One of the ways that WotC keeps Modern under control is by periodically banning cards that have become too powerful for the format to keep in check. Today I share some stories behind the banning of every card on Modern’s banlist and why they...
Read moreOne of the most iconic archetypes in Magic is spellslinger. The idea of hurling as many instants and sorceries at your opponents as possible to bury them beneath a ton of value is fun.
Read moreToday, we’re feeling rather green and assessing the forestcyclers in Magic to see if any are worth playing in your next deck!
Read moreThere’s an intense overlap between “good” and “efficient” Magic cards. Instants and sorceries are two card types with a plethora of cheap cards to choose from. But which of these instants and sorceries are the best?
Read moreVoting mechanics take different approaches to how voting matters and how they pay you out, but today, we’re looking at the original: will of the council.
Read moreThough we’ll probably never get a full Universes Beyond set, MTG has strangely had several accidental crossovers with Pokémon.
Read moreAffinity is one of MTG’s most broken mechanics, alongside storm and others, and the term is synonymous nowadays for playing a lot of artifacts. Affinity for artifacts decks saw a lot of play in plenty of Constructed formats to the point of...
Read moreI started playing Magic right around the tail end of the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block. Lorwyn also came with a lot of mechanics, way more than we see in current Standard sets. Tribal themes, champions, clash, changelings, hideaway, and the topic of...
Read moreTheft cards let you keep control of your opponent’s spells permanently. They often exile or copy spells and grant you the ability to cast or maintain them as though they were your own.
Read moreThere are plenty of ways to rank Magic cards, but there’s one specific art trend in Magic that’s always been of interest to me: cuteness.
Read moreToday, we take a look at all the Karn planeswalker cards printed in MTG. Some are pretty powerful and format-defining, while others are hardly so.
Read moreWarlocks are mages who obtain power via contracts with magical entities. While the warlock type isn’t exclusive to black, the vast majority of them are black because they often sell a part of themselves to obtain power
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