Elspeth for the Win

    Prime Material Dragon is one of many powerful YuGiOh cards from the Phantom Darkness set. Of course, that set is best known for literally destroying competitive play for several months thanks to the printing of Dark Armed Dragon. One card that has become a bit forgotten though, is Prime Material Dragon, which thanks to its pair of abilities has more judge rulings tied to its name than most cards.   It might be surprising that a card that can both gain you life and prevent destruction effects hasn’t seen competitive play in the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG since 2014. There really aren’t any cards like Prime Material Dragon that can do all the things that it can. Through 2008, the year in which it was first printed, the golden Dragon was a staple in both Monarch and Dark Armed Dragon (DAD) decks. This was thanks to its two abilities:   ·         Any effect that would inflict damage to a player increases their Life Points by the same ...

  Introduced in Generation 5 of Pokemon, Eelektross debuted in Black and White as a mid-tier competitive Electric-type monster. Its Levitate ability means that it can ’ t be hit by Ground-type moves, which would be its only defensive weakness. The lamprey-like Pokemon lives in the ocean , but can crawl ashore with its arms in order to hunt. Apparently, it ’ s found its way into the Paldea region, making it yet another Pokemon returning to the series after being absent from all Generation 8 games including Sword and Shield.   Eelektross is a solid mixed attacker, with 115 base physical Attack and 105 base Special Attack. It has modest defenses with an 85 base HP and 80 base points in both physical Defense and Special Defense. The one stat that holds Eelektross back is its poor speed stat of only 50. In competitive play, it actually was a very popular Pokemon in competitive doubles for both VGC 2011 and VGC 2012. In singles, Eelektross was more mid-tier, starting out in the ...

  Have you ever wanted to know the value of your favorite Nomar Garciaparra rookie card? Unlike many of his peers in the "junk wax" era of 1987 to 1993, Nomar has but one True Rookie Card. That is the 1992 Topps Traded Team USA card. However, there are several cards you may consider to be Nomar rookie cards.   In this card collector's guide, we will also look at a few of the most valuable Nomar Garciaparra baseball cards that could be considered worth collecting to celebrate his early career. These include one of the more important early Garciaparra cards, which is from the 1992-1993 Stadium Club Jack Murphy box set. We’ll also look at other Nomar Garciaparra baseball cards from before his major league debut and several key releases (notably Upper Deck) from Nomar's actual rookie year - 1995 - in Major League Baseball.   Before we get into it, I’d like to make an honorable mention the 1997 Bowman’s Best Mirror Image #MI1. While not a Nomar Garciaparra rookie...

  Zombies have long been a popular tribe in Magic the Gathering, and for quite some time, Blue & Black Zombies have made noise in Commander. In the original Innistrad days, mono-Black Zombies were a dominant force in competitive play. Now, Blue and Black Zombies may once again gain a competitive edge in not just Standard, but perhaps even Modern, with a Zombie creature doubling card called Necroduality!   This mythic rare from Innistrad: Crimson Vow makes it so that whenever a nontoken Zombie creature comes into play on your side of the battlefield, you get a token copy of that creature! They don ’ t even have to be cast, so whether they return from the graveyard, or come straight into play from your hand or your library, you get the free copy.   In older formats, the popular trigger doubling artifact Panharmonicon gets you an additional token with Necroduality. The popular enchantment Rooftop Storm, which lets you cast Zombie creature cards for free, essent...