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Here’s how to dominate your opponents. First appearing in Invasion and returning recently in Dominaria United, domain is a keyword ability that relies on the number of different basic land types a player controls. What is Domain in Magic: The Gathering? Domain is a keyword ability that checks the number of basic land types you … Read more

A chivalry of Knights and a vexing Vampire leads the charge. Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Standard expansion, March of the Machine, drops globally on April 21st, 2023. March of the Machine is the conclusion of a multi-set storyline that started with Dominaria United. Will Chandra, Teferi, Koth, and other Planeswalkers save the multiverse from a Phyrexian invasion? The answer to this question and … Read more

Seth reacts to today’s Banned and Restricted announcement, and shares the decks he expects to benefit. I can’t tell you enough how necessary making bans to Modern was. The format has desperately needed a shakeup, and now we finally got it. As of tomorrow, Oko, Thief of Crowns, Mox Opal and Mycosynth Lattice are all banned … Read more

A legacy of high value cards! Examining a set like Urza’s Legacy is very interesting today, given that a slew of recent reprints have brought cards from this old set back to the forefront of people’s minds. Between The Brothers’ War and Dominaria Remastered, many old cards are being reprinted – some for the very first time – and it’s … Read more

Old archetypes are back in surprising forms. With Covid-19 preventing in-person events these past two years, my experience with the Modern format has felt very disjointed. Now that we are getting back to live events, including the SCG Invitational this weekend, Modern is back in the spotlight. While many classic archetypes are sure to be on display this weekend, … Read more

What’s coming in the March of the Machine? (Outside of the Phyrexians, of course) Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Standard expansion, March of the Machine, has a global release date of April 21st, 2022. Players can experience March of the Machine a week before release during prerelease weekend. March of the Machine concludes the multi-set storyline beginning with Dominaria United. What fate … Read more

Get up to speed with the premium Commander release. Following the fantastic success of Double Masters 2022, Commander Masters is the next in the lucrative and desirable product line scheduled to drop in the summer, with a massive focus on the popular casual format — Commander. Commander continues to grow year-on-year and is the most popular Magic: The … Read more

Cassie delves into Magic’s latest foray into card scarcity — The One Ring. It finally happened. After Priceless Treasures, Masterpieces, Neon Ink Foils, and serialized cards showed Wizards of the Coast (WotC) willingness to go deeper and deeper into hyper-scarcity, where they finally cannonballed into the deep end of the pool with The Lord of the Rings: Tales of … Read more

Highlighting Standard, Pioneer, and Modern’s best. Magic: The Gathering continues to be as competitive as ever. With the return of the Pro Tour and various other competitive events, such as SCG Opens and the NRG Series, there are plenty of ways to tap into high-level Magic these days. Going further, Magic Online (MTGO) and MTG Arena … Read more

The city (and prices) that never sleep. Some sets go down in Magic history as absolute classics, changing the game on multiple levels. Gameplay, power, flavor, terminology – these sets live a long time in the memory thanks to the impact they have. The original Ravnica block is, I would argue, one of the most … Read more