We’ve entered the post-March of the Machine world, and Wilds of Eldraine has shown us what that plane looks like after The Aftermath. But MOM brought something new that I’m curious to see return: battles.
Read moreCore Set 2021 will be the third Core Set released by Wizards since their hiatus after Magic Origins back in 2015. If you’ve been paying attention—and I’m assuming you have—you’ll know that it’s been heavily hinted to be a set revolving around...
Read moreIf you’ve engaged with the collectors’ side of Magic, you have likely seen graded cards. These are the cards in the official-looking hard sleeves with a number rating assigned to them. These grades are a way to determine the condition a card is...
Read moreWith the Odyssey block, of which Torment is the second set, Wizards of the Coast tried to break new ground in many ways, from the game mechanics to a new focus for the storyline.
Read moreThe Gruul Clans are known for opposing the oppressive rules of Ravnica’s civilization. From a flavor point of view, riot perfectly encapsulates the Gruul Clans.
Read moreLike many little bookworms, my first exposure to trolls came from a fairy tale about Three Billy Goats trying to cross a bridge. Then I met another one in a girls’ bathroom. And I met a few more on an adventure in Middle-earth. I got to beat up...
Read more“Mentally unbalanced; deranged,” Google says when asked for a definition of what “unhinged” means. In Magic: The Gathering, Unhinged is all of that, and on purpose: an expansion where the MTG devs very deliberately tried pushing...
Read moreClash is a mechanic often remembered as a failure, if it’s remembered at all, more than a dozen years after the last clash cards were printed. But Mark Rosewater’s elegy for the mechanic is more nuanced: “I consider it a noble but failed...
Read moreHello, planeswalkers! I hope you have your bags packed because we’re on our way to Transylvania. MTG has created wonderfully detailed worlds, histories, and characters, but it doesn’t hurt sometimes to rely on well-known story material. With all...
Read moreMagic: The Gathering is known for players trading cards between each other as well as buying and selling cards, sometimes for lots of money! With these high price tags, making and selling of counterfeits has become big business, and it’s more and...
Read moreMagic mechanics can get a little confusing sometimes, so we’re calling in the reinforcements. It’s me, I’m the reinforcements. Get it, reinforce-ments? I come prepared with rules knowledge and jokes!
Read moreProxies have a growing presence in Magic, especially at casual tables of Commander. They’re great, especially for such an expensive hobby. A real Commander deck can easily cost hundreds of dollars, but a proxy version of the same deck costs some...
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