Enter the battlefield effects are simple ways to extract a ton of value from the cards you play. If you hope to be competitive in MTG, you must understand how to utilize ETB effects. For today’s purposes, we’ll check out the best blue cards with...
Read moreThe original Rakdos in Ravnica had a strong focus on mindless action, and in our latest return to the city-plane, we got a Rakdos Cult with a strong focus on sacrifices. This is a color combination of recklessness, speed, spectacle, violence, and...
Read moreYou might already know that there’s a way to win a game of Magic aside from dealing damage: when your opponent must draw a card with an empty library. Most of the time, this is an afterthought. For some, it’s the dream.
Read moreI really, really want to like things with beasts in them, but Magic makes it tough. They’re mana intensive to cast, and that’s sort of their identity. You really need special cards to help make MTG beasts playable. And often that’s going to be a...
Read moreI’ve been a Magic player longer than I haven’t, and that’s largely because of Commander. I’ve had the pleasure of playing dozens of different decks. Different strategies, colors, themes, name it and I’ve probably piloted it a few times. That’s...
Read moreDamage, treasure-making, and rummaging are just a few of the common effects you’ll find on red ETB cards.
Read moreEach color in Magic has something it excels at and does almost exclusively, even if they share the mechanical space with other colors. One of black’s marque mechanics? Sacrifice outlets! Black decks love throwing creatures into the woodchipper...
Read moreMagic’s a game that can be modified a lot as long as you and your friends all agree on the new rules. This open-endedness is a highly positive thing about Magic, as evidenced by the creation of the Dandân format.
Read moreIn today’s ranking, we’ll find horrors, nightmares, and zombies that prefer brute force to an assassin’s finesse. But at any rate, the best Dimir cards are always about getting the upper hand and ruthlessly extracting an...
Read moreWith scry such a ubiquitous part of the game, it’s no surprise there are so many cards that put the ability to good use. Let’s sift through the more than 400 scry cards in Magic and pluck out the best of the bunch!
Read moreTutors are cards that find other cards, whether they’re specific or generalized, and act as a way to add some much-needed consistency to combo or control decks. Today I’m going over some of the best tutors in black, which is where the name comes...
Read moreFor those who are just dipping their toes into Magic, planeswalkers can be some of the most striking and challenging cards to learn about. Their design and layout are so different from your basic Magic card, but they almost always feature some...
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