MTG Guides

All 353 mana rocks in Magic, ranked by net mana – output minus activation cost. Only 46 actually accelerate you, and Signets net +1, not +2.

Every madness card in Magic, measured: how the rules work, all 62 cards with prices, the 12 that aren’t a discount, and a $47 Anje Falkenrath deck.

Infect deals damage as poison counters, and ten of them ends the game. All 45 infect cards with prices, the rules verbatim, infect vs toxic, and a $45 Commander core.

Lifelink explained: exact rules, the interactions players get wrong, and all 360 paper cards counted – plus the best budget picks for Commander.

Regenerate creates a shield, not a resurrection. All 272 paper cards measured: what it stops, what it never stops, and why Standard has none.

The August 2026 MTG Standard meta, measured rather than predicted: Mono-Green Landfall leads the post-ban winner’s metagame at 13%, the four pillars Wizards named finished 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th, and every card price and legality here is verified against the live Scryfall API.

Haste does not just let creatures attack the turn they land – it also unlocks tap abilities. Full rules, the summoning sickness trap, every enabler, and all 645 haste cards.

Vigilance means attacking does not tap your creature. It is not haste, and it will not untap anything. Full rules plus data on all 730 vigilance cards.

Prowess triggers on any noncreature spell, resolves before it, and survives counterspells. Full rules, all 87 prowess cards, and why two bans missed it.

Every MTG banned card by format, updated after the August 2026 announcement – Standard, Commander, Modern, Pioneer and Arena, with current prices.