We all know the excitement of opening a pack and seeing that mythic rare card looking back at us. Each Magic card has a rarity and, as a general rule, rarer cards are usually better. They’re either stronger or more flexible, opening the way to...
Read moreAdding new mechanics and styles of spells to Magic at this point is pretty hit or miss. There are some huge successes like sagas, and then there are some that just kind of peter out like the party mechanic. Adventures currently exist somewhere in...
Read moreArtifacts come in all shapes and sizes and provide all sorts of different effects. Let’s take a look at these permanents from the point of view of the multiplayer format and find out which are the best of the best!
Read moreBig creatures often come with a hefty mana value. By the time you can generate the necessary mana to cast them, you’re likely already dead. But what if you could cheat them into play as early as turn 1?
Read moreWhen a good blue player sits down at the table, they’ve got the game in the palm of their hand and everything that happens does so because they allow it. With these cards, you can become the master of your tables.
Read moreToken generators in red are truly a treasure trove of some of the coolest token creatures in Magic. We’ve got dragons, outlaws, and pirates aplenty among those generators. And goblins. I mean, we’re in red; of course there are...
Read moreSpells in Magic are pretty easy to understand, even for first-time players; cast a spell, the spell does what it says. Simple. Activated abilities are a touch more complicated.
Read moreTokens are created in every color in Magic, but what those tokens are and how they’re created changes in the different parts of the color pie. Blue tends to make smaller creature tokens, and usually as an incidental part of a larger spell.
Read moreThere’s an intrigue to X spells in Magic; they’re naturally modal, and they [mostly] scale as the game continues and you have access to more and more mana. There’s also a lot of X spells available, from fireballs to mass draw spells.
Read moreWhat are the priciest Aetherdrift cards that you want to see in your packs, the chase-iest of chase cards, the blingiest of the bling? Let’s take a look at everything in the main set and the Aetherdrift Commander precons to see what’s preordering...
Read moreMagic players seem to collectively agree that cards and sets have become more complicated than they used to be. There’s more text on cards these days, they interact with each other in complex ways, and some even have six cards’ worth of text to...
Read moreEdicts are a classic form of removal dating back to Diabolic Edict. It’s a powerful form of interaction that circumvents several defensive abilities and can ruin strategies like Voltron that depend on a single large creature. But which of these...
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