For many players, land is one of the least interesting components of Magic: the Gathering. Most see them as a necessary evil, a means to get out the other cards that they actually want to use. After all, what is...
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Magic has been around for over 20 years now, and in that time it has ballooned both in interest and complexity. While the basics to playing it have largely stayed the same, the sheer volume of possible rules interactions between...
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— Of a time passed, players kneeling, both with unsure concrete feeling, Over how we should be dealing, dealing with...
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Editor’s Note: This piece was originally designed to be a two part article series but was decided at the last minute to combine them instead. Hence why there was no Monday Magic segment on 12/1/14. Enjoy! Commander 2014 has been...
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Imagine that you are well into your latest evening of playing Magic with friends, and you once again watch as your friend uncreatively combos out with their Cascade deck into or , while another player has resorted to browsing their...
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While Magic is fundamentally one of battle-based conflict, multiplayer formats like Commander add in all sorts of variables to contend with beyond simply pounding your opponent’s skeleton into the a fine doughnut-grade powdery dust. Hmm, calcium-laced doughnuts…. For one, Commander games...
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Although I’ve been playing Magic since the days when Mono and Poly Artifacts were still a thing, in all that time I’ve never been drawn to the tournament scene. Like many others, I don’t play Constructed in any way, shape,...
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For Monday Magic this week, instead of going over a Commander card from the past, I wanted to briefly highlight a couple of the card cycles for the upcoming Commander 2014 sets. It’s only fitting since they too are largely...
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Whether your first forays into Magic were ten years ago or ten days ago, almost every player goes through a series of progressive steps towards bettering themselves. At first, everyone is so focused and concerned on grasping the fundamentals of...
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With just a little over a week since its retail release, the collective ode to Khans of Tarkir has already begun. While it remains to be seen the lasting effect their sets will have on the game writ large going...
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