Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics of Ankeny, Iowa, writes Comic Store In Your Future weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. 2020 forced the comic industry to change. Resistance to change is human nature. Knowing what to expect is comforting. Being in a routine is comforting. Change happens; rather, we want it or not. On […]
So now that we've been able to get into some games online and experimenting with this book, we can finally give a proper review of it.[caption id="attachment_1171988" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: Wizards of the Coast[/caption]So if you're not familiar with Mythic Odysseys Of Theros, this is the second Magic: The Gathering-themed sourcebook, which serves as a[...]
If you haven't had a chance to play the game yet, this is basically a much faster action-packed version of Magic: The Gathering where the rules of the game have been boiled down into a quicker system for you to dish out spells and creatures if you know how to play MTG, this is a[...]
The folks behind our favorite twisted online animated universe Cyanide & Happiness have teamed up with the Magic: The Gathering animation studio to show the humorous side of.. hostage situations?!? On Thursday, Explosm (Joking Hazard, Purgatony, Freakpocalypse) and animation studio Octopie (Paranormal Action Squad, Celebrity Animal Encounters) premiered the first two episodes of its new[...]
This means it's no surprise that, as usual, the team responsible for Magic: The Gathering made a showing, namely Head Designer Mark Rosewater, who gave a half-hour long panel from his home about the things we can broadly expect from the next set to hit Standard, Zendikar Rising.[caption id="attachment_1241582" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A still from the San Diego Comic-Con[...]
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[...]
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.[caption id="attachment_1228021" align="aligncenter"[...]
It's no surprise, then, that they'd have a vintage Magic: The Gathering card like Chaos Orb available to bid on and this auction ends on July 9th.[caption id="attachment_1228038" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The artwork for Chaos Orb, a card from Magic: The Gathering Illustrated by Mark Tedin.[/caption]Chaos Orb is a card relevant to the overall history of Magic:[...]
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[...]
Hello, fans of Commander, the primary player-driven format for Wizards of the Coast's hit trading card game Magic: The Gathering! Today, much like we did with Nethroi, Apex of Death roughly a month ago, we will be re-inspecting a commander that we looked at not long ago through a second deck tech However, unlike that previous[...]
Mac users who play Magic, you can finally rejoice, for the wait is over - Magic: The Gathering Arena is coming to your Apple computers! The digital interface for Wizards of the Coast's famous trading card game will launch on Macs on June 25th, 2020 on the Epic Games Store Coinciding with Core 2021, Arena's launch to Macs everywhere[...]
Hello and greetings to all fans, players, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's classic trading card game Magic: The Gathering! Previews for Magic's July release, the Sealed-centric expansion they've called Jumpstart, have mostly come and gone; we have not gotten a full spoiler for the entirety of the new set, and previews are still seemingly ongoing[...]
Hello (and hello again) to the fans, players, and collectors of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game by Wizards of the Coast! June 19th was one interesting day for Jumpstart reveals, but now the preview season for the Sealed-centric expansion set has officially concluded But hey, we got to see some really cool cards to[...]
Hello there, fans, players, and collectors of Magic: The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast's premier trading card game! Magic's come a long way over the years, and along that path, some cards have gotten ever the more scarce for players to get ahold of However, Jumpstart, an upcoming Limited-style expansion set for Magic, will be coming out in July[...]
Welcome, fans of the history and lore behind Wizards of the Coast's premier trading card game Magic: The Gathering! When we last left off, Urza, an ambitious artificer with a newly-ignited Planeswalker spark, had bore witness to the corruption of Phyrexia, machinated by Yawgmoth and his grand, yet twisted, designs Urza then and there swore[...]
Hello, players, fans, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's famous trading card game Magic: The Gathering! While the July release, the Limited-style expansion known as Jumpstart, will have a bunch of reprinted cards in it, quite a few of the 20-card packs will feature cards that are completely new to the game Let's look at[...]
Hello there, fans of Magic: The Gathering lore, fluff, and flavor! In this series revolving around Magic in-game history, we have already looked at the nature and origin of Phyrexia This retrospective on the compleated monstrosities was left open, but do not worry! We will be seeing more of them quite soon For now, though, it is[...]
Hello there, fans, players, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's premier trading card Magic: The Gathering! If it feels like it's only been a day or two since our last preview season, that's because that's actually true! Jumpstart preview season is now afoot, despite Core 2021 having concluded its official preview season just yesterday Nonetheless, the train[...]
Hello there, loyal fans, players, and collectors of Wizards of the Coast's premier trading card game Magic: The Gathering! Today we didn't get to see any new preview cards for Core 2021, but that's because, for what it's worth, the entire set has been revealed! However, that won't stop us from showing you some of the showcase[...]
