The Lost Caverns of Ixalan was Magic: The Gathering’s final Standard-legal release for 2023. It took us back to the Mesoamerican-inspired plane of pirates, merfolk, vampires, and dino-riding humans, with an underground twist on top.
Read moreConspiracy was a unique Magic set, designed to be played as its own separate multiplayer game mode. Though Wizards has experimented with other multiplayer games since, Conspiracy is one of if not the best bespoke multiplayer experience that isn’t...
Read moreAs you may have guessed from this Magic set’s name, Rise of the Eldrazi is where the ravenous Eldrazi were introduced. This set’s storyline tells the awakening of ancient gargantuan beings that swallow planes whole.
Read moreThe plane of Zendikar has been around for nearly 15 years and has been visited on several occasions since. 2009 was the first time that players got to experience Magic’s world of floating lands, powerful mana sources, and occasional Eldrazi...
Read moreThe 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...
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