Affinity May Dominate MTG Arena!
The Anthologies have touched down onto MTG Arena, and many players have looked over the best card of all. While many are disappointed that Explorer’s expansion doesn’t live up to its promise, others are frustrated that the Historic Anthology will have little to no competitive impact. We couldn’t have been more wrong about that. I […]
MTG Arena Gems: How To Get Them, What They Do, And Everything You Need To Know
MTG Arena gems are a sore subject for some, here’s what you need to know.
Stickers are Making ‘Naming’ MTG Cards Worse than Expected
Stickers are an incredibly complex new mechanic introduced in Unfinity. Many different and unique functions are being presented here, like persisting between public zones and changing art and names on MTG cards. With this introduction, players will have many rules questions since Stickers interact with parts of a card in ways we haven’t seen before. […]
The MTG Arena Player’s Guide for How to Play MTGO
MTG Arena may be Wizards of the Coast’s premier free-to-play game, but depending on what you want to do in the game, Magic Online, or MTGO, can be significantly cheaper. Interestingly, depending on how far you want to deep dive into online MTG, MTGO gets much more affordable than MTGA. If you’re interested in playing […]
Popular Paper MTG Format Has its Meta Torn Apart!
Regional Championship Qualifier season is on its way! MTG Pioneer is the format of focus, and a LOT has changed over three days. Before now, Pioneer seemed like a format that a few fundamental archetypes would dominate. Between paper and online events, it’s clear now that the format is actually wide open, and no one […]
First Look at Double Masters 2022 Case Contents Reveal Concerning Patterns
As we slowly close in on the official release of Double Masters 2022, LGS’s can now open product to sell the singles. Note that, even though they are doing this now, you won’t be able to buy any Double Masters 2022 singles until the release date passes. Fortunately, one LGS decided to open a full […]
Meme Combo Deck Wins Competitive MTG Tournament
This is an excellent time for combo players who love a messy road to victory. Last weekend, Set Championship finalist Simon Nielson, better known on Twitter as @MrChecklistCard, won an MTG paper Modern open with Glimpse Elementals Combo, created by Twitter user @Xenowan. The competition was fierce, with top finishes loaded up with Mythic Championship […]
Flood the Board with Planeswalkers in Commander!
This is the first Commander deck I’ve covered that isn’t based on a competitive venture from some point in my life where I managed to get decent results. This is instead based on my experience playing MTG for the first time. I started right around the Khans of Tarkir prerelease. While the power level of […]
Top 11 MTG Best Red Card Draw in EDH
Red is a weird color when discussing card draw. Most of the card advantage that red offers aren’t drawing cards. The more common mechanic for red is to exile cards, allowing you to play them for a limited time. Since this is (sort of) red’s version of card draw, effects like this (and more) will […]
Use MTG Mutate to Accumulate Infinite Value in EDH!
Most of my Commander expeditions start with mechanics that I was in love with by experiencing them in competitive formats. This deck was created to memorialize the Jeskai MTG Mutate Combo deck that was popular around Kaldheim Standard. While an American team in the pro tour optimized the deck to its final list, I played […]