Red often has spellslinger strategies within its share of the color pie, making it the perfect color for powerful and explosive instants and sorceries. That explosiveness is literal thanks to red’s inclination towards burn spells.
Read moreNaya mana fixing doesn’t fare the absolute worst among the 3-color shards and wedges. But which Naya lands are worth your time, and which belong in your bulk box?
Read moreClerics have long been a part of Magic, and occasionally pop up as a core creature type in various sets. They pull lifegain and sacrifice strategies together in a way that feels organic and powerful.
Read moreEveryone knows about taking extra turns, but straight-up skipping someone’s turn is way less common. Here are all the ways you can do that.
Read moreColorless cards include a lot of different stuff, from equipment to Eldrazi, so these budget options will cover cards that fit a high variety of decks ranging from aggro to control and combo.
Read moreColorless enchantments are a very niche category of Magic cards. And that’s when you consider all of them; the good ones are… well, let’s just say that’s even more niche.
Read moreGoblins are an ever-popular creature type in MTG. There’s lots of reasons for that: the flavor, the speed, the humor. But one of the reasons goblin decks have been so successful over the years is that there’s a decent set of lords to pump the...
Read moreThis constant threat of recursion and other graveyard-based synergies like delirium and threshold make exile-based removal absolutely critical. Exiling cards effectively removes them from the game—in fact, Magic originally used that phrasing...
Read moreMerfolk are present on many of the different planes in Magic. A lot of merfolk share common traits and abilities, so they’re an easy creature type to build a Commander deck around.
Read moreThe release of Shards of Alara in 2008 brought five 3-color factions. The shard known to this day as Bant was identified by the exalted mechanic, which rewards you for attacking with only one creature at a time.
Read moreIt’s always fun to talk creatures because they let us mix the mythical wonder of these creatures with the strategy that MTG players love. Are minotaurs a good typal deck? What kind of strategies benefit from minotaur cards?
Read moreAs long as the power and toughness aren’t completely out of line, the abilities on a 5-mana commander should be both good enough and fair enough to make it playable. Many 5-mana commanders are among the most popular in EDH, too.
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