What is Gladiator in MTG Arena?
It’s not often that we get brand new formats added to MTG Arena however, as the game grows, so does its offering. Gladiator is one of the newer modes intended exclusively for the digital version of the game although you can play it with paper too. This new format really challenges your ability to construct […]
Rejected Dominaria United Designs Are Wild!
After months of anticipation, the spoiler season for Dominaria United is finally over. With every card spoiled and the full release of the set mostly just over a week away, players have already taken to theory crafting and deckbuilding. Despite this, Wizards of the Coast is still teasing players with new, or rather old, cards. […]
MTG Commander Committee Warns of Potential Bans
The Commander Advisory Group is a committee of well-respected individuals in the MTG community who congregate quarterly to discuss the state of the game’s most popular format. The community created Commander, so it is only appropriate that the community is the one to manage the format’s ban list. The current mindset of the Commander Advisory […]
Disney Is Making a New MTG Competitor!
As Magic: the Gathering’s 30th anniversary draws ever closer, there’s no worry for the world’s most popular trading card game. Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! occupy their own enjoyable niches. However, nothing comes close to MTG. Unfortunately for Wizards of the Coast, however, there is a new competitor that could take MTG’s crown. Enter Disney and its […]
Are MTG Planeswalkers Too Boring?
As some of the most potent and influential cards in Magic: the Gathering’s storied history, there’s no doubting the importance of Planeswalkers. Despite their importance, however, many Planeswalkers in MTG are frightfully boring. As a game that spans countless unique planes, Magic’s most marketable figures are somehow mostly just boring ol’ dudes. Is it about […]
MTG Arena’s Greatest Strength Is a “Big Concern”
As a digital platform for Magic: the Gathering, MTG Arena has several key strengths over the traditional paper TCG. Whether it’s the accessibility features that allow more people to play or digital freedoms to create new formats, MTG Arena has a lot going for it. Unfortunately, MTG Arena isn’t purely improvements over its paper counterpart. […]
Is the MTG Painbow Commander Deck any Good?
Now that Dominaria United’s Spoiler season is ending, players are gearing up to determine what cards should be at the top of their buy list for their respective desires. A common question on most MTG players’ minds may be: is the new Painbow Commander deck actually worth it? Here, you will find a quick summary […]
Long Lost MTG Creature Type Sees Gigantic Price Spikes!
As Dominaria United’s spoiler season starts to come to a close, we finally begin to see spoilers impact MTG’s secondary market in more significant ways. There are seemingly two overarching themes between the most crucial price hikes this week- those being spoilers and a creature type seeing a resurgence. This week’s strangest trend is the […]
MTG’s Legend Rule Could Cease to Exist!
First introduced in 1994 in Legends, a set which is surprisingly in vogue nowadays, legendary creatures have always been a staple of Magic: the Gathering. This MTG mechanic allowed Wizards of the Coast to highlight essential or powerful characters within a set. While Legends’ legends weren’t always that legendary in terms of power, they did […]
Suspicious MTG Player to Make Thousands with Insider Info?
Insider trading is not a particularly rare event in MTG’s secondary market. Typically, individual parties will get access to spoilers early. With this exclusive information, offenders can buy up some cards that may be affected financially by the upcoming spoilers. It can be difficult to pinpoint when insider trading is intentional or just a coincidence, […]