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Part of what makes Magic so great is the way its many different formats allow us to experience the game in different ways. Each format has its own metagame, history, community, and playstyles, and as we get more experienced most players will naturally home in on the ones we feel the most affinity for. Vintage is different though. To the …
Magic has a ton of iconic and beloved creature types, but you can make a strong argument that dragons are #1 all time. Shivan Dragon was functionally the game’s mascot in the early years and the most desirable rare long before Black Lotus could command a price tag. Dragon cards appear across all five colors and in nearly every Magic …
Magic Math: 9 Lives + 3 Cats = 0 Surviving Opponents. Time to show our work! This Combo Breakdown is brought to you by Commander Spellbook, the search engine with over 30,000 EDH (Commander) combos. The Combo Begin the combo with Nine Lives and Herald of Eternal Dawn on the battlefield. This combo is perfect for Zedruu decks, and fits …
What do you get when you mix a Goblin Wizard, a Squirrel and a Vampire? A game-winning combo that results in infinite life-loss and Treasure tokens, that’s what! This Combo Breakdown is brought to you by Commander Spellbook, the search engine with over 30,000 EDH (Commander) combos. The Combo Begin the combo with Warren Soultrader, Chatterfang, Blood Artist, and at …
The craziest finishers in Commander tend to cost quite a bit of mana. Whether it’s the Archangel Avacyn and Serra Emissary of an Angels deck, a Craterhoof Behemoth in a go-wide deck, or good old Insurrection, game winning spells often cost a lot of mana – at least when you’re not trying to win with a cheap combo. As such, …
Wizards has allowed us our first glimpses of the long-anticipated Universes Beyond tie-in with Final Fantasy! Already, we can see the ambitious scope of the set, featuring iconic characters from across the full breadth of the beloved JRPG franchise and its spinoff games. At least a few of them are getting multiple cards, or dual-faced transforming cards – giving designers …
Get your wheels on the starting line and your foot on the accelerator, because it’s time for Card Kingdom’s Aetherdrift Draft Guide! The expectation for this vehicle-heavy set was that it would be a lightning-fast race to finish off your opponent… but in reality that’s only half true. It’s certainly an unforgiving competition though, so make sure you read on …
Commander staples can be really expensive. They’re in high demand because they’re usually the best-in-class at what they do. Are there any actually good, actually playable budget alternatives to these popular cards? Well, there are more than you’d think. Here are my picks for the ones I like to run. BUDGET ALTERNATIVES TO RHYSTIC STUDY Rhystic Study is one of …
The next Standard-release set is Tarkir: Dragonstorm, and it’s the first time we’ll be returning to the eponymous plane since 2015. This got me thinking about the set that came out that year – Dragons of Tarkir. On the whole, it’s a set that hasn’t had a major impact on Commander. Impact Tremors is the only card in the set …
I’m writing this piece after my first experience with Aetherdrift over the prerelease weekend and wow, what a rush that was! I’m a “Melvin” according to Wizards’ well-known player profiles – meaning I’m most excited by cards which use the Magic rules in clever or exciting ways – and it felt like so much of this set really touched that …
