White Magic:
White is the color of justice, order and things that are holy. Organization, protection, harmony and unity are all the virtues of white. White believes in creating a bond between all that is living, either for harmony, or for smiting those that would threaten the peace that white strives to create. Angelic or divine power can be called on to protect or enhance the white mage in his or her quest against legions of injustice, chaos and evil.
White Attributes:
- Small Creatures: "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." White creatures tend to have really small amounts of power and toughness but when combined the abilities each creature can bring to the table can be more important than the creature itself.
- Protection/Defender: White likes to protect its creatures from harm and prevent damage to them. White has many cards that either prevent damage or prevent opponents from attacking. White also likes to make sure that the opponent doesn't get the upper-hand and keeps everything fair by destroying artifacts and enchantments that could unfavorably help evil.
- Life Gain: Angelic or divine favors can assist in life gain. Many cards that can also give creatures lifelink or directly give life to a player.
Blue:
Put down that pina colada island visitor 'cause we are going blue! The blue side of life controls the wind, the water, and the mind, and creatures found in the blue spectrum usually flying or have a certain connection with water and wind. Other creatures connected with the mind side of blue have abilities that mess with the opponents library, hand or battlefield. Spell counters or cards that force the opponent to put cards from their library into their graveyard show how tricky the blue mage can be.
Black:
Its always halloween on this side of the color pie with creepy ghouls and bloodthristy vampires ready to jump out of the black mages deck. Death, chaos and despair are tools for the black mage to harness, and many a black deck involves graveyard play with cards coming out as quickly as they go in. Many black spells reveal and remove cards from the opponents hand, and if played correctly sacrifice trickery can confuse an opposing mage.
Red:
Red mages are very violent but emotional and passionate about their color. Red magic shows rage and anger, but can also show passion. Red decks use burn spells or direct damage spells, and tough creatures to win their battles. The forces of destruction endows the red mage the abilities in permanent removal. Artifacts, land, enchantments all have to quiver in fear at the spontaneous destructive nature that is red.
Green:
The forests creatures are all commanded by the green mage who controls the forces of nature herself. Thundering rhinos, enormous spiders, and noble elves all answer the call of the green mage, and with the power of growth the legions of the forest can become even more powerful. The green mages fascination with nature drives the mage to naturalize artifacts, and overpower his or her creatures to fight progress. Many green decks are mana ramped based with many creatures that just get bigger and bigger. Along with buff spells and the trample ability, the green mage is a force to be reckoned with.
