Naruto MTG Decks: The Best Magic: The Gathering Strategies Right Now

Yes, Naruto MTG decks are absolutely a thing right now. They just are not coming from an official Naruto release. The best shells already exist in Commander.

Best Budget Pioneer Deck in MTG Right Now? Start With Mono-Red Prowess

TLDR If I wanted one budget Pioneer deck right now, I would start with Mono-Red Prowess. It is cheap by Pioneer standards, it is still putting up real results,

Best MTG Platforms for Purchasing Hype Proxies

For most players, the best platform for purchasing hype proxies is a dedicated MTG proxy storefront, not a generic custom print tool or open marketplace. The

Most Disliked MTG Cards: 10 Examples Players Love To Hate

The most disliked MTG cards usually do one of three things: lock players out, punish basic game actions, or create miserable swing turns. In competitive

Best Warhammer 40k Crossover Ideas for a MTG Commander Deck

TLDR The best Warhammer 40k crossover ideas for a MTG commander deck usually start with play pattern, not just art. Marneus Calgar is the cleanest “army on the

Best Commander Precon Upgrade Packages to Proxy First in MTG

Commander precon upgrade proxies work best when you stop thinking card by card and start thinking in packages. That is the cleanest way to make a precon feel

How to Build a Shared MTG Proxy Binder for Multiple Decks

An MTG proxy binder is one of the easiest ways to stop reprinting the same staples every time a new deck idea grabs you by the brain. Commander players are

MTG Dual Lands Guide for Proxy Players: Which Lands Actually Matter?

MTG dual land proxies matter because your mana base decides whether your deck gets to play Magic or spend three turns holding spells it cannot cast. That

cEDH Proxy Staples by Archetype in MTG: What to Print First

cEDH proxy staples are easy to get wrong because people love the idea of “the staple pile” more than they love asking what their deck is actually trying to do.

Designing Custom Tokens and Emblems That Match Your Deck in MTG

Start by listing every token and emblem your deck can create, including the weird ones. Build one consistent “visual language” so your board state looks

Commander Staples Package for MTG: The 60 Cards That Make Most Decks Work

A Commander “staples package” is a toolbox, not a deck. You’re not supposed to jam all 60 into one list unless you enjoy playing “generic goodstuff vs generic

Best Materials for Altering MTG Proxies

The real boss fight is what happens after your alter goes into a sleeve: smears, sticking, and edge chipping. For most people, thin acrylics or paint pens are

MTG Altered Proxies 101: How to Practice Card Alters Without Ruining Anything Expensive

MTG altered proxies are the safest way to learn alters because your mistakes cost you nothing (except dignity, which is already a renewable resource). Start

Winter, Misanthropic Guide Commander Deck in MTG

Winter, Misanthropic Guide is a Jund Commander that looks generous (everyone draws two) until you realize he is also the table’s new hand-size landlord. Once

MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed Limited Review: Artifacts & Lands

This post helps MTG Limited players decide which Lorwyn Eclipsed artifacts and lands to pick and play, so they can stop losing games to “my deck is fine, my

Magic: The Gathering’s Multiverse Isn’t Going Anywhere, Mark Rosewater Says

Universes Beyond is printing money, so some players are worried Magic’s own worlds will get pushed out. Mark Rosewater says the MTG Multiverse still matters to

MTG Overprinting Lawsuit Targets Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks and Other Executives

Two Hasbro shareholders filed a lawsuit in Rhode Island federal court alleging executives misled investors about Magic: The Gathering demand and overprinting. T

Improving at MTG: A No-Panic Roadmap for Getting Better at Magic: The Gathering

Improving at MTG is mostly reps plus one focused concept at a time, not collecting 40 “must-read” tabs and then never reading them again. Start with fundamental

Common MTG Slang: A Translation Guide for Magic: The Gathering Players

MTG slang is basically shorthand for “I’ve said this same thing 10,000 times and I’m tired.” Learn three buckets and you’ll understand 90% of table talk: color

Who is Chris Cocks and why don’t MTG players like him?

Chris Cocks is Hasbro’s CEO and a former Wizards of the Coast leader, so his name ends up stapled to basically every “Hasbro is doing a thing” MTG complaint. A

MTG Sideboards, Maybeboards, and Considering Cards: What Should Actually Be Printed?

This post helps MTG players decide what to print for a deck by explaining how sideboards, maybeboards, and “considering” cards function in real play, so they

MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed Meets the Jim Henson Company: Puppets, Duality, and the Return of Tactile Fantasy

MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed got a Jim Henson Creature Shop puppet short, and yes, it’s as charmingly weird as that sentence sounds. The collab fits Lorwyn and

MTG Card Printings Explained: Choosing the Right Version When Names Collide

Most of the time, “which printing?” is an aesthetic choice. The rules come from Oracle text, not whatever a 1997 textbox was trying to say. Names “collide” in

MTG Basics Done Right: How Many Lands, Which Arts, and How to Avoid Accidental Duplicates

Decide your land count first, then pick your basic land art. Vibes do not cast spells (sadly). Commander: start at 37 lands unless you can explain why you are

MTG Double-Faced Cards and Meld: The Cleanest Way to Order and Play Them

MTG double-faced cards and meld are only “complicated” because your deck wants hidden information and your hands want convenience. If you use opaque sleeves,

MTG Decklist to Printed Proxies: The Clean Workflow

Your goal is a boring, consistent text decklist: Qty Card Name per line, nothing clever. Do four quick passes before you import: Names, Counts, Faces, Extras. I

MTG Decklist Hygiene: Fixing Typos, Set Codes, and Card Names

TLDR If your decklist upload “mysteriously” fails, it’s usually a typo, a smart quote, a header line, or a card name format your parser hates. Do a quick

MTG Commander Decklist Sanity Check: The 60-Second Pre-Checkout Audit

This post helps Commander players avoid dumb, expensive decklist mistakes before ordering proxies, so you get the exact 100-card list you meant to play, not

MTG Deck Upgrades Workflow: Printing in Waves

This post helps MTG players upgrade a deck using an MTG deck upgrades workflow that reduces wasted prints by locking a core list first, then iterating on flex

MTG Tokens and Emblems: What to Include, What to Skip When Ordering

You do not need to own every token your deck could theoretically make. You need the ones that actually show up. Bring 1–2 copies of each common token, then use

MTG Decklist Imports: How to Export from Moxfield, Archidekt, and TappedOut Without Errors

The most reliable format is plain text: 1 Card Name per line. If you care about exact printings, export with set codes and collector numbers when possible. The

MTG Proxying a Cube: Keep It Updated Without Reprinting Your Life Story

Treat your cube like software: keep a master list, keep “patch notes,” and only print what changed. Legibility beats realism: if someone has to squint, your

Best MTG Core Sets Ranked: My Favorites from M10 to Foundations

The “best MTG Core Sets” start when core sets stopped being pure reprint soup and started acting like real sets again. Magic Origins is my #1 because it’s the

Classic MTG Sets where the Flavor Still Holds Up

Arabian Nights and Portal Three Kingdoms are the purest “theme-first” sets Magic ever made, because they openly borrow from real-world stories. Mirage and Stron

Best White Cube Cards of 2025 for MTG

If you like white decks that win by “making five things and then making them all lethal,” 2025 fed you well. Airbender Ascension is the most “Cube brain” card

How Invasion Saved Magic the Gathering

Magic had a real confidence problem in the late 90s: “Combo Winter” made games end in a blink, and the following power-down era left a lot of players

MTG Proxies for Legacy and Vintage: Mana Bases and High-Complexity Cards

Start with lands and fast mana. In Legacy and Vintage, the mana base is usually the expensive part, and the part you shuffle the most. Readability is

Are MTG proxies legal to own or print?

For personal use, MTG proxies are “fine” in the way most players mean it: casual play, playtesting, your friend group, your Cube, your Commander nights. The

Commander for New Players: Why EDH Is a Rough Start in MTG

Commander is MTG’s most popular tabletop format. It’s the thing your friend invites you to, the thing your local store runs, and the thing that gets a new

PrintMTG vs PrintingProxies vs MPC: Which MTG Proxy Option Actually Makes Sense?

TLDR: PrintMTG is the best all-around pick: premium feel (S33 black core), easy ordering, and better pricing when you order a lot—it’s basically “MPC-ish value

Avatar Bonus Sheet Spoilers Surprisingly Showcase Banned EDH Powerhouse

MTG’s Avatar set is a fun flavor win, and the Avatar bonus sheet spoilers are adding real heat. The Source Material bonus sheet pulls scenes straight from the

Magic design changes for proxy players

Mark Rosewater just published “30 Years, Part 1,” a look at the biggest pivots in Magic design. It is a great read and worth your time. I took that history and

Land of 1000 Lands MTG Reprint: What We Know

The phrase “Land of 1000 Lands MTG reprint” showed up in a Wizards promo tease this morning, and the community is buzzing. It is not the name of a new card. It

The History of MTG Proxies: From Playtesting to Modern Collectibles

When people first started talking about “proxies” in Magic: The Gathering, they meant the simplest thing imaginable: a basic land with a card name scribbled

5 Misconceptions About Proxies That Turn New Players Off (And Why They’re Wrong)

Proxies are one of those topics that can turn a friendly table into a debate club in under a minute. Some people hear “proxy” and immediately picture bootlegs

Avatar: The Last Airbender MTG Set — Must-Proxy Cards & Deck Ideas

MTG’s Universes Beyond crossovers have been hit-makers, but Avatar: The Last Airbender is different. It’s a fandom with clear identities—four nations, distinct

MTG 2024 Sets Ranked and Reviewed

Magic: The Gathering’s 2024 lineup was full of twists. Some releases were a joy, others fell short, and a few had folks shaking their heads. Here’s my rundown

Marvel Secret Lair in Magic: The Gathering – A Superpowered Crossover

In Magic, some crossovers stand out more than others. The Marvel Secret Lair drops in Magic: The Gathering (MTG) are a big deal because they bring together two

What is the Best MTG Proxy Site?

TLDR: We believe ProxyMTG.com is the best MTG proxy printing website because we optimize for the stuff that actually matters at a real table: clean, readable

MTG Pinkerton Incident: What Happened and Why People Still Talk About It

The Wizards Pinkerton MTG incident is one of those stories that sounded like internet telephone until multiple outlets confirmed the basics: a YouTuber posted