Rakdos’s mana combination generates a very particular identity. Rakdos represents some of the more impulsive, chaotic, and violent aspects of Magic. This is strongly represented in the mechanics associated with the color pair.
Read moreI don’t know if there’s a worse feeling in Magic than trying to play a spell when your opponent has untapped blue mana. You know that they’re going to have some sort of response to whatever you play. But not today!
Read moreBlack spells are all about destruction and disruption. They’re a force to be reckoned with when cast against your opponents. And given that black is the color that can do just about anything (for the right cost), you can expect a lot of power...
Read moreCantrips are probably one of the first slang terms you’ll end up hearing in Magic. They’re great spells because they replace themselves in your hand and offer excellent tempo and strategy implementation through a game of Magic.
Read moreMyojin are some of the coolest big-mana haymakers in Magic, because they don’t just hit the board, they threaten a one-shot moment that can flip the whole table.
Read moreEnter the battlefield effects are simple ways to extract a ton of value from the cards you play. If you hope to be competitive in MTG, you must understand how to utilize ETB effects. For today’s purposes, we’ll check out the best blue cards with...
Read moreThe original Rakdos in Ravnica had a strong focus on mindless action, and in our latest return to the city-plane, we got a Rakdos Cult with a strong focus on sacrifices. This is a color combination of recklessness, speed, spectacle, violence, and...
Read moreYou might already know that there’s a way to win a game of Magic aside from dealing damage: when your opponent must draw a card with an empty library. Most of the time, this is an afterthought. For some, it’s the dream.
Read moreI really, really want to like things with beasts in them, but Magic makes it tough. They’re mana intensive to cast, and that’s sort of their identity. You really need special cards to help make MTG beasts playable. And often that’s going to be a...
Read moreDamage, treasure-making, and rummaging are just a few of the common effects you’ll find on red ETB cards.
Read moreEach color in Magic has something it excels at and does almost exclusively, even if they share the mechanical space with other colors. One of black’s marque mechanics? Sacrifice outlets! Black decks love throwing creatures into the woodchipper...
Read moreIn today’s ranking, we’ll find horrors, nightmares, and zombies that prefer brute force to an assassin’s finesse. But at any rate, the best Dimir cards are always about getting the upper hand and ruthlessly extracting an...
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