Exile vs. Dying in MTG: The Key Differences
Death and exiling are fundamentally different actions in Magic. So, what’s the main difference, which one’s better, and how do these differences impact players’ strategies?
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Transmute in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Transmute is the secret to getting your tutor game on from all the way back in Ravnica: City of Guilds. Make no mistake, these are far less powerful tutors than the greats, like Vampiric Tutor or Mystical Tutor, but you can get in the ballpark...
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Endure in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Abzan has always been at the intersection of life and death. The color combination has also been a good space for some of Magic’s most fundamental mechanics: +1/+1 counters, and tokens. With Tarkir: Dragonstorm, we now have a mechanic that puts...
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Council’s Dilemma in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Voting for a certain effect to happen is pure politics in multiplayer games, and MTG adapted the idea for Conspiracy and Commander games. Today, we’re looking at council’s dilemma, a mechanic that has only a few cards, but has a big impact on the...
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Historic Cards, Spells, and Permanents in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
As a game that’s been around for 30 years, Magic has plenty of historic moments. Sets that rose in infamy for being utterly broken (looking at you, Mirrodin), or moments between players that have gone down in history.
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Cloak in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Greetings planeswalkers! Today’s article will be a brisk synopsis of the cloak mechanic. It’s one of the brand new mechanics in Murders at Karlov Manor that helps build up the secrecy and surprise of face down cards.
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Disguise in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Murders at Karlov Manor is a murder mystery themed MTG set, and it’s bringing with it a bunch of new mechanics that are based around that theme. One of the best-flavored ones is disguise, a play on a fan-favorite mechanic, morph!
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Book Cards in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Books have long been in Magic, but they finally get their own subtype thanks to Secrets of Strixhaven. So, which old cards have become books, and do they have any synergies or interactions?
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Double Strike in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Words are what make up the entire game when it comes to Magic. I’ve come to realize that one specific ability players tend to get confused by a lot is double strike. I think a lot of players just read it and realize it’s such a powerful ability...
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Everything You Need to Know About Ability Words in Magic
Magic has a long history of sets and mechanics, and one way that they’ve varied cards over the years is by including ability words on cards and in designs. These offer both design and flavor benefits in the game, simplifying how you understand...
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Infusion in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Infusion is a MTG mechanic that cares if you gained life in a given turn, and it gives Witherbloom a more focused direction in Secrets of Strixhaven.
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Paradigm in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Secrets of Strixhaven introduces us to a cycle of mythic lessons with a paradigm ability, which has the potential to let you cast an impactful spell during each turn you have going forward.
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