An ultra mysterious Secret Lair was announced yesterday, with much of the preview page just being redacted text. However, the contents of that Secret Lair Drop were just announced today! And who better to lead off an April Fools joke than...
Read moreAttentive Magic players have discovered a charming bit of world building, tucked in the flavor text of Tarkir: Dragonstorm’s gain lands.
Read moreThe slate of Temur cards from Tarkir: Dragonstorm adds lots of spice and power to the wedge, with cards that have potential in a variety of power levels and formats.
Read moreAbzan has always been at the intersection of life and death. The color combination has also been a good space for some of Magic’s most fundamental mechanics: +1/+1 counters, and tokens. With Tarkir: Dragonstorm, we now have a mechanic that puts...
Read moreTarkir: Dragonstorm might come off as a bit complex with its focus on 3-color combinations, but this guide will at least point you towards the best commons and uncommons for each color.
Read moreThe Abzan wedge focuses heavily on creatures, with special attention to creatures with high toughness and +1/+1 counter distribution. Abzan cards also tend to interact with the graveyard for a flavor win with the clan’s reverence of their...
Read moreOur return to Tarkir means that we’re covering some of the same ground, er, lands that we’ve seen before. Which lands should you keep an eye out for in your Play boosters and Collector boosters?
Read moreOne of the ways that WotC keeps Modern under control is by periodically banning cards that have become too powerful for the format to keep in check. Today I share some stories behind the banning of every card on Modern’s banlist and why they...
Read moreKhans of Tarkir is by far one of the best Limited sets of all time, and now I get to review this highly anticipated follow-up 10 years in the making. Today, I’ll look over the entire Tarkir: Dragonstorm set and review each individual card for...
Read moreTarkir: Dragonstorm looks like one of the coolest Magic sets printed in some time, if only because it has a genuine high fantasy feel rather than attempting to draw on a gimmick like cowboy hats or races. This extends to the commanders, with a...
Read moreSultai graveyard stuff. Going back to Tarkir, of course we’re revisiting this iconic, if unfocused archetype in a Commander precon. Precons usually have a few focuses smashed together anyway, and as you might expect with Sultai, there’s even more...
Read moreThe Brothers’ War short stories flipped the focus of Magic’s main stories. The focus of the stories fell on the lives of civilians and common soldiers instead of on the grand acts of mighty characters. And it’s soldiers that I’m here to talk...
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