Monks in MTG take inspiration from people that devote their lives to perfecting themselves via martial arts or arcane knowledge, usually via the prowess mechanic. Most of them can get evasion (now you see me, and now you don’t) and can raise...
Read moreSecond spell payoffs are cards with a triggered ability that rewards you for casting your second spell in a turn. It’s becoming an increasingly more popular design space for archetypes in new sets.
Read moreI love the encounter with the Balrog in the movie and the books. I’m not “a servant of the Secret Fire,” but I can help to give you a preview of the wonderful scene cards from the new Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set.
Read moreWith the release of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth for MTG, we got something that we’ve never (quite) seen before in Magic before: a single, serialized version of a card. The One Ring is a key artifact from Tolkien’s world of...
Read moreGreen has lots to offer, with competitive but also fun commanders to choose from. Combine this with the color’s diverse range of cards, and you have a lot of options when trying to build a mono-green deck.
Read moreIt shouldn’t be a surprise that many insect commanders in Magic interact with the graveyard in some way, whether they care about what’s in there, let you mill cards, or help you to reanimate creatures and lands.
Read moreMTG is a collectible card game, and collecting has always been the heart of the game. Magic has recently grown to a wider than-ever audience with differing card needs. Wizards quickly realized that some MTG players weren’t satisfied with the...
Read moreEnter the play boosters! The play booster packs replaced set and draft boosters and come alongside collector boosters with full set releases. What are these play booster packs all about?
Read morePlay Boosters and Collector Boosters are getting a little bit of a makeover in 2027 and beyond, and Magic’s bringing back the elusive God Pack!
Read moreSerpents have been lurking in Magic’s oceans almost since the beginning as enormous blue creatures, usually with some pretty big drawbacks. Thankfully, serpents have improved quite a bit since Magic’s early days.
Read moreDiscard is an integral part of Magic. It disrupts other strategies, like combo or control. Effects that make your opponents slowly discard cards are nice ways to get an edge in grindy matches or fight opponents with a hand full of cards.
Read moreEnchantments are an amazing card type. There are fewer ways to remove enchantments than creatures and so you compile formidable board states by layering enchantment after enchantment that impacts the board.
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