All 15 Riot Cards in Magic Ranked
The Gruul Clans are known for opposing the oppressive rules of Ravnica’s civilization. From a flavor point of view, riot perfectly encapsulates the Gruul Clans.
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Unhinged Spoilers and Set Information
“Mentally unbalanced; deranged,” Google says when asked for a definition of what “unhinged” means. In Magic: The Gathering, Unhinged is all of that, and on purpose: an expansion where the MTG devs very deliberately tried pushing...
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Hylda of the Icy Crown Commander Deck Guide
“Tapping down” opponents’ creatures has always been in blue and white’s wheelhouse, but its usefulness is debatable. It can still be an effective strategy to control the board, especially with the release of Hylda of the Icy Crown. Hylda’s...
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Clash in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Clash is a mechanic often remembered as a failure, if it’s remembered at all, more than a dozen years after the last clash cards were printed. But Mark Rosewater’s elegy for the mechanic is more nuanced: “I consider it a noble but failed...
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Dracula Cards in MTG: What Are They and Where to Get Them
Hello, planeswalkers! I hope you have your bags packed because we’re on our way to Transylvania. MTG has created wonderfully detailed worlds, histories, and characters, but it doesn’t hurt sometimes to rely on well-known story material. With all...
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How to Use the Light Test to Determine if Your MTG Cards Are Real or Fake
Magic: The Gathering is known for players trading cards between each other as well as buying and selling cards, sometimes for lots of money! With these high price tags, making and selling of counterfeits has become big business, and it’s more and...
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Reinforce in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Magic mechanics can get a little confusing sometimes, so we’re calling in the reinforcements. It’s me, I’m the reinforcements. Get it, reinforce-ments? I come prepared with rules knowledge and jokes!
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The Top 4 Proxy Printers for Magic
Proxies have a growing presence in Magic, especially at casual tables of Commander. They’re great, especially for such an expensive hobby. A real Commander deck can easily cost hundreds of dollars, but a proxy version of the same deck costs some...
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Eriette of the Charmed Apple Commander Deck Guide
Eriette of the Charmed Apple allows you to create a deck that can be either group hug or Voltron depending on how the game is going. Of course, just like with the evil queen who inspired Eriette, the “gifts” this deck hands out may seem to be...
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Rowan, Scion of War Commander Deck Guide
While the planeswalking Kenriths are often depicted on cards together, this story sees a divide grow between the desparked siblings, and we get legendary creatures to match. Rowan, Scion of War represents the formerly mono-red mage’s negative...
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The 35 Most Expensive and Must-Have Cards in Wilds of Eldraine
When looking at Wilds of Eldraine from a financial standpoint, and above all when factoring a card’s selling price as you sit down for a Wilds of Eldraine draft, the first thing to mention is that all Wilds of Eldraine boosters (including...
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The 42 Best Animate and Attack with Wall and Defender Cards in Magic Ranked
Perhaps the humblest of aims is breaking the rule set right there on one type of card. Walls, and later defenders, can’t attack. If you read that and think, “But what if I really want them to?”, this article is for you.
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