What’s the Best Birthing Pod Commander in MTG?
Birthing Pod is a Commander classic and there are entire strategies that revolve around the unique play patterns of the card. The Phyrexian artifact digs through your deck to find specific creatures, amassing value along the way, and often setting up infinite combos. There are so many ways to play Birthing Pod in Commander. Each […]
So You Want to Make It to the Pro Tour? – Tips and Tricks For Competitive Hopefuls
With the reviving of the Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour, a lot of excitement and anticipation has spread throughout the community. Prices on Pioneer staples are rising in preparation for the first Pro Tour event, and it’s expected that with the Digital Organized Play Announcement coming this month, we may see a lot of new […]
The Great Pioneer BOOM – Card Prices Are Going UP!
Pioneer has a diverse and fun metagame, yet relatively few people play the format. But that might change soon. Last week, Wizards of the Coast announced a new structure for competitive Magic which coincidentally breathed new life into the Pioneer format. Consequently, the prices of many Pioneer cards spiked over the weekend. Why is There […]
Where to Find Streets of New Capenna MTG Previews
Magic: the Gathering‘s newest set, Streets of New Capenna, begins its preview season this week! In typical fashion, some cards have been previewed by Wizards of the Coast themselves last week. Today, WotC released more details around where previews can be found each day. Debut Day To kick things off, WotC will be hosting their […]
WOTC Spoils Insane New Mechanic on New Capenna Commander
Wizards of the Coast spoiled several cards from Streets of New Capenna this week. So far, the set looks amazing with shard-colored “Triomes”, full-art futuristic lands, and powerful charm spells. This week, WOTC revealed the head of the Obscura crime family, Raffine, Scheming Seer. The Esper-colored Demon debuts the brand new MTG mechanic “connive” which […]
The MTG Marketplace: Biggest Winners, Losers and Trends of 03/28/22
This week, there was some rather peculiar movement on Magic’s secondary market. Strangely, Pioneer of all formats caused a couple of price spikes. Welcome to The MTG Marketplace, a weekly article on MTG Rocks where we cover each week’s biggest price spikes and overall market trends. Weekly Winner Winota, Joiner of Forces The biggest price […]
MTG Arena Makes the BEST Change to the Game – BETTER than Pioneer
Wizards of the Coast has been on a tear lately, announcing and introducing some amazing updates to Magic Arena. From the addition of Alchemy, to the Economy Changes, it’s safe to say that Arena is in a better place than it was last year. But Papa WotC isn’t stopping there. They’ve implemented an update to […]
You Can’t Make a Commander Deck More Legendary Than This
Captain Sisay is a legendary deck, literally! It is jam-packed with legendary creatures, lands, planeswalkers, and more. And Sisay has the ability to search for whatever legendary card you need. In this way, the deck performs like a toolbox, in that you can always find the right tool for the job. She can even tutor […]
MTG Reveals Three Key Characters Cards for Upcoming Set!
We’ve been getting quite a few different card previews for Streets of New Capenna from Wizards of the Coast over the last week. They’ve shown off a few of the charms from 3 of the families in the set, and today, they had a little more for us. In their World Building video, hosted by […]
New MTG Judge Promos Revealed for Fantastic Commander Reprints
Some of the most fun and sought after cards in Magic: the Gathering are Promos, especially from Commander. Players love to bling out their decks with unique or fancy versions of cards as a form of self expression. One of my favorite promos that exist are Judge Promos. These are promo cards are printed for […]