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My ability triggered, what now? Does it resolve? Guide to understanding the stack and priority — Last in First out When I first started playing Magic, one of the most confusing concepts to me was the stack. It was mystifying, and it took me quite a while to get a […]

You Want to Respond to That? How the Stack Works

21 Feb, 2018 in Articles / Explanations / Getting Started / MTG Guides / The Game / Uncategorized tagged Advice / Getting Started / Guides / MTG / The Game by zebotc

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! The Chinese Zodiac is a popular part of Chinese Mythology that influences character and story elements in a multitude of games and other forms of entertainment; such as Pokemon, Persona, and Fire Emblem. Magic the gathering also has a slew of cards based off of […]

The Chinese Zodiac in Magic the Gathering

14 Feb, 2018 in Articles / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Discussion / Guides by

So, you say you want to draw cards, eh? You say you want to draw lots of cards? Good cards? Game winning cards, perhaps? Well, today, I present to you Magic’s latest and greatest in card drawing technology. That of course is, Azami Lady of Scrolls! Drawing cards in Magic […]

EDH: Azami Lady of Scrolls

31 Jan, 2018 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged Blue / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Deck Tech / EDH / Guides by zebotc

To win a game of Magic, you need to delegate your resources, while also maintaining a strong presence on the battlefield. As a player, you need to realize when it is important to cast certain spells to either win the game, or get yourself out of various situations. Due to […]

The Leylines of Magic

24 Jan, 2018 in Articles / Explanations / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Discussion / Guides / The Game by

Ever since I started playing Magic years ago, I have always wanted vampires to be a deck. When I first started playing, I fell in love with all of the vampire cards, their arts, their abilities, the flavor of them (I’ve always been a fan of victorian era things). But, […]

Mardu Vampires in Modern? Rivals of Ixalan Spoilers!

8 Jan, 2018 in Articles / Formats / Modern tagged Black / Competitive / Deck Tech / Decks / Guides / Modern / Red / White by zebotc

The Holidays are underway, and who better to invite to your festivities than some of the strongest Magic creatures in the game? The only problem is that their cards have too high of a mana cost for being only a single party guest. So, in order to spread the battlefield […]

A Festival Of Tokens

30 Dec, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / MTG Guides tagged Aggro / Commander / Discussion / EDH / Guides by

Finally, after about a year of waiting, I am covering a deck that I’ve been meaning to go over for a long time. You may be wondering why this has taken so long… Well um, I kinda forgot about it and moved on to something else (Probably because this deck doesn’t […]

Pauper: Mono-Black Control Breakdown

20 Dec, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Pauper tagged Black / Control / Deck Tech / Decks / Guides / MTG / MTGO / Pauper / Wizards of The Coast by Shakunjin

Magic can be an incredibly intricate and complex game to learn and play. While its basic rules are not too hard to understand, there are a lot of underlying strategies that are not always outwardly apparent to everyone. I know for myself, I definitely didn’t understand a lot of the […]

Advanced Magic: The Gathering Strategy – How to Be a ...

13 Dec, 2017 in Articles / Getting Started / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Competitive / Discussion / Guides / The Game by zebotc

Being able to add cards to your hand is almost always a useful ability, especially in games where you end up using all of your resources in one fell swoop. Having a large amount of cards in your hand can completely change the tide of a game. So cards that […]

Best Draw Cards in MTG

6 Dec, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / Getting Started / MTG Guides tagged Advice / Casual / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Discussion / Guides / The Game / Tips by

Nissa is one of the most popular green Planeswalkers in Magic the Gathering. She has a total of eight different cards, seven of which are mono green. Her abilities revolve a lot around untapping and reusing lands, restoring her controller’s life total, and providing reliable card advantage. So, without any […]

Planeswalkers: Nissa

15 Nov, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / MTG Guides tagged Advice / Discussion / Green / Guides / Life Gain by

There are a multitude of different ways to win in Magic the Gathering. You can mill your opponent, slowly burn their life away, or just swing a bunch of creatures in their face. Unlike these methods, gaining a tremendous amount of life in order to stall out your opponent doesn’t […]

Pros and Cons of Life Gain Decks in Magic

26 Oct, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Discussion / Getting Started / Guides / Life Gain by

Today we will be taking a closer look at one of my favorite formats in Magic: Vintage. For this special occasion, I will be going over the deck I play the most, Tezzerator. Tezzerator is an artifact focused combo deck, but don’t confuse it with the one trick pony combo […]

Vintage Tezzerator Breakdown

18 Oct, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Vintage tagged Black / Blue / Competitive / Deck Tech / Decks / Guides / Red / Vintage by Shakunjin

Legacy has traditionally been dominated by counter wars and combos throughout its history. However many decks in the format often utilize a few choice removal spells. From Death and Taxes to Delver, removal spells have stamped their spot permanently into Legacy’s meta. Commonly used spells range from general run of […]

Best Legacy Removal Spells

11 Oct, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Legacy / MTG Guides tagged Advice / Discussion / Guides / Legacy by zebotc

It was my first tournament and I had just started getting my feet wet in the Legacy format. I was so excited to finally be playing a match with my pet deck: Death and Taxes. This was back in the CB-Top days, and of course my opponent was playing a classic […]

Containment Priest Does Not Stop Tokens… and Other MTG Misconceptions

29 Sep, 2017 in Articles / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Casual / Competitive / Discussion / Getting Started / Guides / Tips by zebotc

In this series of articles we will be going over the various rules of Magic: the Gathering, in an attempt to both, teach new players the game, and help keep existing players up to date on possible rule changes. In these first few articles we will be going over the […]

Sylvan Tutor: Basic Rules

24 May, 2017 in Articles / Getting Started / MTG Guides tagged Discussion / Getting Started / Guides / MTG / The Game / Wizards / Wizards of The Coast by Shakunjin

Sylvan Tutor: How Read Cards

17 May, 2017 in Articles / Getting Started / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Discussion / Getting Started / Guides / Rules by Shakunjin

A very important but often overlooked aspect to playing Magic is when to switch between playing as the control deck or the aggro deck. Often times players get stuck in the habit of playing one way or the other, often going through countless numbers of games playing one way when […]

Switching Roles: When Do You Play as the Control Deck ...

15 May, 2017 in Articles / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Aggro / Discussion / Guides / The Game by zebotc

Anyone who has played Magic has seen the power of artifacts. These colorless spells have been around since the release of Alpha, and even then, they were extremely powerful. From these small (but by no means humble) beginnings, artifacts have turned into one of Magic’s most notorious spell types. Morridon […]

“Fighting The Machine”: A Commentary on Artifacts in EDH

19 Apr, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / The Game tagged cEDH / Commander / Discussion / EDH / Guides by LooseWire

Recently, I’ve started experimenting with different EDH decks. At first, I had a , Elf-based combo deck, but this deck quickly became boring, and felt underpowered to the group I was playing with. So I began searching for a new deck to play. After trying several different brews, I came up with the idea […]