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 […]
How to Put the All-Time Record Sale for the Mickey Mantle Baseball Card in Perspective
On August 28th, 2022, ESPN broke the story of the all-time record sale of a sports item at auction to that point. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, graded 9.5 Gem Mint by SGC, sold for $12.6 million, a sum which includes a buyer’s premium. Here is the actual auction page on Heritage Auctions for […]
The Top 20 Magic the Gathering Card Reviews on The Phoenix Desertsong
At one time, Magic the Gathering card reviews were my most successful and profitable content niche. It’s funny, as I started them purely for fun when I returned to Magic the Gathering during the New Phyrexia set prerelease. My first ever Magic card review was Urabrask the Hidden, which I plan to revisit thanks to […]
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. […]
Bloodforged Battle-Axe – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
The Commander 2017 pre-constructed decks for Magic the Gathering introduced a number of strong cards for the Commander format. One of these is a one-mana Equipment called Bloodforged Battle-Axe, released in the Feline Ferocity deck with Arahbo, Roar of the World on the cover. It’s more than an improved version of Bonesplitter, because this Axe […]
Augury Adept – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Augury Adept from Shadowmoor holds a special place in my heart when it comes to Magic: the Gathering. The Adept happens to be the first rare I ever pulled from a Magic pack. Shadowmoor is one of the best MTG sets ever printed, especially in regards to cards that are highly relevant in the popular […]
Demanding Dragon – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Demanding Dragon is a rare creature card from Magic the Gathering’s 2019 Core Set. It may surprise you that the five-mana Dragon is former a #1 TCGPlayer bestseller. Besides having five power and toughness, when it enters the battlefield, this Dragon deals five damage to an opponent unless that opponent sacrifices a creature. How good […]
Chandra, Flame’s Fury – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
In most cases, a Planeswalker Deck exclusive like Chandra, Flame’s Fury would be little more than a fun casual curiosity. The planeswalkers in these decks are greatly powered down mirrors of their counterparts in their respective sets. But, with Magic’s Core Set 2020, Chandra planeswalkers are more important than ever. Thanks to a little rare […]
Adventurous Impulse – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Adventurous Impulse is a one-mana Sorcery card from Magic the Gathering’s Dominaria set. This card would be reprinted in the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths set, Therefore, it’s been present in multiple Standard formats, and it’s been useful in both of them. Adventurous Impulse would also appear as a Mystical Archive in the Strixhaven set, but […]
Bitter Feud – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Magic: the Gathering has many cards which do similar things. Bitter Feud is one such card that acts as a sort of redundancy for existing cards. To be fair, Bitter Feud is one exclusive card from the Commander 2014: Built from Scratch deck that took time to find some love. Its effect is essentially the […]