Proxies aren’t real Magic cards and aren’t suitable for tournament play. Why proxy, if you can’t actually use them? Well, there are some places where it’s perfectly fine to run proxies, but you just need to be aware of when it’s appropriate.
Read moreThe recently spoiled Temur Roar precon is packing heat, which makes sense when you consider how many dragons are in the deck!
Read moreAuras have become a solid enchantment type that infiltrates many decks and formats. These permanents provide a wide range of benefits from buffs to removal.
Read moreToday, I want to upgrade the Mardu Surge deck that’s led into battle by Zurgo Stormrender, which promises to be an aggressive deck and showcases the mobilize mechanic. Can it hold up to that promise, and how can we make it better?
Read moreIsn’t it frustrating when you’re in the middle of a Magic game and a player forces you to sacrifice a permanent or take a bunch of damage to the face? There’s an answer for dealing with those unfortunate mishaps, and that’s cards that give you...
Read moreToday, I’m taking a look at the Jeskai Striker deck helmed by Shiko and Narset, Unified and featuring the brand-new flurry mechanic. It promises to be a spellslinger deck, but will it be any good? And how can we make it better?
Read moreNot every card type in Magic: The Gathering can become a creature, but what if you could turn your favorite artifacts into powerful win conditions? Today, I’ll cover the best ways to animate artifacts—whether as a bonus effect or the core of an...
Read moreTrample is an evergreen keyword ability that I’m sure we’re all familiar with. It’s all about continuing to deal combat damage even through blockers. There are so many great cards with trample such as Ghalta, Primal Hunger, but why should they...
Read moreRebels in Magic have a distinct mechanical identity that popped up more than 25 years ago before getting a brief resurgence with Phyrexia: All Will Be One. But what’s the difference, and what did those classic cards do? Let’s find out.
Read moreLands tend to be the bland side of Magic, a way to get to the fun part of slamming down creatures and raining instants and sorceries upon our enemies. But then we have utility lands: lands that do something else, which can go from making more...
Read moreMagic has more than 100 cards that have or relate to double strike, and today we’re trimming down that list to the best ones. Stay with me until the very end, and we’ll see which double strike cards are worth playing.
Read moreBack before Universes Beyond became a common concept in Magic, there were still a few crossover products in MTG. One of these crossovers was with the popular animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
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