While charge counters might seem like a new mechanic from the upcoming Edge of Eternities set, they’ve been around in Magic: The Gathering for quite a while. They add a unique layer of strategy to the game and lead to some really cool...
Read moreIf you came here for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” I’m sorry to disappoint you. These anthems are more about making creatures better attackers and blockers. Don’t worry, we can still sing the praises of anthems in Magic and rank the best of the...
Read morePutting together a pile of battlecruisers is something that some of us move on from, but some of us still enjoy the thrill from time to time. Over the course of years there have been plenty of these humongous creatures, so let’s take a walk...
Read moreOf the many themes a Commander deck might have, one strikes me as very curious: additional combat phases. These EDH decks are very attack-oriented, as the name implies, but isn’t attacking a bad proposition in EDH? Usually yes, because you leave...
Read moreIntroduced in Commander 2013, tempting offer was created at the dawn of the new age of supplemental multiplayer sets. It’s one way that WotC would explore multiplayer-centric mechanics through their different product offerings
Read moreColorless wincons are cards that have a colorless color identity and that, simply put, win games. Today, we’ll look at the best colorless wincons MTG has to offer.
Read moreAtla Palani, Nest Tender is a Naya commander that creates egg creatures and synergizes with eggs. Rukh Egg is, well, a creature with the “egg” creature type. There are some creatures in Magic that are also eggs, eleven to be precise...
Read moreOffspring is an additional cost you may pay when casting creatures with the offspring ability. If you choose to pay the additional cost, you get to make a 1/1 token copy of the “parent” creature when it enters.
Read moreRevolt is a very simple mechanic from Aether Revolt that would probably be forgotten by now, if not for a famous removal spell.
Read moreThere’s just something so satisfying about taking your opponent’s best creature, swinging in with it, and then sacrificing it for extra value, literally throwing their threats back against them!
Read moreFree spells! Why pay mana if you don’t have to? Being free makes these spells some of the most powerful in all of Magic, but they’re not all great, and there’s usually no such thing as a free lunch when talking about powerful play pieces.
Read moreAs it turns out, Bloomburrow’s raccoons are by and large the only critters in this Magic set that have stumbled upon a new mechanic: expend. Expend is a rules term that cares about how much mana you’ve spent casting spells each...
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