Reanimator – bringing back huge creatures from the graveyard with relatively cheap spells – is one of the oldest and most recognizable strategies in Magic. The mechanic draws inspiration directly from the fantasy stories which inspired the game’s creators, where wizards reanimate the fallen as shambling undead or reincarnate them to full glorious power. As you’d expect, both black and ... Read More...

Get ready to turn your trash into treasure with this powerful mechanic! What is Delve? Delve is technically a graveyard mechanic, though it functions differently than most. Rather than reuse or repurpose the cards in your graveyard, delve lets you exile cards from your graveyard to pay the costs of spells. Each card you exile pays for one generic mana ... Read More...

Commander is often known as a “wild west” format; as long as you’re playing within the confines of the Rule 0 talk, anything goes. Games are full of unique interactions that leave you with fond memories. This, to me, is the essence of Commander: celebrating the depth of possibilities in one of the best gaming sandboxes ever made. I’m here ... Read More...

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...