Come, let me peer into your mind and read your future. Ahh, yes, I see it all so clearly. You’re about to learn about scrying in Magic: The Gathering. A great teacher and L1 judge will walk you through how it works, the history of the mechanic...
Read moreOne of Commander’s unique rules is the default starting life total. While most players are used to dropping their opponent’s life from 20 to zero, Commander games start you off at 40 life. Doubling your starting life total doesn’t...
Read moreOn today’s MTG mechanics menu we have shroud.
Read moreGraveyard-based mechanics are often one of the most popular in MTG. There are tons of ways to interact with the graveyards and generate a long-term value. But what about ways to put them in the graveyard in the first place? Today I cover one of...
Read moreIn the post-nuclear apocalypse world of the Fallout universe, one of the many dangers you’re going to have to face as you venture out of your nice, safe vault is Radiation.
Read moreIf you’ve ever played the Fallout games before, you’ll no doubt remember picking up all kinds of junk from around the game world and (hopefully) making good use of it later on, whether by selling it, trading it or crafting with it. Whatever you...
Read moreThe gods of Magic are an eccentric group of creatures, heavily influenced by real-world mythologies and ideologies. It’s one of Magic’s most powerful creature types, each with their own take on what it means to be an all-powerful godly being.
Read moreI started playing Magic right around the tail end of the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block. Lorwyn also came with a lot of mechanics, way more than we see in current Standard sets. Tribal themes, champions, clash, changelings, hideaway, and the topic of...
Read moreChanging the text of a card in Alchemy has proven unpopular, and oracle text adjustments remain grump-inducing, but when a card lets us do that as part of Magic, we love it! It feels like cheating, but in a totally safe way.
Read moreBest cards, plural, may be overstating this keyword ability a bit: as it turns out, there’s exactly two cards with the fortify keyword in all MTG. The same is true for fortification, the artifact subtype associated with the fortify keyword...
Read moreThe color wheel, or “color pie” as you’ve probably heard more often, is one of MTG’s defining traits. It’s part of what makes the game so unique and successful. Starting from the top and going in a clockwise circle we have white, blue, black...
Read moreNearly every Standard set these days has some kind of “gimmick” designed (at least in part) to smooth out the Limited format, whether it’s Treasures in Forgotten Realms, Powerstones in The Brothers’ War, or kicker in Dominaria United. Crimson Vow...
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