I don’t know if there’s a worse feeling in Magic than trying to play a spell when your opponent has untapped blue mana. You know that they’re going to have some sort of response to whatever you play. But not today!
Read moreDryads are the often-forgotten green sylvan even though they first appeared in Alpha. Maybe it’s that they’re so closely associated with the dusty old landwalk mechanic while elves and druids leaned into mana ramp and counters, two...
Read moreOf the many tribal decks you could build in Magic, from goblins to humans to wizards and merfolk, no one thinks about building a god tribal deck. Sure, you can fill your deck with mythics and indestructible gods, but it would be a pile of good...
Read moreFast mana has been a thing ever since the very start of Magic. The game’s history is littered with powerful spells that let you cheat ahead on mana, like rituals.
Read moreOne of my favorite ways to play Magic (when I’m not playing grindy control decks) is with a land-based strategy. One of the land interaction strategies is to animate them, or turn them into creatures.
Read moreMono-colored commanders’ popularity in the format is rising, and today it’s our beloved monkey, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer’s, turn to have a deck built around it and make some monkey business.
Read moreAffinity is one of those mechanics that teach us about the game and its balancing. It totally dominated in tournaments, to the point that several cards were banned in various formats along with metalcraft.
Read moreI kind of take it for granted how ubiquitous equipment is in modern Magic. With any evergreen mechanic you’re bound to see legendary creatures designed specifically to carry that mechanic into Commander’s ever-growing expanse of deckbuilding...
Read moreKeeping track of what cards are where can be a huge hassle, especially when it comes time to put a new deck together. Decked Builder is kind of an all-in-one app for Magic players that helps with building decks and managing collections.
Read moreIf you’ve owned or played any tabletop game in the last 10 years then you probably have a veritable dragon’s hoard of assorted and mismatched plastic d6s, starter set d20s, fat pack spindowns, and all sorts of odds and ends. But what if none of...
Read moreMagic is a game of conflict. There are usually different factions waging war on each other, so the game has its share of warrior creatures. Warriors are very common in Magic and there have been almost a thousand cards printed with the warrior...
Read moreColder weather is approaching rapidly (in the Northern Hemisphere at least), so what better time than now to talk about snow cards? It’s more than an additional supertype: snow can also be a strategy by itself, enabling new and interesting game...
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