Rebound in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Today Iโll be doing a deep dive into a neat MTG mechanic, rebound. Youโll learn everything you could ever want to know about rebound, here on this very page.
Read moreToday Iโll be doing a deep dive into a neat MTG mechanic, rebound. Youโll learn everything you could ever want to know about rebound, here on this very page.
Read moreToday weโre taking a look at bloodrush, the Gruul mechanic for 2013โs Gatecrash. It isnโt necessarily the most powerful mechanic, but itโs probably the mechanic that best catches the Gruul aspect of attacking and making your creatures very big...
Read moreI have to be honest with you, folks. Lorwyn block is one of my largest knowledge gaps when it comes to familiarity with Magic sets. Iโve always loved the aesthetic, but Iโve never really sat down and engaged with everything the block has to...
Read moreManipulating the top card of an opponentโs library is very powerful. Fateseal was created as a mechanic that lets you โnegative scryโ, that is, scry your opponent’s library instead of your own.
Read moreSingleton formats (also known as Highlander) have grown in popularity over the last decade, especially with Commanderโs immense growth. But what exactly makes a format a singleton format and what other options are out there beyond just Commander...
Read moreBetween 2003-2010, MTG had an era of design where sets had to fit into a pre-chosen mechanical theme, with a world and cards that were shaped to satisfy that idea. In this way, Shadowmoor, the color-matters set was created, and one of the setโs...
Read moreReady for some Sleight of Hand to keep your opponents on their toes? For a bit of “aura-justu”, if you will, since aura swap was inspired by the ninjas from Kamigawa?
Read moreHello Planeswalkers! There are a few definitions for the word graft that could make sense as a mechanic in MTG. Graft can mean a way to get sap from a tree, gain a business advantage through nefarious ways, or transplant living tissue surgically...
Read moreIn the midst of the Masques block was Nemesis, a 143-card set that introduced the fading keyword to Magic. Step through the veil with me back to the turn of the century and welcome the ephemeral permanents of Nemesis.
Read moreKilled, destroyed, buried, sacrificed. Almost all of these terms in MTG relate to a creature ending its lifespan, so to say, and thus going to the graveyard. Bury is a flavorful match since MTGโs already have the graveyard as a game zone, so it...
Read moreMagic consistently tries out new keyword mechanics. Some of these are successful and go on to become evergreen mechanics, while others prove too difficult to understand or sometimes even too powerful to continue getting printed. Then there are...
Read moreFuture Sight dropped a ton of new mechanics that R&D were interested in testing out but couldnโt commit to designing an entire set around. Frenzy was one of these short-lived, one-off mechanics that would never again see the light of day.
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