Top-Tier Standard Staple Finally Reprinted After 13 Years
Pyroclasm is coming back to Standard for the first time in over a decade thanks to a reprint in MTG’s upcoming Duskmourn set.
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WotC Slashes Support for Judge System While Expanding Organized Play
After months of quiet negotiations, WotC ended negotiations with IJP, providing no official support to the International Judge Program. This abrupt end came just a week after WotC announced the new Spotlight Series for 2025, a series of eight...
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Uncommon Has 400% Price Surge After Aggro Decks Dominate Standard
After hovering at about $1 for most of this year, the uncommon black removal opened this Friday at $4 in US markets after yesterday’s $6 spike. If you happen to have drafted DMU a lot, it may be a good idea to check your bulk binders – you...
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Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers and Set Information
Conspiracy: Take the Crown released in August 2016 as the follow-up to the original Conspiracy. To date, they’re the only two Magic sets to be designed for “Conspiracy Draft,” a casual Limited format designed for multiplayer...
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Latest MTG Banned and Restricted Announcement Targets Multiple “Design Mistakes”
After dominating Modern since Modern Horizons 3, Nadu, Winged Wisdom has finally been banned.
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Dethrone in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
A throne isn’t supposed to be shared. Anyone wishing to sit on it needs to remove the person that’s already there. Dethrone is a mechanic designed to do exactly that: to give your minions an edge when you decide the current ruler shouldn’t...
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Exclusive: WotC Responds to Concerns About Arena Direct’s Turbulent Rollout
MH3 Splash Art – Illustration by Wisnu Tanu After waiting weeks to get their prizes, winners of the recent Arena Direct events have just been told by Wizards of the Coast that they are out of stock. Source David Finseth, Senior Manager of...
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Everything You Need to Know About Imagine: Courageous Critters Cards in Bloomburrow
Bloomburrow is a weird, if furry, Magic plane. It’s not just that there are no humans on it: No humans can be on it at all. But, what if… in an alternate timeline, many of Magic’s most iconic creatures and characters, from Jace and...
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Lost Caverns of Ixalan Spoilers and Set Information
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan was Magic: The Gathering’s final Standard-legal release for 2023. It took us back to the Mesoamerican-inspired plane of pirates, merfolk, vampires, and dino-riding humans, with an underground twist on top.
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Rise of the Eldrazi Spoilers and Set Information
As you may have guessed from this Magic set’s name, Rise of the Eldrazi is where the ravenous Eldrazi were introduced. This set’s storyline tells the awakening of ancient gargantuan beings that swallow planes whole.
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Gold Tokens in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Let’s grab our Gold Pan and spade for a bit of gold-digging and learn about how Gold works in MTG; there are very few cards that generate Gold tokens, but as we’ll see, Gold led to a very similar mechanic that’s everywhere.
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The Ultimate Guide to The MTG Arena Economy
MTG Arena’s economy can be a bit intimidating and overly complex, but worry none. Things are fairly simple and straightforward once you dig into it, and I’m here to provide some solid rules of thumb that’ll help you quickly determine what...
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