The 35 Best 2-Mana Commanders in Magic Ranked
Let’s talk 2-drops. Commanders you can reliably get out early are great, and if they have some power in 2-color synergies, so much the better.
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All 35 Legendary Tokens in Magic Ranked
Legendary tokens come in many forms. Some act as win conditions, while others function as a second body that enters with or replaces another creature. Legendary tokens make some cards into essentially two permanents for the price of one, which...
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Harmonize in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Harmonize is three mechanics, rolled into a single keyword. It works like flashback, but you also get some optional cost reduction, and it plays into Temur’s big-creature identity well enough.
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The 34 Best Sacrifice Payoff Cards in Magic Ranked
Lots of MTG decks have a very heavy sacrifice component, where you’re actually sacrificing your own permanents for value. You’ll want a mix of cards that allow you to sacrifice, cards that want to be sacrificed, and today’s subjects: the...
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Magic Character Profile: Who Is Emrakul in Magic: The Gathering?
If one could rank cosmic entities of destruction, Emrakul must be placed at the top of the horror wrought by the three Eldrazi titans. Emrakul’s presence alone can warp the reality and fabric of a plane to her image—but who exactly is Emrakul...
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The 36 Best Card Selection Cards in Magic Ranked
As painful as screw and flood are in MTG, there are cards you can run to let you bypass these minor upsets by manipulating the cards you draw. So today, we’re going over Magic’s best card selection cards.
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Obtuse Strixhaven Mana Rock Enables Explosive Spell-Copying Wins
A prominent digital-only card players might want to get their hands on is Inspiring Easel, a simple mana rock with major implications for spellslinger decks.
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The 16 Best Booster Boxes to Buy in Magic Ranked
Booster boxes are good for lots of occasions, whether you’re a long-time player planning a Draft night with friends or a newer player looking to build your collection. As Magic continues to get more expensive, it’s smart to do some research to...
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Blood Tokens in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Nearly every Standard set these days has some kind of “gimmick” designed (at least in part) to smooth out the Limited format, whether it’s Treasures in Forgotten Realms, Powerstones in The Brothers’ War, or kicker in Dominaria United. Crimson Vow...
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The 34 Worst and Most Useless Magic Cards Ever Printed
Magic has so, so many great cards. But there’s a dark side to Magic full of awful, putrid, rotten card designs. Ready to see how the worst cards in the game rank?
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The Commander Ban List: All 83 Cards Banned in EDH
Commander is the MTG format with one of the widest pools of cards out there, and with access to so many Magic cards it should be expected that some of them are problematic enough to be banned.
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The 37 Best Burn Spells in Magic Ranked
Burn is a decidedly red effect, with red cards like Lightning Bolt and Fireball defining red’s identity in Magic’s very first set, Alpha. Burn spells aren’t just for burn decks, and many burn cards find their home outside of them.
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