Pump spells, sometimes called buffs, are spells that increase a creature’s power and toughness, sometimes until the end of turn, sometimes permanently. As you may imagine, they’re very prevalent in green.
Read moreRakdos creatures are black-and-red threats known for being aggressive and disruptive. They’re often central to strategies built around sacrifice, discard, and direct damage.
Read moreThere are so many great cards with deathtouch, but why should they have all the fun? Let’s take a look at different ways to give your creatures deathtouch.
Read moreSimic’s creature offerings include terrifying threats that warped Constructed formats and some of the best commanders in the game.
Read moreSuper Shredder is much more cracked than we thought thanks to a niche rules interaction that rarely comes up.
Read morePhyrexia: All Will Be One gave us a few cycles of cards, one of them being the Dominus cycle. These mythic creatures’ doubling abilities are incredible strategy accelerators, and they even make great commanders to build around. Whatever your...
Read moreI’ve played my share of Commander decks over the years, but nothing hits quite as hard as good ol’ fashioned 5-color dragons. The Ur-Dragon is one of the best dragon commanders ever printed and has revolutionized this strategy.
Read moreRather than directly countering a spell, cost-increasing effects force opponents to spend extra mana, slowing down their curve and disrupting their strategy.
Read moreToday, I rank the best blue mana dorks—the color might be as far from green as the color pie gets, but it still makes extra mana!
Read moreGood removal is on the mind of every single MTG player. If you’re not disrupting your opponent’s plan, then you’re most likely doomed to lose. I can’t think of a better color to highlight for removal than black.
Read moreKev Walker is so prolific and is such a master of different styles, with a dramatic pen and ink style in the British tradition. Let’s see his best work from among over 500 Magic illustrations.
Read morePlains have the benefit of really being a canvas; a plains is generally quite flat and plain, which leaves plenty of room to show off features unique to that plain, like the jungles of Naya or Zendikar’s hedrons.
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