Andrew runs through the nine-count-'em-nine steps of casting a spell. Do you know with certainty in which of the 9 steps you actually pay your mana? Read on!

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Wizards has been using Secret Lairs to get pretty experimental with their card designs, and with the upcoming release of Our Show Is On Friday, Can You Make It? Joe decided to sit down and find out if there's value to be had in Magic cards that don't really look like Magic cards.

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Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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Battlebond presents some juicy reprints as potential pickups. David looks back to Conspiracy to get an idea of how their prices will behave, and the best time for pickup.

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In the world of Dragons, everyone can hear you scream but it doesn't matter one bit. Robert shares some Dragon chemistry around Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund, taking us from small-time ideas to a big-time deck list!

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Odyssey came off the heels of the fan-favorite Invasion Block. While Invasion's theme was gold cards, Odyssey's theme regarded the graveyard as a resource. Wizards R&D designed cards to exploit two previously-neglected ideas – benefits when one discards a card (the Madness mechanic) and the number of cards in the graveyard (Threshold). Although both mechanics […]

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