Aura Swap in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Ready for some Sleight of Hand to keep your opponents on their toes? For a bit of “aura-justu”, if you will, since aura swap was inspired by the ninjas from Kamigawa?
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Graft in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Hello Planeswalkers! There are a few definitions for the word graft that could make sense as a mechanic in MTG. Graft can mean a way to get sap from a tree, gain a business advantage through nefarious ways, or transplant living tissue surgically...
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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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Ranking All Lost Caverns of Ixalan Planeswalkers
As part of our check-in on the planes of the Multiverse after the events of March of the Machine and The Aftermath, it’s been neat to see how our desparked planeswalker friends are doing. But what about those who still have it?
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Bury in MTG: Rules and History
Killed, destroyed, buried, sacrificed. Almost all of these terms in MTG relate to a creature ending its lifespan, so to say, and thus going to the graveyard. Bury is a flavorful match since MTG’s already have the graveyard as a game zone, so it...
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Enlist in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Dominaria United brought back a number of popular mechanics, including sagas and kicker, but it also introduced a few new ones like enlist. Unfortunately, it’s not the most elegant mechanic from a rules perspective. So today, I’ll be flexing my...
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Jump-start Mechanic in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic consistently tries out new keyword mechanics. Some of these are successful and go on to become evergreen mechanics, while others prove too difficult to understand or sometimes even too powerful to continue getting printed. Then there are...
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All 5 Shards in Magic Ranked: Plus Definitions and FAQs
There’s almost no one who plays Magic and isn’t somewhat aware of Ravnica’s guilds. 10 factions represent each color pair through specific mechanics and flavors. Most players, especially those on the Vorthos side of things, identify with a guild...
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All 19 Ferocious Cards in Magic Ranked
Some MTG mechanics are very interesting to the point that you can build thematic decks around them. Ferocious is an MTG mechanic that works great in decks with large creatures because of the special effects you gain when you have a creature that...
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Frenzy in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Future Sight dropped a ton of new mechanics that R&D were interested in testing out but couldn’t commit to designing an entire set around. Frenzy was one of these short-lived, one-off mechanics that would never again see the light of day.
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All 31 Raid Cards in Magic Ranked
Imagine you’re a pirate. You’ve just taken over an enemy ship. Now it’s time to raid from the spoils of combat, which is essentially what happens when players utilize the raid mechanic in Magic: The Gathering.
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All 20 Renown Cards in Magic Ranked
There are many ways to get a +1/+1 counter on a creature. Artifacts, enchantments, instants, sorceries, and even creature abilities can add +1/+1 counters to other creatures to make them stronger. Renown is one of many mechanics that can give...
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