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MTG Turbulent Lands guide image showing a misty Commander fantasy landscape with purple magic, distant castles, wetlands and a Turbulent Fen card.

MTG Turbulent Lands Explained: Rules, List & Uses

Turbulent lands care about your opponents' combined land count, not your own. Learn how this Commander-focused cycle works, see the full list of 5, and compare them to bond lands.

MTG Fast Lands guide image showing a dramatic rocky fantasy landscape with a Blooming Marsh card and the title Fast Lands Explained, representing dual lands that enter untapped in the opening land drops.

MTG Fast Lands Explained: Rules, List & Uses

Fast lands enter untapped for your first three land drops, then start entering tapped later. Learn how the mechanic works, see the full cycle of 10, and when to run...

MTG Verge Lands guide image showing a dark blue swamp and ruined manor landscape with glowing water, jagged spires, storm clouds and a Verge land card, representing untapped dual lands with a conditional second colour.

MTG Verge Lands Explained: Rules, List & Uses

Verge lands enter untapped and always provide one colour, with a condition only for their second colour. Learn how the cycle works and see the full list of 10.

MTG Pathway Lands guide image showing a split fantasy landscape with a fiery red canyon on one side and a green-blue waterfall wilderness on the other, representing Pathway lands choosing one colour as they enter.

MTG Pathway Lands Explained: Rules, List & Uses

Pathway lands let you choose one colour as they enter, always come in untapped, and never cost life. Learn how the MDFC rules work and see the full cycle of...

The Hobbit Commander MTG guide image showing a dark fantasy battlefield with a glowing ring, armored dark lord, wraith rider, tower, fantasy cards, relics and the title Commander Best Cards & Proxy Guide.

The Hobbit Commander: Best Cards & Proxy Guide

The Hobbit Commander reprints The One Ring, Orcish Bowmasters, Sauron and Tom Bombadil alongside new HOC cards. Here's what matters and how to play them with proxies.

The Hobbit MTG guide image showing a wizard, a halfling traveler and a pack pony walking toward a golden sunset beside a hillside home, with mountains, waterfalls and the title Best Cards & Proxy Guide.

The Hobbit MTG: Best Cards & Proxy Guide

The Hobbit's main set brought Smaug, Gandalf, Gollum and Bilbo's company to Standard. Here are the standouts, what they do, and how to play them with proxies.