The release of Zendikar Rising marks a very important time in the Magic calendar. The fall major set is always the landmark release of the year, with a lot depending on the quality of its design and overall appeal.
Read moreWilds of Eldraine gets your standard Alchemy release just over a month after the main set’s debut. The set brings 30 new cards to the digital-exclusive format on MTG Arena, and they’re all a bit familiar.
Read moreJumpstart is one of the best ways to onboard a new MTG player. Lord of the Rings Jumpstart may be the perfect vehicle for teaching a friend how to play Magic.
Read moreMercadian Masques will likely be our only opportunity to explore Mercadia, a plane full of Black Markets, Bribery, and Misdirection, where many things are (literally) upside down and goblins, unlike their counterparts from other planes, are...
Read morePlaneshift was the second expansion to the Invasion block. It was a smaller set that expanded on the core concepts introduced in its predecessor and introduced some key cards and staple effects that we still see in games today.
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 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 moreMagic: The Gathering has many lands full of wondrous enchantments, spells, and wizardry, but none are quite like the fairy tales we find in Throne of Eldraine. The Eldraine plane is a high-fantasy medieval setting, inspired by Arthurian legend...
Read moreSummer Magic isn’t officially the name of a Magic set. Instead, it’s the nickname for a set that was so poorly produced that it had to be recalled and destroyed by Wizards. However, a few boxes of the set made their way into circulation, and the...
Read moreInnistrad is one of Magic’s most strongly defined planes. Its gothic horror setting and uniquely designed denizens stand out so clearly that you can probably tell a card is from an Innistrad set by just seeing the artwork.
Read moreIt’s no secret that Wizards has been going pretty hard on the Masters and other supplemental sets in the last few years. Basically every format other than Legacy and Vintage have gotten the treatment in one form or another, and it’s finally...
Read moreThere’s something really ‘90s/early ‘00s about the word “unlimited.” Maybe that’s just because of how many episodes of Justice League Unlimited I’ve seen over and over on Saturday mornings.
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