All 4 Black Battles in Magic Ranked
Battles are Magic’s newest card type, and who doesn’t love new stuff in Magic? OK, a lot of people may slightly dislike it, but they’ll come around eventually!
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All 18 Adamant Cards in Magic Ranked
I know you’re adamant about learning Magic: the Gathering. With so many mechanics, it can be difficult to keep up with them all. However, if you take it one step at a time, you can learn about each mechanic and eventually become the expert on...
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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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All 4 Blue Battles in Magic Ranked
Magic: the Gathering has hundreds of mechanics that make it a fun, yet complex strategy card game. Many new mechanics are released every year, including in 2023.
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All 13 Unleash Cards in Magic Ranked
Magic is full of dusty stuff that belongs to some distant expansion or block but hasn’t really made a comeback. Unleash is no exception, although I’d argue it’s been revamped and improved upon with ability counters and oil counters.
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Soulbond in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Soulbond is a keyword that caused a bit too much confusion, taking its place alongside abilities like flanking or banding. What is soulbond, how does it work, and are any of the cards worth playing still? Let’s take a look at the mechanic, its...
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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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Ripple in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Over the years, Magic has accrued quite the collection of keyword abilities. Some of these like flying or trample have stuck around and probably won’t be going anywhere. However, some keyword mechanics fall off as quickly as they pop up. A prime...
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Transfigure in MTG: Rules and History
Every once in a while you’ll be looking through cards and discover some niche mechanic you really like. Maybe you like how it works, or maybe it fits well with other things you like playing.
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All 5 Red Battles in Magic Ranked
It’s not every day that you get a new card type in Magic, and before battles, the next most recent addition was planeswalkers. And they feel like they’ve been around forever! Although battles are found in all colors, when a card type is called...
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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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Recover in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Recover probably belongs to that group of Magic: The Gathering mechanics that sounded better in the designers’ minds. It’s still a quintessentially Magic-al mechanic, though, since it’s all about using your graveyard as a resource.
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