Loyalty Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Planeswalkers ebb and flow in importance as Magic shifts its priorities, but they all share one thing in common: loyalty counters.
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Scry in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ Plus a Decklist
Come, let me peer into your mind and read your future. Ahh, yes, I see it all so clearly. You’re about to learn about scrying in Magic: The Gathering. A great teacher and L1 judge will walk you through how it works, the history of the mechanic...
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Omens in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
With so many dragons in a single set, we have a simple mechanic to ease high mana value cards into a regular deck curve: Omens.
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The 20 Best God Cards in Magic Ranked
The gods of Magic are an eccentric group of creatures, heavily influenced by real-world mythologies and ideologies. It’s one of Magic’s most powerful creature types, each with their own take on what it means to be an all-powerful godly being.
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Mobilize in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
As we prepare to face the dragons of Tarkir once again, we need all our warriors ready for battle. All units are mobilized for war. All your questions about mobilize should be answered in this here briefing.
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Harmonize in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Harmonize is three mechanics, rolled into a single keyword. It works like flashback, but you also get some optional cost reduction, and it plays into Temur’s big-creature identity well enough.
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Blood Tokens in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Nearly every Standard set these days has some kind of “gimmick” designed (at least in part) to smooth out the Limited format, whether it’s Treasures in Forgotten Realms, Powerstones in The Brothers’ War, or kicker in Dominaria United. Crimson Vow...
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Flood Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
There aren’t many cards out there that create or interact with flood counters, but the mechanic is a great blend of flavor and function.
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Will of the Council in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Voting mechanics take different approaches to how voting matters and how they pay you out, but today, we’re looking at the original: will of the council.
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Affinity for Artifacts in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Affinity is one of MTG’s most broken mechanics, alongside storm and others, and the term is synonymous nowadays for playing a lot of artifacts. Affinity for artifacts decks saw a lot of play in plenty of Constructed formats to the point of...
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Transmute in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Transmute is the secret to getting your tutor game on from all the way back in Ravnica: City of Guilds. Make no mistake, these are far less powerful tutors than the greats, like Vampiric Tutor or Mystical Tutor, but you can get in the ballpark...
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Endure in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Abzan has always been at the intersection of life and death. The color combination has also been a good space for some of Magic’s most fundamental mechanics: +1/+1 counters, and tokens. With Tarkir: Dragonstorm, we now have a mechanic that puts...
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