Some Recent Magic the Gathering Favorites
Magic has been on a roll lately. Secrets of Strixhaven is full of good stuff, Lorwny Eclipsed was great, and the upcoming Reality Fracture, a “what if?” set, sounds very exciting.
I know I’m too new of a player to have nostalgia (I’ve only played Magic since 2024), but I still had to smile seeing cards from Bloomburrow, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, and even Murders at Karlov Manor in the Mystical Archives. I know those sets! They’re from when I started playing!
Lorwyn Eclipsed gave me another “probably goes infinite” combo piece for my Standard Otters deck, in [[Firdoch Core]], a mana rock that’s also an otter, allowing Floodcaller to untap it whenever you cast a noncreature spell. (Now we wait for them to print [[How To Keep an Izzet Mage Busy]] as a real card.)
| As I collect more, I’m starting to understand the appeal of building a cube. (A cube is a curated selection of cards, built to be repeatably drafted.) Maybe one day I’ll build a Bloomburrow cube; that would at least give me a home for the white-bordered [[Sword of the Meek | MB2]] I pulled in a Mystery Booster 2 draft, or the very well worn [[Shuko]] I bought knowing it would be a great combo piece with [[Heartfire Hero]]. |