Almost every Magic player can agree that Ravnica has consistently been a clear display of successful design. Today I’ll be talking about a mechanic that saw its origin as a guild mechanic for the Selesnya Conclave: convoke.
Read moreReleased in Battle for Zendikar in 2015, awaken turns your useless basics into fierce warriors. Let’s take a deep look and see how you can awaken your lands straight into the red zone!
Read moreSometimes cards have two (or even four) modes and none of them are good enough alone, but the card is better for being flexible. Today is all about flexibility, because I’m going to take a look at the channel mechanic.
Read moreShadow decks were the next weenie/fliers deck when the Tempest block was released. The idea of attacking each turn with nigh-unblockable creatures and tempo-ing your opponent out of the game isn’t novel these days.
Read morePhyrexian mana looks at the concept of mana as a resource and turns the heat up to 11 by letting you pay life instead of mana to cast a spell. Interested? Let’s take a deeper dive into everything about it!
Read moreFrom milling to commander damage, alternate win conditions have existed in Magic for a long time now. One of the most famous alternate win condition is poisoning your opponent. But what is poison, and how does it work? Let’s talk about that.
Read more+1/+1 counters are an essential part of Magic. One of my favorite things to do in Magic is to put some dice on some cards, and the modular mechanic is a great start for any of these decks.
Read moreWhile there have been a multitude of cycling cards that also affect Constructed, cycling can help create compelling games in Limited, ensuring you can find lands early and dig towards action late.
Read moreThe idea that an event is destined to happen and the struggle to avoid or accept it plays into the narratives of a lot of my favorite heroes, which is why I was delighted to see these concepts implemented in Kaldheim with the foretell...
Read moreFirebending is the elemental bending art dominated by the Fire Nation, the main antagonists in Avatar: The Last Airbender. In MTG terms, firebending is a very red ability associated with the production of red mana while you attack.
Read moreCreepy crawlies rising from the dead isn’t anything new to MTG. In fact it’s one of the most fun parts of the game! But there was a time when Wizards went too far and unleashed a mechanic that was so powerful it would be locked away forever...
Read moreReconfigure is one of the main set mechanics of Neon Dynasty and acts as a means of giving life to equipment that you can turn into independent creatures. Reconfigure is a mechanic that takes a minute to understand, but it makes sense once you...
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