The plane of Amonkhet was marked and shaped by Nicol Bolas’s influence. Everything about the plane’s society was modified and altered to follow the dragon’s schemes. All of society was rebuilt to serve as a way (unknowingly) to create a massive...
Read moreAmonkhet block is home to such cool Egyptian-themed world-building and serves as the backdrop to one of the most important story arcs in Magic: The Bolas Arc. The setting is brought to life by the awesome mechanics in both Amonkhet and Hour of...
Read moreDiscard first, then break stuff: That’s the promise behind mayhem, the villain-flavored twist on graveyard casting from the MTG Spider-Man crossover.
Read moreOne turn they’re here, and then poof they’re gone! Magic’s vanishing mechanic puts a time limit on your permanents and forces you to use time as a resource.
Read moreBoons are one of the few Alchemy mechanics that could make it into paper, though they’re just problematic enough that it’s probably best they stay on MTG Arena.
Read moreHave you ever found yourself wishing you could access a spell in your graveyard so you could run it back and win the game? Well, if that’s the case, retrace is the mechanic for you.
Read moreStorm demands a deck completely built around itself, dominates the strategies of all players in the match, and has a massive reward for playing it properly. It works like no other mechanic in the game and is almost impossible to interact with...
Read moreWe could say a mana ability is simply an ability that produces mana, but that’s not exactly the full truth of the matter. It gets a little more complicated than that once you dig into the rules a bit more.
Read moreEncore is a powerful mechanic that can spice up your Commander games, and some of these cards even see play in other formats. Today, we take a look at the encore mechanic, its rules, and some small tidbits on how it interacts with other...
Read moreEverything’s kicker, right? Let’s explore the mechanic, and see exactly why most MTG abilities get compared to kicker.
Read moreVoid triggers as battlefields get emptier, or whenever a spell is warped away at lightspeed. Just how does void work? And with which previous mechanics does it share some similarities?
Read moreI love Magic mechanics that are “controversial” among fans. Today I want to talk about Commander’s very own exclusive and controversial mechanic: eminence.
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