Ixalan means lands. We’re going to go over all the different land cycles (and there’s a lot more than usual!) and where to find them, as well as do a bit of ranking and analysis.
Read moreDexterity cards are objectively weird. So weird, in fact, that they’ve been banned in every format! Vintage lets you play Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, and Time Walk, but not Falling Star or Clay Pigeon.
Read moreBefore Innistrad’s transform cards, before MDFCs, before flip-walkers, there were the original flip cards from the Kamigawa block. They were innovative at the time, but they’ve been replaced by newer versions of this design space since.
Read moreRise of the Eldrazi is one of the most interesting Magic sets ever released. But there’s also an interesting mechanic that saw lots of competitive play, and that’s totem armor.
Read moreBetween 2003-2010, MTG had an era of design where sets had to fit into a pre-chosen mechanical theme, with a world and cards that were shaped to satisfy that idea. In this way, Shadowmoor, the color-matters set was created, and one of the set’s...
Read moreThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan is the most powerful set to hit Standard since Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. I’ve tried to build a narrative around these cards and what the set is doing well, while highlighting the cards I think will matter in Standard, the...
Read moreAddendum’s a strange but completely forgettable way to encourage you to play your instants at sorcery speed. You know, the one thing that no Magic player has ever wanted to do.
Read moreReady for some Sleight of Hand to keep your opponents on their toes? For a bit of “aura-justu”, if you will, since aura swap was inspired by the ninjas from Kamigawa?
Read moreThe Magic Showcase 2021 previewed four different Universes Beyond crossover sets. We saw spoilers for the Warhammer 40k Commander set, the Lord of the Rings Modern Horizons set, as well as a Street Fighter and Fortnite Secret Lair drop sets.
Read moreGray Viking Games (GVG) is an online store that sells MTG Arena codes for Arena packs, cosmetics, and bundles.
Read moreHello Planeswalkers! There are a few definitions for the word graft that could make sense as a mechanic in MTG. Graft can mean a way to get sap from a tree, gain a business advantage through nefarious ways, or transplant living tissue surgically...
Read moreIn the midst of the Masques block was Nemesis, a 143-card set that introduced the fading keyword to Magic. Step through the veil with me back to the turn of the century and welcome the ephemeral permanents of Nemesis.
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