White (W): The color of order, law, and
community. White excels at creating armies of small creatures,
protecting them with enchantments, gaining life, and using
powerful spells that affect all players equally to level the
playing field.
Blue (U): The color of knowledge, manipulation,
and deceit. Blue is the master of controlling the game by
countering opponent's spells, drawing extra cards to find the
right answers, and controlling the board with tricky creatures
(often with flying) and illusions.
Black (B): The color of ambition, death, and
power at any cost. Black is willing to sacrifice anything—life,
creatures, cards in hand—to win. It is the undisputed master of
destroying creatures, forcing opponents to discard cards, and
reanimating creatures from any graveyard.
Red (R): The color of chaos, freedom, and
impulse. Red wants to win, and it wants to win now. It uses
direct damage spells ("burn") to destroy creatures or attack the
opponent directly, and deploys fast creatures with haste to keep
the pressure on.
Green (G): The color of nature, growth, and
brute force. Green is all about playing massive, powerful
creatures. It excels at "ramping" its mana—getting more lands
into play faster than normal—to cast its huge threats far ahead
of schedule.