It seems like these new sets just keep popping up. Most of us are looking for the bomb cards, the meta-breakers, and the hidden gems when it comes to the new sets. But no matter how you feel about them, planeswalkers are always going to make some...
Read moreIn case you hadn’t heard, we used to punish people for playing basics in Magic. No, it’s true! There was a time when creatures were regularly given a landwalk ability as a hose for another color.
Read moreMountainwalk, like most landwalk abilities, isn’t as popular as it once was. This is likely thanks to the risk of including a card that may end up being useless if your opponent isn’t playing a specific color. While it may be a little more useful...
Read moreToday I’m looking at escalate, one of the least unique kicker mechanics out there. I’ll be using my L1 judge knowledge to explain how escalate works, where it came from, and how likely it is to show back up in Magic.
Read moreSkulk was an attempt by Wizards to create an evasion ability that couldn’t become too powerful by buffing up a single creature. It was less than stellar, though you still see creatures skulking around from time to time.
Read moreMagic celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, and milestones like that are always a great time to reflect on the history of the game. Sports people often fill their off-seasons with one of my favorite pastimes: Remembering Some Guys. Do “Magic...
Read moreBloodthirst is the keyword ability that was introduced as the Gruul Clans’ associated ability in the first Ravnica block. It’s very closely tied to how the Gruul exist within Ravnica: violently.
Read moreIf you’re an avid Draftsim reader then you’ve probably come across lots of important lessons that I and our other writers have learned through the several years we’ve played this game. If you haven’t figured it out already, today’s topic involves...
Read moreAll Will Be One has brought us plenty of callbacks to Mirrodin and New Phyrexia. One of these is a cycle of Twilight cards at rare, one in each color with an X in the casting cost, doing something extra special when X is five or more.
Read moreSkullbombs are going to be a role player in the Limited format of All Will Be One, and they’re likely to crop up in Cubes and some Constructed decks if their Spellbomb predecessors are anything to go by.
Read moreFlanking is an old mechanic from a time where creature combat wasn’t such a huge part of MTG like it is today. Today I’m taking a deep dive into the mechanic and everything you need to know.
Read moreThe undead are no strangers to Magic’s multiverse. Spirits and zombies are some of the most common creature types throughout the game’s history. But undeath can come in many different forms, and today I’m talking about a darker, more...
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