| Illustration by Winona Nelson Temur () decks thrive on having more mana and casting bigger creatures than the opposition. Combining Simic () ramp with Gruul () beasts results in massive creatures and expensive spells, not to mention mechanics...
Read moreTest prints are created by the printers and shipped to Wizards. Today, I’m giving you the rundown on test prints so you can learn how to start or expand your collection.
Read moreMagic’s commanders come in all colors and sizes, and while many are powerful but insanely hard to cast, others are cheap and still pose a significant threat to your opponents. Today, I want to cover all the 1-mana commanders that WotC has...
Read moreRed’s selection of instants includes plenty of powerful spells. The best burn spells ever printed are red spells, but there are also plenty of ways to generate mana, some chaotic spells, and a surprising amount of countermagic.
Read moreThere are plenty of mechanics and keywords in Magic. What about straight up just tanking damage and destruction? Enter indestructible.
Read moreThere are tutors for almost every card type and subtype, including legendary permanents. Whether you build a good-stuff deck around legendary creatures or a Voltron deck around legendary artifacts and equipment, these are all the cards that can...
Read moreBlue, red, and white is the color identity of non-creatures spells in Magic, the prowess combination if you will. More often than not, your creatures will be few and far between, but the ones that stick will hit your opponents hard. With that in...
Read moreAs one would expect from green, its enters abilities largely care about creatures and/or mana, though there are a couple of outliers. You’ll be ramping and smashing with these cards, giving your green monsters an immediate impact on the...
Read moreAmong the most impressive card-related collectibles are uncut sheets of Magic cards. These grand sheets make excellent collectibles you can display in a variety of ways. If that piques your interest, let’s explore the world of uncut sheets...
Read moreEver seen something that looks like a sticky note glued to cardboard and thought, there’s no way that’s worth money? Well… buckle up. Today we dive into original playtest cards, the rough, handmade prototypes that helped shape the earliest days...
Read moreSplit cards were introduced back in the Invasion block in 2000 and really changed the way that designers and players thought about MTG cards. Suddenly you have two different cards and effects on a single piece of cardboard, and although the new...
Read moreBloomburrow was kind to less popular creature types like the adorable masked trash-panda raccoons. A raccoon Commander deck, though? That’s a bit of a stretch, but we know someone’s trying to make it work, so let’s at least acknowledge the...
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