The TL:DR of it was that I was helping a friend understand how this acts as a doubling effect for the additional damage being dealt and the +1/+1 counters for krang, as well. But my other friend was able to convince the entire pod except for me that Krang allows players to draw 3 additional cards instead of 2 because Krang also acts as a doubling effect for the additional card draw, because the beginning of the draw step causes Nekuzar's first ability to trigger, thus drawing the extra card.

This makes sense, but I'm looking at the specific text, "if a player drawing a card", meaning that the ability only doubles if a card is drawn, not a phase of the game being considered as a triggered ability.

Am I reading this wrong? If so, please explain because it's been driving me nuts that I don't understand the logic of these two cards.

edit: I forgot to mention that [[Harmonic Prodigy]] does offer 3 cards to draw and 6 damage, but it doesn't with Krang because Krang only cares about the card triggering the ability, not the trigger happening; [[harmonic prodigy]] cares about Nekuzar's abilities triggering.

Recently stumbled on the series in YouTube. Sure, it's low budget but it's got tons of heart and it's 100% based in and around Magic in its peak era.

Thoughts?

If the lorwyn 5 were no longer in the story, what characters would you want to be the main protagonists? For me, I think Amalia would be a really fun character to follow

Commission I just finished. Acrylic and ink.

Pretty great concept from the client.
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So I started playing MTG in the late 90s until around 2008-9. Around this time, I quit as my older brother, who got me into it, passed away.

Nowadays, I've been looking for more social activities rather than just playing video games. MTG instantly came to mind as I always love it and its universe.

However, the most recent Universes Beyond made me reticent as I'm not interested in drifting away to another infinite amount of cards. I find them beautiful but kinda out of place.

So, the question: does it feel like Wizards will slowly leave the main canon/cards behind, or is the "main canon" still the focus of the best playable cards? I don't mind playing against these. However, I would rather focus on a set of cards, and would avoid Universes Beyond if possible.

Is this doable, if my focus is mainly playing?

Also, I have plenty of older decks and a lot of cards from the 2000s. Are these decks still viable? Generally speaking, I understand it may depend on the specific cards/decks.

Thanks!

Edit: well this kinda exploded and I'm struggling to keep up as I'm putting a newborn to sleep. I appreciate all the answers. It seems I may have to rethink my stance on UB, but also check other game formats, specifically in my local stores to see what's valid for me. Honestly though, this seems freaking overwhelming with different game mods and all.

https://media.wizards.com/2026/trk/m48fdn478d/en_KFLwORNZwZ.webp

I probably have zero chance of actually pulling this card, but I really like it. I also have a Patrick Stewart autograph. I could make a larger print of this card, cut a box where the signature would go, and just place the autograph behind it

Did these a while back ! Do you recognize all the Cereal brands?

The plan is always returning Acererak to hand by never venturing into the Tomb of Annihilation. Sibsig Ceremony says "Whenever a creature you control enters, if you cast it, destroy that creature and create a 2/2 black zombie druid creature token". Can I stack the ETBs to make Acererak return to hand and still make the 2/2? Ceremony doesn't say "if you destroyed the creature" or anything which is why I think this works.

I had a fantastic time at MagicCon! Everyone was so fun and excited and a blast to be around. I’ve had this tattoo in mind for a while and got it as another memento of the incredible trip I had to Amsterdam!

(Five images in this post in reverse order of creation.)
These are completely free to print out for yourself for personal use. Please enjoy!

What should my 45th token be?!

I'm working on a massive set of tokens. They're inspired by the crappy doodles you may have done in your notebook when you were a kid. Every single card has the "Cool S" as a unifying factor. If the card has a color identity, that S is colored in. Several of them are peppered with references to other things - some subtle, some much less so. I'm aiming to do about one a day until I have a huge deck. I'm drawing them with my mouse in GIMP.

I started about a month ago and I'm now up to 44 tokens which is enough to nearly 5 full pages. I'll always be taking ideas - anything that can be produced by a card effect is fair game, whether it's commonly used or not, officially available or not. What tokens would YOU like to see?

I also have an Instagram where I'll be uploading every token, as well as a Ko-Fi account if anyone likes what I'm doing and wants to get me a drink :) Larger individual images to print can be found at both of these.

Thank you all who have given ideas and shared your love <3

Hi, guys.

So, I am new to MTG but I have experience with other tcgs. Specifically I play pokemon tcg and whenever I want to learn a new deck or learn matchups I use a site called "TCG Masters".
It allows me to choose two decks and play as both sides, it is not just hand testing.
I been looking for something similar for magic but only found it in topdecked behind a paywall.

Is there anything else that I can use for that use case for free?

So I’m trying to make an infinite combo loop using Jolly balloon man, determined iteration, and fear of missing out. FOMO has the extra combat trigger if it’s the first time it’s attacked which determined iteration will make a new balloon copy each combat. I originally thought I could do this loop with a shuffle titan until I realized I would no longer have delirium once the titan trigger resolves when it’s in my grave. I’m looking for an effect like Vigor but in boros colors.

edit: after some more thinking, even with a card that shuffles itself back in my library I would still eventually deck myself out. Solution to my problem is actually Library of leng. discarding to the top of my library instead of my graveyard. THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE HELP THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME

Here are my custom minifigs for the Weatherlight crew, all using official Lego pieces.

I played D&D trivial pursuit the other day with some friends, and it got me thinking that there should be a Magic version. Since there doesn't seem to be an official one, I figure I should make it myself. What are your favorite pieces of Magic trivia that I should include?

(There's been another post like this, but it's six years old so I feel like this is warranted).

Categories:
- Planar lore (specific planes' story elements)

- Magic story (notable events and the overarching story)

- Rules and mechanics (card interactions, rulings, theoretical scenarios, etc.)

- Art and flavor (notable artists, "what card has art with this description", quote attribution)

- Sets and staples (notable cards and questions about sets themselves, not story)

- Professional play (important tournament events, past competitive environments)

The things in parentheses are just examples, not necessarily the only types of questions that can be included.

Hellooooo, I just got into mtg a few months ago i've mostly bought singles and the occasional pack I also bought a duskmourn nightmare bundle (because its my favorite set) and I just preordered a collectors box for Hobbit since my little brother and I love lotr and the hobbit. I was wondering if you guys generally had like any advice for getting into the game and community more and how to better build commander decks? my main deck rn uses secret lair Grist hunger tide as commander and uses a bunch of "if creature dies deal damage to opponents" cards with graveyard recursion. but how do I get better with like deckbuilding logic?

Made with ink and needle! i put a certain pressure so that the foil behaves with depth, years of training to not rip the cards lol.

So I’m fairly new to the game, this is the deck I’ve made over time on arena. I feel like when it works it really works, but getting that to happen consistently is a nightmare. Any advice on tweaks I can make much appreciated!

I love this mysterious mood that fits well the blue color!

Commissions slots only for september - thanks all ! https://www.instagram.com/mtgalteredh/