Every Mechanic from Secrets of Strixhaven, Explained
There are a lot of new mechanics to cover for Secrets of Strixhaven, so use this as a study guide, because you’re going to need it if you don’t want to be incinerated by your professor.
Read more
Meld in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Meld is a mechanic first bought into Magic with Eldritch Moon as one of the methods to evoke the eldritch horrors that Emrakul was raining down upon Innistrad in that set. Well, it came back in The Brothers’ War, and the cards are pretty...
Read more
Companions in Magic: Rules and FAQ
Some people love the challenges and the extra power companions can bring, while other players get tired of battling a Lurrus or Yorion deck again and again. Today we’re going over all there is to know about companion rules, the power level...
Read more
Oil Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Phyrexia: All Will Be One was an even more distorted take on Scars of Mirrodin/New Phyrexia. Phyrexians took the plane of Mirrodin after all. Oil counters were one of the key features of this set.
Read more
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?
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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...
Read more
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...
Read more
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?
Read more
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.
Read more
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...
Read more