Who cares how good your opponents’ cards are if they’re dead before they can use them? Attack triggers are another way for aggressive decks to apply pressure. They press your advantage by providing extra value in addition to combat damage.
Read moreOut of all the color combinations in Magic, Temur might be the most explosive. It blends green’s ramp, red’s aggression, and blue’s trickery into some of the wildest combos the game has to offer.
Read moreHexproof fits the magic-slinging theme of MTG to its core. When you target me, I respond with some protection. We’re taking a look at the best cards that provide your creatures and permanents with the protection of hexproof.
Read moreIf you like weird, powerful effects that feel out of this world, the aliens of Magic: The Gathering might be right up your alley.
Read moreThey’ve become an integral part of the game; love them or hate them, I can guarantee you’ll run into some planeswalkers eventually in every format outside of Pauper. Let’s look at the specific and general removal for dealing with...
Read more| Illustration by Greg Staples I’ll give you a hint about our topic today: They’re artifacts, they draw cards, and they’ve been receiving more and more support in newer Magic sets. Oh, you read the title and you already knew we were talking about...
Read moreBarbarians are one of the oldest creature types in Magic: The Gathering, but over time, they’ve gone through a bit of an identity crisis. With roles that often overlap with warriors and berserkers, and very little tribal support, barbarians...
Read moreSome MTG cards reward going for the overkill, with different bonuses for dealing excess damage. So let’s leave finesse and efficiency aside for a bit, and deal with excess in this case!
Read moreThere are only a handful of commander decks where card draw isn’t simply an advantage and a way to get slightly ahead, but rather a key mechanic. Wheel strategies ultimately go for plays with absurd amounts of interaction, and you need to tailor...
Read moreVehicles are now considered a deciduous mechanic, which means we’re going to continue seeing them in new MTG sets as time goes on. So let’s take the temperature on who your vehicle commanders can be as of Modern Horizons 3, including some who you...
Read moreGreetings planeswalkers! Every single piece I’ve written for Draftsim to date has dealt with one game and one game only: Magic: the Gathering. But did you know there are plenty of other trading card games on the market? It’s true, it’s true! You...
Read moreWho hasn’t had the urge to just take a quick peek into the future? Magic lets you do that sometimes, with an entire collection of “future sight” cards dedicated to letting you play from the top of your library.
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