5 Positively Nutty Combos for Marvel’s Squirrel Girl
Squirrel Girl is a Marvel fan favorite, and her MTG card is an easily breakable combo engine. Here are 5 high powered combos to get you started.
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Planar Chaos Spoilers and Set Information
Planar Chaos is a small set and the second set in the Time Spiral block, one of MTG’s most beloved set blocks. It suggests an alternate reality of MTG, or what direction the multiverse and characters within could have taken with a few different...
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Power-Up in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Marvel Super Heroes gives us an MTG version of traditional comic book power-ups, and the design is slick. Let’s see how it works!
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The 49 Best Equipment Commanders in Magic Ranked
I kind of take it for granted how ubiquitous equipment is in modern Magic. With any evergreen mechanic you’re bound to see legendary creatures designed specifically to carry that mechanic into Commander’s ever-growing expanse of deckbuilding...
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The 18 Best Black Wincons in Magic’s Biggest Formats
In Magic, black is usually tied to grindy situations. It’s a color that relies on 1v1 removal, drawing cards by paying life, returning creatures from the graveyard to play, or win conditions that slowly drain your opponent’s life. Let’s see which...
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Job Select in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
For those Magic veterans who fondly remember living weapon and for Mirrodin!, the Final Fantasy x MTG crossover brings another auto-attach trick: job select, now with freshly minted 1/1 heroes rather than germs or rebels.
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The 14 Best You Can’t Lose the Game Cards in Magic Ranked
Winning a game of MTG is somewhat trivial if you have a good board and are smashing your opponent’s face. But what if the rules change in the middle of the game? Suddenly, you can’t win anymore because your opponent… can’t lose. What trickery is...
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The Ultimate Guide to Pauper Commander
While Magic has more than a few sanctioned formats, there’s no reason you shouldn’t make your own. That’s how Commander started, after all, and it’s a format that’s ripe for spinoffs that provide unique takes on a singleton format...
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The 47 Best Life Drain Cards in Magic Ranked
Incidental damage and lifegain each add up quickly, especially in a format like Commander with super long games. Combining them into one effect gives you a strong advantage—but which of them are the best for you?
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All 13 Dice-Roll Commanders in Magic Ranked
Rollin’ die is mostly a mechanic seen in other board games like D&D, but as it happens, it’s also seen in Magic: The Gathering. Whether you’re triggering wild random effects, opening attractions, or just seeing how high you can roll...
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The 51 Best Boros Commanders Ranked
The Boros Legion is one of the most aggressive and powerful creature-based color combos in Magic, matched only by its similarly-colored cousin, Mardu. If you’ve been debating making an extra-combat, equipment, or even burn Commander deck but...
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Tiered in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Next in a long line of “kicker-style” mechanics is tiered, a way to increase the impact of your spells and feel like you’re developing your own JRPG Final Fantasy mage character. Or healer. Or support character.
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