Collectible card games bear a number of traits that make them prohibitive to a great many people, including difficulty level, barrier cost to entry, the financial burden of continually buying new product, and the potential difficulties of finding others in...
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Space. When it comes to the great cosmos and worlds beyond, its truly awe-inspiring just how vast it really is. With billions of stars, planets, and other celestial phenomena, there exists an ever-expansive list of things to explore beyond our...
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I have always been a fan of protection as an ability. It’s been around since the game’s beginning, but it’s also arguably one of the most complicated abilities for players to comprehend – perhaps only beaten out by banding. This...
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The one thing a Commander player will never be able to complain about is a lack of options available when building a deck. Yes, some players will gripe because a specific ability isn’t in the colors they want, or there...
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Perception is reality. This is an age-old statement that remains as true now as the day it was coined. The vast majority of us have a tendency to merely take what’s around us and extrapolate an immediate conclusion. From politics to...
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Of all the articles created for this Monday Magic column, few articles have gotten as much attention (and took as much work to create) as the multi-part series on taking the long approach to building an EDH deck. The idea...
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Our hobbies encompass some of our most passionate attributes. Beyond the larger aspects of life – family, friends, societal concerns, or the annual return of the Shamrock Shake (so I’m told) – what we choose to do with our free...
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Editor’s Note: We’re off today in celebration of the holidays. Enjoy this Monday Magic article, which was originally published on November 28th. Commander 2016 has begun circulating in earnest, and while it’s still a bit early to say how well...
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Among the many axioms about battlefield tactics, one of the most useful (and obvious) is upsetting expectations. That is, the less predictable you are to your opponent, the better your chances at victory. If your enemy knows what you’re...
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“He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men’s weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of...
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