Secrets of Strixhaven Skirts Reserved List with Provocative Ancestral Recall “Reprint”
Is that Ancestral Recall in a Standard set? Well, by name, yes. But mechanically? It’s a little more complicated than that.
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Companions in Magic: Rules and FAQ
Some people love the challenges and the extra power companions can bring, while other players get tired of battling a Lurrus or Yorion deck again and again. Today we’re going over all there is to know about companion rules, the power level...
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Oil Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Phyrexia: All Will Be One was an even more distorted take on Scars of Mirrodin/New Phyrexia. Phyrexians took the plane of Mirrodin after all. Oil counters were one of the key features of this set.
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The 47 Best Mono Green Commanders in Magic Ranked
Green has lots to offer, with competitive but also fun commanders to choose from. Combine this with the color’s diverse range of cards, and you have a lot of options when trying to build a mono-green deck.
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The 43 Best Insects in Magic Ranked
Insects are one of the most diverse groups of creatures in our real world, but how are they represented in Magic?
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The 25 Best Black Sagas in Magic Ranked
Black is one of the MTG colors with the least mono-colored sagas (it nearly ties with blue for the last spot, and a long way from white), but it has a couple of the strongest sagas.
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Secrets of Strixhaven Sneak Peek Showcases Return of Unpopular Zendikar Mechanic
Converge is back in SOS, despite being a fairly unpopular mechanic during its original set. Maybe this is the right setting for it.
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The 40 Best Colorless Enters the Battlefield Cards in Magic Ranked
Colorless decks have the most restricted access to Magic’s card pool, but they still have access to excellent enters-the-battlefield cards, which are a tried-and-true way to gain an advantage and open up combo and synergy potential for a deck.
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The Best 32 Pirate Commanders in Magic Ranked
Pirate commanders are legendary creatures that are also pirates, or other eligible commanders that mention pirates in their rules text or otherwise synergize with pirates. Outlaws of Thunder Junction introduced the typal coupling of rogues...
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All 19 Whenever You Scry Payoffs in Magic Ranked
Scry is a keyword mechanic in MTG that has been around for almost 20 years. Only recently, and only with little more than a dozen cards, there are finally specific payoffs to scrying aside from the general card selection inherent in the...
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The 33 Best Blue Lands in Magic Ranked
Today I’ll be discussing what exactly counts as a blue land, what the best blue lands are, and the best way to make use of them.
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Menace in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Menace can be a pretty intimidating mechanic, which is kind of funny considering it was introduced as the mechanic to replace intimidate (and fear before that). So what is menace?
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