Last updated on April 8, 2026 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Illustration by Jung Park The mana system in Magic is one of the games defining traits
Nonbasic lands are a staple of multi-color decks, and unless your opponent also happens to be playing red Blood Moon makes them useless for anything other than colorless cost
Mount Doom's final ability is a board wipe that will only spare two creatures, leaving the player with two attackers on an otherwise empty board
That we get triggers coming and going doubles the speed at which life loss happens
Each time you cast a card like Plaguecrafter or Fleshbag Marauder, it returns to your hand so that you can play it again next turn (provided that your commander is still alive, of course)
Apart from tearing up kitchen tables, Clone was played in the first deck that won the Magic World Championship in 1994