Brand New Best-In-Class Mana Rock Rivals Premium Commander Staples
A new 3-drop mana rock’s planted itself in Commander, and it’s absolutely busted… if you know how to use it right.
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All 4 Mardu Lands in Magic Ranked
Paying homage to Tarkir’s Mardu clan, red, white, and black usually team up in strong, aggressive decks powered by tokens, direct damage, and sacrifice. They’ll need some tri-lands to make sure everything works out.
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MTG Card Types Explained: Everything You Ever Needed to Know
If I were to ask you to name all of the card types in Magic, I’m guessing that most of you would be able to name most of them off the top of your head. Or maybe you’re not sure exactly what a card type is. Do you know what a supertype or a...
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All 113 Magic Scene Cards From Lord of the Rings to Final Fantasy (Plus: TLA, SPM, and ACR) and How to Get Them
I love the encounter with the Balrog in the movie and the books. I’m not “a servant of the Secret Fire,” but I can help to give you a preview of the wonderful scene cards from the new Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set.
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All 22 Shrines in Magic Ranked
Today I’m going to be talking about shrines, an enchantment subtypes that gets new support once every few years.
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Complete List of All 71 Textless Cards in MTG
MTG began card frame innovation in the late 1990’s with full-art lands and lands without text boxes, which eventually led to cards with full-art and no text box – or simply, textless cards of all kinds.
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Hexproof in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic is a game where words are very important. Cards have what we know as “keyword abilities” to help make them easier to grasp. I dare say that hexproof is easily one of the most well-known ones.
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Artist Proofs in Magic: The Gathering: What Are They, and Are They Valuable?
You can find prints of your favorite MTG art to hang on the wall, but perhaps you’d like something a little more personal. That’s where artist proofs come in, a unique type of Magic card that goes straight from Wizards to the artists...
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How Much Does the Average Magic Deck Cost? [8 Formats Analyzed]
Magic is a game with a lot of different formats, each with their own distinct power levels and format identities. Due to the wildly varying power levels across these formats, the average price of a Magic deck can depend heavily on the type of...
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Manifest and Manifest Dread in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Manifest was originally an offshoot of morph in the Khans of Tarkir block, but now we’re so far along in Magic that the offshoots have offshoots! Manifest got an upgrade in Duskmourn with manifest dread.
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Cycling in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
While there have been a multitude of cycling cards that also affect Constructed, cycling can help create compelling games in Limited, ensuring you can find lands early and dig towards action late.
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The 30 Best Budget Green Cards in MTG Ranked
Today, we’re looking at great green cards and even staples you can play in a variety of decks, from lowly commons and uncommons to bulk rare/mythics.
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