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Magic: The Gathering continues to lean into Universes Beyond in its 2026 roadmap, but were getting to return to two classic locations from Wizards own universe

For one thing, not having to enchant a permanent is huge, as your foe cant remove it in response, and the ability to duplicate any nonland permanent you have as opposed to just a creature or artifact is massively strong

Then I'll finally be free to write about other, more topical things again

Eyetwitch is a great creature to sacrifice or use as a chump blocker since you actively want it to die to learn

Pour yourself a drink and settle in, and well be your waterbending teacher