Singing Tree – Magic the Gathering Card Review
Singing Tree from Magic the Gathering’s Arabian Night set may not be the most powerful card in the world. While a 0/3 Plant creature for 4 mana (three generic & one Green) seems underpowered, being able to reduce an attacking creature’s power to zero just by tapping certainly isn’t bad. While it’s hardly as good […]
Merchant Ship – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
In early Magic the Gathering, you can find many examples of cards that were simply just not very good. Merchant Ship from Arabian Nights was a card that was never reprinted because it’s on the Reserved List. But, it doesn’t really matter, because it’s not very good. Merchant Ship is a 0/2 creature that can’t […]
Blessing of Frost – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
With the Kaldheim set being based on Nordic mythology, it seemed like a foregone conclusion to many Magic the Gathering players that there would be Snow cards in the set. Blessing of Frost wasn’t only the first Snow card to be revealed in the set, it was also the first non-permanent Snow card Magic players […]
Elephant Graveyard – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Elephant Graveyard is one of the more interesting land cards ever printed in Magic the Gathering, appearing only in the Arabian Nights set. Not only can you tap it for a colorless mana, but you can also tap it to regenerate an Elephant or Mammoth. Regeneration allows you to tap a creature whenever it would […]
Asylum Visitor – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
There’s a lot of things to like about Asylum Visitor from the Magic the Gathering set Shadows Over Innistrad. Not only is she a vampire, but she has the Madness ability. This means if you happen to discard her, you can pay 1B to cast her! Having a 3/1 creature for 2 mana is good […]
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
The evil Phyrexians made a return to the Magic the Gathering scene in Kaldheim! Last time we saw the Phyrexians in a Standard-legal set, it was all the way back in New Phyrexia. Now, we get a juicy new Phyrexian creature, complete with a denoted creature type, something players have been asking for years. The […]
Halvar, God of Battle / Sword of the Realms – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
We’ve seen how powerful the modal Double-Faced land cards were in Magic the Gathering’s Zendikar Rising. Having a spell that you could also play as a land has changed the competitive landscape forever. Kaldheim offers a brand new take on the modal cards with a creature that can also be an enchantment. But, this first […]
Surtland Flinger – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Kaldheim may be one of the most tribal focused sets ever released for the Magic the Gathering card game. In particular, the Giants tribe gained a number of interesting cards, one of which is Surtland Flinger. Like its counterpart in Blue, Surtland Elementalist, the Flinger is available only in the Theme and Set boosters, not […]
Fanatic of Xenagos – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Fanatic of Xenagos is a very strong creature card from Magic the Gathering’s Born of the Gods set. With the Fanatic, you either get a 3/3 Trampler that gains haste and +1/+1 until the end of turn that he’s summoned, or a 4/4 Trampler if an opponent pays his Tribute cost of a +1/+1 counter. […]
Calamity Bearer – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
In Magic the Gathering’s Kaldheim set, fans of Giant Tribal decks received a powerful new ally in Calamity Bearer. This four-mana Giant Berserker doubles the damage which any Giant you control deals to a permanent or player. While it doesn’t double the damage on the Adventure half of the most popular Giant out there in […]