I‘m sure you’ve heard of Alchemy by this point. WotC has been rebalancing cards from Standard for Alchemy. Today I’ll be taking a more focused look at this more unique aspect of the format.
Read moreInnistrad: Crimson Vow shows the humans of the plane facing the vampires’ machinations and plans, and as usual, it’s time to stick together, face all adversities as a team, and obviously, train the people so that they can become better...
Read moreJoin forces is the MTG equivalent of those group projects in school where one person did absolutely nothing but still got the A+ thanks to everyone else’s hard work.
Read moreAlchemy brought digital designs to MTG. While they’ve had mixed responses, it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere any time soon.
Read moreTheros introduced us to a brand-new world based on ancient Greek mythology when it was released in 2013. Monstrosity was WotC’s mechanic to highlight some of these monsters, and that’s what I’ll be talking about today.
Read moreMTG has tons of ways to remove a card from the field. You can bounce it back to its owner’s hand, destroy it, exile it, or even wrath the whole board away. But what about removing actual text from a card? It sounds like a design idea from...
Read moreImagine all your friends are planeswalkers, and your deck of MTG cards represents the spells you can cast. It’s valid to think that in each plane the rules of engagement are different, right?
Read moreThanks to the reprint of plane cards in March of the Machine Commander, plane cards and the Planechase format have been given a lot of attention lately. Planechase is a MTG variant introduced in 2009, with special phenomenon cards that were added...
Read moreMayday! Mayday! Calling for backup!
Read moreSome mechanics are instant classics, used forevermore once they’re introduced into the game. Others fall by the wayside after some time and are phased out of use. Landwalk is in the latter category, and while it was once quite commonly seen on...
Read moreToday I’m looking at escalate, one of the least unique kicker mechanics out there. I’ll be using my L1 judge knowledge to explain how escalate works, where it came from, and how likely it is to show back up in Magic.
Read more“The stack” can be a bit nebulous for new Magic players. It takes time to get used to, but it’s an essential part of the game. Mastering it can give definitely you a gameplay edge.
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