Haste in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic has had its fair share of mechanics that come and go with sets. Haste is particularly guilty in this area and has some confusing aspects that aren’t intuitive to new players.
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Mentor in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
I’m not an MTG judge, but I take time to do some research on these keywords before I present them to you. I try my best to bring you top quality information on the history, rules, and playability of these mentor cards. Just like an over...
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Radiance in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Have you ever heard of the radiance mechanic? If not, that may be because there are only ten cards with it in the MTG universe. Let’s let our light shine like a radiant star and find out why there are so few of them in print.
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Bloodrush in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Today we’re taking a look at bloodrush, the Gruul mechanic for 2013’s Gatecrash. It isn’t necessarily the most powerful mechanic, but it’s probably the mechanic that best catches the Gruul aspect of attacking and making your creatures very big...
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Fading in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
In the midst of the Masques block was Nemesis, a 143-card set that introduced the fading keyword to Magic. Step through the veil with me back to the turn of the century and welcome the ephemeral permanents of Nemesis.
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Retrace in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Have you ever found yourself wishing you could access a spell in your graveyard so you could run it back and win the game? Well, if that’s the case, retrace is the mechanic for you.
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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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