New MTG Previews Showcase Card Banned in Multiple Formats!
Recently announced for MTG Arena, there will be two more Anthologies arriving on July 18. One of these Anthologies is designed for Historic, one for Explorer. While the contents of these Anthologies have not been entirely spoiled yet, three cards from each have been previewed. Each Anthology is set to feature 25 cards total. For […]
MTG Event Lets Players Try Lord of the Rings Limited for Free!
Limited, that being Draft and Sealed, may be the most difficult MTG formats out there. Everyone’s playing with the same pool of cards, which, generally, means decision-making turn-by-turn has a much larger impact on the game’s end result. Additionally, players are required to build and draft their decks with limited resources, adding another aspect to […]
New MTG Story Decks Waste Their Awesome Potential
On paper, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth has been a thoroughly exciting MTG release. With format-warping staples aplenty, and myriad awesome Commanders to boot, Tales of Middle-earth is delighting all manner of players. Digitally, however, The Lord of the Rings-themed MTG set isn’t as much of a smash hit. While Historic Brawl […]
MTG’s The One Ring May be Better Than Expected
Few cards being released with Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth were expected to have a big impact on competitive play. Wizards of the Coast stated repetitively that this set was not intended to be a Modern Horizons 3 in disguise. As a result, very few new cards are truly powerful enough to see […]
Lord of the Rings MTG Set Has an Infinite Combo in Limited?!
After months of steadily building hype and anticipation, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth finally releases today! With products now available at big box stores, MTG players can crack packs and Draft to their heart’s content. Considering this set’s power level and flavor, this is definitely something people have been looking forward to! […]
New MTG LOTR Deck Turns Historically Hated Combo Infinite!
Lord of the Rings cards have come with a lot of hype. This is true not only for flavor reasons and for Limited but also for Constructed formats. Cards like the One Ring and Orcish Bowmasters are becoming Eternal format staples. Interestingly, Lord of the Rings cards are also legal on Arena, and there are […]
MTG Players Concerned Upcoming Sets May Ruin Premier Format
Once the go-to and most played format in MTG, throughout recent years, the popularity of Standard has declined dramatically. Due to rising costs, a stale metagame, and a pesky global pandemic, players have been flocking to formats like Commander instead. Thankfully, despite its fall from grace on paper, Standard is still a thriving format on […]
Fan-Made MTG Format Bans Commander Staple!
One of the biggest things Magic: the Gathering has over other trading card games is the amount of different ways you can engage with it. Whether you want to play Commander amongst some friends, build up your collection with some Limited, or play with some of Magic’s oldest cards in Legacy, there are many ways […]
Unique LOTR Card Interaction Makes Commander Staple Even Better!
The Lord of the Rings MTG set presented the community with a lot of cool, new cards to play with. With these cards also came a lot of new card interactions to keep track of. From new infinite combos to unintuitive lines of play, there’s plenty of unique card interactions that arose from the new […]
Lord of the Rings MTG Set Has an Expiration Date?!
As the first-ever Universes Beyond MTG set, Wizards of the Coast has understandably been going all out. For better or worse, this means that The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is a deeply collectible MTG set. With myriad different art treatments and a prized one-of-one serialized card, this set has it all. Beyond […]