Pioneer got a bit of a shakeup recently with some bans, so Mason pauses to take a look at the metagame ahead of RCQ Season. It’s been a couple of weeks since the Pioneer banning of both Winota and Expressive Iteration. We have had some results and the players have rushed to figure out the format with the RCQ season ... Read More...

Double Masters 2022 is a reprint set, which means old cards get fancy new artsometimes from some familiar names! Being a set composed entirely of reprints, Double Masters 2022 can’t give us much that counts as purely new. All the cards already exist (with a lone exception for Cryptic Spires), so while previews allow for excitement over some welcome reprints, there’s ... Read More...

Exalted is one of the most enduring combat mechanics to come out in a while. It literally exalts one of your creatures per combat.  Exalted is a combat mechanic that can appear on any permanent type. It triggers when a creature you control attacks alone. That creature will get +1/+1 until the end of the turn for each instance of ... Read More...

Scott gives us an overview of the Artisan Commander format, Commander variant that cuts out all Rare and Mythic cards. Power level talks and rule zero discussions have been a hot button topic in the Commander community recently. Everyone wants to have a good game, and to have some agency in how that game plays out. I previously wrote a ... Read More...

It’s preview season for Double Masters 2022! Courtesy of Wizards of the Coast, we have a couple of free preview cards to show off! Or, if you want to see them in a slightly more silly way, head over to our TikTok. We have two cards from the new set for you today, one that’s probably a little more Limited ... Read More...

This week, Kristen covers some EDH cards that tend to overperform. These Commander cards aren’t quite staples, but are perhaps worth another look.  Like many of you reading this, I play a lot of Commander. One thing I love about the format is the sheer number of cards you have to choose from when building a deck. There are plenty ... Read More...

Nizzahon looks at a significant event on this day in MTG history. On June 20th, 2011, Jace and Stoneforge Mystic were banned! Welcome to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’re taking a look at the banning of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Stoneforge Mystic in Standard, which was announced eleven years ago today, on June 20th, ... Read More...