Judge promos are something of a special card type in Magic. They’re rare, with a very limited amount being produced, and often feature some of the most powerful fan-favorite cards in the entire game.
Read moreIt’s a different take on horror, and as a fan, this stuff gets me excited. I like my scares to be fresh, even if they’ve been locked away in a basement or cursed to stay under the floorboards for generations. Duskmourn has scary and...
Read moreThe color red in Magic is designed for one thing in particular: dealing damage. It may do a few other things, but the one thing it can do well in every format in Magic is deal a lot of damage. What if you were to modify that damage in some way...
Read moreOil slick foils are promotional foils for Phyrexia: All Will Be One and have a special deep luster. The arts are all quite dark – thematically, the foiling effect evokes the idea that the cards are coated in glistening oil.
Read moreIt seems like almost every new Magic set brings with it a new style of foil treatment. Though it can be cool to get unique types of cards, especially if certain foil treatments curl less than regular foils, it can also be a little confusing at...
Read moreIn 1998, Urza’s Saga was released, and it’s an MTG set that changed Magic forever. After all, when MTG games can be decided on turn 1 and won by the player that won the coin flip, it ends up not being very fun. Imagine a world where many of the...
Read moreThe lumbering brutes known as ogres are a hallmark of fantasy media, frequently found populating dungeons and the wild regions of fictional universes, ready to clobber hapless adventurers and heroes with a well-timed tree stump to the head...
Read moreTypal strategies are a mainstay of Magic design, with lords as one of the better payoffs, but not all lords were created equal. Today I’m looking at lords of all shapes and sizes across a wide variety of creature types, and I’ll be doing my best...
Read moreMagic’s Archenemy format is all about schemes, as they allow players to face off in a really unbalanced game. Think of all the times your Commander pod has joined forces against you. With Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander products...
Read moreEach plane of Magic has its own connections to magic and nature, and while some like Theros have gods, what happens when you get something that’s even more ancient than a god? Enter elders. And they don’t all care for our adoration and worship...
Read moreLooking to give the gift of Magic to a beginner? Not sure where to start with the discontinuation of planeswalker decks and the recent move to EDH precons with each set? Then you might want to consider buying this special person an MTG Arena...
Read moreFor players who love the challenge of the whole table uniting to defeat them or who just want to live out the fantasy of working together to defeat a big-bad, Archenemy pits a team of players against one extra-powerful “archenemy.” With some...
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