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Top 8 Cards from Ravnica Allegiance
8. Awaken the Erstwhile If you’ve ever played against Restore Balance in Modern, you know that symmetrical effects are never actually symmetrical. If you’re able to build a...
Top 8 Ravnica Allegiance Standard Decks for Week One
Week 1 Standard tournaments aren’t what they used to be. Going into this weekend, we already have a vague sense of competitive metagame archetypes, thanks to heavy streaming of Arena....
Green White Land Destruction in Modern
Control decks have taken on many forms throughout the history of the game, with plenty of people having a burning hatred for them. Counterspells, kill spells, things that some people consider...
Commander Deck Tech: Carth the Lion
My first impression on Carth the Lion was that it was pretty bad. I opened it in one of my prerelease kits at my local game store. I had...
Searching for Standard Ravnica Allegiance Decks to Grind the Ranked Ladder With
Ravnica Allegiance comes with a host of powerful new cards. What’s a good way to get a feel for them? I decided to try the Best-of-1 Constructed League on Arena,...
Beyond the Norm: Core 2019 Checklist
Core 2019 prerelease is just around the corner, and the traditional strategy is to try to build the best deck you can from your pool and win games. But sometimes,...
Coreset 2021 Design Review: The Planeswalkers
There will be plenty of articles reviewing the power level of M21, the ways the cards can be used in format X or Y, and ranking the top draft picks,...
How to Play Against Aggro Decks on MTG Arena
*This has been adapted from the New Player Guide written by OriginMD. With the release of RNA, red decks had received some cheap and powerful tools in Skewer the Critics...
How to Build a Deck on MTG Arena and Which Events to Grind
Making a deck on Magic the Gathering: Arena is a gradual process - but also an extremely fulfilling one! Your heart will skip a beat every time you open up...
Top 8 Magic Mechanics that Wizards Should Bring Back
What makes a good mechanic? For any game, including Magic, a good mechanic is one that either encourages players to engage in fun play patterns or mitigates un-fun play patterns....
Top 8 Standard Cards from Crimson Vow
8. Valorous Stance It's been around five years since Valorous Stance was last in Standard. During its time in the format, it was a staple, as many of the...
Unique Pioneer Decks and Tech from Players Tours Brussels and Nagoya
The first ever Players Tours are in the books. This past weekend we saw the new Pioneer format on the big stage in Nagoya and Brussels, with Kenta Harane and...