Hello, planeswalkers! I hope you have your bags packed because we’re on our way to Transylvania. MTG has created wonderfully detailed worlds, histories, and characters, but it doesn’t hurt sometimes to rely on well-known story material. With all...
Read moreMagic mechanics can get a little confusing sometimes, so we’re calling in the reinforcements. It’s me, I’m the reinforcements. Get it, reinforce-ments? I come prepared with rules knowledge and jokes!
Read moreAmonkhet block is home to such cool Egyptian-themed world-building and serves as the backdrop to one of the most important story arcs in Magic: The Bolas Arc. The setting is brought to life by the awesome mechanics in both Amonkhet and Hour of...
Read moreEveryone has a kind of candy they don’t like. And if I offer you one, you might just take a look and say, “Ah, no thanks.” But if I toss a bunch of candy in a piñata and it all spews to the ground on the vessel’s dramatic destruction, you might...
Read moreCost reduction mechanics like delve and affinity are usually very exploitable and devastating to competitive MTG, often leading to cards and decks being banned. Undaunted is one of those mechanics, but it has a clear limit to cost reduction: the...
Read moreWith the return of the Pro Tour and the revamped system for organized play there are a lot of new sub-systems and qualification paths. They’re easy to mix up, which is why I’m going to help you by breaking down the layers of tournament play...
Read moreThe plane of Amonkhet was marked and shaped by Nicol Bolas’s influence. Everything about the plane’s society was modified and altered to follow the dragon’s schemes. All of society was rebuilt to serve as a way (unknowingly) to create a massive...
Read moreMagic is full of mechanics. Some are evergreen due to their popularity, and some are cool but aren’t supported thoroughly, like ascend.
Read more“Champion” is a word that has many different meanings, but two of them are the most well-known and the ones that relate to Magic. But there are only a handful of cards that have the champion ability, and that’s what we’re going to focus on...
Read moreOne of the strongest mechanics is constellation, a simple ability that provides tons of value whenever enchantments come into play. It’s a great mechanic for anybody who loves enchantments and value, but how does it work, and what are the best...
Read moreThe city-plane of Ravnica is ruled by ten guilds. Each of them represents both a combination of colors and an aspect of Ravnican society. So let’s talk about the Orzhov Syndicate and one of the abilities associated with them.
Read moreI‘m sure you’ve heard of Alchemy by this point. WotC has been rebalancing cards from Standard for Alchemy. Today I’ll be taking a more focused look at this more unique aspect of the format.
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