Keyword Actions in MTG: Full List, Rules, and FAQs
Human beings like to simplify things, and we tend to explain things in more streamlined terms. That’s where keyword actions come in handy for Magic.
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Everything You Need to Know About Alchemy on MTG Arena
Picture if you will, a mad scientist or wizard brewing up a solution, tweaking this and that, adding pinches of bits and turning down the heat. What concoction is coming from this laboratory? Who will test it you ask? Let’s stop there and...
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The Ultimate Pioneer Format Overview and Guide
Hello again wizards of the world! Looking for new ways to play constructed Magic outside Standard or Historic? Well, look no further than Pioneer.
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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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Web-Slinging in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Web-slinging is Spider-Man’s signature move. So of course, Magic’s adaptation of your friendly neighborhood spider must come with some web-slinging.
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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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All 60 of the Alternative Win Conditions in Magic, Plus: Which Is the Best?
Magic can be a difficult game. Sometimes you look at your opponent’s defenses and see that there’s no way in. If only you had a card that said, “you win the game.” What if I told you that those cards actually exist?
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What Is Drafting in MTG and How Do You Do It?
You have a lot of different ways to play MTG (especially Commander) but this time you’re gonna learn about something a bit different: drafting. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the team loves drafting here at Draftsim. I’ll go a bit deeper today...
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Split Second in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
A spell with split second almost always gets the final word, but not always. There’s a reason you rarely see this mechanic outside its debut block.
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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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