Although I started playing Magic during Ice Age, that was my first real relationship with a card game. It was scary and confusing at times. I had to grapple with my crush’s complicated past, you know, mistakes like Fallen Empires or banding.
Read moreWhat exactly is a thopter? And what makes a good one? Let’s have a look and figure it out!
Read moreOdyssey is the set that made us care about the graveyard, count the number of cards there, cast some spells from the graveyard thanks to the flashback mechanic, and much more. Today I’m covering the story of those 350 cards, why you should care...
Read moreAchilles was an impressive warrior, but that ankle tho. Hercules, strong as can be, was also a haughty son of a gun. His Twelve Labors were mostly to purge the blood poison from *checks notes* committing a bunch of murders. It’s this flavor of...
Read moreGatecrash is the second set in the Return to Ravnica block, preceded by the titular Return to Ravnica, and followed by Dragon’s Maze, the final set in the block. While the original Ravnica block featured four guilds per set, Gatecrash and Return...
Read moreThere are always multiple angles to examine in a new Magic set. There’s the gameplay aspect, there’s all the new lore that is introduced to Magic’s story, and of course, there’s the financial side.
Read moreMOM is far from the first time Phyrexia has posed a threat. Before New Phyrexia and the modern age of Magic, Yawgmoth’s original Phyrexians threatened the safety of the Multiverse and especially Dominaria.
Read moreImagine all your friends are planeswalkers, and your deck of MTG cards represents the spells you can cast. It’s valid to think that in each plane the rules of engagement are different, right?
Read moreIn my work at a local store I see a lot of newer players come across counterspell decks and not know what they could do differently. Today I’m going to do my best to simply answer a few questions that come up.
Read moreThanks to the reprint of plane cards in March of the Machine Commander, plane cards and the Planechase format have been given a lot of attention lately. Planechase is a MTG variant introduced in 2009, with special phenomenon cards that were added...
Read moreToday we’re exploring some of the most bizarre, surprising, and downright clever Easter eggs that have shown up in Magic art.
Read moreYou ever boot up a console game with a friend, start a split screen match, and find yourself giving them the stink eye a few minutes later? Did they really earn that kill or were they screen-peeking?
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