MTG Introduces Ultra-Fast “Pick-Fifteen” Draft Format
The data’s in and Pick-Two Draft has simply been too slow. Time to take it up a notch. Not to 11. To 15!
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Awesome Witherbloom Synergy Causes Forgotten Old Sorcery to Spike
Witherbloom the Balancer is the best commander from Secrets of Strixhaven. This old Time Spiral sorcery goes crazy with it.
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Will of the Council in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Voting mechanics take different approaches to how voting matters and how they pay you out, but today, we’re looking at the original: will of the council.
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Printing Error Turns Popular Magic Card Into Unintentional Pokémon Card
Though we’ll probably never get a full Universes Beyond set, MTG has strangely had several accidental crossovers with Pokémon.
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Affinity for Artifacts in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Affinity is one of MTG’s most broken mechanics, alongside storm and others, and the term is synonymous nowadays for playing a lot of artifacts. Affinity for artifacts decks saw a lot of play in plenty of Constructed formats to the point of...
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Evoke in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
I started playing Magic right around the tail end of the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block. Lorwyn also came with a lot of mechanics, way more than we see in current Standard sets. Tribal themes, champions, clash, changelings, hideaway, and the topic of...
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The 41 Best Theft Cards in Magic Ranked
Theft cards let you keep control of your opponent’s spells permanently. They often exile or copy spells and grant you the ability to cast or maintain them as though they were your own.
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The 45 Cutest Cards in Magic Ranked
There are plenty of ways to rank Magic cards, but there’s one specific art trend in Magic that’s always been of interest to me: cuteness.
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All 4 Karn Planeswalkers in Magic Ranked
Today, we take a look at all the Karn planeswalker cards printed in MTG. Some are pretty powerful and format-defining, while others are hardly so.
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The 38 Best Warlocks in Magic Ranked
Warlocks are mages who obtain power via contracts with magical entities. While the warlock type isn’t exclusive to black, the vast majority of them are black because they often sell a part of themselves to obtain power
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Magic’s Head Designer Delivers Confusing Update On Upcoming Sets
MTG Head Designer Mark Rosewater made an odd statement about Lorwyn Eclipsed and Secrets of Strixhaven Limited that seems to clash with reality.
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Art Series Cards in MTG: What Are They, and Are They Valuable?
Tokens, punchouts, and placeholder cards have long added value and utility to the last, nonplayable slot in our booster packs, but about a quarter century into its history, Magic added something new: Art Series cards.
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