Modern Is a New Format After The Bans
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the latest stunning Banned & Restricted announcement from Wizards of the Coast. A total of 15 cards got the axe over multiple formats. A single unban and a rules change also contributed to the huge Magic: The Gathering shakeup. You can find our coverage of the […]
7 Best Elf Cards From Kaldheim For Your Commander Elfball Deck
If you’re excited about the new Elves from Kaldheim, you’re not alone. Prices for old school Elf cards have skyrocketed since the release of Kaldheim, which printed 16 cards with the creature type Elf. The renewed interest in Elves doesn’t surprise me as a longtime Elf tribal deck builder. There’s quite a few Kaldheim Elf’s […]
Kaldheim: Magic: The Gathering Snow Mechanic was Not Originally a Part of the Set’s Vision Design
MTG head designer Mark Rosewater talks about how Snow mechanic ended up in Kaldheim The latest Magic: The Gathering set, Kaldheim, brought back some exciting mechanics like Sagas, Modal Double-Faced Cards, Changeling, and Snow, and since Kaldheim has a top-down design (Themes first before mechanics), you’d wonder if these mechanics were a part of the […]
Strixhaven: School of Mages is A Bottom-Up Magic: The Gathering Set, Says Mark Rosewater
The upcoming MTG expansion is coming this spring, and its lore will be set in the elite university of the multiverse, featuring five colleges battling it out with their own takes on magic. Over on his Blogatog, Rosewater confirmed that Strixhaven is “bottom-up”, meaning the design of the set started with mechanics and a world […]
Magic: The Gathering Bans 15 Cards in 4 Formats With Surprise Announcement
In a surprise announcement today, Magic: The Gathering has announced a sweeping ban of 15 cards from 4 different formats. Many players were expecting a ban after the shenanigans of Tibalt’s Trickery in Modern, but few expected Wizards of the Coast to address many of the other powerful cards in Historic, Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy. […]
The 5 Best Games Like MTG Arena
Nothing is quite like MTG. Well, except for these games.
Are The 2021 Challenger Decks Worth It?
Wizards of the Coast, through Senior Designer of Magic: the Gathering Gavin Verhey, just announced the latest edition of Challenger Decks. Challenger Decks, first released in 2018, are ready-to-play, 75-card Standard decks intended for newer or returning competitive players who want to battle at Friday Night Magic without having to own a ton of cards. […]
This New Kaldheim Magic: The Gathering Combo is So Chaotic, It Might Get Banned
Remember when Tibalt used to be the most joked about planeswalker becaue of how terrible his first Magic: The Gathering card was? Well, he’s back now in Kaldheim, and the two cards featuring the half-devil/half-human planeswalker are bringing chaos to various MTG formats. While I already talked about how the mythic rare MDFC card Valki, […]
Strixhaven: School of Mages is ‘Pretty Innovative’, According to Magic: The Gathering Head Designer
Wizards of the Coast hasn’t revealed much about the upcoming magic school-themed set, Strixhaven: School of Mages, but Magic head designer Mark Rosewater already has a lot of exciting things to say about it. Recently, he revealed that Strixhaven is Magic’s take on the magic school genre, and not just a “reskinning of any one version of it”, but Rosewater has more non-spoilery things […]
Magic: The Gathering Challenger Decks 2021 Revealed
Wizards of the Coast has announced the 2021 Magic: The Gathering Challenger Decks, four brand new ready-to-play 75-card decks that are intended to be playable for competitive Standard format at a local level, and it features several staple cards in the Standard format. Each Challenger deck comes with a complete 60-card main deck, and a 15-card […]