Void in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Void triggers as battlefields get emptier, or whenever a spell is warped away at lightspeed. Just how does void work? And with which previous mechanics does it share some similarities?
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Warp in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Warp has huge implications for MTG, considering that many effects help us take advantage of a creature, even temporarily, and it’ll sometimes feel like cheating to play big creatures way ahead of schedule.
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Storied and Enduring Stories in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
The dwarves we know and love from The Hobbit, like Thorin Oakenshield, have a new mechanic called storied. Once you meet the requirements, you gain an enduring story.
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Hone Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
The dwarves of Middle-earth found a way to sharpen their battle axes to make them deal more damage, and that translates to Magic in the form of hone counters.
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Complete List of All 23 Headliner Cards in Magic: The Gathering
The Headliner program has been going strong in Magic since 2025, and the resulting Headliners are some of the most beautiful and sought after cards in all of MTG.
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Boast in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
During the times of the Norse, warriors would boast of their great achievements as they sat by campfires over food. To incorporate that same flavor into Magic, we have the boast mechanic.
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Quest Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Quests have been a part of fantasy since long before fantasy itself. In Magic, quest are represented on a number of cards that track your game actions with quest counters and reward you for reaching a certain number.
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Squad in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Squad is a simple way to get more bang for your buck. Sink a few extra resources into your spell and the whole squad’s showing up to the battlefield.
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Lander Tokens in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Edge of Eternities expands the sacrificial artifact token space further with its Lander tokens, which offer a meaningfully different form of advantage than previous artifact tokens.
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Rebound in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Rebound’s the perfect mechanic for anyone who likes their spells so much that they just wish they could cast them twice.
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Station in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
The station mechanic from Edge of Eternities adapts many of the ideas seen on vehicles and broadens them to function in a familiar yet rather unique way.
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Replacement Effects in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Replacement effects are Magic’s built-in rules that modify or tweak game events before they happen. They can also get quite messy, though, so let’s break down the ins and outs of how replacement effects work in MTG.
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