Not all mechanics are created equally, and some are more powerful than others. Some are even called “broken” and never again seen in new sets. It’s time to go over one mechanic that’s been considered oppressive in a format or two and has only...
Read moreTime Spiral was one of the most influential blocks to ever come out. It introduced split second, a mechanic that oozes flavor for the time-themed set. A callback to the old interrupt card type from the early days of Magic with a flavorful...
Read moreOffspring is an additional cost you may pay when casting creatures with the offspring ability. If you choose to pay the additional cost, you get to make a 1/1 token copy of the “parent” creature when it enters.
Read moreRevolt is a very simple mechanic from Aether Revolt that would probably be forgotten by now, if not for a famous removal spell.
Read moreAs it turns out, Bloomburrow’s raccoons are by and large the only critters in this Magic set that have stumbled upon a new mechanic: expend. Expend is a rules term that cares about how much mana you’ve spent casting spells each...
Read moreIn the dynamic world of Magic: The Gathering, new mechanics often redefine how the game is played. A fascinating addition is the gift mechanic from Bloomburrow, the cutest MTG set ever. Gifts are particularly great for multiplayer formats, and...
Read moreZendikar is one of those planes that Magic just keeps coming back to. From the original Zendikar to the more recent Zendikar Rising, landfall shows up on new cards every time we visit the plane. Whether you want to learn how landfall works or...
Read moreVoid triggers as battlefields get emptier, or whenever a spell is warped away at lightspeed. Just how does void work? And with which previous mechanics does it share some similarities?
Read moreWarp has huge implications for MTG, considering that many effects help us take advantage of a creature, even temporarily, and it’ll sometimes feel like cheating to play big creatures way ahead of schedule.
Read moreCharge counters are the default counter for artifacts, enchantments, and lands. Whenever an artifact needs some generic counters to keep track of some mechanic, the usual default are charge counters.
Read moreEdge of Eternities expands the sacrificial artifact token space further with its Lander tokens, which offer a meaningfully different form of advantage than previous artifact tokens.
Read moreThe station mechanic from Edge of Eternities adapts many of the ideas seen on vehicles and broadens them to function in a familiar yet rather unique way.
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