The Jordan Aisaka Memorial Tournament

The Jordan Aisaka Memorial Tournament

Chris CornejoCommunity, Events, Livestreams

Last October, a light went out in the Magic community. Jordan Aisaka unexpectedly and suddenly passed away due to a brain aneurysm. The ripples of grief from this event were felt far and wide; while Jordan may have been a Seattle local, his love and enthusiasm for the game left an impact well outside his hometown. While Jordan did play …

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Predictions

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Predictions

Chris CornejoStandard

The Lord of the Rings is upon us, with previews starting next week and Card Kingdom’s presale already live! We know a bit about Tales of Middle-earth at this point, but today I’m going to make some predictions for what we might see as previews progress. Normally, I also make some story predictions. But, well…we kind of already know the …

The Gauntlet 2023: Fables

Your Guide to The Gauntlet 2023: Fables

Chris CornejoEvents

The Gauntlet 2023: Fables is coming to you live from Bellevue Mox Boarding House on Sunday! This year’s competition will benefit Game to Grow, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the use of games of all kinds for therapeutic and educational purposes, as well as community growth.  This is the ninth Gauntlet event hosted by Gamers Engaged, a national non-profit. For …

March of the Machine: the Aftermath in Magic History

March of the Machine: The Aftermath’s place in Magic history

Chris CornejoStandard

March of the Machine: The Aftermath is a very odd Magic set for multiple reasons. Technically a supplemental set, it’s the first such set to be legal in Standard. Every other out-of-normal-rotation set has skipped over Standard entirely.  Even odder, however, is the set’s size and packaging when compared to the rest of Magic history. Aftermath has only 50 unique …

March of the Machine The Aftermath Standard Highlights

March of the Machine: The Aftermath Standard Highlights

Chris CornejoStandard

March of the Machine: The Aftermath previews are officially out, and despite the smaller size of the set, there’s a lot here to consider for this Standard legal set. Some decks are going to get new toys, old decks may be revitalized and brand-new archetypes may arise!   With all that in mind, we’re going to look at some of the …

March of the Machine: The Aftermath Early Look

March of the Machine: The Aftermath Early Look

Chris CornejoStandard

March of the Machine: The Aftermath is coming up in May and we’re here with an early look at what we know about the out-of-the-ordinary set.  The Lore March of the Machine: The Aftermath continues the story directly after March of the Machine, fittingly enough. Spoilers ahead for that set, so if you’re behind on the Magic storyline, I’d suggest …

March of the Machine Madness, New Phyrexia Power Ranking

March of the Machine Madness: New Phyrexia Power Ranking

Chris CornejoMagic Story

Welcome to March of the Machine Madness, where we’re taking the next week to ask you which Magic characters would win in a fight. Considering March of the Machine is taking us all over the multiverse, pitting characters against each other in mortal combat, we thought the timing was perfect. However, we would never just pit two characters against each …