Devour in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Alara was the kind of place where creatures would devour each other. The aptly-named devour mechanic was developed as a result, and it’s literally the strong preying on the weak.
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Ravenous in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic players got a taste of the Warhammer 40k universe in 2022 when WotC released an entire set of 40k-inspired Commander precons. The Tyranid Swarm precon introduced the ferocious tyranid army to Magic, along with the swarm’s new “ravenous”...
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Squad in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
2022’s Warhammer 40k Commander pre-cons were some of the most powerful out-of-the-box decks we’ve ever seen. They created a few new mechanics, including ravenous and today’s focus, squad.
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Bolster in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Abzan is the shields up clan and already has a mechanic related to +1/+1 counters in outlast, so bolster complements the clan in a very fitting way. Today it’s time to take a look at the bolster mechanic, do our best to answer all your...
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Slow Play in Magic: All Your Rules Questions Answered
The official tournament rules of Magic are a byzantine mix of gameplay directions and guidelines for conduct during play. Taking in every rule and possible infraction all at once is a daunting task, so let’s focus on a single element: the concept...
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Evolve in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Evolve nailed the feeling of evolution that the Simic so crave, and it’s a fun and interesting mechanic. It deals with +1/+1 counters, which interests a good part of EDH and Doubling Season players.
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More Than Meets the Eye in MTG: Rules, FAQ, and Best Cards
In the newest Universes Beyond partnership Wizards brought the Transformers to Magic. With them they brought a “retextured” transform mechanic (convert), but also gave us a brand new toy to play with.
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Convert in MTG: Rules, FAQ, and Best Cards
Transformers pairs Magic mechanics with another Hasbro-owned franchise. Every one of them comes with two: more than meets the eye and convert.
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Vanguard Cards in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Vanguard was introduced at events in 1997 as a casual variant format where a player chooses a single vanguard card representing a character from the Magic universe to lead their Constructed deck. But what are these cards, and how do they work?
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Fail to Find in Magic: All Your Rules Questions Answered
One of the more prominent rules is “fail to find.” It deals with what a player can and can’t do when searching through hidden zones, and how those actions can impact the game and other players.
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Acorn Cards in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
We’ve recently gotten format-specific sets, a bigger focus on Commander, more than enough Secret Lair content, and a new Un-set to check out more recently. But Unfinity isn’t like any other as it opts out of the infamous silver-bordered card...
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Abilities in Magic: All Your Rules Questions Answered
Abilities are essential to keeping MTG interesting. If all creatures were vanilla, the gameplay would be much less dynamic (despite what the control players tell you). There are more and more creatures with abilities in modern sets, and WotC is...
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