MagicCon: Chicago Spoilers Reveal New Mox Card For Dragons
Dragons of Tarkir was the star of the show during MagicCon: Chicago’s preview panel. This set looks incredibly powerful from its first look. Whether you want uncounterable removal that drains your opponent for life, or a new Mox, Tarkir Dragonstorm has everything. Clans and Dragons alike have returned to create, what appears to be, one […]
Uncommon MTG Aetherdrift Mill Effect is a Multi-Format Staple
Aetherdrift cards have now been tournament legal for over a week, and it’s surprising just how many cards are seeing Constructed play across a variety of formats. Flashy mythic rares like Ketramose, the New Dawn and Brightglass Gearhulk are popping up in Modern, but high rarity cards aren’t the only examples of super impactful designs […]
MTG Final Fantasy Creature Grants +9999 Power
MTG Final Fantasy’s First Look has come and gone, and Wizards of the Coast has seriously delivered. On top of spoiling some mechanically awesome MTG cards, there are tons of flavorful references too. It seems both MTG fans and Final Fantasy fans have reason to be impressed today. As suspected, despite only being a first […]
MTG Aetherdrift Draft Has a Major Color Balance Problem
As more and more Aetherdrift cards were getting revealed during spoiler season, we were starting to fear that the Aetherdrift Draft environment would be rather lopsided and uninteresting. After all, mechanics like max speed that incentivize continuously dealing damage have the potential to lead to a blazing-fast format that punishes stumbling. Little did we know […]
The Best Aetherdrift Limited Cards To Claim First Place At Prerelease
Look out for these bangers in your Sealed pool!
MTG Aetherdrift Mechanics May Doom Draft Gameplay from the Start
One area of concern for modern-day Limited that many players have complained about is the sheer speed of recent formats. Over the past two years, we’ve seen a noticeable shift in how fast the average draft game is and how punishing it is to fall behind. Part of the problem stems from the efficiency of […]
MTG Players Disappointed With Awful Aetherdrift Mechanic Flavor
A lot of MTG players are not a fan of the Start Your Engines! mechanic. Not only does the mechanic seriously create flavor fails when printed on regal characters like Hazoret, but, despite its name, Start Your Engines! is absurdly slow. For the most part, you need to get to Max Speed for the mechanic […]
MTG Players Enamoured By $200 Stupid Sexy Karn Promo
Even though Aetherdrift’s spoiler season is well on its way, we’re getting more than just cards from the new set. A series of competitive tournament reprints hosting bizarre artwork is also getting shown off. The next Store Championship promos have been announced, but all of the MTG community’s buzz is around this bizarre Karn Pro […]
Walking Ballista Variant Spoiled for MTG Aetherdrift
Walking Ballista is the type of incredibly powerful card that players have mixed feelings about. The card has become so powerful in past metagames that it threatened a homogenizing effect over the entire format. Similar to The One Ring, Walking Ballista is colorless, meaning everyone can run it. Currently, Walking Ballista is banned in Pioneer […]
MTG Aetherdrift Reveals Equippable Planeswalker Among 20 New Cards
The MTG Aetherdrift spoiler season has finally begun! New mechanics have arrived, boasting some powerful abilities for players to try. Most importantly, however, we have a batch of new spoilers to digest! Two Planeswalkers have been revealed this time around, departing from the one-Planeswalker set rule that we’ve become so used to. One of these […]