To this day, I’ve never met an MTG player who’s never gotten screwed by a bad land draw. Sometimes you get too few (mana screw) and sometimes you get too many (mana flood). Finding a good balance of lands is crucial to any deck. One of the most...
Read moreBlue isn’t really known as a ramp color, but various prints throughout the years have given the color a few surprising ways to get ahead on mana.
Read moreThe gods of Magic are an eccentric group of creatures, heavily influenced by real-world mythologies and ideologies. It’s one of Magic’s most powerful creature types, each with their own take on what it means to be an all-powerful godly being.
Read more“Magic was too scary,” was something I heard a number of times in my game design classes from students when I asked them about their earliest experience with TCGs. Not because of the rules, but because MTG’s wide ranging use of disturbing art...
Read moreMagic has a bunch of unique creature types that don’t appear in other fantasy worlds. Of these, the strangest might be the atogs, a deadly nuisance from Dominaria with a massive appetite and a distinct mechanical theme.
Read moreWhether you need a way to give your creatures a power boost or want to meddle around with enchantments, there’s a Selesnya planeswalker for your tastes.
Read moreCreature tutors are any spell or effect that instructs you to search your library for a creature card specifically. But which creature tutors are the best? Which ones are situational, and which are generally good? Let’s take a look at the big...
Read moreBlue is great for card draw, but mixing it with white, which is great at lifegain and mass removal, makes it even better. Blue and white is better known as Azorius, which represent the members of that guild who administer law-abiding principles...
Read moreDrawing a card is one of the most powerful upsides any Magic card can have. There’s just nothing quite like drawing more cards, and white has a lot of spells with that and other effects.
Read moreIf you want power in Magic and don’t mind throwing creatures beneath you to obtain it, you should check out these sacrifice commanders.
Read moreLook, you gotta play lands to compete in Magic, and a good land tutor can help ensure you always have your land drop for the turn. Or, you can get ahead of the competition with a few timely ramp spells.
Read moreArtifacts are perfect for diverse deckbuilding, as their lack of color identity means they aren’t tied to any particular theme. Today, I’ll highlight some of the weirdest and funniest artifacts that’ll leave your opponents saying “It does what?”...
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