Spell mastery isn’t its own special rule; it’s an ability word that points out a pattern. The card gets a bonus if you already have enough spells in your graveyard, so it rewards playing a deck with ample instants and sorceries.
Read moreYou know that phrase “well, it’s not all just black and white”? Orzhov would like a word. This enemy color pair takes black’s “greatness, at any cost” mantra and stirs it together with white’s sense of order and nobility.
Read moreEnchantments have always played a pivotal role in MTG play and lore as persistent magic effects that can linger around the battle. Today, we won’t just talk about any ol’ enchantment, but the legendary ones.
Read moreOne of the most powerful methods of interacting with your graveyard is reanimation effects. Reanimator decks are a good way to keep pace in a faster game since you can cheat out big threats early.
Read moreWe all know the Rat Colony/Relentless Rats decks. This established archetype has received a new commander from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rat King, Verminister!
Read moreBasically, it’s a key aspect of MTGA’s economy: an experience track that rewards you with stuff every time you level up, which happens every 1,000 XP. You earn XP by completing daily quests and winning games. There’s a free version...
Read moreThere are more than a few cycles of nonbasic lands floating around in the Magic universe. Today I’d like to focus in on the Horizon lands, a cycle of duals inspired by Horizon Canopy, which was printed into existence in Future Sight.
Read moreTypal decks are among the most popular in Magic, so there’s plenty of support. While many creature types have archetype-specific synergies, Wizards has printed plenty of generic typal support cards. Let’s look at the best!
Read moreToy creatures are artifact creatures introduced in the Duskmourn: House of Horror set. These toys have been given life by the set’s big bad, Valgavoth. They now just want death and can only be vanquished if they’re completely destroyed. That’s...
Read moreShapeshifters have been part of many cultures’ myths since their beginnings. Magic’s beginnings are significantly more recent but there were still shapeshifters in its origins back in Alpha.
Read morePhasing is a unique and often underrated feature in Magic: The Gathering that can create some truly interesting gameplay moments. Introduced in the Mirage set, phasing allows a permanent to temporarily “disappear” from the...
Read moreImpending is an alternative cost that lets you cast an enchantment creature for less mana, except that you put a number of time counters on it when it enters the battlefield. As long as there are time counters on it, the permanent isn’t a...
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