Green and blue, together called Simic after the Ravnican guild of said colors, are in an interesting space in Magic. The worst color pair for years in Limited, Simic in casual Commander is arguably the best color pair (Relax! I said...
Read moreWelcome to a most animating and enchanting experience. Today I’m looking at animating enchantments, which you can do in a few different ways but with the same results.
Read moreWhen new players begin building Commander decks, players often offer them a range of ratios to work with. You want about forty lands, ten card draw effects, ten ramp spells, etc. Ramp and card advantage always pop up in these lists for a simple...
Read moreMTG has some simple, basic rules. You start at 20 life, play one land a turn and draw one card a turn, and you can have some life, land, and card advantages based on what you’re playing. Green decks usually want to have an advantage on mana...
Read moreLure cards in Magic: The Gathering force your opponent to block your creatures, often leading to unfavorable outcomes for their own creatures. These cards can either make your opponent’s creatures block or ensure one of your creatures is blocked...
Read moreMyriad cards wield the myriad mechanic, which was designed for multiplayer play. Whenever a creature with myriad attacks a player, you get token copies tapped and attacking the other players in your pod, allowing one creature to pressure all...
Read moreThe Gearhulks were a “Titan rip-off” cycle originating from Kaladesh, but they felt like an overall success. With Aetherdrift adding a new cycle of Gearhulks to the mix, these artifact creatures entered super-cycle territory, with just enough...
Read moreIconic in MTG obviously means different things to different people. For some people, it’s synonymous with “old” or “vintage”, and goes back to the earliest parts of the game. For others, it’s more about impact...
Read moreHorror creatures are classic enemies of fantasy stories, the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and RPGs. Horrors have been getting some love recently, with Wizards printing some very powerful horror creatures and legendary horrors.
Read moreSamurai are very present in pop culture, mainly media influenced by Japan like anime, movies, and video games. Like Theros with minotaurs, the number of playable samurai has raised. Today it’s time to revisit the creature type and rank the best...
Read moreThe slime we used to make in school is a lot safer than slimes and oozes in Magic, which are a lot more sinister than our classroom science experiments. Magic’s oozes have huge appetites, and they’ll eat anything on the battlefield or in the...
Read moreGiven that turtles are often a cameo creature in most sets and never a typal focus, it took a long time for us to get enough to take a look at all the possible turtle commanders. But now… cowabunga.
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