Double Team in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Today I want to talk about a new mechanic introduced in Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate. Double team has been teased as a “get two for the price of one” keyword. Who doesn’t like a deal?
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What is The List in MTG? How Does The List Actually Work in 2025?
Lots of players find cards from an outside set in set boosters when opening them and wonder where they came from sometimes. The short answer? The List!
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Prowl in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Hello planeswalkers! I know you’re always on the prowl for great information. I needed to get out one terrible joke, and I promise it won’t happen again. Today we take a look at the uncommon mechanic, prowl. With a total of ten cards with the...
Read moreDoctor Who x MTG Lore & Flavor Summary
Like many other British millennials, I was introduced to Doctor Who with the modern reboot in 2005 and have become a huge fan of the show. Today, I’m going to talk you through what Doctor Who is about and discuss some of my favorite new cards...
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Boon in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Alchemy has been around on MTG Arena for some time now, and it’s started to settle into its little niche as the digital-only format where digital-only mechanics go to die. One of the mew mechanics, “boon,” is reminiscent of planeswalker emblems...
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Replicate in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Sometimes spell copying takes a Magic meta by storm, usually when there’s an extra turn spell to abuse. But if copying a spell is something you want, the burden of having to pack cards like Galvanic Iteration in your deck to enable those...
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Cipher in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic has a string of cards and mechanics that allow you to durably alter a creature after it’s already been cast. Cipher is one of those experiments that seems to have exhausted its narrow design space between under- and overpowered.
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Buyback in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
In Magic you’ll find yourself mana-flooded a fair amount, and buyback gives you a way to sink that extra mana into spells that can bury your opponent. There are also other means of paying buyback besides just extra mana, so let’s delve into this...
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Vanishing in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
One turn they’re here, and then poof they’re gone! Magic’s vanishing mechanic puts a time limit on your permanents and forces you to use time as a resource. But what makes vanishing unique, and how did it come about?
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Forecast in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Every time we return to Ravnica, it seems like one of the guilds gets the short end of the stick, as far as effective and thematic mechanics go. Forecast isn’t bad, per se. It just lacks a certain splashy-ness that other mechanics have, and...
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Soulbond in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Soulbond is a keyword that caused a bit too much confusion, taking its place alongside abilities like flanking or banding. What is soulbond, how does it work, and are any of the cards worth playing still? Let’s take a look at the mechanic, its...
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Offering in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Offering lets you cast big bad creatures at flash speed… but, as it turned out, it wasn’t exactly a smash-hit of a mechanic, and there are only about half a dozen cards with offering. It’s a cool keyword ability, so let’s find...
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