Is Hexhaven Academy A Good Foil for Strixhaven?

Jacob LacknerMagic Story

In Reality Fracture, the story’s main setting is Hexhaven. This is the Echoverse’s version of Strixhaven. While the enemy color pairs are represented at Strixhaven, the allied color pairs are the focus at Hexhaven. In this article, I’m going to take a look at Hexhaven and each of its schools, and discuss whether or not I think Hexhaven Academy functions …

Reality Fracture: What Would the Multiverse Look Like Without Phyrexia?

Jacob LacknerMagic Story

We’re just about to dive headfirst into Reality Fracture preview season. This set releases on October 2nd, and the presale for this multiverse-shattering set has already begun here at Card Kingdom. The set focuses on Jace’s construction of an alternate reality where none of the horrors of the New Phyrexian invasion ever happened. He’s attempting to overlay his new universe …

A Brief History of Mutants in Magic: the Gathering

Jacob LacknerMagic Story, Products

Magic’s next set is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which releases on March 6th and is available for preorder here at Card Kingdom. Unsurprisingly, the Mutant, Ninja, and Turtle creature types are all quite prominent in the set. While “Mutant” might seem like the kind of creature type that is exclusive to Universes Beyond sets like TMNT and the upcoming Marvel …

Lorwyn and Myth: Lorwyn’s Real-World Inspirations

Kristen GregoryMagic Story

Lorwyn is a fan-favorite plane despite not being well received on initial release. The hype for the revisit is building, but what about if you weren’t around for original Lorwyn / Shadowmoor sets? Here’s a quick rundown on inspiration and references in Lorwyn, from the original set through to the new Lorwyn Eclipsed.  LORWYN IS CELTIC Let’s get the main …

Lorwyn Eclipsed First Look

Haelee WoodMagic Story, Products

Light and shadow are no longer taking turns. In Lorwyn Eclipsed, the eternal day of Lorwyn and the endless night of Shadowmoor now exist side-by-side, their borders a shimmering, volatile aurora. Step across, and you don’t just enter a new land, you become a new person. Your memories rewrite themselves, your personality inverts, and the self you knew is left …

The Origins of Horror in Magic: the Gathering

Tom AndersonMagic Story, Products

In terms of aesthetics, Magic has perhaps the broadest range of any tabletop game. And it gets broader all the time. From its high fantasy roots, traveling to different sets and planes have allowed us to see science fiction, westerns, classic mythology, magitek, cyberpunk, fairytales and even other pop culture IPs through Magic’s cardboard lens. But by far the most …