The 12 Best Set Boosters You Can Buy
In Mark Rosewater’s article that introduced the Set booster, his question was: “How does one make opening a booster more fun?” Let’s see if the Set boosters lived up to their promise.
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The 24 Best Berserkers in Magic Ranked
The best defense is a good offense, as people may say. Or in MTG lingo: Math is for blockers! Berserkers embody the “attack first, questions later” philosophy in many medias, tabletop games, video games, and of course, in Magic. Today we’re...
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Classic Characters Will Have a HUGE Return Thanks to Foundations’ Shifting Timeline
Magic’s Head Designer Mark Rosewater confirmed yesterday that Foundations cards can be from any point in Magic’s timeline. “Foundations is time agnostic,” Rosewater wrote in his personal blog, “meaning the cards come...
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PSA: You Can Win $400 in Free Magic Cards and Accessories from Inked Gaming
Just a heads up, you’ve only got a day or so to enter the contest — but if you’re reading this post in time, you should just take the 2 seconds right now and go sign up on Inked Gaming. Our friends there at Inked Gaming are...
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EMERGENCY Standard Bans: Turn Three One-Shot Combo Banned on MTG Arena
In a surprise Banned and Restricted Announcement, Wizards of the Coast has banned Leyline of Resonance, but only on MTG Arena in best-of-one Standard and all of Alchemy. This is the second time ever that WotC has banned a card in Arena-only...
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WotC’s New Commander Format Panel Is Finally Here [Details]
Wizards of the Coast has just announced the formation, structure, and members of the new Commander Format Panel, an advisory group of community members, content creators, and Commander players meant to help WotC steer Commander in the right...
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Secret Lair Drops: The Complete List and How They Work
You may have heard these two, seemingly simple, words floating around the web, in your local game store, or amongst your friends: Secret Lair. You may have even wondered, “Secret Lair, what does that mean?” Secret Lairs are limited edition...
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ICONIC Marvel Heroes Are Also INCREDIBLE Commanders
Wizards of the Coast will release five Secret Lairs (yes, you read that right: five!) focused on the MTG-Marvel Universes Beyond crossover. Announced last Friday at New York Comic Con 2024 and set to release on November 4, the Marvel Superdrop...
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WotC Requiring Commander Panel Advisors to Sign Lifetime Contract Preventing Company Criticism
Prospective members of the upcoming “Commander Panel,” an advisory board to Wizards of the Coast now that they have full control of the format, have revealed that their contracts include a lifetime non-disparagement clause that limits...
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Arabella, Abandoned Doll Toy Commander Deck Guide
So many commanders are value engines that snowball out of control, and they require their players to jump through hoops to reach that point. Some Commander games feel like four players playing their own mini-games until the table itself collapses...
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Modern Energy Holds a Bigger Meta Share Than Any Pre-Ban Deck
Energy quickly became the most popular deck in the Modern meta following the ban of Nadu, Winged Wisdom. In other words, Energy is now more dominant than Eldrazi, Scam, Twin, Pod, or BBE Jund ever were, and by nearly 5%.
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Here’s How to Get a Refund for an MTG Arena Event
While most of MTG Arena gameplay is likely played in the free-to-enter queues for Constructed formats, there are plenty of events that you have to pay for on Arena (often MTGA Drafts but some others too). As with any software package, however...
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