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Wizard of the Coast has caught players off-guard recently, banning several pivotal cards to improve the Standard metagame for upcoming tournaments. This regularly scheduled update to the Banned and Restricted list was announced through magic.wizards.com on August 10th. An accompanying interview with the Play Design team was posted to the Magic YouTube channel the next day, expounding on the reasoning …
Wizards of the Coast has revealed that Magic’s 2027 release schedule will include multiple sets based on brand new original IP. The February ‘27 set will be Nauctis: The Sunken Realm a colorful underwater world of merfolk and fish-creatures. October will then see the release of Zhalfir, which focuses on the planeswalker Teferi’s temporally-displaced homeland. Wizards also revealed a third …
Wizards of the Coast have launched their first-ever sanctioned competitive format to utilize Commander rules, with the debut of “Competitive Brawl” on MTG Arena last week. The decision to enforce an official competitive-casual split in Brawl (Arena’s equivalent to Commander) was officially announced on June 1st, but the new format did not become playable until the 26th. Competitive Brawl is …
Wizards of the Coast has announced the latest Banned and Restricted list changes for Constructed formats, posted to wizards.com on June 30th. This time there were no changes made to the premier formats of Standard, Pioneer or Modern, though Pauper and Legacy saw individual cards banned to counteract unhealthy metagame trends. Compared to the sweeping, historic changes of the prior …
Wizards of the Coast issued a memorable Banned and Restricted Announcement this week – especially for players of the Modern format, which has received a slew of high-profile changes. This announcement was scheduled as part of Wizards’ regular monthly cadence, but few outside the Play Design team would have anticipated it being so significant. A total of five cards were …
MagicCon: Las Vegas was hotly anticipated as one of the biggest dates on the Magic calendar. Our Card Kingdom team joined thousands of other planeswalkers at the Las Vegas Convention Center last weekend – and we’re glad to confirm that it lived up to the hype! Naturally the top attraction was the Mana Stage, where Wizards employees were making headlines …
