Magic: The Gathering – Alliances

4/5

MTG was the first trading card game. They needed to make money to produce Robo Rally so they made MTG to acquire the funds. MTG has tons of innovation, theme, and amazing artwork. It is hard to rival this game because it has been out since 1993. It is a wonderful competitive card game. Casual MTG is still the #1 way to play. Commander & Draft are okay. 10,000+ plays.

This is an older card game and due to that it has several outdated features. Other games have improved on MTG, but lack innovation or the card pool. This is also a TCG so the pay to win feature exists & the print crappy cards to make people spend more money exists. Simple way around that is to PnP your own stuff at a much cheaper cost and still have fun with the experience. There are better card games. There is no card game with a better card pool.

House rule: update the land system to Duel Masters, Marvel Champions, etc... rules for a more streamlined strategic experience = less luck.

The first new set released after I started playing Magic, Alliances seemed to have a higher power level at the time than what had been printed in the previous year and a half. Looking over it now I'm not sure it's all that, and it retains a bunch of crap elements like cumulative upkeep and rampage. I have a soft spot for Deadly Insect though. Most Kaja Foglio: Kjeldoran Pride (bear version). Honorable mention: Lim-Dûl's High Guard (scimitar version).

This set wasn't very good, but it has one of the best cards ever, Force of Will.

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Top 8 Favorite Cards

1 Force of Will 2 Contagion 3 Pyrokinesis 4 Pillage 5 Guerilla Tactics 6 Gorilla Shaman 7 Deadly Insect 8 Dystopia

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Introduced spells that could be played without mana (staple: Force of Will). Not much content for Limited Play.