Planeshift 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 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 moreThis wacky format originated back in 2009. Planechase is a supplementary set for multiplayer games of Magic, creating the Planechase format, where players duke it out across a variety of battlefields from across Magic’s story. It consists of four...
Read moreSOI was a great block with a lot of great cards and mechanics. Now it’s going to be remastered and released on MTG Arena. Based on what’s already been done with Amonkhet Remastered and Kaladesh Remastered we can take a few guesses at what’s going...
Read morePlagued by a low desirability and over-production, Fallen Empires could be considered a failure of a set. But it introduced some staple mechanics and concepts to Magic players, setting the scene for design space still to come.
Read moreTempest was one of the first sets that I remember buying booster packs for. Not interested in the money cards, I fondly remember the common themes, which were more abundant as I bought more packs.
Read moreThe third installment to the four-set Phyrexian story arc sees our heroes return to New Phyrexia in Phyrexia: All Will Be One. The poison counters we’ve seen hinted at since Kaldheim are returning to Standard in full force, and that’s not the...
Read moreFuture Sight was one of three funky sets from the Time Spiral block. Released in May 2007, Future Sight followed up Planar Chaos’ colorshifted cards by featuring a number of “futureshifted” cards.
Read moreOnslaught is the set that gave us fetch lands like Polluted Delta that changed MTG Constructed forever. On top of that we have tribal synergies, lands that cycle, and much more.
Read moreMirrodin was the first MTG set to take place on a plane other than Dominaria. Mirrodin, a plane created by the planeswalker Karn, took the spotlight. Mirrodin was released in 2003, and it led a trend of sets that took place on another plane with...
Read moreLove it or hate it, Alchemy’s still holding strong, with the latest batch of digital-only cards supplementing The Brothers’ War. So what exactly does Alchemy: The Brothers’ War have in story for us?
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