Conspiracy: Take the Crown released in August 2016 as the follow-up to the original Conspiracy. To date, they’re the only two Magic sets to be designed for “Conspiracy Draft,” a casual Limited format designed for multiplayer...
Read moreThe Modern Horizons sets have been contentious since their very inception, printing cards directly into Modern while bypassing Standard. We’ve now had two and a half of them (if you count Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth at all) and are...
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 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...
Read moreReleased in 2008, Morningtide contains one of my favorite cards in MTG. To be completely transparent, I couldn’t play with the Lorwyn block, but I used some of its most powerful cards in formats like Extended and Modern in the early days.
Read moreShards of Alara was the MTG set that fleshed out and named the allied 3-color combinations as we know them today: Bant, Esper, Grixis, Jund, and Naya. That’s also why these combinations are called “shards”
Read moreAs a wise man once said: “If you’re not first, you’re last.” Sure, being the first at something is great, but Ricky Bobby’s dad didn’t seem to grasp that there’s merit in being second, too. Case in point: Limited Edition Beta, Magic’s second ever...
Read moreTypal and tribal stuff are very popular within MTG players. Just ask anyone for their Commander deck themes! And if you like linear themes, there’s a huge chance you’ll like Lorwyn or already play with its cards. Faeries, goblins, merfolk, you...
Read moreBeyond the inception of our favorite game and the printing of the infamous Power Nine, what other iconic cards come from Alpha? Let’s look!
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