If your lifegain deck struggles to close things out, you probably need more payoffs. I also advise steering clear of most cards thatonlygain life, likeFeed the ClanandNatural Spring. They can be fine in small doses, especially if they gain a lot of life, but they don’t meaningfully im...
These combos often involve Phyrexian Altar, which will come up again later with some of the best black combo enablers. #48. Vilis, Broker of Blood Your pain is Vilis, Broker of Blood’s gain. Losing life draws you cards, whether that’s from Vilis’s activated ability or simply getting...
if you hit your opponent with a lifelink creature with three power, you’ll gain three life. Lifelink is an ability that’s crucial to life gain strategies, but it’s incredibly useful whatever yourMTG deckis looking to do. After all, if you keep increasing...
The priestess of the Ghost Council, Ayli, is a Cleric creature that can sacrifice another creature to gain life equal to that creature’s toughness. She has a toughness of 3, a power of 2, and a mana cost of 1 white and 1 black. Additionally, Ayli can also spend 1 white and 1 b...
And it even costs an extra black?" I can hear you say. And you're right, it is two aggressively medium (a technical term) cards stapled together to form a strangely flexible tutor that can also kick the tires on a game where you've run out of gas. I don't thi...
[Top 20] MTG Most Powerful Green Cards (Standard) Green isn’t just my favorite color in daily life, it’s also my favorite color to play in Magic the Gathering. There’s something about the creature interactions that just spark joy in the back of my tiny monkey brain. Watching one or...
Originally printed throughMTG Guilds of Ravnica,Assassin’s Trophyis a cheap Instant that can destroy any target permanent. The downside, however, is that your opponent can search their library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield. The Black/Green Instant is a solid sideboard pie...
Forming a deck in MTG by going through the massive pool of cards can be strenuous, especially if unaware of the specifics. However, a dominant meta is always in place, which usually yields good results when followed. One of the MTG’s most popular subsets of cards is the green-black com...
Aggro-Control / Tempo– Disrupt the opponent with quick control cards, while chipping away life with cheap aggro. And that’s our guide to the strongest MTG Arena decks right now! If you’re lacking the cards to craft one of these decks above, you might be able to gain a few free wil...
BlackChittering SkullspeakerBuy on MTGProxy $0.75 view card details This Alchemy set keeps giving us upgrades of existing cards. This time Dusk Legion Zealot is getting a rework as a powerful Squirrel. At a base this card is just Dusk Legion Zealot, but each one you play upgrades the ...