This past weekend was a huge weekend for Pioneer. We had a PTQ on Magic Online, the big SCG, the 5ks at the SCG, and the normal Magic Online results. As you might expect the format had a lot of results to look over. While a fair amount of the decks are things we actually talked about a few weeks …
Out of all the classic card effects in Magic, lifegain might get the least respect. And though it pains me to say it…with good reason. The problem with expending cards and mana to gain life – especially if that’s the only thing you’re doing – is that lifegain alone will never win the game for you, so all you’re doing …
Hideaway, originally from Lorwyn, appears only on six cards so far in Magic…and here they are! It represents two abilities – the first, way more boring one, is that the permanent with Hideaway will enter the battlefield tapped. The second says that when the Hideaway permanent enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, then exile …
Much like the latest set releases, most of the Magic content sphere is primarily focused on the new cards and decks. While it is exciting, it can make it feel like we need to constantly update and change our decks in order to keep up. There are many decks that have stood the test of time, however; ones that persevere …
An Additional Combat Phase There are many phrases which tickle the curiosity of a Magic player. “Draw a card” is perhaps the most pervasive, but the one which always makes me happy is hearing that there will be an additional combat phase. Playing aggro decks in Commander can often be difficult due to how unfriendly the format can be toward …
Today, Card Kingdom has ended its partnership with Michael David Lynch and I Hate Your Deck, effective immediately. Card Kingdom began its sponsorship of Michael Lynch’s show I Hate Your Deck starting in January 2022. A Buzzfeed article, published on March 9, 2022, included several accusations against Michael Lynch, host of the YouTube show I Hate Your Deck. These accusations …
When Lurrus was banned, I had an initial feeling of, “well what do I do now? I’m flying to a tournament in two weeks” the answer to that question is simple: get into the lab and figure it out. I believe in a relatively public testing process. Today I want to go into my testing process, my experiences along the …
The more things change, the more they stay the same. We are heading into the first big paper tournament after the Lurrus ban two weeks ago. We have had an online Super and some other events to draw information from, but what will people end up bringing? Today we are going over what I predict will be the five most …
If there was any doubt that Magic: The Gathering is more popular than ever, we have to look no further than the roaring success of The Academic. Less than 20 minutes after the launch of the Kickstarter, the project was fully funded. And as of writing this, 15,000 people have pledged more than $825,000. While this is a huge success for The Profession and Tolarian Community College, it is equally a success for the Magic community.
Champion, from Lorwyn Block, appears on creatures, and appears on those cards as “Champion a ____” where the blank is a creature type. There are two abilities that go along with Champion – the first says that when it enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you exile another ____ you control” (again, a creature type). The second ability says that …
