The Great Legendary Explosion of the 2010’s paved the way for countless new legendaries to enter the card pool. If you think there are too many legends being printed, wait until you see how many payoffs there are!
Read moreThere’s nothing quite like the thrill of playing all five colors of Magic to take down a game. But have you ever wondered what the most powerful payoffs for this strategy are?
Read more| Illustration by Winona Nelson Temur () decks thrive on having more mana and casting bigger creatures than the opposition. Combining Simic () ramp with Gruul () beasts results in massive creatures and expensive spells, not to mention mechanics...
Read moreMagic’s commanders come in all colors and sizes, and while many are powerful but insanely hard to cast, others are cheap and still pose a significant threat to your opponents. Today, I want to cover all the 1-mana commanders that WotC has...
Read moreRed’s selection of instants includes plenty of powerful spells. The best burn spells ever printed are red spells, but there are also plenty of ways to generate mana, some chaotic spells, and a surprising amount of countermagic.
Read moreThere are tutors for almost every card type and subtype, including legendary permanents. Whether you build a good-stuff deck around legendary creatures or a Voltron deck around legendary artifacts and equipment, these are all the cards that can...
Read moreBlue, red, and white is the color identity of non-creatures spells in Magic, the prowess combination if you will. More often than not, your creatures will be few and far between, but the ones that stick will hit your opponents hard. With that in...
Read moreAs one would expect from green, its enters abilities largely care about creatures and/or mana, though there are a couple of outliers. You’ll be ramping and smashing with these cards, giving your green monsters an immediate impact on the...
Read moreSplit cards were introduced back in the Invasion block in 2000 and really changed the way that designers and players thought about MTG cards. Suddenly you have two different cards and effects on a single piece of cardboard, and although the new...
Read moreBloomburrow was kind to less popular creature types like the adorable masked trash-panda raccoons. A raccoon Commander deck, though? That’s a bit of a stretch, but we know someone’s trying to make it work, so let’s at least acknowledge the...
Read moreWizards are one of the staple creature subtypes in Magic. Some of them are great. Some of them aren’t great at all. Let’s go over some of the best out there!
Read moreAmonket’s gods take their inspiration from the gods of Egypt, both in their physical appearances and the things for which the people of Amonkhet worship them. Let’s take a look at all the cards that are built around Amonkhet’s gods, including the...
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