If there’s one thing sure to drive Magic players into furious debate, it’s the merits of adding advanced technology to their fantasy card game. While equal parts anticipation and dread simmer in advance of the Universes Beyond: Warhammer: 40,000 Commander decks, we arguably have our first taste of clashing ideals in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.  Universes Beyond In February 2021, Wizards ... Read More...

Modern has 16,117 legal cards ranging from 8th Edition to Innistrad: Crimson Vow. In a card pool this wide, it’s natural for there to be a rather large gap between the best and the worst cards. Once we narrow our focus on cards with competitive viability, the card pool shrinks dramatically. However, there is still a stark difference between the ... Read More...

Modern is a format with a deep and rich card pool. Too often, cards get overlooked and underplayed. Sometimes, that’s because of metagame factors, sometimes it’s because of the power level of the cards and sometimes, it’s due to a simple lack of exploration. Death’s Shadow is a deck that everyone who plays Modern is well aware of. But although ... Read More...

Q: How do you upset a Magic player in just three words? A: “Counter target spell.” Yes, counterspells have always been the most polarizing aspect of Magic. For whatever reason, getting your spell snuffed out on the stack is simply more galling than getting hit by removal on the battlefield. Perhaps it’s the power dynamic created by untapped Islands, the ... Read More...

Future Sight produced a lot of one-off mechanics, but you never know when one could crop up in Magic again. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the enchantment-based mechanic aura swap! What is Aura Swap? At time of writing, aura swap has appeared exclusively on the card Arcanum Wings. On its face, it’s a pretty standard enchantment: for two ... Read More...

The light from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty glows gently from just over the horizon, and it won’t be long before we’re immersed in the hustle and bustle of the cyberpunk plane. Kamigawa has been through a lot since our last visit; lorewise, we’re arriving more than 1200 years after Saviors of Kamigawa, and the plane has seen a number of technological ... Read More...

Angels are among the most brewed tribes in Magic, and also a tribe with some of the most storied Magic cards from many formats. Lending a hand from on high, these are the Top 20 Angels in Magic: the Gathering.  Top 20 Angels in Magic Angels are one expensive creature type! Their average mana value is a lot higher than ... Read More...