MTG’s Treasures May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
After first being introduced in Ixalan, MTG’s Treasures have become more prevalent. Thanks to recent sets of Kaldheim and Streets of New Capenna, it feels like you can’t move for the number of Treasures in Standard. Whether it’s the ruthlessly effective or the niche powerhouse , Treasurers seem to play a part in every top-tier […]
Unannounced MTG Sliver Cards are Showing Up Everywhere!
A while back, one particular MTG proxy artist who was commissioned to create a Secret Lair for Wizards of the Coast received copies of his product early. @BenMakesStuff was shocked when he revealed an MTG Sliver printing that players had never seen before. After looking around a bit, he confirmed that this card had never […]
Are MTG Arena Anthologies Worth It?
After recently unveiling the card list, the launch of Explorer Anthology 1 and Historic Anthology 6 is tantalizingly close. With a mediocre collection of cards that have already inspired wild conspiracy theories, there’s one question on every player’s lips. Are the latest MTG Arena Anthologies Worth it? For 4000 gems or 25000 gold, the latest […]
MTG Arena Anthologies are More Controversial than Expected
Its July 27, 2022, and MTG Arena’s Explorer and Historic anthology contents have just been confirmed. Scheduled to release tomorrow, these anthologies had a solid beginning to their spoiler seasons. The follow-up has left something to be desired with early Reddit spoilers with an underwhelming list of cards. Now that these cards have been confirmed, […]
Skeleton Key Needs to Learn From Wizards’ Past Mistakes
Earlier this week, Wizards of the Coast unveiled they’ve launched a new game development studio. The studio, named Skeleton Key, is being helmed by ex-BioWare Executive Producer Christian Dailey. Currently, it’s unclear precisely what WotC’s new studio has been formed to create. However, they mustn’t retread Wizards’ past gaming mistakes. Magic: Legends As a game […]
Major Card Shop’s Employees Unionize
It’s been a hectic week for Cardkingdom employees looking to form a Union. Voting just passed on the matter, and the Unionization attempt was successful, with an overwhelming 111-16 vote between 127 votes! The Story On May 10, the Card Kingdom Organizing Committee expressed its intent to form a union to represent Card Kingdom employees. […]
Explorer Anthology 1 Brings More Staples, but Are They Enough?
Ahead of its full reveal later today and its release on the 28th of June, Explorer Anthology 1 has already promised several exciting cards. Over the past few days, Wizards of the Coast has been teasing many of the Anthology’s cards, much to the delight of fans. With several powerful cards, and notably, Pioneer staples […]
How To Mute Your Opponent In MTG Arena
MTG Arena isn’t the most social game with there being minimum ways to interact with your opponent in any given match. However, if the player across the digital table is becoming somewhat of a pest, you may want to mute them. Luckily, WotC has anticipated that some players may choose to abuse the emote/phrase system […]
Stickers are Making ‘Naming’ MTG Cards Worse than Expected
Stickers are an incredibly complex new mechanic introduced in Unfinity. Many different and unique functions are being presented here, like persisting between public zones and changing art and names on MTG cards. With this introduction, players will have many rules questions since Stickers interact with parts of a card in ways we haven’t seen before. […]
Is MTG’s Complexity Creep Finally Too Much?
With Unfinity’s Sticker mechanic unveiling, concerns about MTG complexity creep are again flaring up. We’ve seen this argument time and time again with every new set and mechanic, but has Wizards finally pushed things too far? As a double-edged sword that adds complexity and additional game pieces, Stickers could be the straw that breaks MTG’s […]