The 41 Best Card Draw Payoffs in Magic
Cards are the literal building blocks of Magic. Of course you can’t just play Divination while your opponents cast creatures. You need to do something useful with those cards.
Read moreCards are the literal building blocks of Magic. Of course you can’t just play Divination while your opponents cast creatures. You need to do something useful with those cards.
Read moreGaining life on its own doesn’t do much other than give you more time to stabilize, win, or maybe even survive. In an eternal format like Commander, players have access to so many cards that you can take an otherwise basic mechanic (like gaining...
Read moreTopdecking the perfect card at the perfect time to turn a game around in an apparently unsalvageable situation is possibly one of Magic’s best feelings. Tutors are one of the best ways to think ahead.
Read moreThere are more than a few cycles of nonbasic lands floating around in the Magic universe. Today I’d like to focus in on the Horizon lands, a cycle of duals inspired by Horizon Canopy, which was printed into existence in the original Modern...
Read moreKilled, destroyed, buried, sacrificed. Almost all of these terms in MTG relate to a creature ending its lifespan, so to say, and thus going to the graveyard. Bury is a flavorful match since MTG’s already have the graveyard as a game zone, so it...
Read moreFourth Edition is a very, very ancient core set. So much so that, when looking at its cards, you may wonder if your eyes have grown old and tired and if you’re seeing things right.
Read moreAdapt is different from evolve, which is different from mutate in MTG. They’re also different in real life, but in the fantasy gaming space, they all sort of point towards the same thing: the idea that the creature in play can change for the...
Read moreInteraction is an essential part of any Magic deck. One of the most popular ways to interact with your opponent’s cards is through removal or kill spells that take your opponent’s most powerful threats off the board.
Read moreRed is the best color in Magic for a number of different categories. But tutoring… well, let’s just say that’s not red’s strong suit.
Read moreWhite might not be the best color in Magic for card draw or even targeted removal, but when it comes to board wipes, white thrives. There are a ton of white sweepers to choose from, but not all of them are going to be right for your deck.
Read moreImprint is the complicated older cousin of cipher, which is itself a pretty complicated mechanic. It’s one of Mark Rosewater’s “all-time favorite mechanics,” but it has thus far topped out at 24 cards.
Read moreThere are thousands of creature cards in Magic, but would it surprise you that only a few dozen have power greater than 10? Despite the game’s plethora of big creatures, very few ever reach the pinnacle point of being the biggest.
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