Magic is a big game. Thirty years of history with a consistent output of new sets and cards has left us with more than 27,000 unique cards. That’s a lot of cards! It’d be nearly impossible to know even half of them, so having a good and reliable...
Read moreThe magic of building a Magic: The Gathering Commander deck is finding the cards that synergize best together to help pave the way to your desired win condition. As you build your Commander deck, you want to incorporate enough creature spells to...
Read moreMagic: The Gathering combines strategy, skill, and a bit of luck. Lady Fortune has a well-documented fondness for fickleness, so sometimes she’ll smile upon us and we’ll high-roll and perfectly draw whatever we need…
Read moreThe past decade of Commander play has always suffered from power level disparities between those of us looking to fill a deck with our chaff rares and those of us who take this supposedly casual format seriously. For years, players have searched...
Read moreWhen planeswalkers arrived on the Magic scene in 2007 with Lorwyn, they were confusing to a lot of us in the casual player base. Weren’t we supposed to be planeswalkers? Isn’t that what the little rulebooks in our 4th edition starter decks...
Read moreFor Magic players in the know, the very word “layers” conjures all sorts of horror stories of weird rules interactions that don’t look like they should work. For aspiring judges, layers can be among the more difficult rules to...
Read moreMagic: The Gathering is known for players trading cards between each other as well as buying and selling cards, sometimes for lots of money! With these high price tags, making and selling of counterfeits has become big business, and it’s more and...
Read moreSome mechanics are instant classics, used forevermore once they’re introduced into the game. Others fall by the wayside after some time and are phased out of use. Landwalk is in the latter category, and while it was once quite commonly seen on...
Read more“The stack” can be a bit nebulous for new Magic players. It takes time to get used to, but it’s an essential part of the game. Mastering it can give definitely you a gameplay edge.
Read moreToday I’m going to explore the various aspects of MTGA tournaments including how to find them, their formats, and their impact on the community as a whole. Intrigued? Let’s get started!
Read moreIt’s time to duel! Yu-Gi-Oh has a large competitive player base, just like Magic, so let’s explore this TCG to discover its crossover appeal.
Read moreThis writeup is for players who will be battling it out in Sealed (and hopefully Draft Day 2) in Vegas this weekend, but applies to anyone playing 40-card formats with Crimson Vow.
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