The Release Notes include information concerning the release of a newMagic: The Gatheringset, as well as a collection of clarifications and rulings involving that set's cards. It's intended to make playing with the new cards more fun by clearing up the common misconceptions and confusion inevit...
I actually use Read the Bones in a couple decks as the combination of scry 2 and draw 2 allows for filtering through up to the top 4 cards in your deck. It's reasonably mana costed and the 2 life isn't a major drawback (especially with other life gain to offset). It wouldn't ...
The “Pitch card” spells that can be cast for no Mana by discarding or through a similar penalty were first introduced in Alliances, one for each color and resembling an existing card: Bounty of the Hunt resembles a more versatile Giant Growth, Contagion serves as a double Weakne...
The percentage next to the number represents the win rate for that color combination. These percentage values are collected from the color ratings page on 17Lands. If there are no values, then that means the sample size was too small to determine the win rate (unpopular deck combination). Th...
That combination of abilities means that this card will often have a home, and being a cute puppy, this is one of my picks to rise quickly. The only thing holding this card back will be a lack of awareness for the card itself.I think there’s a very good chance that this grows to...
could be produced by Land already in play, but unlike Fellwar Stone which targeted Land your opponent controlled, Reflecting Pool targeted Land that you control, making it very effective in combination with Pain Lands, because it could give you the color you needed without the point of da...
Alara was originally a normal and relatively peaceful plane until a cataclysm called the Sundering tore it up into fiveshards. These shards each had an abundance of a combination of three types of mana. Bant() is a land ofknights, castles, and high magic.Esper() is made up of islands an...
few times, but the combination of a discard effect and pressure on your opponent’s life total is highly effective. Stripping them of their hand makes it far harder for them to stabilize after taking a huge chunk of damage.Rakdos's Returnprovides all that value while scaling with the game....
Maybe it is a combination of these two approaches that you should make your goal while you perform your magic. Do you plan on performing “situational comedy magic” where the nature of the magical elements in your show does the heavy lifting in getting your laughs? Do you plan to tell a...
Magic has its own weird and wondrous set of terminology. From specific terms for the type of equipment and cards you use to specific names for secret pockets hidden in a magician’s jacket, there are lots of terms you need to know to set your magical knowledge in motion....