You know you’ve got that pet deck that’s just fun to play but doesn’t quite work. Maybe it’s cephalid tribal, or all old border cards or “CARDNAME tribal” where every card is called “x of y”. And you win just by hanging out with your friends and...
Read moreIn my blue ramp piece, I asked if ramp was good. A better way to ask the question might be: “Is ramp good outside of green?” Red has some more broadly usable ramp cards, so maybe we’ll get closer to the answer.
Read moreIn Magic, golems started back in Alpha and have continued to exist in the game since then. But what are the good golems to play besides Karn? Is golem typal a thing?
Read moreA key piece of any good spirit deck are spirit lords, which have formed the backbone of multiple competitive Constructed and Commander decks.
Read moreWhat if I told you that you could overpay for a spell, but in return you’d get a random free spell from the top of your deck? Theoretically, that’s the idea behind cascade, although there are ways to break that purity, as there always are with...
Read moreOne of my favorite things about the game is having the ability to search for answers to any given situation, be it to find the perfect answer to my opponents’ resilient threat or thread the needle and combo off on the last possible turn. We’ve...
Read moreMagic released Mirrodin in 2003, the first artifacts-themed set since Antiquities. And nowhere was the feel of that new plane more visceral than in a new cycle made for the set: artifact lands.
Read moreKev Walker is so prolific and is such a master of different styles, with a dramatic pen and ink style in the British tradition. Let’s see his best work from among over 500 Magic illustrations.
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 was skeptical when food was introduced in Throne of Eldraine, just as I was for Blood tokens in Innistrad: Crimson Vow. I’m a big fan now, especially with flavor wins in the Wilds of Eldraine and Lord of the Rings Magic sets.
Read moreI like to draft in a bunch of different ways, so if that’s also you, come along and check out some alternative draft formats you might not have tried.
Read moreEnergy has been in Magic since Kaladesh in 2016, but we didn’t have a legendary creature who explicitly supported energy until the Fallout precons in 2024. Now that we have the commanders in two EDH precons plus enough support in Modern Horizons...
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