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How to Play Magic: The Gathering

How to Play Magic: The Gathering

Andrew Quinn March 6, 2024 Guide, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Welcome to the Draftsim guide on how to play Magic: The Gathering. For the last 15 years, I’ve been playing this incredible game at nearly every available level and in many different countries. I hope I can share my love of this game with you and...

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Commander
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How Much Removal Should You Really Play in Commander?

How Much Removal Should You Really Play in Commander?

A.L. Walser February 22, 2024 Commander, Guide, Strategy

Removal seems to be one of the most contentious elements of an EDH deck. I’ve played many games with players who proclaim they play no removal because it ruins the spirit of the format, but I’ve played just as many with players who want to see...

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Everything You Need to Know About BREAD in MTG

Everything You Need to Know About BREAD in MTG

Trevor Galvin February 21, 2024 Deckbuilding, Guide, Limited

Hello Planeswalkers! There are so many cards with volumes of text in the game of MTG. With new Magic sets releasing every quarter, how can you determine which cards are good? This question is especially relevant for the Limited players out there...

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Here’s Exactly How the Main Phase Works in Magic

Here’s Exactly How the Main Phase Works in Magic

Herko Kerghans February 16, 2024 Guide, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

Ah, the main phase! Fiercely competing with the end step for the title of “Worst-Named Term In Magic!”

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The Complete Guide to Tinkerer’s Cube

The Complete Guide to Tinkerer’s Cube

Timothy Zaccagnino January 24, 2024 Cube, Guide, Limited, MTG Formats

If you’re a Limited aficionado and haven’t been playing Cube, you’re missing out on Draft at its absolute finest. Cube is essentially a curated Limited experience, crafted by cube-designers who want to sculpt their own Draft environments for...

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How to Use MTG Gatherer and 4 Better Alternatives

How to Use MTG Gatherer and 4 Better Alternatives

Ignacio (Iñaki) January 22, 2024 Guide

Magic is a big game. Thirty years of history with a consistent output of new sets and cards has left us with more than 27,000 unique cards. That’s a lot of cards! It’d be nearly impossible to know even half of them, so having a good and reliable...

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Commander
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Here’s the Right Number of Creatures to Put in Your Commander Deck

Here’s the Right Number of Creatures to Put in Your Commander Deck

Kendra Snead January 15, 2024 Commander, Deckbuilding, Guide

The magic of building a Magic: The Gathering Commander deck is finding the cards that synergize best together to help pave the way to your desired win condition. As you build your Commander deck, you want to incorporate enough creature spells to...

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Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Your MTGA Profile

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Your MTGA Profile

David Royale December 7, 2023 Guide, MTG Arena

MTG Arena is a program with tons of options and hidden features that a lot of players, especially new ones, need to learn to maximize their potential. Did you know that the game has a profile, and that it gives you more than just data about your...

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Deckbuilding
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Mana Screwed in MTG: What It Is Plus How to Prevent It

Mana Screwed in MTG: What It Is Plus How to Prevent It

Herko Kerghans December 7, 2023 Deckbuilding, Guide, Strategy

Magic: The Gathering combines strategy, skill, and a bit of luck. Lady Fortune has a well-documented fondness for fickleness, so sometimes she’ll smile upon us and we’ll high-roll and perfectly draw whatever we need…

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How Much Ramp Should You Really Play in Commander?

How Much Ramp Should You Really Play in Commander?

Kendra Snead November 17, 2023 Commander, Guide, Strategy

There are all kinds of ramps for all kinds of purposes. There are wheelchair ramps, inclined ramps to board a train, and ones for moving trucks to transport heavy items. But we aren’t talking about those types of ramp today!

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Here’s Why Planeswalkers Don’t Have Summoning Sickness in Magic

Here’s Why Planeswalkers Don’t Have Summoning Sickness in Magic

Steve Vrooman November 16, 2023 Guide, MTG Cards, MTG Rules

When planeswalkers arrived on the Magic scene in 2007 with Lorwyn, they were confusing to a lot of us in the casual player base. Weren’t we supposed to be planeswalkers? Isn’t that what the little rulebooks in our 4th edition starter decks...

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How to Use the Light Test to Determine if Your MTG Cards Are Real or Fake

How to Use the Light Test to Determine if Your MTG Cards Are Real or Fake

Chris Reay September 6, 2023 Guide, MTG Community

Magic: The Gathering is known for players trading cards between each other as well as buying and selling cards, sometimes for lots of money! With these high price tags, making and selling of counterfeits has become big business, and it’s more and...

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