Author: The Mage

Theros is a plane themed after ancient Greece. You would think that this set would have some great flavor potential, but in reality the sets have been lackluster. Even the…

Tribal decks are always fun if you can pull them off and there are always a few that hang on the fringe of playable in nearly every non-rotating format. The…

One of the hardest skills for a newer player to grasp is what makes a card good. This is difficult because there are a number of factors that go into…

Mark Rosewater, head of R&D for Magic: The Gathering, has a scale by which he judges the power level of game mechanics and how likely those mechanics are to return…

Darien, King of Kjeldor is a 3/3 Human Soldier (the card says Lord, but the errata says Soldier) that costs 4 generic and 2 white mana. Not good as far…

There are a lot of good decks in Pioneer right now and, unfortunately, I don't have the resources to cover all of them right when they pop up or come…

Now for something completely different: a mill deck in commander. It's not a great strategy since you have three 99-card decks to get through, but then again there are also…

Magic is a collectible card game and like most collectible items, there is value in them, so protecting you cards needs to be a high priority. If I may delve…

Every now and then Wizards of the Coast releases a mechanic that is too good for Magic, like those that break the fundamentals of the game. Phyrexian mana is a…

"As she took the wheel of the Weatherlight for the first time in a millennium, Jhoira knew she'd been right to restore the ship. Anything was possible now."Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain…