Prepare in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Prepare debuted in Secrets of Strixhaven and quickly came back in Reality Fracture, solidifying itself as one of Magic’s sweetest two-cards-in-one mechanics.
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Mayhem in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Discard first, then break stuff: That’s the promise behind mayhem, the villain-flavored twist on graveyard casting from the MTG Spider-Man crossover.
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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.
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Spree in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
On Thunder Junction, not only can you commit crimes, but you can go on a crime spree. In some ways, it’s yet another kicker variant, but there’s a bit more to the spree mechanic than just that.
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Boons in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Boons are one of the few Alchemy mechanics that could make it into paper, though they’re just problematic enough that it’s probably best they stay on MTG Arena.
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Double Team in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Double Team was MTG Arena’s answer to myriad, which didn’t make sense to port over to MTGA when Baldur’s Gate arrived. Instead, we got this fairly intuitive and fun digital-only mechanic.
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Opinion: These Are the 21 Worst MTG Mechanics of All Time
We here at Draftsim like to keep a positive spin on our Magic content, but sometimes we have to break out of our comfort shell and embrace the dark side of our hobby. The poor decisions, broken cards, and in this case, the worst MTG mechanics...
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Assist in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Paying for your own spells is one of Magic’s more fundamental responsibilities. But what if another player wants to give you a hand, perhaps to team up against the biggest threat? That’s when assist comes in!
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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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Storm in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Storm demands a deck completely built around itself, dominates the strategies of all players in the match, and has a massive reward for playing it properly. It works like no other mechanic in the game and is almost impossible to interact with...
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Goad in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
It’s time to make the fantastic, not-confusing-at-all rules of Magic a little easier. Today you’ll learn about the goad mechanic. I’ll go over what it is, answer some often-confusing questions regarding the mechanic, and talk about the history...
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Everything You Need to Know About Mana Abilities in MTG
We could say a mana ability is simply an ability that produces mana, but that’s not exactly the full truth of the matter. It gets a little more complicated than that once you dig into the rules a bit more.
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