Discarding your own cards in MTG is usually a bad idea because it’s card disadvantage. There are cards that change this dynamic, either giving you a huge benefit when you discard your own cards or by punishing people for having few or zero cards...
Read moreWhile Magic’s different colors all have a relatively good distribution of card types, things are a little different for colorless cards. A vast majority of colorless cards are artifacts, with the next greatest amount being creature cards.
Read moreStarting to play Magic can be a bit of an undertaking. It’s extremely fun (millions play it, after all), but the mountain called “deckbuilding” can be daunting, especially once you consider format-specific rules. Most players don’t go into...
Read moreArtifact removal isn’t exactly something that black is known for, but it does exist! You just sometimes have to squint a little bit. If you’re running a mono-black deck, sometimes you need to make do with what you’re given and not look the gift...
Read moreSome creature types show up in almost every set and have lots of cards to choose from. On the opposite end of this spectrum are the types that only show up on very rare occasions, have never been focused on in a set, and have no cohesive themes...
Read moreSo, you’ve been slinging spells and casting creatures, slowly building up a board full of creatures. Your opponents have been resilient, though; their life remains high, and despite the number of creatures you have, you don’t quite have the...
Read moreBlack in Magic: The Gathering is all about power with a bit of risk, and its pump spells prove it, turning even the smallest creature into a real threat.
Read moreEdge of Eternities marked a new Standard rotation, and with that, Standard has opened back up for some creative brewing.
Read moreIf you’ve ever played an enchantment-heavy deck in Magic: The Gathering, you know how quickly the mana costs can add up. That’s where enchantment cost reducers come in.
Read moreDemons are their own lords and masters, and many of them prefer to work alone. There are, however, a few cards that actually make demons stronger, or help them come to the battlefield earlier.
Read moreToday, we go deep. Sea creature commanders are usually legends that care about what I’ll call Magic’s sea-dwelling Big Four, or KLOS creatures: kraken, leviathans, octopuses, and serpents. These Big Four have been batched on multiple cards...
Read moreLet’s go big or go home. Enough with the rational plays and efficient cards, we’re entering 7+ mana territory, where we’ll find the best big-mana commanders in Magic!
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