The Ultimate Guide to the Old School Magic Format
Product fatigue. Universes Beyond fatigue. Just plain old fatigue. It happens. If you long for a simpler time, the Old School format might just be for you.
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The 50 Best Uncommon Legendary Creatures and Commanders in Magic
I first started really getting into uncommons as commanders when I opened Slimefoot, the Stowaway in a Dominaria pack, and it’s been a bit of a collector obsession of mine since. If you share my interest in what can feel a bit like hipster...
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All 23 Pegasus Cards in Magic Ranked
Pegasus is a creature type that first appeared in Alpha with Mesa Pegasus, and primarily shows up in white. Since we’re ranking all pegasi in MTG, the bottom of the list is going to be rough, but we’re gonna have a good time here.
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Living Energy Upgrade Guide: 14 Easy Changes You Can Make
Energy keeps creeping back into Commander. Does moving to a Temur commander with Living Energy simplify things? How are we going to use green, one of the star colors of the Kaladesh block, to add to the winning formula?
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Type-Changing in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Changing the text of a card in Alchemy has proven unpopular, and oracle text adjustments remain grump-inducing, but when a card lets us do that as part of Magic, we love it! It feels like cheating, but in a totally safe way.
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Rankings for the 32 Best Foundations Commanders
Foundations looks like one of Magic’s more powerful core sets I can remember, and Foundations Jumpstart has a much wider selection of powerful commanders than is typical for recent Jumpstart sets. Is there a new banger like Allosaurus...
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The 12 Best Set Boosters You Can Buy
In Mark Rosewater’s article that introduced the Set booster, his question was: “How does one make opening a booster more fun?” Let’s see if the Set boosters lived up to their promise.
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Everything You Need to Know About Targeting in Magic
If you play Magic long enough, you’ll end up in an argument with someone at your LGS over the concept of targeting. What counts as targeting? What’s “failing to find?” What about any target?
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Opinion: Magic’s New Commander Power Brackets Are a GOOD Thing— Here’s Why
Wizards of the Coast announced they would be taking over management of Commander. This announcement came with the outline of a four-tier bracket idea designed to be “a more objective approach to deck power level” than the current 1-10 deck level...
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Miracle Worker Upgrade Guide: 15 Easy Changes You Can Make
The Miracle Worker EDH precon is one of the most out-of-the-box focused precons I’ve seen in a while. The two strands of the deck, which we expect from precons, aren’t so very far apart in their focuses. Even without Aminatou, Veil Piercer on the...
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Jump Scare! Upgrade Guide: 20 Easy Changes You Can Make
The typical double focus of a Commander precon these days is pretty easy to spot in this one, as it’s right there in the face commander, Zimone, Mystery Unraveler. This human wizard’s landfall ability wants you to drop lands to get value...
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All 12 Outlast Cards in Magic Ranked
“Outlast has the problem where the cards look worse than they actually are,” wrote Mark Rosewater of the unpopular Khans of Tarkir mechanic. Maybe these cards are more useful than you remember?
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