Cartas de Magic: The Gathering más influyentes en el metajuego

Discover the Magic: The Gathering cards that have defined and transformed the metagame throughout the history of the popular collectible card game. This ranking explores the impact of iconic and powerful designs across various formats, from Standard to Modern and Commander. We analyze how certain cards have shaped strategies, created deck archetypes, and dominated tournaments, becoming essential pieces for any player. Dive into the evolution of the MTG metagame and understand why these cards are considered the most influential.

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  1. 1

    Ancestral Recall

    151 Global Votes
    • Best card draw spell in the game

      (+3)

    Ancestral Recall offers unparalleled card advantage by allowing a player to draw three cards for a single blue mana, an unmatched efficiency in the game. Its impact on the metagame is profound, as its inclusion defines strategies and forces opponents to adapt to its explosive power in formats like Vintage and Legacy.

  2. 2

    Time Walk

    142 Global Votes

    Time Walk is a foundational card that defines the metagame due to its extra turn effect for an exceptionally low mana cost. Its ability to generate unparalleled tempo advantage has influenced deck building and strategies throughout Magic's history, serving as a cornerstone in formats where it is permitted. Its inclusion in the "Power Nine" underscores its lasting impact and status as one of the most powerful cards ever printed.

  3. 3

    Seedship Agrarian

    0 Global Votes
    • Offers infinite scaling as a threat

      (+3)

    Seedship Agrarian has proven to be an influential card due to its ability to generate significant incremental value. Its capacity to create Lander tokens whenever it becomes tapped provides consistent mana ramp and a growing board presence, making it pivotal in strategies aiming for long-term game dominance.

  4. 4

    Command Bridge

    0 Global Votes
    • Can trigger "if you descended this turn" effects

      (+4)

    Command Bridge provides five-color mana flexibility at a low cost, allowing players to access any color of mana in multicolor decks. Its enter-the-battlefield condition, while restrictive, can be mitigated with proper planning, offering a consistent mana base for diverse strategies.

  5. 5

    Elspeth, Storm Slayer

    0 Global Votes
    • Strong card in a vacuum

      (+4)

    Elspeth, Storm Slayer has proven to be a dominant force in the Magic: The Gathering metagame due to her ability to generate and empower a token army, in addition to offering direct removal. Her static ability to double tokens and her versatility to build a wide or tall army make her a constant threat. The card provides a powerful combination of board presence creation, creature buffing, and key threat removal, making her a valuable inclusion in numerous decks.

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  7. 6

    Lurrus

    0 Global Votes
    • Makes beat down decks better

      (+3)

    Lurrus has proven to be a fundamentally problematic card in formats with powerful low-curve threats, leading to its banning in Legacy and Vintage. Its Companion ability, allowing for consistent recursion of low-cost permanents, added significant resilience and card advantage to efficient strategies.

  8. 7

    Black Lotus

    0 Global Votes
    • Allows casting larger spells on turn 1

      (+4)

    Black Lotus is a foundational card in Magic: The Gathering's history due to its unique ability to generate three mana of any color at zero cost, enabling explosive plays and defining metagame strategies. Its impact on deck speed and power is unparalleled, making it a cornerstone in competitive formats like Vintage and a constant reference in card design.

  9. 8

    Stomping Ground

    0 Global Votes
    • Really good land card

      (+2)

    Stomping Ground is an essential dual land that allows decks to efficiently access red and green mana, either tapped or by paying life to have it enter untapped. Its flexibility and ability to accelerate game development make it a fundamental piece for the consistency of many competitive archetypes across various formats.

  10. 9

    Virulent Plague

    0 Global Votes
    • Can completely hose token decks

      (+2)

    Virulent Plague is an influential card due to its ability to completely shut down token-based deck strategies, offering an extremely potent sideboard solution. Its -2/-2 effect on all creature tokens can clear the board or render tokens irrelevant, significantly impacting the metagame.

  11. 10

    Dimir Oculus

    0 Global Votes
    • Surprisingly effective at climbing the MTG Arena Standard ladder

      (+2)

    Dimir Oculus has proven to be an influential archetype in the Magic: The Gathering metagame due to its powerful combination of reanimation and control. Its ability to leverage the graveyard with creatures like Abhorrent Oculus and Psychic Frog, alongside a suite of disruption, allows it to dominate games and adapt to various threats.

Frequently asked questions

This ranking evaluates the influence of cards on the Magic: The Gathering metagame, considering how they affect popular strategies, deck selection, and the overall game dynamic across different formats.
The metagame refers to everything in Magic that's not defined by the rules, including popular deck archetypes, new card combos everyone's talking about, and overall good strategies within a specific format.
The results indicate which cards have had a significant impact on how Magic is played, whether through their power, their ability to define deck archetypes, or how they force players to adapt their strategies.
The ranking considers cards from all eras of Magic: The Gathering, from the most iconic and powerful in history to those currently defining the metagame in present formats.

How we built this ranking and what to consider when choosing

This ranking has been developed to highlight Magic: The Gathering cards that have left an indelible mark on the metagame over time. It is based on a combination of community recognition and strategic impact analysis.

  • Recurring mentions of cards in discussions about power and influence across various Magic formats have been considered.
  • A card's impact on the creation or dominance of specific deck archetypes is a key factor.
  • The ability of a card to generate card advantage, provide excessive mana, or fundamentally alter game dynamics is highly valued.
  • A card's relevance in the current metagame and its ability to define strategies in the present are also taken into account.
  • Attention has been paid to cards that, despite attempts to 'fix' or balance them, remain dominant.
  • The card must have had a significant impact on how decks are built and games are played in one or more formats.
  • Priority is given to cards that have defined or redefined deck archetypes, or that have been central to winning strategies over time.
  • The card's ability to force opponents to adapt their own strategies or include specific answers in their decks is an indicator of influence.
  • Both historically powerful and 'iconic' cards, as well as those currently making a difference in the metagame, are considered.
  • Cards that offer unique strategic opportunities or powerful synergies that have shaped the game are highly valued.