Here’s Why Only Some Artifacts Have Summoning Sickness in Magic
We can all agree that creatures have summoning sickness. I mean, haste is a keyword for a reason. But what about other permanent types? What about artifacts?
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Hexproof vs Shroud in Magic: The KEY Difference
Shroud is one of the most straightforward keywords in MTG. Mechanics like trample or flying require that you know how blockers work and how combat damage is assigned, but shroud should be easy to grok even for new players.
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Equipment in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQs
Equipment artifacts are pervasive in Magic. Sets like The Brothers’ War have quite a few of them, while others may have just one, like Bespoke Battlegarb in Wilds of Eldraine, but it’s really hard to find a Modern expansion or...
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Caves in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Parents: Get your kids some books. Or an e-reader. Or a library card. Just get your kids reading, because it’s the easiest way to transport them to other worlds without leaving home. How else would I have learned the word “spelunking” as a...
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Descend in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Descend and its related mechanics (descended, descend X, and fathomless descent) are some of the new abilities introduced to Magic: The Gathering in its latest set, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI).
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Discover in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Similar to cascade, discover X lets you exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with a mana value of X or less. Then, you may cast it for free or put it into your hand, and you put the rest of the cards on the...
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The 44 Best Hybrid Mana Cards in Magic Ranked
Hybrid mana debuted in the original Ravnica block in 2005, and it changed the game forever. It took a couple of MTG sets to be used effectively, and 20 years later lots of sets regularly use this feature like Throne of Eldraine, Streets of New...
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The 24 Best Dice-Rolling Cards in Magic Ranked
Dice-rolling in Magic started as a joke, mainly with silver-bordered sets like Unglued, Unhinged, or the few MTG videogames of the ‘90s. After all, players hate variance and luck in their competitive games, and so dice were relegated to a niche...
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The 36 Best Manifest and Manifest Dread Cards in Magic Ranked
Usually, the “unknown” in Magic is in the opponent’s hand or their library – which is threatening, for sure – but what if that element of surprise that could be anything was already on the battlefield, attacking your opponent? That’s the niche...
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Manifest and Manifest Dread in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Manifest was originally an offshoot of morph in the Khans of Tarkir block, but now we’re so far along in Magic that the offshoots have offshoots! Manifest got an upgrade in Duskmourn with manifest dread.
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Finality Counters in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
It’s more of a new way to handle an existing ability that we’ve seen fairly frequently. But having the ability as part of a counter (as opposed to being meshed into the card’s rules text) adds a subtle layer of strategy. WotC...
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Role Tokens in MTG: Rules, FAQ, and Best Cards
We all have a role to play in life. Like how I’ve taken up the mantle of being the voice of reason in my friend group, or how my little brother’s adopted the role of being the one who ruins every family reunion. Thanks to a new mechanic from...
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