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Magic: the Gathering Foundations Review, Part 2 of 3: White, Blue, and Black Cards

After many years, a Core set has returned to Magic. This Standard legal set is 50/50 new cards and reprints, and will remain legal through at least 2029 with annual reprints. A pared down selection of cards will be...

Unstable Mutation: The Ten Best Cards to Upgrade Your Ahoy Mateys Pirate Deck for Commander

Ahoy, Mateys (sorry) and welcome to our look at the, uh, Ahoy Mateys deck from the Ixalan precons. This is a precon with a particular tribal theme, that being Pirates, but instead of a simple tribal aggro deck, there...

The 10 Cards to Pick up from Universes Beyond: Doctor Who

We recently wrapped up our review of the four Commander Decks from the new Universes Beyond: Doctor Who set, and if you missed those individual deck reviews you can find them here: Timey Wimey Blast from the Past Paradox...

Commander Focus: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Credit: Michelle Lizak One of the things that eluded Magic in the beginning was a sense of ownership, a sense of place in the game for the protagonist, aka the player. The original backstory of Magic explained that you were...

Commander Focus: Poxwalkin’ on the Sun

Hi everyone! Welcome back to another Commander Focus: Budget edition! I'm your host, Loxi, and today we'll be bringing you the latest in fun and affordable deck techs. I'll actually be starting a mini series-within-a-series (within...a series?) where we...

Commander Focus: Two’s a Party

Hi everyone! My name is Will, but you'll see me around by my alias, "Loxi." I've played Magic since Return to Ravnica and Commander for the past 7 or so years. I've always been passionate about the game being...

Commander Focus: Golos, A token of my appreciation

Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. Credit: Joseph Meehan, Wizards of the Coast Modern Horizons 2 is out and one of the things the set revealed is a renewed focus on "named tokens," with abilities that trigger off of them. Let's review the...

Commander 101: Winning a Negative-Sum Game

In this week's Commander Focus we're kicking off a limited multi-part series on the basics and core principles behind Magic's Commander format. Each week we'll cover a different key element and dive into the dynamics behind it and how...

Commander Focus: A Pirate’s Life for Me, Part 1 – Malcolm and Breeches

Credit: Ferris, Jean Leon GEROME/Private Collection/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES The distribution of power throughout the tribes of Magic: the Gathering is - at best - uneven. For most of Magic's history Elves have probably been the strongest, with the combination of cheap...

Magic the Gathering: Zendikar Rising Round-up

Magic's newest expansion dropped last week - Zendikark Rising, a new set in the very popular world of Zendikar. The Eldrazi are long defeated and the plane is at rest... or is it? New machinations are afoot as Nahiri seeks to...