When The Lord of the Rings met Magic, we were granted a powerful 3-mana threat that lets you break deckbuilding restrictions. But if you want to harness the Black Riders in Commander, which commanders should you choose?
Read moreReality Fracture will be here soon than you think, and we just got a whole boatload of teasers from Mark Rosewater. A new dual land cycle, potential planeswalker tokens, and so much more.
Read moreWith a vibrant and ever-changing Standard metagame, it’s important to look ahead and try to find what may give you the next big advantage. Today, we’ll speculate on which cards from The Hobbit are going to make the biggest splashes in...
Read moreGroup slug. Doesn’t that just sound warm and inviting? Come on in, everyone’s getting hit! Love it or not, group slug’s a playstyle in Commander that some players are all too fond of.
Read moreLike any well-established creature type, zombies have plenty of support pieces and lords. In fact, there are so many zombie lords that you couldn’t possibly fit them all into a single list without unbalancing it, so I’m here to shed some...
Read moreRed pump spells tend to be cheap and efficient, and they often add haste, double strike, and sometimes even trample as additional enhancement. They’re great to force through extra points of damage in your aggressive decks, and they often score...
Read moreMagic certainly has a long list of complicated and unique mechanics, including everything from horsemanship to kicker. Ninjutsu is a keyword that has become one of the most popular in the entire game despite its rarity. Today I’m going to cover...
Read moreRats get a bum rap. Sure, the pests that live on them might be carriers of disease, but the rats themselves are quite clever. But which rats should you run in your command zone? And are there other non-rats you can run at the head of your rat...
Read moreThe “Zeta Set” came completely out of nowhere, and seems to be some sort of collaboration between Secret Lair and the art brand MSCHF. Details are vague, but the spoilers are coming in.
Read moreIt’s no secret that The Hobbit is a poorly designed Limited set. But it did a few things well, and there are some steps that could’ve turned it into a perfectly fine “fixed” version of itself.
Read moreMythic rare artifacts are often extremely expensive and high-impact or very cheap and rather broken; many of Magic’s best cards (and arguably worst designs) have been featured on artifacts with that orange symbol.
Read moreStorm demands a deck completely built around itself, dominates the strategies of all players in the match, and has a massive reward for playing it properly. It works like no other mechanic in the game and is almost impossible to interact with...
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