Simic is a color pairing that’s superb at one strategy in particular: big mana. That isn’t to say it can’t support tokens, landfall, or any other specific strategy, but what Simic does best is generate huge amounts of mana and give you creative...
Read morePremodern, as the name suggests, focuses on cards printed before the modern Magic card frame was introduced in 2003. The format also ignores some of the game’s earlier sets, meaning it’s more accessible than formats that include true dual lands...
Read moreJund takes the best parts of red, green, and black and mixes them together for a brutal combination of big creatures, sacrifice effects, and graveyard play. Jund decks can play like “Gruul plus black,” “Rakdos plus green,” and “Golgari plus red”...
Read moreIt seems like just yesterday that sagas debuted, and now we’re at the point where we can look at entire groupings of sagas within just one color, which is exactly what we’re doing with white sagas today.
Read moreMixing white, blue, and black gives you access to strong control tools, tricky value engines, and powerful artifact synergies all in one deck. And if you’re into creatures that do more than just attack and block, Esper is where they really...
Read moreIzzet is the spellcasting guild, so you’ll see tons of creatures that care about instants, sorceries, and noncreature spells in general.
Read moreNaya decks love +1/+1 counters, anthem effects, and anything that turns creatures into a game-ending force. And, for some reason, this shard has a huge focus on dinosaurs, making it a favorite for players who want massive prehistoric power on the...
Read moreA lot of legendary lands actually feel legendary. They’re key combo pieces or can warp the game around them. Many are very expensive chase cards across the history of the game.
Read moreSome of the most striking promotional cards are holiday cards, which go beyond special treatments or frames; they’re unique, silver-border cards designed specifically as a gift for Wizards employees and WPN stores, rife with art and mechanics and...
Read moreThere are more than 250 unique planeswalkers. Given the massive quantity of planeswalkers, it’s time to break down one color at a time. Today I’ll be looking at the best blue planeswalkers in Magic’s history. Expect plenty of card draw...
Read moreUnicorns are top tier magic, at least in the movies. But they’re a bit underwhelming in Magic’s history from that perspective. They’re very rare, but their powers… well, let’s just say they’re getting better.
Read morePhyrexian mana looks at the concept of mana as a resource and turns the heat up to 11 by letting you pay life instead of mana to cast a spell. Interested? Let’s take a deeper dive into everything about it!
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