Alchemy Arena Only Cards I Wish We Could Tweak for Paper
Magic Arena has regular expansions in the guise of Alchemy cards that add digital exclusive cards to the card pool. These are legal in Alchemy tournaments and also in Brawl, where you’re most likely to come across them. Most of these designs use mechanics that are impossible to replicate in paper – but a few of them could work with ... Read More...
5 Underrated Commander Cards in Time Spiral
Magic’s next in-universe set is Reality Fracture. It’s about an alternate reality constructed by Jace Beleren. In it, he has rewritten time so that the Phyrexians were never a problem. In a lot of ways, he has rewritten the past. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a set about the entire Magic timeline changing. In 2006, we got Time ... Read More...
The Top 10 God Cards In Commander
God cards are powerful no matter what TCG you’re playing, and just as iconic. Whether it’s the Egyptian God cards of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Arceus and the Creation Trio in Pokemon, or the Theros Pantheon in Magic, they’re some of the most recognizable and feared cards to sit across from. Here are the top 10 God Cards in Commander – the God ... Read More...
The Hobbit Draft Guide
I always feel an added sense of mystery and adventure when I draft a Universes Beyond set. In order to faithfully adapt the source material, these formats often make fundamental changes to how booster packs are constructed, the size of the card pool, or other factors that lead to a weird and warped Limited experience. But in The Hobbit, I ... Read More...
How to Avoid Deckbuilding Traps
Building a new Commander deck is always a fun time. You get to pick out something that speaks to you, pull out some cool cards you want to play alongside it, and see how to glue it all together. You might have some ideas of staples and templates that can inform the general make-up of a deck, and you might ... Read More...
The Definitive Guide to The Lore in Mystery Booster: Commander Edition
At MagicCon: Amsterdam we got tons of information about the next year plus of Magic – including lots of new sets. Of these, the one that is the most exciting for Commander players has got to be Mystery Booster Commander Edition. It’s set to release on November 9th, and like previous incarnations of Mystery Booster, this will be available at ... Read More...
3 New Mystery Booster Commanders You Should Try Building
Mystery Booster Commander Edition is on the horizon, and it brings with it a whole Smörgåsbord of new Commander options. There are dozens to choose from, but these are the ones that have us putting our brewing caps on. Here are three new Mystery Booster Commanders you could have a lot of fun with. MYSTERY BOOSTER COMMANDER EDITION Myster Booster ... Read More...