The guilds of Ravnica may seem like an inseparable part of Magic: The Gathering these days, but that wasn’t always the case! Ravnica: City of Guilds was Magic’s first premier set on Ravnica, a plane completely engulfed in an expansive...
Read moreTheros Beyond Death brought players back to the enchantment plane of Theros to wrap up unfinished aspects of the story and build upon existing enchantment themes in the game.
Read moreAlchemy sets are like Thanos: They’re inevitable. With some exceptions like March of the Machine, each Standard MTG set has its Alchemy counterpart. Today, you can play Alchemy: Outlaws of Thunder Junction, or simply Alchemy: Thunder Junction...
Read moreMagic’s first-ever expansion set was Arabian Nights. This set not only took a pretty significant step away from the somewhat traditional European high fantasy aesthetic of the first sets, but it did so by representing already existing cultures...
Read moreRavnica is one of Magic’s most popular settings. The City of Guilds has often been revisited and even hosted the events of War of the Spark, concluding one of Magic’s biggest story arcs. It’s even received the remastered treatment with Ravnica...
Read moreYeehaw, Magic players! MTG’s been to Egypt, it’s been to ancient Greece, it’s supposedly going to space in the near future, but this year we’re going where no planeswalker’s gone before: the western frontier. The 30th Anniversary panel revealed...
Read moreThe last MTG set from the Mirrodin block, Fifth Dawn, was released in 2004. While it didn’t bring tons of powerful cards like its predecessor sets, Mirrodin and Darksteel, it has some hidden gems worth exploring. Some of them are key in decks...
Read moreKaladesh was a fairly innovative Magic set. We’d seen artifact sets before, but Kaladesh’s mechanics made it feel distinct. It was a golden world full of invention and energy, and finally solidified how vehicles fit into Magic’s framework. Aether...
Read moreReleased in 2008, Morningtide contains one of my favorite cards in MTG. To be completely transparent, I couldn’t play with the Lorwyn block, but I used some of its most powerful cards in formats like Extended and Modern in the early days.
Read moreShards of Alara was the MTG set that fleshed out and named the allied 3-color combinations as we know them today: Bant, Esper, Grixis, Jund, and Naya. That’s also why these combinations are called “shards”
Read moreAntiquities is a puzzling set to look at through the lens of 30 years of Magic, with its emphasis on artifacts over other permanents and the strange ways in which different colors interacted with that card type. It’s also home to some all-timer...
Read moreAs a wise man once said: “If you’re not first, you’re last.” Sure, being the first at something is great, but Ricky Bobby’s dad didn’t seem to grasp that there’s merit in being second, too. Case in point: Limited Edition Beta, Magic’s second ever...
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