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! Gerrard, captain of the airship Weatherlight, has become one of the most popular characters in the Dominarian universe. How fitting that he should have on of the more powerful effects. With Gerrard in play, the owner gets an addition card during his or her draw phase. Sure, you only

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