Totem Armor and Umbra Armor in MTG: Rules, History, Best Cards
Rise of the Eldrazi is one of the most interesting Magic sets ever released. But there’s also an interesting mechanic that saw lots of competitive play, and that’s totem armor.
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Conspire in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Between 2003-2010, MTG had an era of design where sets had to fit into a pre-chosen mechanical theme, with a world and cards that were shaped to satisfy that idea. In this way, Shadowmoor, the color-matters set was created, and one of the set’s...
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Aura Swap in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Ready for some Sleight of Hand to keep your opponents on their toes? For a bit of “aura-justu”, if you will, since aura swap was inspired by the ninjas from Kamigawa?
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Gray Viking Games Review: Are They Worth Using?
Gray Viking Games (GVG) is an online store that sells MTG Arena codes for Arena packs, cosmetics, and bundles.
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Fading in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
In the midst of the Masques block was Nemesis, a 143-card set that introduced the fading keyword to Magic. Step through the veil with me back to the turn of the century and welcome the ephemeral permanents of Nemesis.
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Bury in MTG: Rules and History
Killed, destroyed, buried, sacrificed. Almost all of these terms in MTG relate to a creature ending its lifespan, so to say, and thus going to the graveyard. Bury is a flavorful match since MTG’s already have the graveyard as a game zone, so it...
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Jump-start Mechanic in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic consistently tries out new keyword mechanics. Some of these are successful and go on to become evergreen mechanics, while others prove too difficult to understand or sometimes even too powerful to continue getting printed. Then there are...
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All 5 Shards in Magic Ranked: Plus Definitions and FAQs
There’s almost no one who plays Magic and isn’t somewhat aware of Ravnica’s guilds. 10 factions represent each color pair through specific mechanics and flavors. Most players, especially those on the Vorthos side of things, identify with a guild...
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Frenzy in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Future Sight dropped a ton of new mechanics that R&D were interested in testing out but couldn’t commit to designing an entire set around. Frenzy was one of these short-lived, one-off mechanics that would never again see the light of day.
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Entwine in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Options in a game are always good, and entwine is one of those mechanics where the more options you have, the merrier. Cards that are flexible in their mana cost and their use are always good in my book.
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Haunt in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
While haunt is a keyword ability that’s often seen on creatures, it can be placed on any type of card. When a permanent or a resolved spell with haunt goes to the graveyard, you exile it, targeting a creature. When this creature dies, the ability...
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Detain in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Return to Ravnica introduced five new mechanics to Magic: The Gathering, one for each of the ally-colored guilds featured in the set. Designers were determined to get Azorius () right this time after the huge air-ball of a mechanic that was...
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