Aggro Crushes Competition, Powerful New Decks Shoot to the Top
Tarkir: Dragonstorm has been out for less than three weeks – and it’s already shaking up the Standard meta, big time!
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MTG Arena Fumbles This Tarkir Reveal: Here’s the Real Deal
Alchemy: Tarkir debuted with a look at a particularly egregious Boros legend. Though a few double-takes and a WotC correction later and it’s clear the card preview was missing something very important.
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Mark Rosewater Admits Red Needs Work, Color Pie Breaks Incoming
Consensus among MTG players is far from universal, but a good chunk of the playerbase does seem to think that WotC succeeded in making White not the worst, while red becomes Commander’s weakest color. So what has WotC been doing to balance...
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MTG Arena’s Newest Card Combines Two Cherished Fan Favorites
Siege Rhino solidified itself as one of MTG’s most iconic cards during its tenure in Standard. It dropped off some time later, but a new Alchemy card might give the rhino a second wind. Two second winds, in fact.
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Final Fantasy is Magic’s Best-Selling Set of All Time, And it’s Not Even Out Yet
Modern Horizons previously held the record for best selling set, bringing in over $200 million over a two-year period. It took LOTR just seven months to reach that same milestone. And it’s taken Final Fantasy a fraction of that time. With...
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Former WotC Designer Discusses How Magic Pulled White Out of Last Place
Ari Nieh’s, former WotC Designer, wrote a piece for Medium on How WotC fixed White. Back in early 2020, Nieh had been assigned to represent White on the Council of Colors, which is “WotC’s internal body for continuously determining...
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Unbanned Commander Card Skyrockets in Price, Players Fear its Potential
Now entirely in control of decision-making for Commander, WotC released its first real banlist changes to the format on Tuesday. Among the five cards converted to “Game Changer” status were a few banlist mainstays that WotC has...
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Stunning MTG Art at Outrageous Markups: Latest Secret Lair Doubles Foil Prices
Adventures of the Little Witch is getting a lot of praise for its stunning art – and huge criticism for its increased price.
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Superstar Tarkir: Dragonstorm Mana Rock Jumps 200% in Price
It took a few weeks, but a standout mana rock from Tarkir: Dragonstorm is finally making rounds.
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Baffling Spider-Man Announcement Proves Marvel’s Problematic for Digital MTG
Seems there’s an issue with getting Marvel sets onto digital Magic platforms. Wizards’ solution: A very strange new concept called “Through the Omenpaths.”
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Final Fantasy Specs Spike Random Warhammer 40k Rares up to 925%
The latest mystery spike seems to be related almost entirely to cards from various Universes Beyond domains, namely Warhammer 40k and Final Fantasy.
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Nostalgia is The Strongest Keyword in Magic: The Gathering
With Universes Beyond making up so much of Magics set releases, what role do actual in-universe Magic sets play now? MaRo’s got some insight into what players want from new Magic settings.
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