Is Spider-Man Too Small of a Set To Be a Good Limited Format?

Jacob LacknerLimited

Universes Beyond: Spider-Man releases on September 26th, and we’re already very deep into preview season. The set looks really exciting, featuring some cool new mechanics, and top-down designs of prominent characters and storylines from the Spider-Man franchise. With only 191 cards, it also happens to be the smallest draftable Standard-release set we’ve seen since 2015’s Fate Reforged. And unlike Fate …

Edge of Eternities Finally Gave Us a Good Bonus Sheet for Limited

Kristen GregoryCommander, Limited

Bonus sheets in Limited are a hotly contested topic. Do they make a format more exciting, or ruin it completely? After drafting a lot of Edge of Eternities, I can safely say that my mind is made up: they finally nailed how to do a bonus sheet without compromising Limited.  EDGE OF ETERNITIES STELLAR SIGHTS The Stellar Sights bonus sheet …

Edge of Eternities’ Warp Mechanic is Instant Gratification & I Don’t Care For It

Kristen GregoryCommander, Limited, Standard

Edge of Eternities brought with it a bevy of new mechanics. While the likes of Lander tokens seem pretty well balanced, the Warp mechanic is a lot more pushed. I’m of the mind that Warp is a potentially problematic mechanic, and here’s why.  WARP Some spells can be cast for their warp cost. It’s a discounted mode of casting that …

The Problem with the Bonus Sheet in Final Fantasy Limited

Jacob LacknerProducts

Final Fantasy released on June 13th. In addition to featuring cards from the main set, 1 in 3 Final Fantasy Play Boosters also contain a card from Final Fantasy Through the Ages. This is a sub-set of 64 reprints that have Final Fantasy skins.  Because these cards appear in Play Boosters, that makes them legal in Draft and Sealed. In …

Does Tarkir: Dragonstorm Save In-Universe Magic Sets?

Kristen GregoryCommunity, Limited, Products

It’s a Saturday afternoon, and the warm English spring sun is lighting up the room in the kinda way you have to shut the curtains if you want to play a video game. I’ve just picked up and eaten lunch, after a morning outside, and I’m finishing the dishes. In the background, Luis Scott Vargas is discussing his Sealed pool …

The Creator of the Innistrad Cube on Innistrad Remastered: An Interview with Angelo Guerrera

The Creator of the Innistrad Cube on Innistrad Remastered: An Interview with Angelo Guerrera

Tom AndersonLimited

It’s a funny thing – as Magic embarks into 2025, looking to a calendar full of intriguing new worlds and momentous tie-ins, its first headline attraction will be a celebration of the familiar!  The gothic, brooding plane of Innistrad will be the latest to receive a paper Remastered set alongside fan favorites Ravnica and Dominaria. Drawing on sets from Innistrad’s …

2024's Best Draft Build-Arounds

2024’s Best Draft Build-Arounds

Jacob LacknerLimited

In Limited Magic a build-around card is one that needs the right cards around it in order for it to pan out as an effective card in your deck. In other words, you usually have to “build-around” it.  Typically, this term gets used for cards that ask for some type of synergy that isn’t one of the main themes in …

The Foundations Draft Guide

The Foundations Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

As the name implies, Foundations aims to redefine and reaffirm the “default” gameplay and ideas of Magic.  This modern take on a Core Set definitely seems like a Constructed-first product – understandable, given Standard players will be living in its shadow until 2029! But that also implies that Foundations sealed product will have a long run in stores, and that …