Some cards have restrictions placed on them in their text that prevent them from attacking, but still allow them to defend you or use their abilities. That’s what we call the defender mechanic, and that’s what today is all about.
Read moreCommander Legends: Baldur’s Gate brought plenty of awesome cards, flavor, and characters to the Magic table in a draftable EDH experience. But it also brought something new with it: backgrounds
Read moreDeathtouch is bound to appear in your games as one of MTG’s evergreen mechanic. It shows the flavor of venom or poison or just a deathly gaze.
Read moreMonarch is a mechanic that shines the brightest in multiplayer games, particularly for Commander. It’s a great way to give your game a more “political” dynamic. It creates incentives to build alliances and causes everyone to take action as soon...
Read moreToday I share all about activated abilities. What they are, how they work, and how you can identify them on your cards. Let’s just jump right into it!
Read moreAlmost every Magic player can agree that Ravnica has consistently been a clear display of successful design. Today I’ll be talking about a mechanic that saw its origin as a guild mechanic for the Selesnya Conclave: convoke.
Read moreProbably named after the famous Vivid lands, vivid is a new mechanic from Lorwyn Eclipsed that scales based on the different color amongst permanents you control. Perfect for people who just can’t help splashing.
Read moreBehold was expanded beyond the scope of dragons in Lorwyn Eclipsed, and now looks like a tool Wizards might be using a bit more often.
Read moreBlight is a brand-new keyword ability introduced in Lorwyn Eclipsed that fools around with -1/-1 counters in a flexible way.
Read moreAny good revisit needs to call back to the source material, so ECL is littered with homages to the OG block, down to the mechanics of the set. And Lorwyn Eclipsed has plenty of those.
Read moreSince the dawn of MTG, some cards have existed on the battlefield and some have gone to the graveyard immediately after being cast. The rules state that cards that stay on the battlefield are called “permanents.”
Read moreThe word “spell” can be a confusing term for new Magic players. It’s easy to think that it should just mean “instant or sorcery,” but it’s actually more complicated than that.
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