Lhurgoyf was my first favorite card. My kitchen table deck of choice fueled it and allies like Mortivore with creatures discarded to Wild Mongrel, so I was instantly enthralled when I first saw the scavenge mechanic.
Read moreReanimating a card from a graveyard is card neutral, even if it’s often very powerful. But a card that reanimates itself is card advantage. This leads us to unearth the unearth mechanic.
Read moreFor Mirrodin! is a mechanic for equipment cards introduced in Phyrexia: All Will Be One. Personally I can’t help but think of the scene in Fellowship of the Ring when the Fellowship offer their weapons to the cause.
Read moreAlara was the kind of place where creatures would devour each other. The aptly-named devour mechanic was developed as a result, and it’s literally the strong preying on the weak.
Read moreDominaria Remastered has just been spoiled, and it’s a beast of a set! It’s made for Limited play and to reprint old cards, and it consists only of cards with Dominarian settings. There are many great 90s sets to choose from.
Read moreIn the newest Universes Beyond partnership Wizards brought the Transformers to Magic. With them they brought a “retextured” transform mechanic (convert), but also gave us a brand new toy to play with.
Read moreTransformers pairs Magic mechanics with another Hasbro-owned franchise. Every one of them comes with two: more than meets the eye and convert.
Read moreVanguard was introduced at events in 1997 as a casual variant format where a player chooses a single vanguard card representing a character from the Magic universe to lead their Constructed deck. But what are these cards, and how do they work?
Read moreWizards went straight for the nostalgia button when it announced Magic’s new Transformers cards. These two-sided cards feature beloved Transformers characters like Optimus Prime, Starscream, and Megatron.
Read moreOne of the more prominent rules is “fail to find.” It deals with what a player can and can’t do when searching through hidden zones, and how those actions can impact the game and other players.
Read moreWizards have set their names in stone and cardboard, allowing future generations to honor and revere those planeswalkers who came before them. These World Champions’ decks were printed as promotional products each year after the Pro Tour to give...
Read moreAbilities are essential to keeping MTG interesting. If all creatures were vanilla, the gameplay would be much less dynamic (despite what the control players tell you). There are more and more creatures with abilities in modern sets, and WotC is...
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