Living Metal in MTG: Rules, FAQ, and Best Cards
Universes Beyond allows WotC to introduce different franchises to MTG. With The Brothers’ War and its artifact theme, the Transformers IP got its own Beyond treatment on 13 new cards.
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All 5 Red Battles in Magic Ranked
It’s not every day that you get a new card type in Magic, and before battles, the next most recent addition was planeswalkers. And they feel like they’ve been around forever! Although battles are found in all colors, when a card type is called...
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Decayed in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic is well-known for designing creatures that fall into one of two camps: either the weaker, more expensive card with a great ability, or the cheaper, over-statted creature with a drawback. Decayed falls into that latter category...
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Recover in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Recover probably belongs to that group of Magic: The Gathering mechanics that sounded better in the designers’ minds. It’s still a quintessentially Magic-al mechanic, though, since it’s all about using your graveyard as a resource.
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Mercadian Masques Spoilers and Set Information
Mercadian Masques will likely be our only opportunity to explore Mercadia, a plane full of Black Markets, Bribery, and Misdirection, where many things are (literally) upside down and goblins, unlike their counterparts from other planes, are...
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All 4 White Battles in Magic Ranked
Battles shook up the Limited format by opening tons of new choices, but they’ve seen Constructed play. Which of the four white battles are the best? Which ones give you the most bang for your buck without being too difficult to flip?
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Here’s How to Get Confetti Foils in Magic, Plus Are They Valuable?
Wilds of Eldraine introduced a new type of foil available in some collector boosters called Confetti Foil. What is it, and how is it different from a regular foil?
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Planeshift Spoilers and Set Information
Planeshift was the second expansion to the Invasion block. It was a smaller set that expanded on the core concepts introduced in its predecessor and introduced some key cards and staple effects that we still see in games today.
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All 5 Green Battles in Magic Ranked
We’ve entered the post-March of the Machine world, and Wilds of Eldraine has shown us what that plane looks like after The Aftermath. But MOM brought something new that I’m curious to see return: battles.
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Here’s How Much it Really Costs to Get Cards Graded
If you’ve engaged with the collectors’ side of Magic, you have likely seen graded cards. These are the cards in the official-looking hard sleeves with a number rating assigned to them. These grades are a way to determine the condition a card is...
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Torment Spoilers and Set Information
With the Odyssey block, of which Torment is the second set, Wizards of the Coast tried to break new ground in many ways, from the game mechanics to a new focus for the storyline.
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Everything You Need to Know About Keyword Abilities in Magic
If you ask an MTG player if the liked a random MTG set or not, chances are that they’ll tell you about the set’s mechanics. “Sure, I remember Ravnica. Populate was cool, and cipher was total garbage.” In this example, cipher is a keyword ability...
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