Flashback is simple, with great gameplay and a huge design space. This mechanic allows you to reuse spells from your graveyard without having to jump through any hoops other than paying the flashback cost.
Read moreOne of the most important rules to keep in mind when brewing a Commander deck is the fact that every single card in your deck has to be within your commander’s color identity. This still applies if you’re playing colorless cards as your...
Read moreGreen is certainly the “ramp color,” but it doesn’t have a monopoly on extra mana. Today I count down the best black rituals in Magic.
Read moreLorehold’s theme looks much better in our return to Arcavios. The cards-leaving-the-graveyard theme is pretty much the same, but WotC paid special attention to the enablers and payoffs in Secrets of Strixhaven.
Read moreDrawing cards is one of my favorite things to do in Magic. It’s one of the strongest game actions you can take, since the cards in your hand represent your options at any given moment. Then there are the payoffs that reward you for drawing those...
Read moreSecrets of Strixhaven looks like the type of set design that lends itself to combos quite easily. There’s a lot of blink, mana generation, and spell-cheating, among other hallmarks signs of a combo-heavy set.
Read moreWitherbloom wasn’t so flashy in the original Strixhaven set, but in Secrets of Strixhaven, Witherbloom is a powerful contender to the best school. It has some of the best “guild” cards, be it for Standard, Commander, or even other Eternal...
Read moreRogues are a sneaky bunch in Magic, usually associated with mill and saboteur effects and sporting underhanded tactics to slip past your opponents’ defenses. As it turns out, they’re fairly popular in Commander. Let’s don the cloak and dagger and...
Read moreAn avatar is a malleable creature type that can constitute many different ideas in MTG. But what can avatars do for your Constructed and Commander decks?
Read moreLesson was a great innovation with the release of Strixhaven… except in Commander. Avatar: The Last Airbender gave us another reason to care about this card type. Now the question is whether or not Secrets of Strixhaven will deliver on more...
Read moreMagic was founded on the premise that you and your opponent are powerful dueling planeswalkers, engaged in glorious magical combat, slinging spells and summoning creatures to aid in your struggle. The continuity got a little muddled when...
Read moreStandard doesn’t get to enjoy all the extra add-ons from Secrets of Strixhaven, but the main set still has plenty of new gifts for the format.
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