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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles releases March 6. Alongside the main set, there’s the Pizza Box, the Team-up Box, and one Commander deck: Turtle Power! These heroes in a half-shell are headlining a five-color Commander deck, and we’re here to get it upgraded. The Turtle Power! Deck features two five color Commander options in Heroes in a Half Shell and Leonardo, …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – or TMNT – is the latest Magic release. But what cards are worth a look if you’re not the biggest fan of the franchise? Let’s take a look. The set releases March 6, with prereleases running the week of February 27. Alongside prerelease kits, bundles, and boosters (both Collector and Play), you’ll be able to …
Griselbrand has been banned in Commander since June 2012. Is it finally time to turn Griselbanned into Griselunbanned? Griselbrand is up there as one of the most iconic cards in Magic. When you think of cards that most people know – Black Lotus aside – you tend to think of the likes of Delver of Secrets, Lightning Bolt, Bloodbraid Elf, …
The buzz this week has all been around spoilers for our next Universes Beyond set: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’m not familiar with any of the brand’s incarnations, but if I had any expectations for the set going in it would be some new Mutant, Ninja and Turtle cards – and of course I was right. The goal of Universes …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the next set on the horizon, with a release date of March 6th, and from what we’ve seen so far, the most prominent new mechanic in the set is Sneak. It’s an alternating casting cost that you gain access to when you have a creature that is unblocked during the declare blockers step. You pay …
When you build a new Commander deck, Sol Ring and Arcane Signet are the first artifacts you reach for. When you buy a Commander Precon, they’re always included. The power of Sol Ring and Arcane Signet is undisputed – but what are the best mana rocks otherwise? SOL RING AND ARCANE SIGNET ARE JUST THAT GOOD Sol Ring is the …
Lifelink isn’t just the remit of dedicated lifegain decks, and it hasn’t been for a long time. Gaining life in Casual Commander is currently way more important than it ever was before, and all decks can and should be dipping in. Here’s the rundown. THE ROLE OF LIFEGAIN IN CASUAL COMMANDER Life is a resource, right? It’s one of the …
Most of the popular Commander decks are quite conventional when you strip back a few pet cards and the choice of what basic lands to run. Further still, the most popular typal decks are the very definition of convention, with lists varying only in small ways. Today I want to talk unconventional – because unconventional Commanders can be way more …
We’ve had our first potential Commander previewed from Secrets of Strixhaven, and it’s really cool. RW gets Lorehold, the Historian, a cost reducing, miracle making rummager. Here’s the lowdown on how she works, and some sweet synergy cards to check out if you’re building her. LOREHOLD THE HISTORIAN Secrets of Strixhaven brings back the Elder Dragons in charge of the …
Lorwyn Eclipsed has a lot of cool cards, but there’s one in particular that lit a deck-building fire under me: Twilight Diviner. Cards that double effects are strong, and something of a go-to for Wizards when they want to print something splashy, powerful and fun. So much so, in fact, that it’s gotten a little tiring to see the latest …
