Perhaps you have a favorite MTG format. There’s Commander, where you build a 100-card deck based on the abilities of one legendary creature. There’s Standard, which uses a 60-card deck from sets within the current Standard list. Then there’s the...
Read moreWe were all new Magic: The Gathering players at one point. For a lot of us, that probably feels like a long time ago, and Magic feels like a different game than it was then. Over the years, Magic has both changed gradually over time and...
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreJust 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...
Read moreYou 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...
Read moreWe all love to show off our personal style when playing Magic. Sleeves, deck boxes, and dice all show our friends and foes who we are. But the biggest way to flex on an opponent and show your true colors is through a custom playmat. Something...
Read moreIt’s a different take on horror, and as a fan, this stuff gets me excited. I like my scares to be fresh, even if they’ve been locked away in a basement or cursed to stay under the floorboards for generations. Duskmourn has scary and...
Read moreOil slick foils are promotional foils for Phyrexia: All Will Be One and have a special deep luster. The arts are all quite dark – thematically, the foiling effect evokes the idea that the cards are coated in glistening oil.
Read moreIt seems like almost every new Magic set brings with it a new style of foil treatment. Though it can be cool to get unique types of cards, especially if certain foil treatments curl less than regular foils, it can also be a little confusing at...
Read moreIn 1998, Urza’s Saga was released, and it’s an MTG set that changed Magic forever. After all, when MTG games can be decided on turn 1 and won by the player that won the coin flip, it ends up not being very fun. Imagine a world where many of the...
Read moreLooking to give the gift of Magic to a beginner? Not sure where to start with the discontinuation of planeswalker decks and the recent move to EDH precons with each set? Then you might want to consider buying this special person an MTG Arena...
Read moreFor players who love the challenge of the whole table uniting to defeat them or who just want to live out the fantasy of working together to defeat a big-bad, Archenemy pits a team of players against one extra-powerful “archenemy.” With some...
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