Five Cards That I want to See Reprinted in the Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive

Jacob LacknerProducts

Secrets of Strixhaven is our next Standard-release set, and it releases on April 24th. While we don’t know a ton about the set right now, we have seen one preview card from the set’s new incarnation of the Mystical Archive – a reprint of Stock Up. One of the coolest things about our first visit to Strixhaven was its Mystical …

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited, Products

The latest Magic release is another Universes Beyond tie-in, with the totally-tubular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cards now available at your LGS and on MTGArena. I personally don’t know much about the TMNT franchise, so unlike some other Universes Beyond sets I can’t say how good a job this one does adapting signature characters and storylines. I’m only focused on …

Secrets of Strixhaven First Look Blog

Haelee WoodProducts

The founding dragons have invited you back to school on Arcavios, so choose whether you’ll be aligning with Silverquill, Prismari, Witherbloom, Lorehold, or Quandrix, make sure you have your school supplies, and put on your first day of school outfit. With gorgeous new art treatments, and cool new products to encourage different play styles, our trip back to school will …

Does Reading the Card Actually Explain the Card?

Tom AndersonProducts, Strategy

If I was asked what qualities which define the current era of Magic: The Gathering, there’s a few answers I could give. First, that more new cards are being released than ever before. Second, that cards are becoming more complicated, with even commons having more rules text on average than previous eras. Third, that thanks to Universes Beyond the game …

Will Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Be a Repeat of Marvel’s Spider-Man?

Jacob LacknerProducts

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is set to release on March 6th, and right now we’re in the midst of preview season. The community’s general sentiment about this set is not especially positive. Over on my YouTube channel, I ran a poll checking to see how people were feeling about the set, and the results indicate that the vast majority of …

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Prerelease Guide

Tom AndersonEvents, Products, Strategy

Are you ready for the most radical set release of the year? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is Magic’s next huge mainstream crossover under the Universes Beyond banner. All the ass-kicking, fun-loving, pizza-munching action of the legendary TMNT comics and cartoons will be reborn as part of the world’s most popular TCG – and you can attend the world premiere at …

The Hobbit Is the Test for Universes Beyond Reprints

Kristen GregoryProducts

There have been virtually no Universes Beyond cards reprinted since Wizards launched the product line in 2020. Coming up on six years later, could the first chance for meaningful reprints be on the horizon? Or will The Hobbit quash hopes of reprints in the foreseeable future? UNIVERSES BEYOND HAS A REPRINT PROBLEM Fifty… Eighty… over One-Hundred dollars. That’s the market …