Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is always changing. Ban lists and restrictions are the tools WotC uses to balance the formats. While banning broken cards is common, unbanning cards can be just as important. The December 16, 2024 announcement shows this with big changes to Modern and Pioneer and the MTG community is talking. The online […]
A long-standing combat rule in Magic: The Gathering is about to change with the launch of the “Foundations” set. After more than 15 years, Wizards of the Coast is removing the damage assignment order from the game, altering how combat interactions unfold. This shift simplifies gameplay, slightly nerfs defensive combat tricks, and gives more power […]
Wizards announced The One Ring, Amped Raptor, and Jegantha, the Wellspring are being banned from Modern. Along with those bans, Mox Opal, Green Sun’s Zenith, Faithless Looting, and Splinter Twin are being unbanned. On the surface this looks like a big shakeup for Modern. But to many long time players it feels empty. The core […]
Magic’s partnership with Marvel has brought the excitement of gaming and comics together. The Marvel Secret Lair Drop (SLD) brings iconic heroes like Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, Storm and Black Panther into MTG as unique and powerful legendary creatures. But with limited availability and profit to be made, which of these drops is the […]
Commander is full of the most powerful cards ever printed in Magic: The Gathering. It’s common to see players drop a lot of money on flashy, expensive staples thinking these cards will automatically make their decks better. But budget decks continue to thrive and often beat expectations. If top tier cards mean victory, why do […]
We’ve had some time with MH3 now, and like prior iterations of the Modern Horizons sets, the cards are super popular for proxying. The set lives up to the reputation of Modern Horizons by introducing powerful, often over-the-top cards that redefine the meta, effectively creating a pseudo-rotation. This forces players to reconsider their classic decks […]
The 2023 Vegas Festival in a Box had a promo Mox Opal which was around $100 at the time. This year’s bundle had a promo Ponder, a promo Swords to Plowshares and a promo basic land. Cards whose regular non promo versions are only a couple of dollars. When I valued the promo Ponder at […]
Wizards of the Coast is currently polishing their new Commander power level ranking system—a four-tiered structure where certain powerhouse cards determine which bracket your deck falls into. Naturally, we still don’t have all the details, and Gavin has made it clear that community feedback will be important as they finalize the approach. That’s what set […]
Canadian Highlander is a Magic: The Gathering (MTG) format that combines the massive card pool and power level of Vintage with unique deck building restrictions. It’s an unsanctioned, 1v1 singleton format that’s known for being creative, deep and has a ton of viable archetypes. Canadian Highlander’s rules, points system and flexibility in deck building has […]
Starting with Bloomburrow, Magic: The Gathering has officially shortened one of its most iconic phrases: “When this creature enters the battlefield” is now simply “When this creature enters.” The battlefield? Implied. This change is part of a broader trend of condensing card text, a move Wizards of the Coast says is necessary to accommodate increasingly […]