Red has the worst card draw of any color. The other four have creatures that enter and draw a card, or have card draw as a passive effect, or have an activated card drawing ability. But red? No dice.
Read moreMarvel Super Heroes gives us an MTG version of traditional comic book power-ups, and the design is slick. Let’s see how it works!
Read moreTalk a walk on the spiritual side with the spookiest commanders this side of the afterlife.
Read morePlaneswalkers ebb and flow in importance as Magic shifts its priorities, but they all share one thing in common: loyalty counters.
Read moreWarriors are more fun. Soldiers are organized and disciplined and part of a hierarchy, working together toward a common goal that dwarfs each person’s significance. Still, there are some really interesting soldier decks and soldier commanders in...
Read moreBefore the bonus sheet boom, WOTC experimented with rarer inclusions like the Masterpiece Series. Unfortunately, Amonkhet’s Invocations put an abrupt end to that.
Read moreBlue isn’t really known as a ramp color, but various prints throughout the years have given the color a few surprising ways to get ahead on mana.
Read more“Magic was too scary,” was something I heard a number of times in my game design classes from students when I asked them about their earliest experience with TCGs. Not because of the rules, but because MTG’s wide ranging use of disturbing art...
Read moreThe most well-known iteration of a trigger when a permanent enters the battlefield in Magic is landfall, but there are equivalents that aren’t keyworded. There’s “creaturefall” on The Great Henge, “enchantmentfall” on Verduran Enchantress...
Read moreLet’s talk 2-drops. Commanders you can reliably get out early are great, and if they have some power in 2-color synergies, so much the better.
Read moreThere aren’t many cards out there that create or interact with flood counters, but the mechanic is a great blend of flavor and function.
Read moreWe have many cards with so many reprints! I think that’s worth celebrating, because it means more people are playing this great game. My version of celebrating is to count down the most reprinted cards in Magic history.
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