In Magic: the Gathering, the “Legend Rule” refers to the special way that legendary permanents are treated within the game’s rules. It’s meant to make such creatures and the characters they represent feel like unique individuals, objects, or locations. The legend rule has undergone many changes over the years, but the rule has always revolved around limiting the number of …
Marvel Super Heroes came out on June 26th and with it we not only got some of Marvel’s most iconic heroes in Magic card form, we also got some of the most iconic villains. One of the most intriguing of these is Ultron, Artificial Malevolence, who makes for a very cool Commander. He might be colorless, but his ability to …
Marvel Super Heroes releases on June 26th. In addition to the main set, there are also four brand new Commander precons. Each of them features some of the most iconic characters from the Marvel Universe. In this article, I’m going to take a look at the Doom Prevails precon and discuss the best ways to upgrade it. This deck features …
Marvel Super Heroes releases on June 26th. In addition to the main set, there are also four brand new Commander precons. Each of them features some of the most iconic characters from the Marvel Universe. In this article, I’m going to take a look at the Fantastic Four precon and discuss the best ways to upgrade it. Fittingly for Marvel’s …
Magic: The Gathering | Marvel Super Heroes releases on June 26th. As has become the norm for Universes Beyond sets, there is a “Source Material” bonus sheet in addition to the main set. This is a curated subset of 60 cards and you can find one of these in every Collector Booster and 1 in 24 Play Boosters. As with …
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 …
