This card + 30 or more life and Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant which would flip to Rune-Tail's Essence would make all of your creatures literally invincible!

  -- By Craig Hightshoe from North Carolina on March 11, 2008

While these overgrown metarule cards are great for beginners and veteran planeswalkers alike, the more battles you have under your belt the more likely you are to appreciate the beauty of changes the rules. Each card lists a new set of conditions that affect you or your opponent as well as altering your starting/maximum hand size and life points. To use the Vanguard cards, just shuffle them and deal one out randomly to each player before the game begins. This is exciting stuff guaranteed to spice up any Magic game! How many times can you watch your opponent try to build his Stasis lock before you scream? Ever want to jam that Lord of the Pit down your foe's throat? These variants may be just the thing you're looking for! The Weatherlight wouldn't be complete without its resident wizard. Ertai, apprentice to Hanna's father Barrin, is the one to whom magical requests fall. His Vanguard card reflects this. Ertai adds four to his owner's life while decreasing maximum hand size by one. Always the protec

  -- By Jon McCarron from Flint, MI USA on June 26, 2001