Assassin’s Creed isn’t too far-fetched for a Universes Beyond product, but there’s something comical about seeing historical figures like Sokrates and Cleopatra on our Magic cards. Leonardo da Vinci even gets his own card and an entire Secret...
Read moreThere are many thresholds in life and MTG, like what you’d pay for a deck, or the number of energy drinks before you can no longer function properly. All these thresholds exist, but let’s take a closer look at the threshold ability word in...
Read moreModern Horizons 3 is a complicated set to play that gives you a lot of options in how you build your deck. Thankfully, I’m here to help you, so let’s learn how to crush your FNMs, Arena Directs, box drafts with friends, or whatever else you do...
Read moreAnother year of Magic, another new booster type hitting the markets. What, you thought we were gonna get it easy after the Play boosters announcement? Let’s dissect what a Beyond booster has to offer and compare it to the well-established...
Read moreIt’s been a long time since I’ve booted up an Assassin’s Creed game; the series’ first release was way back in 2007, when I played it and the two follow-ups on Xbox 360. Since I wrapped up Brotherhood back in 2010, there’ve been more than...
Read moreThere are a bunch of reprints in Assassin’s Creed, headlined for me by Onslaught’s Cover of Darkness, Exodus reprint Reconnaissance, and of course, Black Market Connections. I’m also curious if Propaganda becoming new-to-Modern will...
Read moreAll Magic players love land destruction, right? Reanimating Sundering Titan, casting Armageddon, and powering out Balance with a bunch of fast mana are all great ways to make friends.
Read moreMagic has plenty of forever mechanics, the evergreen abilities you see in every Magic set and recognize at a glance. Then it has its objectively bad mechanics, like daybound/nightbound and ante. But there’s a third category of mechanics that lies...
Read moreThe Modern Horizons sets have been contentious since their very inception, printing cards directly into Modern while bypassing Standard. We’ve now had two and a half of them (if you count Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth at all) and are...
Read moreRattlesnake is an MTG slang term that you don’t hear too often, and it describes a very specific kind of card. The rattle means “Stay away!” Best to heed that warning.
Read moreConspiracy was a unique Magic set, designed to be played as its own separate multiplayer game mode. Though Wizards has experimented with other multiplayer games since, Conspiracy is one of if not the best bespoke multiplayer experience that isn’t...
Read moreAs you may have guessed from this Magic set’s name, Rise of the Eldrazi is where the ravenous Eldrazi were introduced. This set’s storyline tells the awakening of ancient gargantuan beings that swallow planes whole.
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