Strange New Worlds and Beam Me Up are two separate MTG Star Trek mechanics, and each has rules that catch players off guard. Strange New Worlds counts the differently named lands you control. Beam Me Up lets you recast certain instants and sorceries from your graveyard by returning a creature to its owner's hand. We cover how each one works, the gotchas around Blood Moon, snow basics, tokens, and your commander, and how to build a Commander deck around each.

The MTG Recruit mechanic is one of the new keyword actions arriving in Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit on August 14, 2026. Draw a card, discard a card, and if what you discarded was a nonland, you get a 1/1 white Human Soldier token out of it. It's tied to Lake-town's humans, and it's built to fill your board while filtering your hand. We break down how Recruit works, how it compares to Connive, and which decks are lining up to go wide with it.