When you land a good deal it feels pretty awesome. Discounts, freebies, bundles… anything that gives you more than what you put in. Preorder bundles on Arena try to do this, but are they really worth it? The Pack bundle is here to throw that into...
Read moreThe Play bundle is made for players that play a lot of Limited. It’s best for those that want to climb the MTGA ladder and try their hand at competitive Arena tournaments with Qualifier Play-In events.
Read moreEvery so often, you’ll see an MTG Arena Cube event pop up in our Arena event calendar. So what is this format, how does it work, and where did it come from? Let’s talk about that.
Read moreToday we will take a look at the best 3-mana counterspells and where they fit into a Magic landscape that’s becoming increasingly more streamlined and hostile towards expensive spells.
Read moreThe Queen of Dale is an absolute powerhouse. It’s a draw engine, it’s got incredible discard synergies, and it creates creature tokens? Safe to say this one will definitely see play.
Read moreNauctis: The Sunken Realm was announced as one of the upcoming 2027 MTG sets, and it’s going to be our first visit to an underwater world.
Read moreIn Magic, if you play with more than one color in your deck, you should probably use some dual lands to make it easier to cast your spells. After all, it sucks to be unable to cast your spells.
Read moreI love ramping. It’s my second favorite thing to do in Magic after drawing cards. Across the formats, ramping comes in all shapes and sizes. From the unassuming Enjoy the Kokomo approach to Magic: Get there fast and then we’ll take it slow. We...
Read moreMagic’s assassin commanders were fairly limited to a few typal options in Dimir (UB) and a certain Mardu (WRB) monarch once upon a time, but Assassin’s Creed gave us a lot of legendary assassins for our command zone.
Read moreThere are over 150 Commander precons with unique playstyles, advantages, and color identities. Let’s take a focused look at Jund’s slice of the precon pie.
Read moreLieutenants in MTG work as partners for your commander, giving you extra abilities if your legend(s) of choice is in play.
Read moreWhat’s up with Magic: The Gathering an broken otters? The latest is Tolabow, Loch Rascal, which has people arguing over how the card even works.
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