Some cards take the concept of life as a resource to its logical extreme and ask you to pay life as an additional cost or to activate abilities. While that sounds like a downside, investing life rather than mana is rarely a fair deal; these cards...
Read moreThere aren’t that many white mana dorks. But there are some gems among these few offerings, so let’s take a look at the best white mana dorks and see which ones stand out.
Read moreSupporting combo decks and spellslinging decks alike, cantrips can help you see a lot of cards from your deck and fill up your graveyard when needed. Blue and red are very good at cantripping, but if you’re playing white or green, you might be...
Read morePump spells, sometimes called buffs, are spells that increase a creature’s power and toughness, sometimes until the end of turn, sometimes permanently. As you may imagine, they’re very prevalent in green.
Read moreRakdos creatures are black-and-red threats known for being aggressive and disruptive. They’re often central to strategies built around sacrifice, discard, and direct damage.
Read moreThere are so many great cards with deathtouch, but why should they have all the fun? Let’s take a look at different ways to give your creatures deathtouch.
Read moreAbilities on creatures, artifacts, planeswalkers, and enchantments are especially prevalent throughout the game, and they’re essential to making a lot of decks function. You have to pay mana or other resources to activate some abilities, but...
Read moreToday I’m taking a look at some cool cards from MTG’s history. These are Monuments to the power of gods and greatness. I’ve also heard that Phyrexia: All Will be One will have at least one Monument dedicated to the glory of Phyrexia, so we have...
Read morePhyrexia: All Will Be One gave us a few cycles of cards, one of them being the Dominus cycle. These mythic creatures’ doubling abilities are incredible strategy accelerators, and they even make great commanders to build around. Whatever your...
Read moreThe PlayStation Secret Lairs bring us a bunch of new commanders and valuable reprints, and they show promise for what a fully fleshed out PS/MTG crossover might look like. Let’s see what they’ve got, and whether they’re worth your money.
Read moreKev Walker is so prolific and is such a master of different styles, with a dramatic pen and ink style in the British tradition. Let’s see his best work from among over 500 Magic illustrations.
Read morePlains have the benefit of really being a canvas; a plains is generally quite flat and plain, which leaves plenty of room to show off features unique to that plain, like the jungles of Naya or Zendikar’s hedrons.
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