Let’s grab our Gold Pan and spade for a bit of gold-digging and learn about how Gold works in MTG; there are very few cards that generate Gold tokens, but as we’ll see, Gold led to a very similar mechanic that’s everywhere.
Read moreIn Magic, we use the word “evergreen” to describe something you can expect in just about every new Magic set. Here we’ll be exploring the concept of evergreen in Magic, which keywords and abilities qualify as evergreen, and which ones fall just...
Read moreRavnica is one of Magic’s most popular settings. The City of Guilds has often been revisited and even hosted the events of War of the Spark, concluding one of Magic’s biggest story arcs. It’s even received the remastered treatment with Ravnica...
Read moreYeehaw, Magic players! MTG’s been to Egypt, it’s been to ancient Greece, it’s supposedly going to space in the near future, but this year we’re going where no planeswalker’s gone before: the western frontier. The 30th Anniversary panel revealed...
Read moreThe last MTG set from the Mirrodin block, Fifth Dawn, was released in 2004. While it didn’t bring tons of powerful cards like its predecessor sets, Mirrodin and Darksteel, it has some hidden gems worth exploring. Some of them are key in decks...
Read moreKaladesh was a fairly innovative Magic set. We’d seen artifact sets before, but Kaladesh’s mechanics made it feel distinct. It was a golden world full of invention and energy, and finally solidified how vehicles fit into Magic’s framework. Aether...
Read moreReleased in 2008, Morningtide contains one of my favorite cards in MTG. To be completely transparent, I couldn’t play with the Lorwyn block, but I used some of its most powerful cards in formats like Extended and Modern in the early days.
Read moreShards of Alara was the MTG set that fleshed out and named the allied 3-color combinations as we know them today: Bant, Esper, Grixis, Jund, and Naya. That’s also why these combinations are called “shards”
Read moreMagic 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.
Read moreAlchemy is a format that allows you to play with Standard cards, digitally-rebalanced cards, and digital-only cards and mechanics exclusive to MTG Arena. These digital-only cards are also legal in Arena Eternal formats like Historic and...
Read moreMagic has always loved visiting new realms and new planes, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that its Universes Beyond products take players to other fantastical and sometimes horrifying worlds. Strap on your Big Iron and grab some Radaway: we...
Read moreI’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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