Improvise in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Convoke was one of the most well-known alternate ways to pay for cards in Magic for years, but it only counts creatures. What about artifacts? Let me introduce you to improvise.
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Complete List of Spellbook Cards for MTG Arena
We saw a handful of designed-for-digital mechanics with Arena’s new Alchemy format. One of the new mechanics is known as a “spellbook,” which is oddly familiar to one of Hearthstone’s mechanics. But what is it?
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What Were Interrupts in Magic? Rules & History
If you’re like me and started playing Magic after 1999, you probably just thought that “interrupt” was the old word for instant. Well, it’s not. Let’s talk about that!
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Eternalize in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
One of my favorite mechanics from the Amonkhet block came about in Hour of Devastation: eternalize. If that doesn’t sound awesome, I don’t know what does.
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Fear in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Black was one of my favorite colors and to this day I’m pretty sure it has to do with two things: Phyrexians and [REPLACE CARD]Fear[/REPLACE], both the card itself and the ability that spawned from it. But what is the “fear” mechanic? Let’s take...
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Ante Cards in Magic: History And Info
2021 is Magic’s 28th birthday, and there’s a good chance you don’t know much (or even anything) about the “ante” rule if you started playing any time in the last 25 years. It’s said that when Richard Garfield first created the game, he intended...
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Untapped in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
As all MTG players know, you “tap” your lands to cast your spells and “tap” your creatures to attack your opponent. Lands and creatures that haven’t yet been tapped are “untapped.” Though such lingo is likely second nature to everyone with me...
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Magecraft in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
What Magic player doesn’t love casting instant and sorcery spells? Some of Magic’s sweetest cards have been powerful instants and sorceries, whether you like ramping, burning out your opponent, countering spells, or blowing up the world, there...
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What Is the “Storm Scale” for an MTG Mechanic?
You may have heard the “Storm Scale” referenced either by players speculating about future sets or by Wizards staff when talking about upcoming sets. Unless you actively search out and read Blogatog or other official write-ups, you may have only...
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Is My Opponent Hacking or Cheating in MTGA?
I was playing Standard with rogues vs Gruul aggro on Arena the other day. I had the board controlled and my opponent had no creatures and no hand, just a [REPLACE CARD]Vivien, Monsters' Advocate[/REPLACE] on the battlefield. It activated its -2...
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