Confession: As a 30-something I’d never actually seen The Princess Bride. I know there’s a huge cult following for the movie, but up until recently the only thing I knew was that Andre the Giant was in it and people would occasionally come up to...
Read moreMagic is well-known for designing creatures that fall into one of two camps: either the weaker, more expensive card with a great ability, or the cheaper, over-statted creature with a drawback. Decayed falls into that latter category...
Read moreMagic mechanics can get a little confusing sometimes, so we’re calling in the reinforcements. It’s me, I’m the reinforcements. Get it, reinforce-ments? I come prepared with rules knowledge and jokes!
Read moreAmonkhet block is home to such cool Egyptian-themed world-building and serves as the backdrop to one of the most important story arcs in Magic: The Bolas Arc. The setting is brought to life by the awesome mechanics in both Amonkhet and Hour of...
Read moreComing hot off the coattails of Commander Masters and its somewhat controversial line-up of Commander precons, we get to take a breather and sit back with a pair of fairly simple decks that highlight some of the enchanting themes from Wilds of...
Read moreBefore y’all accuse me of luring you in with a click-bait title, just know that the list you’re about to read through is all about the cycle of epic sorceries from Saviors of Kamigawa. If you came here for some of the raddest, baddest, most...
Read moreJoin forces is the MTG equivalent of those group projects in school where one person did absolutely nothing but still got the A+ thanks to everyone else’s hard work.
Read moreThe Lord of the Rings’ first venture into the world of Magic: The Gathering brought with it every classic character from the novels, including heroes, villains, and ents. So many ents. Today we’re building around one of the most recognizable...
Read moreI’m no Lord of the Rings buff, but even I know elves and Tolkien is a match made in Middle-earth heaven. Yes, I know, another elf precon. We’ve been down this road before. But never have the elves of Magic been so… democratic.
Read moreToday I’m working with the new Riders of Rohan precon from the Tales of Middle-earth Commander set, so we should all come out as Tolkien experts in the end. I’m upgrading this human-centric deck to make it more viable at the average casual...
Read moreOb Nixilis is a deeply complicated, multilayered character. He went on a murder spree on Zendikar, orchestrated a Hostile Takeover of New Capenna, and loves torturing little birds.
Read moreThe backup has arrived; let’s get to work on this deck!
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