The miracle mechanic made a name for itself in Legacy as a key part of the format’s best control deck, which used Sensei’s Divining Top to set up powerful control cards like Terminus and Counterbalance. But Duskmourn: House of Horror has...
Read moreWhile new Magic mechanics keep the game fresh and exciting, I always enjoy seeing returning keyword abilities. Sometimes it’s just because they’re my favorites, like cycling and kicker, but other times, it’s because visiting a mechanic for the...
Read moreBloomburrow is out on shelves now, and for the first time in a while for a Standard Magic set, I’m excited! There are tons of things I’m enjoying about it, from the lore to BLB drafts to the fun new typal strategies. But Bloomburrow also brought...
Read moreModern Horizons 3 gave us The Necrobloom, a unique and powerful Abzan commander. It’s a token generator, a Field of the Dead variant right from the command zone, and a card that allows you to “draw your lands from the graveyard” via the dredge...
Read moreI’ve done it! I’ve done it! I’ve solved Magic: The Gathering! The problem all along was paying mana to cast spells! The solution was so simple: What if we stopped paying mana for them? I’d like to introduce you to The Infamous Cruelclaw.
Read moreAnything that feels like breaking the rules in MTG is exciting, even if permission to break the rules is just right there in the rules of the card, so it’s no longer really breaking anything. It’s part of the fun of a game that lets us do magical...
Read morePicture this: The First Sliver grants cascade to all your sliver spells, which in turn cascade into further sliver spells. A magical tidal wave of swarming bodies! A never-ending flood of slivers buzzing forth from your library!
Read moreI’ve been waiting for an otter commander. There are a few in Bloomburrow, but I’ve been itching to rebuild my Izzet tokens deck helmed by Ovika, Enigma Goliath, and now’s my chance for something otterly different.
Read moreThe cutesy world of the Bloomburrow Magic set packs some deceptively strong commanders into some adorable little boxes. Alania, Divergent Storm is a spell-slinging otter with a high ceiling on its potential value, and it’s a love-letter to storm...
Read moreSome Universes Beyond products add great mechanical ideas to the game and bolster existing strategies. The Assassin’s Creed crossover does just that with the influx of assassins adding a surge of support to what’s always been a niche typal...
Read moreHow do you create a potent and enjoyable deck for everyone at the table? Enter [REPLACE CARD]Leonardo da Vinci[/REPLACE], an ingenious commander from Assassin’s Creed who offers a unique solution to this problem.
Read moreIt’s been a long time since I’ve booted up an Assassin’s Creed game; the series’ first release was way back in 2007, when I played it and the two follow-ups on Xbox 360. Since I wrapped up Brotherhood back in 2010, there’ve been more than...
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