How do you decide what face represents you on Arena? Do you use different avatars for different decks? Are your avatars strategic, perhaps misdirection or purposeful tilt-enablers? These are some of the questions I have about avatars.
Read moreThe Sixth Doctor was, at the time, the least popular Doctor, who traveled through time and space in “a rather bombastic manner, from his overly eccentric wardrobe, to his over-the-top performance at nearly every turn.” This characterization...
Read moreThe embalm mechanic, which is basically the mummy mechanic from the ancient Egypt themed set, does the idea of the mummy justice, at least from a pop culture perspective. How does it work and what are the best cards? Let’s take a look!
Read moreWhen planeswalkers arrived on the Magic scene in 2007 with Lorwyn, they were confusing to a lot of us in the casual player base. Weren’t we supposed to be planeswalkers? Isn’t that what the little rulebooks in our 4th edition starter decks...
Read moreDryads are the often-forgotten green sylvan even though they first appeared in Alpha. Maybe it’s that they’re so closely associated with the dusty old landwalk mechanic while elves and druids leaned into mana ramp and counters, two...
Read moreIxalan means lands. We’re going to go over all the different land cycles (and there’s a lot more than usual!) and where to find them, as well as do a bit of ranking and analysis.
Read moreThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan is the most powerful set to hit Standard since Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. I’ve tried to build a narrative around these cards and what the set is doing well, while highlighting the cards I think will matter in Standard, the...
Read moreThese days, specters are one of the weaker creature types. And there are only 26, so a full specter typal deck needs, like, a Scooby Doo Universes Beyond release to really work (Please, WOTC! Call me. I already have the mechanics and some card...
Read moreThe idea of a mystery box through the mail combines the old school fun of the mail with something even more alluring and surprising. How about collectible card game crates? Does the formula work for MTG players?
Read moreSometimes spell copying takes a Magic meta by storm, usually when there’s an extra turn spell to abuse. But if copying a spell is something you want, the burden of having to pack cards like Galvanic Iteration in your deck to enable those...
Read moreMagic has a string of cards and mechanics that allow you to durably alter a creature after it’s already been cast. Cipher is one of those experiments that seems to have exhausted its narrow design space between under- and overpowered.
Read moreThis is the deck you’re buying if you’re a Doctor Who fan who got hooked by the 2005 reboot and David Tennant and Matt Smith are still your faves. You already know my answer to this question, so let’s see if we can figure out how to make this...
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