Magic the Gathering

Commander Focus: Rhys’s Pieces

In Commander, it's generally best to build your deck to handle a wide variety of threats and game conditions instead of jamming it full of redundant, win-more effects that you think are cool and don't want to cut. HOWEVER,...

Unstable Mutation: Cabaretti Cacophony

This deck has the wrong commander. Jetmir, Nexus of Revels is the exciting new Naya token commander, this is a Naya token creature deck so the whole thing is just kind of confusing to me. Nonetheless, the deck exists and...

Unstable Mutation: Bedecked Brokers

Bedecked Brokers is the BANT precon, in theory, the shard is White with Green and Blue, but I think that distinction is eroding over time.  It's focused on counters and proliferation, and has a subtheme of shield counters, with...

Streets of New Capenna Review, Part 3 – Multicolor and Colorless

Magic's newest expansion has us traveling to New Capenna, a world of art deco stylings and magic mobsters. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk about the multicolored cards and what they...

Streets of New Capenna Review, Part 2 – WUBRG

Magic's newest expansion has us traveling to New Capenna. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk about the monocolored cards and what they mean for the game in different formats and how...

Streets of New Capenna Review, Part 1 – The Mechanics

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to the metropolis of New Capenna, a place built by angels but now fallen to the rule of five Demon-led crime families. A new set means new mechanics, and we've got a healthy...

Commander Focus: Enshrining Life

Shrines have been around for a bit, a cycle originally in Champions of Kamigawa, then a return in Core Set 2021. Finally, the return to Kamigawa in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty saw another cycle of shrines. The second and third...

Commander Focus: Xander Cruise

New Capenna is upon us, almost any day now, but technically this deck isn't legal yet, and may even get tweaked a bit as the cards are released but for now, given all the back and forth about Lord...

Elder Dragon Highlander Focus: 20 Years of Torment (Chainer, Dementia Master)

There's a new Magic format growing in popularity as a way for judges and players to pass the time between rounds, and today I am here to give you the scoop on this variant: Elder Dragon Highlander. It's a...

Interview with Elli Amir, designer of Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate – Turn Order

Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate is a new 1-2 player tactical card game by Elli Amir. (You can read our review of the game here.) Adopting recognizable language, syntax, and grammar from popular collectible card games (CCG’s)—most notably Magic:...