Magic

Card of the Day Archive

Every card we’ve spotlighted, newest first. 135 picks on record.

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  • Format mover

    Ms. Bumbleflower

    A GWU precon face who quietly does the most unglamorous…

  • Budget gem

    Maskwood Nexus

    A four-mana artifact that turns every creature you own into every creature type…

  • Rules

    Cathars' Crusade

    Cathars' Crusade doesn't have a rules problem, it has a math problem.

  • New / spoiler

    The Queen of Dale

    A two-mana Esper Sentinel comp that doesn't tax mana, just hands…

  • New / spoiler

    My Precious // Allure of Power

    A two-mana sac outlet that draws two cards attached to a three-mana equipment…

  • Combo

    Protean Hulk

    Die and the game ends: Protean Hulk's death trigger tutors your entire combo onto…

  • Format mover

    Ledger Shredder

    A two-mana bird that quietly wins the card advantage war in any deck casting cheap…

  • Salt pick

    Massacre Wurm

    Massacre Wurm is the card people bring in specifically to punish someone else's…

  • Salt pick

    Ad Nauseam

    It wins games.

  • Format mover

    Vilis, Broker of Blood

    Mono-black decks quietly treat this as their best card draw engine…

  • Rules

    Phyrexian Metamorph

    Players still misplay this thing constantly, entering it as a copy is a one-time…

  • Budget gem

    Blasphemous Act

    A one-sided board wipe that deals 13 damage to every creature and routinely costs 1…

  • Bracket watch

    Farewell

    Farewell is officially a Game Changer, and a lot of tables still won't let it near…

  • Format mover

    Crop Rotation

    One green mana and a land turns into instant-speed access to whatever busted land…