Battlefront in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Battlefront is the perfect execution of an aggressive mechanic, and is for now tied to the Klingon race from Star Trek.
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Mentor in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
A small creature need not remain small forever. It takes the right mentor to train it up into a true fighter.
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Constellation in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Constellation gave enchantments their own personal ETB ability, akin to landfall and lands. It’s been a defining part of the plane of Theros, and a great addition to the enchantress archetype.
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Afflict in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Amonkhet block is home to such cool Egyptian-themed world-building and serves as the backdrop to one of the most important story arcs in Magic: The Bolas Arc. The setting is brought to life by the awesome mechanics in both Amonkhet and Hour of...
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Acorn Cards in MTG: Rules, History, and FAQ
Magic designers had previously used silver borders to indicate non-tournament legal cards, but that evolved into the much nuttier acorn stamp we see today.
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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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