The Azorius color pair is best known for its ubiquity as the control colors in Magic. Other colors get in on the control game, but blue-white has always been popular for how the colors combine interaction and card advantage.
Read moreMana ramp is an important aspect of most Magic decks. You need enough mana to play the cards in your hand or activate the abilities you have on the field if you want to win the game, and ramp will help you get there more quickly.
Read moreArtifacts are perhaps not the first type of spells that come to mind when thinking about drawing cards, but as it turns out they do an excellent job at it. And since the majority of them are colorless, they’re a good fit for any deck that needs a...
Read moreMagic can be a difficult game. Sometimes you look at your opponent’s defenses and see that there’s no way in. If only you had a card that said, “you win the game.” What if I told you that those cards actually exist?
Read moreBoros is a popular aggro color pair because of the intersection of small creatures and powerful burn spells. But which Boros cards are the best?
Read moreGaining life on its own doesn’t do much other than give you more time to stabilize, win, or maybe even survive. In an Eternal format like Commander, players have access to so many cards that you can take an otherwise basic mechanic (like gaining...
Read moreOne of the most interesting elements of Kamigawa sets are the moonfolk. They occupy a fascinating design space that suffers from the generally low powered nature of those original Kamigawa cards.
Read moreThe mutant is the figure of mixed bodies in the age of science, and various Magic expansions over the years have shown us mad scientists, mutagenic fluids, genetic manipulation, and even radiation.
Read moreIf you’ve ever played one of the old school Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beat-‘em-ups, you’re probably well aware of the connection between TMNT and c-c-c-combos!
Read moreThe original Phyrexia was a hellish landscape of flesh and machines intertwined. The plane was also divided into nine layers, each serving a specific purpose in the development of the Phyrexian forces and their invasion plans. These layers are...
Read moreA board wipe gets rid of either your opponents’ or the whole board state. But instant speed board wipes are generally less good and/or less efficient than their sorcery speed cousins, so which ones are worth the sleeve?
Read moreWhile most Magic games are won through combat, some decks take a different approach. These “pillow fort” decks focus on building a solid defense and winning through alternative strategies, such as infinite combos or clever...
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