Wizards Needs to End Its Free Spell Obsession

Fury

When evaluating MTG cards and their chances of showing up in Constructed formats, one of the most important things to look at is how much the card costs mana-wise. After all, in modern Magic, efficiency is king. There’s a reason why cards like Fatal Push and Thoughtseize have solidified themselves as multi-format staples. Over the […]

Broken Card Draw Engine Resurrects Forgotten MTG Archetype

The One Ring | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Since the release of MH2 and MH3, a lot of strategies that used to be popular mainstays in Modern for years were pushed out. Old-school Affinity, traditional Tarmogoyf Jund, and various Aether Vial decks like Humans just couldn’t compete with all the new, efficient toys. One of the most famous deck styles that has completely […]

Reversing the MTG EDH Bans Would be a Massive Mistake

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware of the Commander bans that took place a few weeks ago. Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside Extortionist, and Nadu, Winged Wisdom left the Commander format. Following this, the Commander Rules Committee handed over the keys to the Commander format, leaving Wizards in charge. Some players were […]

MTG Collector Booster Box Approaches $1000 Each

Call of the Ring | The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth | Art by Anato Finnstark

Collector Boosters are Magic: The Gathering’s own form of a lottery ticket. Packed with extremely rare variants, players can rip open one of these bad boys to try and get lucky. That said, like all good lottery tickets, these are pretty expensive. Even Play Boosters are pretty expensive compared to the good ol’ days, but […]

Huge 25-Card Reveal Debuts Momir 2.0 and a 3 Mana 7/7

Momir Vig, Simic Visionary | From the Vault: Lore

At long last, we have finally seen every new MTG card from Duskmourn: House of Horror. This follows a massive 25-card reveal which truly finishes off the set’s spoiler season. As usual, this last batch of cards is exclusively for MTG Arena players since they’re part of Alchemy: Duskmourn. Releasing on October 15th, Alchemy: Duskmourn […]

27-Year Old MTG Creature Type May be Amalgamated With Halflings

Kithkin Billyrider | March of the Machine

As Magic continues to evolve as a game, all aspects of the game are suspect to change. From emergency errata to broken keywords (we’re looking at you, Companion) to changes in card type terminology, like Tribal to Kindred, all kinds of aspects in Magic can evolve. The same is true for creature types, which commonly […]

Hated MTG Mechanic Makes Surprise Return in Duskmourn

Grenzo, Crooked Jailer

There are very few mechanics in MTG that are outright hated. Ante, Banding, and pre-nerf Companions are wildly considered the worst of the worst and nothing comes close. Nothing except for Heist, at least. Released in Alchemy: Thunder Junction, Heist is an MTG mechanic all about stealing your opponent’s cards. For a wild-set set, this […]