Prepare in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Prepare is one of the bigger mechanics in Secrets of Strixhaven, one that features on 46 cards across the main set and the precons, and makes up a large portion of the Limited landscape.
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Grandeur in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Grandeur sounds like it’ll be good. It sounds like it’ll be the best. Hence my disappointment when I did an image search for “grandeur” to try to explain the vibe of this word and saw many pictures of Hyundais. Not that that model of car isn’t...
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All 32 Elder Dragons Ranked, Plus Why They’re So Special
Magic’s lore is always expanding and being built upon, but where it starts is as important as where it ends. Today I’d like to present you with a swath of information about the specific origins of the Elder Dragons, their individual stories, and...
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Repartee in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Repartee is the mechanic for aspiring Silverquill students who want their words to sting just as badly as a Prismari mage’s fire magic. It draws on a subtheme from the OG Strixhaven to give the second round of Silverquill cards a more distinct...
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Flashback in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Everyone likes to cast spells, right? You cast spells and things happen. Today I’m going to talk about flashback, a mechanic that allows you to recast cards from the graveyard.
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Opus in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
The Prismari school in Secrets of Strixhaven gets a mechanic similar to magecraft in opus, which also cares about casting instants and sorceries, and it loves when you get flamboyant with expensive ones.
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Meld in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Meld is a mechanic first bought into Magic with Eldritch Moon as one of the methods to evoke the eldritch horrors that Emrakul was raining down upon Innistrad in that set. Well, it came back in The Brothers’ War, and the cards are pretty...
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The Ultimate Guide to PreDH
Today’s Commander has some qualities that take away from the original intent of the format. What used to be a casual place to use some of your underpowered pet cards is becoming increasingly competitive. Luckily, some players who miss the...
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Companions in Magic: Rules and FAQ
Some people love the challenges and the extra power companions can bring, while other players get tired of battling a Lurrus or Yorion deck again and again. Today we’re going over all there is to know about companion rules, the power level...
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Oil Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Phyrexia: All Will Be One was an even more distorted take on Scars of Mirrodin/New Phyrexia. Phyrexians took the plane of Mirrodin after all. Oil counters were one of the key features of this set.
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Protection from Everything in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Protection is a mechanic from MTG’s past that’s hard to grasp, and it’s rarely used these days. But Commander players often have to deal with its evolved version: protection from everything.
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Time Travel in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Time travel is a mechanic that lets you mess with that clock, and make it run slower or faster depending what you need. It accelerates or dampers time counters.
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