Blitz in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Have you ever wanted to haste a creature and cash it for a card? Well now you can, because Streets of New Capenna brought with it the blitz mechanic.
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Kinship in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Today we’re taking a look at a mechanic that benefits creatures from being around their own kin, so to speak, and that’s kinship. With the mechanic kinship, the more creatures you reveal as you draw from the same type, the merrier.
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Radiance in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Have you ever heard of the radiance mechanic? If not, that may be because there are only ten cards with it in the MTG universe. Let’s let our light shine like a radiant star and find out why there are so few of them in print.
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Amplify in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Amplify is part of the legion of creature-focused mechanics unleashed during the Onslaught block, which was THE creature block. Let’s take a deep dive into what this keyword ability does, how it works, its history, and exactly what type of...
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Bloodrush in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Today we’re taking a look at bloodrush, the Gruul mechanic for 2013’s Gatecrash. It isn’t necessarily the most powerful mechanic, but it’s probably the mechanic that best catches the Gruul aspect of attacking and making your creatures very big...
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Fading in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
In the midst of the Masques block was Nemesis, a 143-card set that introduced the fading keyword to Magic. Step through the veil with me back to the turn of the century and welcome the ephemeral permanents of Nemesis.
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Entwine in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Options in a game are always good, and entwine is one of those mechanics where the more options you have, the merrier. Cards that are flexible in their mana cost and their use are always good in my book.
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Buyback in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
In Magic you’ll find yourself mana-flooded a fair amount, and buyback gives you a way to sink that extra mana into spells that can bury your opponent. There are also other means of paying buyback besides just extra mana, so let’s delve into this...
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Forecast in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Every time we return to Ravnica, it seems like one of the guilds gets the short end of the stick, as far as effective and thematic mechanics go. Forecast isn’t bad, per se. It just lacks a certain splashy-ness that other mechanics have, and...
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Offering in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Offering lets you cast big bad creatures at flash speed… but, as it turned out, it wasn’t exactly a smash-hit of a mechanic, and there are only about half a dozen cards with offering. It’s a cool keyword ability, so let’s find...
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Decayed in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic is well-known for designing creatures that fall into one of two camps: either the weaker, more expensive card with a great ability, or the cheaper, over-statted creature with a drawback. Decayed falls into that latter category...
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Ascend in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic is full of mechanics. Some are evergreen due to their popularity, and some are cool but aren’t supported thoroughly, like ascend.
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