Sometimes the game gets away from you when you’re playing a fast deck. Control stalls you out and you need a reset button. Red board wipes can do that while also cleaning up planeswalkers and triggering damage effects like Stuffy Doll.
Read morePart of why Magic is the greatest game ever is that the art pops, and for me, the best Magic artists are those who have nailed the connection between the game that we play with the art pieces the hardest.
Read moreIf you want the most expensive individual printing of a common card, you know those are mostly from Alpha. But if you want to know which commons are the most expensive regardless of reprints, I’ve got you covered.
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 moreScry is a keyword mechanic in MTG that has been around for almost 20 years. Only recently, and only with little more than a dozen cards, there are finally specific payoffs to scrying aside from the general card selection inherent in the...
Read moreAre you still rocking some old playmat you won at a Magic event? Does it have various stains, fraying edges, and an image you’re tired of looking at? As someone who just grabbed some new playmats, I can tell you that, although we already spend...
Read morePost Malone’s two million dollar The One Ring made people take notice of Magic finance who never really had before. And although individual cards can go through the roof, we thought a look into the prices of whole Magic sets would be...
Read moreYou’ve got a lot of cool things in that ol’ graveyard in a lot of cases. Finding the right way to get your stuff back takes a bit of work. Check out this ranking of the best mass reanimation spells in MTG!
Read moreMagic’s first rulebook gives us a window into the world of ‘90s MTG that’s fascinating to those newer to the game. And it’s also a nostalgia trip for those of us who were there.
Read moreI really, really want to like things with beasts in them, but Magic makes it tough. They’re mana intensive to cast, and that’s sort of their identity. You really need special cards to help make MTG beasts playable. And often that’s going to be a...
Read moreA common complaint among MTG players the past few years is product fatigue. People report feeling overwhelmed by the number of cards and sets released. Which, it turns out, is a great thing to say to get upvoted on reddit while you buy a bunch of...
Read moreOne of the most interesting elements of Kamigawa sets are the moonfolk. They occupy a fascinating design space that suffers from the generally low powered nature of those original Kamigawa cards.
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