As you’re probably aware, Wizards of the Coast is releasing several Universes Beyond sets this year. These are sets that draw on the stories and characters of other intellectual properties. So far this year we’ve already seen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Still to come this year are Marvel: Superheroes (releases June 26th), The Hobbit (August 14th), and Star Trek (November …
Nemesis is often cited as one of the worst sets of all time and it is certainly an underwhelming one. Throughout all of Magic history, anytime a series of super busted sets come out – like Urza’s Block (Urza’s Saga, Urza’s Destiny, Urza’s Legacy) – the game’s designers tend to overcorrect and give us a super powered down set. Masques …
The next Magic set is Universes Beyond: Marvel Super Heroes. We’ve already gotten a significant glimpse of the set. By the very nature of Universes Beyond, there are lots of “top-down” designs. This means that when coming up with cards from the set, the designers start with some specific flavor they are looking to express with the card. This results …
Magic’s next in-universe set is Reality Fracture, and a couple of weeks ago I wrote about some of the things we might see in that upcoming set. In doing so, I discussed Planar Chaos, a set that came out in 2007 that had a similar theme – it was all about alternate realities in Magic. This got me thinking about …
Magic: the Gathering has no shortage of formats, so you can always find one that appeals to you. One of Magic’s newest formats is Premodern. In this article I’m going to break down what this format is about and whether it might appeal to you, while also discussing the kinds of decks that are viable in this format. THE BASICS …
The next in-universe Magic set is Reality Fracture, which releases on October 2nd. Wizards of the Coast has been fairly tight-lipped about the set so far. However, the Magic story has given us some hints as far as what to expect from this mysterious set. In this article, I’m going to break down what we know so far about this …
Secrets of Strixhaven gave us five Commander decks, and as usual, each of these decks comes packing two brand new legendary creatures. However, those aren’t the only exciting legendary creatures this set has given us. The main set also features 24 brand-new legendary creatures, and in this article I want to draw your attention to five of the coolest ones. …
Secrets of Strixhaven releases on April 24th. In addition to the main set, there are also five precons – one for each of Strixhaven’s colleges. This article is going to take a look at the Quandrix Unlimited precon and discuss the best ways to upgrade it. Quandrix College is all about numeromancy. It’s basically a super magical hybrid of mathematics …
Secrets of Strixhaven releases on April 24th. In addition to the main set, there are also five precons – one for each of Strixhaven’s colleges. This article is going to take a look at the Silverquill Influence Precon and discuss the best ways to upgrade it. Silverquill mages can use the magic of words better than anyone, and they can …
Secrets of Strixhaven comes out on April 24th, and we are deep into preview season for this intriguing new set, and the entire story has now been released. This marks our first return trip to the plane of Arcavios and its school of magic, which we first visited in 2021. If you want a quick crash course on the plane’s …
