moreAdapt is different from evolve, which is different from mutate in MTG. They’re also different in real life, but in the fantasy gaming space, they all sort of point towards the same thing: the idea that the creature in play can change for the...
Read moreWhen I last upgraded a Jeskai energy deck, with Science!, my hope was that the Creative Energy precon from Modern Horizons 3 Commander precon decks would have the energy payoffs the Fallout precon lacked. And the good news is that it sort of...
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