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June 23, 20268 min read

How to Design Custom MTG Lands

Design balanced custom MTG lands: why lands are costed by downside not mana, dual-land levers, utility and creature lands, and land color identity.

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June 11, 20264 min read

The Complete Guide to MTG Mana Symbols

Every mana pip explained — generic, colored, hybrid, twobrid, phyrexian, snow, energy, tap and untap — what each one means in a cost, how color identity works, and how to build them on a custom card.

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