MTG Designer Reveals Universes Beyond Is Surprisingly Picky

Ecstatic Beauty | Doctor Who Commander Decks

Since first launching in 2019, the Universes Beyond sub-brand has steadily been increasing in prominence. Starting out with just a humble Secret Lair, now Universes Beyond products are full-on major MTG releases. In fact, in 2024, there will even be brand new products entirely dedicated to Universes Beyond sets!  Despite this rampant growth over the […]

MTG Players Rejoice As No Banlist Event Returns Soon

Tibalt's Trickery | Kaldheim

Regardless of where you play Magic: The Gathering, players undoubtedly have a lot of options. With over a dozen formats and variants on every platform, variety is undeniably king in MTG. As if all the formats weren’t enough to keep things interesting, special releases and the occasional event spice things up for MTG players even […]

MTG Demonstrate, What is it, Best Cards

The MTG Doctor Who Spoiler season that players have been waiting for has finally taken off, and players are super excited! While all the new cards getting revealed are rather interesting, one other thing is being made clear about the new Doctor Who Commander deck contents: these cards are seriously complex. Tons of keywords are […]

Strange Quarterly Promo Decisions Leave Players Befuddled

Ever since an enormous group of upcoming MTG sets were previewed at Gen Con, we’ve had a ton to look forward to. We’ve got the Doctor Who crossover and the Lost Caverns of Ixalan coming soon in 2023, but we were also given a lot of information about what MTG sets are arriving in 2024. […]

Doctor Who Spoilers Showcase Token and Group Hug Enablers!

Tons of Doctor Who spoilers have emerged today, many of which fit well with specific themes of the Commander decks themselves. All 13 of the main Doctors have been revealed, and alongside them, a lot of the Doctor’s Companions as well. There’s a heavy historic theme, especially within the Blast from the Past Precon, so […]

What is Doctor Who MTG Time Travel?

As Magic has grown, Universes Beyond crossovers have become more and more frequent. We just experienced our first ever Universes Beyond set in the form of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, and numbers suggest that its going to be the biggest set MTG has ever seen. As of the time of writing, the […]

MTG Doctor Who What is Villainous Choice?

The Doctor Who Universes Beyond crossover, releasing this October, features four Commander decks detailing different parts of the Sci-Fi IP’s massive legacy. Blast from the Past features characters from Doctor Who’s History, while Timey-Wimey hones in on the time spent with the ninth, tenth and eleventh Doctors. Paradox Power looks into the more recent twelfth […]

All 13 New MTG Doctor Cards Officially Revealed!

After months of waiting, the beginning of Doctor Who Spoiler season has finally surfaced! We got a ton of new information about the new partner mechanic that interacts between Doctors and Companions. Aptly named Doctor’s Companion, players can choose any Companion with this keyword and pair it with a Time Lord Doctor card. Obviously, each […]

New MTG Partner Commander Cards Incentivize Deckbuilding Strategies!

Doctor Who spoilers are underway, and there are a ton of unique mechanics and build-around associated with these Commander decks. There’s a Commander deck focused on Time Counters introducing Time Travel, one centered around the Doctor Who Villains (featuring the new mechanic Villainous Choice), and another built around casting lots of Historic spells. Today, we […]

Iconic Doctor Who Episodes Make for Amazing MTG Sagas

The Twelfth Doctor

First introduced in 2018’s Dominaria, Sagas are nothing new in MTG at this point. We’ve seen over a hundred of them to date, and even Commanders dedicated to them. Thanks to this, the design space for this card type may seem rather limited within the vast world of MTG. While technically somewhat true, newly revealed […]