MTG Guides

Menace means a creature can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures. Here is the exact rule, the extra-blocker trap that catches most players, and the best menace cards at every budget.

Protection in MTG explained: the DEBT rule, what it does not stop, all seven protection-from-everything cards, and the only card that removes it.

Shroud stops every player targeting a permanent, including its own controller. All 35 paper shroud cards, the exact rules, what still kills them, and the only two cards in Magic that strip it.

Hexproof means your opponents cannot target it, but you still can. Full rules (CR 702.11), all 95 paper cards, the 19 “hexproof from” variants, the only six cards that strip it, and a budget green package under $3.

Scry in MTG explained: the exact rule, why scry 0 does nothing, why the mulligan is not a scry, all 443 scry cards, the ten scry lands, and every scry payoff.

Ward in MTG explained: what the keyword actually does, every ward cost across all 189 paper cards, why board wipes ignore it completely, and the official rulings players get wrong.

Convoke lets your creatures pay for your spells. A complete rules guide with all 105 convoke cards, the 9 cards that grant convoke, official rulings, and a budget deck package.

How amass works in MTG: Army tokens, the subtype trap that stacks Orc and Goblin on one body, all 15 Hobbit amass cards, and the best amass cards.

How MTG Adventure cards work, straight from rule 715: casting, the exile clause, and the color-identity trap that makes 36 of 151 Adventure cards illegal in decks they look legal in. Plus all 17 Adventures in The Hobbit.

The complete Commander bracket system explained, with all 53 Game Changers, current Scryfall-verified prices, and the tutor rule that was deleted in October 2025.