With Commander 2019 on the horizon, we wanted to offer a token of our appreciation to customers who purchase the new Commander decks from us. So, we’ve partnered with our friends at The Command Zone podcast to offer exclusive codes for their life-tracking app, Lifelinker! All orders for Commander 2019 sealed product placed from August 1-29 will include a code …
Commander is one of Magic‘s best formats. It’s a juggernaut in Magic, played around the world and backed by throngs of fans. As a member of the Commander Advisory Group (CAG), I play a role in supporting the team that manages the rules, philosophy, and banned list we all look to when creating decks. The CAG was created by the …
Towards the end of last Standard season, Gruul decks ended up being serious contenders. Coming into this season with Core Set 2020 hitting the scene, everyone wondered if this would hold up. After all, cards like Rekindling Phoenix have become largely invalidated by cards like Cavalier of Thorns. You can overcome all of that, but you need to take a …
It seems as though every new set nowadays is jammed full of “project cards.” These cards do weird, but powerful things, tempting players to try and build new decks to harness them. In Core Set 2020, one such card still waiting for time in the spotlight is Brought Back. Just look at this thing! The power level and mana cost of …
Throne of Eldraine is finally here, and we can’t get enough of Magic‘s fairy tale plane. If you’re looking for more info on this set, read on! Theme After a year on the futuristic city-plane of Ravnica, we’ll be journeying to a brand-new, high fantasy-inspired plane called Eldraine. According to Mark Rosewater, Eldraine’s design was inspired by Arthurian legends and …
With Modern Horizons in and Bridge from Below out, Modern has once again become a wild west of deck choices and matchups. But what does that mean for the upcoming Mythic Championship? More than a few decks have risen to the top of the metagame; here are the ten that are poised to make the biggest splash. 10. B/R Skelemental …
“My Squirrels get +10/+10, trample, and haste.” I said this to an opponent while playing one of many Oathbreaker games at MagicFest Seattle. Before that weekend, I had never played this command-zone-oriented format. But by the time the Fest was over, I had played eight Oathbreaker matches and was completely sold on it. Not sure what Oathbreaker is? Interested in …
This article is part of a series of profiles of the major characters in Magic Core Set 2020. Today we’re looking at Omnath, a powerful Elemental from the plane of Zendikar. Omnath is a manifestation of the chaotic mana of Zendikar, worshipped by some Zendikari communities as a creator god. For most of the plane’s history, he was believed to …
The headlining mythic cycle of Core Set 2020 revolves around five different Cavaliers, one for each color. It’s common practice for Magic to have a cycle of creatures or spells headline their set, and it’s certainly not new with Core Sets. These creatures have some unique qualities and a ton of rules text, so let’s break them down and see …
Looking for a new deck to break open the early Core Set 2020 metagame? Let me make a… token suggestion. G/W Tokens is a powerful, consistent aggro deck with room to adapt to shifts in a new Standard! Best of all, it has picked up some powerful options in M20 for us to look at. Get In – We’re Going …
