Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. The game was first released in 1993. It popularized the collectible card game format which took off in the late 1990s.
Magic: The Gathering can be played by two or more players with various rule formats using a minimum of 40 cards. Each game of Magic represents a battle between powerful wizards known as Planeswalkers who cast spells, use artifacts, and summon creatures. These actions are represented by individual cards that the player can use against their opponent.
New cards are released on a regular basis through expansion sets.
It's a weird thing to say, but Dungeons & Dragons: Mythic Odysseys Of Theros kind of got passed over in a lot of eyes. It's not like Wizards of the Coast just passed this book over, but the world, in general, played the odds against it. First off, Critical Role had a highly-publicized guide of […]
The Land's Wrath Commander deck, tying in as one of two Magic: The Gathering precons with the game's newest upcoming expansion, Zendikar Rising, is being revealed right here, right now! And, to top it off, we have an exclusive interview with Gavin Verhey, Lead Deck Architect. Bleeding Cool: First off, could you please introduce yourself? Gavin […]
The debut for Zendikar Rising, the newest upcoming set for Magic: The Gathering, has hit Twitch.tv and as such, it brought with it a whole slew of new information regarding the future of the beloved trading card game by Wizards of the Coast. Hang on to your hats, folks – it's about to get epic. Zendikar Rising's […]
Anyone who is a big fan of Magic: The Gathering, the premier trading card game by Wizards of the Coast, can tell you that Magic-themed merchandise goes far beyond the cards. From t-shirts to keychains and even cars, Magic merch is a huge wellspring that Wizards of the Coast probably ought to tap into more (if you'll […]
Greetings, players and fans of Magic: The Gathering: Arena, Wizards of the Coast's digital interface version of their hit trading card game, Magic: The Gathering! Wizards has just recently released a Historic-format-only set called Amonkhet Remastered, which features key cards from the double-set Amonkhet block and more. As it stands, we wanted to write a bit about […]
Wizards of the Coast, creators of their premier trading card game Magic: The Gathering, revealed some new information for a much-anticipated set today at CommandFest, a tournament-slash-convention that is being held online this weekend due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Commander Legends, a new set with the intention of drafting Commander decks (or perhaps Commander-style decks), will […]
A few days ago, our tabletop writer Josh Nelson heard an interesting question posed in the wake of a series of significant (and arguably poorly-timed) bans in Magic: The Gathering: "What would happen if every combo in Magic was suddenly banned from all formats of the game?" Josh believes that ruin would follow. The game would […]
Greetings to fans, players, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's ever-popular trading card game, Magic: The Gathering! We have gotten a few chances so far to write up articles pertaining to various Magic artists. From new and bold artists such as Seb McKinnon to older, iconic artists like Carl Critchlow, the game has a vast number […]
A few days ago, we received a package in the mail that was equal parts exciting and startling. In it, we received a bunch of Magic: The Gathering cards – two copies of Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, two foil copies of History of Benalia, a Gaea's Cradle, a few original Revised dual lands, and a […]
The San Diego Comic-Con's "SDCC@Home" initiative has shown us many things so far this weekend. From a panel interview with Junji Ito to some teasers involving various comics, television shows, and the like, SDDCC@Home has had it all. This means it's no surprise that, as usual, the team responsible for Magic: The Gathering made a showing, […]
Hello there, fans, players, and collectors of the premier trading card game by Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering! Today we are looking into the previews that have begun to pop up for Double Masters, a highly-advanced expansion set for the card game. This article will feature some, but not nearly all, of the cards that […]
Magic: The Gathering, the classic trading card game by Wizards of the Coast, has had a great many artists work on the art for its cards over the years. Some artists are well-known, like Seb McKinnon or Rebecca Guay. Others have been pivotal to the artistic process of the game, like Mark Tedin or Rob Alexander. […]
Hello there, fans, players, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering! As you may know by now, preorder sales have begun on Magic's newest expansion set, Double Masters. To the chagrin of many players who can't quite cough up the money for so many releases in the first place, that's […]
Hello there, fans, players, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering! Recently, we took a look at artist Seb McKinnon's works of art as they've featured on Magic cards in the past, and now we wish to take a look at Carl Critchlow's pieces, commissioned for cards in the popular […]
Hey there, Magic: The Gathering art fans! We recently took a good look at the works of Seb McKinnon, a Magic artist from Canada whose art has made a near-immediate and very lasting splash in the fandom of the game. Today, we thought we would go a bit deeper into insights about another artist for Magic who […]
Let's face the facts for a moment folks – Magic: The Gathering's art style has suffered from a glut of works that many people could deem as "too digital" for years now. One such piece that falls in this category is the Khans of Tarkir art for Monastery Swiftspear. It's a piece that simply feels too […]
Heritage Auctions, a Texas-based auction house for comics, trading cards, and memorabilia among various other things, has recently put an unopened box of Magic: The Gathering's infamous Collectors' Edition onto the auction block. This item is presently (at the time of this article's conception) going for $6,000 USD and the auction ends on July 9th. This collection […]
Texas-based auction house Heritage Auctions has many comics, trading cards, and pieces of memorabilia on auction. From Pokémon cards to Batman comics and back again, Heritage Auctions is a major hub for some very high-end collectibles. It's no surprise, then, that they'd have a vintage Magic: The Gathering card like Chaos Orb available to bid on and […]
Commander is one of those major Magic: The Gathering formats that needs to update every so often, even if whole sets don't necessarily follow a rotation schedule. Today, the Rules Committee for the format spoke about their updates for the quarter, which included no changes – at least, nothing that wasn't already announced in the last […]
Wizards of the Coast has released its State of Magic: The Gathering Arena article for June, and, as expected, it's a big one. Many important topics were covered, including rotation of formats in September and what that will mean, Brawler's Guildhall and its abolition in favor of everyday Standard Brawl (you read that correctly!), and Jumpstart's […]
