Primal Vigor vs. Doubling Season: Pros and Cons — Which Should You Play?
Ah yes, a debate as old as time, assuming time started when Commander 2013 printed Primal Vigor. That marked the second coming of Doubling Season… or did it?
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The Ultimate Guide to Finding Magic: the Gathering Cards and Players Near You
Your local MTG experience may have changed in the last few years. Maybe your local game store doesn’t get the crowds it used to. Or maybe you’ve never even played Magic in-person before because you first got into it through MTG...
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The 28 Best Apes in Magic
You might remember some of the ape cards you’ve played with in MTG battles, but I bet you can’t remember them all. Truthfully, they aren’t all worth remembering, but I still want to take a close look at the ape creature type.
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Fortify in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Best cards, plural, may be overstating this keyword ability a bit: as it turns out, there’s exactly two cards with the fortify keyword in all MTG. The same is true for fortification, the artifact subtype associated with the fortify keyword...
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The 11 Best Delirium Commanders in Magic Ranked
The whirlwind of collecting Magic cards, building decks, and grinding out matches can sometimes feel quite delirious. Well, I’m here to hopefully help break up your restless mind with some delirium commanders.
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The 12 Best Jund Combos in Magic Ranked
One of the first things I do whenever I build a new Commander deck is look for potential combos or cards I can run that synergize perfectly with the strategy. Of course, there are millions of combinations already that you can use, but not all...
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The 32 Best Infect Cards in Magic Ranked
Infect. Some players love the mechanic as others hate it. Craig Blanchette, also known as Mr. Infect, who appears regularly on the Command Zone podcast and their Game Knights specials, loves to play with infect cards! Where do you fall into the...
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The 52 Best Black Card Draw Cards in Magic Ranked
Although card draw is theoretically only a secondary part of black’s color pie, there are enough powerful black card draw effects to make it into your Commander deck. Let’s delve into the dark depths of black card draw and find the missing...
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Extra Turns: The Best 28 Time Walks in Magic Ranked
Extra turn spells might be some of the most hated effects in Commander since they impact the sociality of the game by letting one player play more Magic than the others, on top of being busted. But they have a time and place.
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All 15 Uncounterable Commanders in Magic Ranked
Have you ever paid your commander tax only to have some blue mage Mana Leak your hopes and dreams? By choosing a commander that can’t be countered, you’ll know that there’s always going to be one spell those pesky blue mages can’t counter.
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The 30 Best Phyrexian Commanders in Magic Ranked
Phyrexians have always been around in MTG, but they were only recently acknowledged as a real creature type. That along with the Phyrexian invasion of the Multiverse has given us tons and tons of new Phyrexian creatures, including new Phyrexian...
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Everything You Need to Know About Ally and Enemy Colors in MTG
Ally and enemy colors are terms that are thrown around by veteran Magic players without much conscious thought about what they actually are. After some time, they just become part of the language of the game, a convenient shorthand to describe...
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