GODLIKE Vampire Commander Will Be Reprinted for the First Time Ever
Edgar Markov, one of the most powerful, expensive, and popular vampire commanders in Magic, will be reprinted for the first time in Innistrad Remastered.
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WotC: Future Universes Beyond Sets Will Be Legal in ALL Formats
WotC has just announced at Magic Con: Las Vegas that, going forward, in an attempt to clarify legality, new Universes Beyond sets will be legal in all formats.
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Hasbro Earnings Fall Double Digits, But Magic: The Gathering Sees More Growth
Hasbro (HAS) released their financial results for Q3 of 2024 and reported a 15% decline in revenue overall, but Magic: The Gathering and Wizards of the Coast enjoyed 3% and 7%, respectively.
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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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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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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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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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5-Color Game-Winning Sorcery Sees 500% Price Increase Amid Unban Speculation
Carried by speculation on its potential unbanning in Magic’s Commander format, unplayable 5-color sorcery Coalition Victory’s price has soared by more than 600% in the last couple of weeks, according to MTGStocks.
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Stephen A Smith Brings His Hot Takes to… Magic: the Gathering?
Stephen A. Smith is no stranger to weighing in on drafts, but he was recently asked by to give his take on a very different kind: a Magic: The Gathering draft. Ever the consummate professional, Smith got straight to work analyzing the two Magic...
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WoTC Considering REVERSING Their Current Planeswalker Policy
WotC is reconsidering its position about having only a single Planeswalker in each premier Magic set, according to MTG Head Designer Mark Rosewater. “We are talking about it,” Rosewater wrote in his blog last Sunday, answering a...
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