The Lost Caverns of Ixalan just arrived, and it brought the mechanic craft alongside it. Craft is a really crazy and dense mechanic, with a lot going on. Whether you’re going to the set’s prerelease, or you’re playing Standard on MTG Arena, or...
Read moreFoundations looks like one of Magic’s more powerful core sets I can remember, and Foundations Jumpstart has a much wider selection of powerful commanders than is typical for recent Jumpstart sets. Is there a new banger like Allosaurus...
Read moreGreetings planeswalkers! This is a short companion to our larger Limited Set Review for Foundations. Here I’ll touch on what I think the best commons are for each color. I’ll also give my recommendations for the top 13 uncommons in FDN...
Read moreFoundations has been billed as an “evergreen core set” and will serve as an entry ramp for new players for the next five or so years. This is a great Magic set to get back to the basics of Limited MTG: card evaluation, drafting, assembling...
Read moreThe best defense is a good offense, as people may say. Or in MTG lingo: Math is for blockers! Berserkers embody the “attack first, questions later” philosophy in many medias, tabletop games, video games, and of course, in Magic. Today we’re...
Read moreCome for a list of the best virtues, have you? Well, there’s temperance, kindness, charity… I hear patience is a virtue too. Oh wait, you’re probably here for the Wilds of Eldraine virtues. Hey, in my defense Humility is a Magic card.
Read moreEach of Ravnica’s 10 guilds has a unique identity that pairs nicely with its color combination. The hedonistic Cult of Rakdos is dedicated to entertaining the demon they worship, putting on circus-like performances with a bit more of an emphasis...
Read moreJudge promos are something of a special card type in Magic. They’re rare, with a very limited amount being produced, and often feature some of the most powerful fan-favorite cards in the entire game.
Read moreThe color red in Magic is designed for one thing in particular: dealing damage. It may do a few other things, but the one thing it can do well in every format in Magic is deal a lot of damage. What if you were to modify that damage in some way...
Read moreThe lumbering brutes known as ogres are a hallmark of fantasy media, frequently found populating dungeons and the wild regions of fictional universes, ready to clobber hapless adventurers and heroes with a well-timed tree stump to the head...
Read moreEach plane of Magic has its own connections to magic and nature, and while some like Theros have gods, what happens when you get something that’s even more ancient than a god? Enter elders. And they don’t all care for our adoration and worship...
Read moreToday I’m going to cover one of Magic’s first mechanics: vigilance. Let’s talk about vigilance, the key concepts, and the best cards.
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