A classic iconic card is Prodigal Sorcerer, affectionately known as Tim. Tim was the first pinger, or creature that tapped to deal damage. But the term “pinger” has grown to encompass a broader range of cards than in Tim’s day.
Read moreNot all creature “words” in Magic are creature “types”. There’s plenty of witches, but most of them use the warlock creature type. And while we’re still a ways off from Magic’s team-up with Marvel, I want to take a moment to celebrate the hulks...
Read moreMagic players who love black and green have learned to love the graveyard as much as the game itself. Sacrificing creatures and muddling around where things go to die is a great way to pull ahead with a strategy many new players don’t expect.
Read moreOne of the most potent resources in the game is your graveyard. Not every deck utilizes it, but today’s Commander deck tech fully embraces the graveyard’s utility and power under the supervision of one of the best Sultai commanders.
Read moreIf you’re a Limited aficionado and haven’t been playing Cube, you’re missing out on Draft at its absolute finest. Cube is essentially a curated Limited experience, crafted by cube-designers who want to sculpt their own Draft environments for...
Read moreTake a look around you right now. Are you reading this from a desktop surrounded by loose Magic: The Gathering cards, hopelessly arranged in semi-complete decks of 20-100 cards, some of which are so old that you don’t even remember which MTG set...
Read moreWe had so much new Magic in 2020. A new Theros set was released, companions and modal double-faced cards (MDFC) were introduced, and more bans than any of us want to see again. But we got through it, and 2021 is starting us off with our first new...
Read moreOne of the first sets to ever have a Commander focus was Commander Legends with loads of new cards and reprints for our favorite free-for-all format. It was the first set to mix two of the best formats in Draft and Commander, a set in which you...
Read morePlayers have been enamored with Maze’s End since its release in Dragon’s Maze. It suddenly capped off the cycle of Guildgates with an alternate win condition that demanded you play five colors (or close to it). While Maze’s End decks never took...
Read moreMagic is a big game. Thirty years of history with a consistent output of new sets and cards has left us with more than 27,000 unique cards. That’s a lot of cards! It’d be nearly impossible to know even half of them, so having a good and reliable...
Read moreOne of the greatest joys of playing Magic is building a collection. You start with nothing, maybe a couple of boosters the friend who got you interested in the game gave you or a preconstructed Commander deck. Then suddenly, a few Set Boosters...
Read moreDragons of Tarkir is the bookend of the Khans of Tarkir block, during which Sarkhan Vol manages to travel through time and save not only all of Tarkir’s dragons from extinction but also revive one of Magic’s most powerful...
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