This Baldur’s Gate Card Makes the Cleanup Step Matter Again
Alchemy Horizon: Baldur’s Gate’s brief spoiler season has come and gone. Alongside a trio of new mechanics, the designed-for-digital set also saw the return of the cleanup step. This is the second time the cleanup step has been mentioned on a card in over 20 years. First appearing on paper back in 1996, the cleanup […]
This New Baldur’s Gate Card Is Simply Too Much!
As a digital-only set, Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate allowed Wizards of the Coast to get creative with some of the set’s cards. This has allowed the introduction of new mechanics, Specialize and Double Team. However, it’s not all good news. Alongside tweaks and mechanics that make parsing cards easier, Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate also makes […]
This New Alchemy Mechanic Might Come to Paper MTG
As Alchemy Horizons: Baldurs Gate’s brief spoiler season comes to a close, we’re left with a trio of new mechanics to digest. After picking Double Team and Specialize apart, we now set our sights upon Boon. Unlike the other new Alchemy Horizons: Baldurs Gate mechanics, Boon won’t be exclusive to the MTG Alchemy format. Triggers, […]
Creatures Are Two for the Price of Two With This New Arena Mechanic!
With Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate’s spoiler season well underway, we’ve got a trio of new mechanics to admire and assess. Specialize has already proven itself to be a confusing beast of a mechanic, but thankfully the same cannot be said for Double Team. MTG Double Team essentially lets you play creatures twice in a surprising […]
Specialize Is Already Full of Missed Opportunities
The spoiler season for Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate is well underway, giving us a first taste of the new MTG Specialize mechanic. This new mechanic has introduced five unique transformation variants for several new and reimagined cards. Unfortunately, however, not all these cards, and their variations, have been created equal. Most MTG Specialize cards that […]