Plagued Rusalka – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Plagued Rusalka is a Magic the Gathering card originally printed in the Guildpact set as an uncommon. Back in its Standard heyday, around 2006 to 2007, it was a very playable card. In fact, it would make several appearances in Pro Tour Top 4 decks. While it wouldn’t see much play past 2017, it would […]
Quasiduplicate – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Quasiduplicate is a sorcery spell from Magic the Gathering’s Guilds of Ravnica set. This three-mana spell not only can clone one of your creatures, but it also has Jump-start. A mechanic new to Guilds of Ravnica, Jump-start allows you to cast a spell from the graveyard by paying its mana cost plus discarding a card. […]
How the Saheeli Rai & Felidar Guardian Combo Works in Magic the Gathering
On April 27, 2017, Magic the Gathering found it necessary to urgently ban the card Felidar Guardian in the game’s most popular competitive format at the time, known as Standard. This emergency ban was necessary due to the Saheeli Rai & Felidar Guardian Infinite combo decks – also known as the Copy Cat combo – […]
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
With the release of the Ixalan set in Magic the Gathering, Mono-White Vampires became a competitive deck. Previously, Vampires had been in Black and Red, with the occasional Black/White Vampire. Ixalan released a number of mono-White Vampires, including the Legendary Creature Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle. Mavren’s ability gives you a 1/1 Vampire creature token with […]
Tainted Remedy – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Tainted Remedy is a Magic the Gathering card from the Magic Origins set. Time and again, this Enchantment has been compared to Sanguine Bond, a card that was once worth $10 before it was reprinted into dust. Because of how valuable Sanguine Bond became, Magic finance speculators have loved this card for years. So, what’s […]
Bonescythe Sliver – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
The Sliver creatures printed in the Magic 2014 Core Set were a fairly impressive bunch. While Slivers never became a Tier One deck in Standard, they were a deck to beat for a time at Friday Night Magic events at local game stores. With Cavern of Souls around for another three months after the release […]
Khabal Ghoul – An Old School Magic the Gathering Card Review
Khabal Ghoul is an interesting Zombie creature card from Magic the Gathering’s second-ever release Arabian Nights. This creature is uncommon, but it’s on the Reserve List, like many of the best Arabian Nights cards became. For 3 mana (2 Colorless mana, 1 Black mana), you get a 1/1 Zombie. That’s not exciting at all, but […]
Neheb the Eternal – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Early returns on Hour of Devastation indicated that it wasn’t one of the most “valuable” Magic the Gathering sets of recent years. Of course, there are some good, playable cards in the set that trended positively when it came to singles sales. One of these is the Red mythic rare Legendary Minotaur, Neheb, the Eternal. […]
Battle for Bretagard – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Green and White tokens has long been a popular deck-building strategy in Magic the Gathering, and the Kaldheim set brings token lovers a new toy to play with in Battle for Bretagard. This Saga, which is an Enchantment that only sticks around for its “chapters” to play out, creates two different tokens, creates a copy […]
Is It Worth Buying Signature Spellbook: Gideon For Magic the Gathering?
The Jace Signature Spellbook was an interesting concept, but many players and collectors agree it fell short in terms of power level. But, with the Gideon Signature Spellbook, Wizards of the Coast chose some significantly powerful cards, all of which make sense to include in Gideon’s spell book. So, just how good is Signature Spellbook: […]