Ranking the Limited Formats of 2025

Ranking the Limited Formats of 2025

Jacob LacknerLimited

2025 is almost over, and that means it’s time to take a look back at the year in Magic. There were six sets released. That’s the most we’ve ever seen in a single year, and while that was kind of overwhelming in a lot of ways, it also means that we got six different Limited formats this year. Because Limited …

Lessons We Learned from Strixhaven

Jacob LacknerLimited, Products, Strategy

Magic’s next Standard-release set is Avatar: the Last Airbender, which releases on November 21st, and Card Kingdom’s presale starts today! We’ve already gotten a look at a significant chunk of the set, and I’m really excited about the return of one of my favorite mechanics – Lessons/Learn.  The first and last time we saw this mechanic was in 2021’s Strixhaven: …

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 …