Zendikar block introduced us to what would became one of Magic’s most iconic planes, one we’d return to many times over the years. It also gave us an iconic mechanic we’d see echoed in sets throughout the years: landfall!
Read moreNowadays, the best permanents have enters-the-battlefield effects to generate value as soon as they hit the field. What are the best ETB removal spells? And how can we capitalize on them for maximum efficiency?
Read moreLoot is MTG lingo for drawing and discarding, and it’s named after Merfolk Looter. Question is, how can you loot, and is looting a good strategy? Should you play looters in your deck, and which are the best ones?
Read moreI’m happy to return to Middle-earth and the unexpected journey we’ll get from The Hobbit. We got some all-timers from LTR three years ago; let’s see if we’ve got the same quality this time around.
Read moreThe Hobbit has a series of box toppers called classic artist cards, reprints with stellar new art, often by titans of the Magic art scene like Rebecca Guay and Mark Poole. They’re excellent additions to The Hobbit’s offerings.
Read moreLord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth was a massively popular set, and one of the earliest draftable Universes Beyond sets (for better or worse, I’ll let you debate that). We returned three years later in 2026 to Middle-earth to follow Bilbo...
Read moreThe Headliner program has been going strong in Magic since 2025, and the resulting Headliners are some of the most beautiful and sought after cards in all of MTG.
Read moreMagic’s more than 30 years of history is littered with funny cards, adorably cute cards, artworks, flavor texts, and more.
Read moreBlocks were a fundamental part of Limited Magic design for roughly 20 years. But you’ll have noticed there are no blocks in present-day Limited. There are reasons behind that fundamental change, but today we’re honoring the blocks we played with...
Read moreThe Star Trek Commander precons have an interesting mix of typal themes with some tried and true precon archetypes, plus some new iterations on what Edge of Eternities introduced when it launched us into space for the first time.
Read moreMagic artists have illustrated over 350 different basic Forest cards at this point, but why bother ranking them? Well… the mana may be the same, but the art is certainly different.
Read moreBonus sheets in Magic bring an extra kick to the collecting experience, and they can have a fun impact on their Sealed and Draft environments. But which are the best bonus sheets ever printed? And what even counts as a bonus sheet?
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