MTG Players Are Paying to Destroy the Most Expensive Card!
Throughout the game’s nearly 30 years of existence, it has been no secret that MTG can be seriously expensive. In recent years, this fact has become all the more evident as the prices of many cards have steadily climbed. Now, in 2023, even building a viable Standard deck can cost more than $500! This hefty […]
Top 5 Best Controversial MTG Oathbreaker Combinations
If you haven’t been paying attention to everything MTG recently, Wizards of the Coast has officially recognized a new MTG format. The format itself is not new. Oathbreaker, in fact, has existed since 2017. It is only recently, however, that the format has been accepted as an official one. While Oathbreaker shares a lot of […]
New MTG Five-Color Card Causes Huge 900% Price Spikes!
MTG’s newest Lord of the Rings crossover has created much hype for the community. Many of the cards revealed over the past week have majorly impacted the secondary market. The One Ring, for example, caused Mind Over Matter, an MTG card from Exodus, to surpass the $50 mark. Among the new cards revealed was a […]
Iconic Fan-Favourite MTG Characters Are Being Killed Off!
Even before the introduction of Planeswalkers, MTG is no stranger to having countless iconic characters. Be they heroes or villains, these characters help to make each premier set’s story memorable, not to mention impactful. Recently, these characters have been used somewhat sparingly, with only a couple of characters appearing in each set. For the Phyrexian […]
MTG Designer Reveals Blocks Aren’t Returning Any Time Soon
Unsurprisingly, since launching all the way back in 1993, Magic: the Gathering has come a long way. This should come as no surprise, considering the number of cards produced across over 150 premier, core, and supplemental sets. Alongside designing over 25,000 new cards, Wizards has created new formats and products to appease MTG’s growing audience. […]
New Insane MTG Combo Deck Takes Over Championship!
Every weekend seems to be jam-packed with high-quality, competitive MTG events for players to spectate. This weekend was no different, as the second Arena Championship was hosted. Many participants are somewhat established in the competitive community, with appearances from players like recent Pro Tour ONE top finisher Benton Madsen and Innistrad Championship winner Yuuki Ichikawa. […]
8 Awesome and Awful Unreleased MTG Mechanics
Introduction Magic: The Gathering’s designers do a lot of hard work that players never get to see. Many mechanics get made, but then scrapped before they are put out into the world. In a recent podcast, Magic’s Chief Designer Mark Rosewater discussed 8 MTG mechanics that were playtested but never made it into the final […]
MTG Lord of The Rings Is the One Ring Actually A Good Card?
Introduction A card depicting is due to be printed in Tales of Middle-Earth, the upcoming MTG Lord of the Rings set. A huge amount of excitement has been generated over the fact that a single copy of this card will be written in Black Speech, receive unique artwork, and a tag demonstrating that it is […]
MTG Players Debate the Philosophy of Commander
Introduction On the 16th of March Sheldon Menery, a founding member of the Commander Rules Committee, published his annual article on the state of the format. This piece triggered a discussion among the MTG player base about just what Commander should be and whether the format is currently in a healthy place. Many players hold […]
MTG Fans Go Wild Over New Promotional Reprints!
As paper play has been continually recovering since the Covid pandemic, more and more promotional cards from these events have been making it into MTG players’ hands. Some of these, like the from the Secret Lair Showdown series, end up being extremely expensive. Others, like the from Cycle Three of the Regional Championships, are beautiful […]