Menace in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Menace can be a pretty intimidating mechanic, which is kind of funny considering it was introduced as the mechanic to replace intimidate (and fear before that). So what is menace?
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Protection from Everything in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Protection is a mechanic from MTG’s past that’s hard to grasp, and it’s rarely used these days. But Commander players often have to deal with its evolved version: protection from everything.
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Time Travel in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Time travel is a mechanic that lets you mess with that clock, and make it run slower or faster depending what you need. It accelerates or dampers time counters.
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Trample in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
There are some keywords in Magic that those of us who’ve been playing for years can hardly remember ever not knowing how they work, while newer players may get confused in the details. Trample is a great example of this, and today I give you an...
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Toxic in MTG: Rules and FAQs
Phyrexians, the greatest threat to the known Multiverse, showed their claws and teeth in Phyrexia: All Will Be One, where they had lots of weapons at their disposal. One of those was toxic, which relates to infect, a previous Phyrexian-themed...
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All 58 of the Alternative Win Conditions in Magic, Plus: Which Is the Best?
Magic can be a difficult game. Sometimes you look at your opponent’s defenses and see that there’s no way in. If only you had a card that said, “you win the game.” What if I told you that those cards actually exist?
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Mulligans in Commander: Rules, Tips, and Tricks
In Commander, the cost of mulliganing a bad hand is smaller than in one-versus-one formats… but it’s still a cost, and you should treat it like one. So let’s check all the ins, outs, and corner cases of how to mulligan in Commander.
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Attacking in Magic: All Your Rules Questions Answered
Tussles tend to be untidy topics, and Magic is no exception. Even if the whole game works under very precise rules, there’s so much going on during the combat phase that deciphering how attacking works can be one of the messiest matters in...
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Colorless Mana in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Digging into colorless mana in MTG can feel a bit like trying to understand a page written in dense legalese without being lawyers ourselves. There are subtle yet crucial differences between types and colors of mana, on top of some...
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Here’s Why Only Some Artifacts Have Summoning Sickness in Magic
We can all agree that creatures have summoning sickness. I mean, haste is a keyword for a reason. But what about other permanent types? What about artifacts?
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Here’s Exactly How the End Step Works in Magic: the Gathering
The end step is one of the most confusingly named terms in Magic. The good news is that the end step isn’t too complex an MTG concept once we clear the verbiage a bit.
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Hexproof vs Shroud in Magic: The KEY Difference
Shroud is one of the most straightforward keywords in MTG. Mechanics like trample or flying require that you know how blockers work and how combat damage is assigned, but shroud should be easy to grok even for new players.
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