X Gon' Give it to Ya Un-mander is here for only a few more weeks, but before the format goes back to normal, we need to have at least one more silver-bordered Showdown. Unstable gave us a commander that easily wins the Most-Difficult-Card-To-Search-By-Name award: [card]X[/card]. This sneaky Inspector Gadget spoof infiltrates an opponent's hand and plays […]

Just over half a year ago, a card was announced that made many people call for it to be banned even before it was in our hands: [card]Paradox Engine[/card]. Some even believed it would end up being banned in standard, which was hyperbolic, and at times I can even see why someone might want [card]Paradox […]

Flashback Attack Almost exactly eleven years ago, the Time Spiral set was released, shaking the world in ways players never expected. 'Timeshifted' cards like [card]Lord of Atlantis[/card] and [card]The Rack[/card] brought the past into the present as temporal rifts threatened to destroy the beloved plane of Dominaria (which we'll return to next year.) If you'd like […]

Welcome back to The Chopping Block! The place where we take an average deck and chop it into more refined pieces. With this information, you will be able to create a deck that feels like your own and is competitive to boot. This week we’ll be looking at a series decks to fulfill your mob […]

Political parties have been a contentious part of United States politics since the founding of the nation. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote about their concerns and the benefits of "factions" on the political stage in the ninth and tenth Federalist Papers. They began a heated debate that years later led to the formation of […]

The steam engine broke society. It brought the world into the modern era. Industrialization, creating every modern amenity, would not have been possible without it. After the initial design by James Watt there were countless improvements, but there have been no developments with as large of an impact on the world since. When the previews […]

With each new set we must begin again the process of evaluating the new cards. This can either take some time if the card is very complex or be quick if it's extremely straightforward; [card]Paradox Engine[/card] was the later. This card was easy to evaluate, or so I thought. It’s insanely powerful. It does bonkers […]