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The Phyrexians are back with a vengeance. Magic: The Gathering’s latest Standard set, Dominaria United, was released on September 9th, and takes players back to the plane of Dominaria, a place filled with familiar tribes, locations, and planeswalkers. Between 41 legendary creatures, returning mechanics, and the beginning of a four-set story arc, Dominaria United offers … Read more

A Black Tarmogoyf? In my Standard format!? We’ve had access to the Lost Caverns of Ixalan cards for about a week. That’s not enough time to “solve” formats or to explore everything that might be out there. But it’s certainly enough to get a glimpse at what tools our boldest and most creative deckbuilders are most interested … Read more

Stupid sexy Malcolm! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not those silly holidays – it’s another Secret Lair drop! This time, we’ve got a wonderful selection of themes, from some neat and avant garde art to a lot of Jurassic Park, so let’s break down what each of these offer and if … Read more

Ranking the best cards in the worst color. It probably isn’t an incredibly controversial take anymore that Green is the worst color in competitive Commander (cEDH). Even throughout its dominance of the occasional Standard format, its omnipresence in Commander (often for ramp purposes, something competitive Commander builds accomplish with mana-generating artifacts), and its longevity at … Read more

Flooding the Commander format with the tears of blue players. For a very long time, white was known as the absolute worst color in the Commander format. It lacked card draw, had a very hard time answering things, was casually practically a “creature-only” color, and its most powerful cards (land destruction and stax pieces) were … Read more

Get up to date on the returning keyword in The Brothers’ War. Introduced in Shards of Alara, Unearth is a keyword ability that returns a permanent from the graveyard to the battlefield with haste and then exiled at the beginning of the next end step. Unearth plays similarly to Flashback but only at sorcery speed, where you … Read more

These Fifth Dawn prices are still uncommonly high! Historically speaking, artifact-based sets have always done very well for themselves over the years. Being filled with powerful cards lacking meaningful color restrictions means the contents of artifact-based sets are just that more likely to see widespread play, and Fifth Dawn is no exception. It won’t surprise you to … Read more

No humans found here! Eventide dropped back in 2008, concluding the two-set Shadowmoor block. It’s a small set and wasn’t overloaded with hugely powerful cards, but there are still some diamonds in the rough for us to get into. From widely played lands to archetype staples, Eventide has a handful of cards that have held pretty respectable prices — let’s get … Read more

Prices that will exterminate your wallet. With the Doctor Who Commander decks now on the shelves of your LGS, and with singles from them flying around, it’s a good time to evaluate the pricing of some of the set’s most popular cards. Between high-profile old reprints and new cards that could shake things up in … Read more

Discover how you can make a scene with Lord of the Rings cards. One of the highlights of of the Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set is the impressive artistry that goes into the world of Lord of the Rings. You can see it in every game piece in the set, but the … Read more