The MTG Ban List Schedule is Being Completely Reworked!
This week’s Weekly MTG announcement was a doozy for many MTG players. While, once upon a time, this was meant to be a first look for the upcoming Commander Masters set, it was instead restructured to address the changes happening to the Standard format, and holy crap, was there some stuff announced. For those who […]
MTG Pro Tour Breakout Card Sees Huge Financial Uplift!
As mentioned in our weekly financial roundup, the Pro Tour has just ended. As per usual, especially in an open format like Standard, innovations made at the top level have begun to cascade down the ranks. The card wasn’t quite spiking when we did our last roundup just a day after the Pro Tour concluded, […]
WotC Addresses Concerns About Upcoming MTG Rules Change
In case you missed the major MTG news from last weekend, this year, Standard is getting a major rules change. Or rather, Standard isn’t getting a major change, as rotation is being pushed back by a year. Shifting from a two-year to a three-year rotation, Wizards of the Coast is hoping to revitalize the format. […]
MTG Fans Displeased With Aftermath Duplication Issue!
Players are beginning to open the first mini-set that Magic: the Gathering has ever offered! We’ve never experienced this, so there are bound to be some unexpected occurrences with the first 50-card set. It’s not even set release day, and the few who have opened some packs are posting their contents and… there’s an unsettling […]
Top 5 Most Expensive MTG Aftermath Cards
March of the Machine: The Aftermath is something that we’ve never seen before. Even though there are only 50 different cards in Wizards of the Coast’s first mini-set, each one has a ton of varying art treatments, making financial assessments a bit unique. As has been seen with Innistrad: Double Feature, scarcity, even in recent […]
New Infinite Combo Makes MTG’s Best Color Even Stronger
Despite being a rotating format prone to being shaken up, Standard has recently been dominated by a few select decks and colors. This all started what feels like an eternity ago, following the latest rotation, and release of Dominaria United. After powerful green cards like were pushed out of the format, a new tyrant took […]
MTG Card Supporting New Mechanic Sees 415% Price Increase!
MTG Pro Tour March of the Machine has just ended! We’re still seeing how this massive event impacts the secondary market, but the story going into the Pro Tour is more or less how the event ended, with Rakdos, in its various flavors, dominating the event. Paper Standard play hasn’t traditionally affected the secondary market […]
Wizards of the Coast Is Overhauling the Flagship MTG Format!
Initially created all the way back in 1995, Standard, or Type 2, is one of the oldest formats within MTG. Despite this pedigree, however, the format has undergone various major changes throughout the past 28 years. In fact, as a rather small-scale MTG format that receives new cards regularly, it’s almost always in a state […]
How 2 Angels Show The Change In MTG’s Power Level
Introduction Power Creep is a term that is used to describe when the power level of a game rises as time goes by. When Magic began in 1993, the card was the most powerful low-cost creature around, as a 2/1 for one White mana. The card was printed as a Rare and remained at that […]
New Combo Deck Wins By Cloning Phyrexian Dragons
Introduction As March of the Machine was only released recently the new Standard meta is still a work in progress. Many questions are still up in the air at the moment. Will battles make a major impact, or are they just a gimmick? Will any of the double-sided Praetors see significant play? Will someone brew […]