Commander is known as the most popular format of Magic. The possibilities are endless with far more than 3,000 legendary creatures to choose from to make your commander. With the partner mechanic, and its variants like choose a background and...
Read moreOne of the things that has kept me so hooked up on Magic for over a decade is its wide range of possibilities and homebrewing. There’s an absurd number of options for you to pick from, but even beyond that, it’s a very malleable game. It takes...
Read moreMagic: The Gathering is designed to be played as a one-versus-one duel game, traditionally. However, that hasn’t stopped players and designers from creating dozens of ways to graft the rules onto a multiplayer format.
Read moreThere are four differences between Premier and Traditional draft in MTG Arena: reward structure, match structure, the hand-smoothing algorithm, and most important of all, the different matchmaking systems.
Read morePai Gow is the perfect way to squeeze more value from your pack-opening experience. It’s a way to gamify cracking packs, adding a little touch of extra flair to your boosters.
Read moreThe companion mechanic was introduced in 2020 with Ikoria, and it made big waves in Magic. The mechanic was incredibly strong, with companion decks quickly cropping up and often dominating multiple formats.
Read moreShared deck formats are niche micro formats with special rules, the most significant of which being that all players in the game pull from a single, shared deck. They’re essentially mini-games that test different aspects of the game in fun...
Read moreTwo-Headed Giant is almost exclusively played as a Limited variant, but much like Archenemy or Planechase, it’s an “add-on” that can be tied to any MTG format you like, Commander included. We’ll be exploring Sealed Two-Headed Giant for the most...
Read moreWelcome to the world of Commander! Whether you’ve been playing Magic for years or you’re completely new here, you’ve probably heard of Commander. But what even is Commander, and how do you play it? Let’s get into the rules and details of Magic’s...
Read moreThe Omniscience Draft format gets rid of the whole “lands are resources” concept, and turns your hand into a Free All You Can Cast buffet.
Read moreEven the most humble of formats like Pauper need tuning from time to time. Let’s go over all the banned cards in Pauper, from the most broken ones to the others that are just inappropriate for the game as a whole.
Read moreCommander is something we touch on quite a bit, but I’m going in a bit deeper today on five-color commanders.
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