Magic: The Gathering Archives

Some awesome news to cap off our day: Hasbro and their subsidiary Wizards of the Coast announced a new trading card game for Transformers.

credit//WOTC Wizards of the Coast is updating their free-to-play digital card game Magic: The Gathering Arena to embrace the full 70-card Standard Format play So now both Magic enthusiasts and hardcore competative players can play in the most popular version of MTG. Additionally, cards from the Kaledesh and Aether Revolt blocks, along with cards from the 2017 Welcome Decks, will be added to Magic: The[...]

  Wizards of the Coast have announced three new card sets coming to Magic: The Gathering this fall All three sets will focus on Nicol Bolas's plans for world domination and the heroes efforts to stop him in Ravnica At the end of the three sets will be a final showdown with Bolas himself, though it will[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics discusses why Magic the Gathering makers Wizards of the Coast and others should offer more incentive for small businesses to host game nights.

It's not uncommon for Wizards of the Coast to ban certain cards and sets from Magic: The Gathering as time goes on, it keeps the game fresh as new sets are released and it prevents anyone from creating a deck so powerful in competitive or tournament play that they just can't be touched Sometimes players don't[...]

The pin is just okay, and it would have been a little better to get something more related to the brotherhood. Moving onto something from Funko, this month they sent out a Pop! figure from Magic: The Gathering This one, in particular, is Ajani Goldmane, a planeswalker introduced during the Lorwyn expansion in 2007[...]

credit//WOTC   Today, Wizards of the Coast took to their blog to discuss the economy of Magic: The Gathering Arena, the process of collecting cards and rewards for play, and Wizards' philosophy on developing the in-game economy and how things will change throughout Arena's beta experience. It's actually something of a fascinating read about what it's like to develop[...]

Wizards Of The Coast would like you to try out Magic: The Gathering Arena as soon as possible, and you're going to get your chance as a closed beta will be starting on December 4th You can sign up for the beta here, but essentially this is to work out the kinks after they did initial testing[...]

Hascon will make its grand return in 2019, skipping next year. The family-friendly show will next take place September 6th-8th, 2019.

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. As I type this up I have gotten three hours of sleep. I

Josh Nelson writes for Bleeding Cool: Wizards of the Coast, the fabled company responsible for bringing the public Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and Heroscape (wait, what?), has created an all-new board game, using its arguably-most popular intellectual property: Explorers of Ixalan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCSqBZ_SSBwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Exploring Explorers of Ixalan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCSqBZ_SSBw) Now, I had discussed previously the issues I had with[...]

One of the cool little booths I got to visit at New York Comic Con was manned by D3 Go! This company is working on a couple new app games for tablet, one for Magic: The Gathering and one with an X-Men battling theme. Both of them revolve around the puzzle completion type of combat where[...]

Josh Nelson writes for Bleeding Cool: I'm back with a new article on Magic: the Gathering's newest set, Ixalan I deliberately glossed over my considerations for it with my last article, knowing more would be made clear with its spoiler season. Of course, with this spoiler season, a few things occurred One thing was that most of[...]

So which are which? Well, I am glad you asked! First up is a Magic: The Gathering three-card set with cards based off other Hasbro properties Look, I haven't played MTG as much as would like in recent years, but that Grimlock card needs to be mine The NERF card is a funny bit, as well[...]

Bleeding Cool took over the Hasbro Breakfast this morning at SDCC and on top of stuffing our faces with breakfast food, we got exclusive reveals of new product and figures coming to stores this year and next from Transformers, Star Wars, My Little Pony, Magic: The Gathering, and Marvel! Star Wars is first in my heart,[...]

The Magic: The Gathering exclusive every year is one of the most sought-after and hardest to get exclusives on the show floor It always sells for a ton on the aftermarket, and it is always one of the first to sell out at the Hasbro Toy Shop This year, the thing is so beautiful that[...]

Josh Nelson writes for Bleeding Cool: June 14th marked a whole smattering of announcements for the renowned trading card game Magic: the Gathering We got a three-set block set on a new plane called Ixalan, which appears to be a plane of pirates, dinosaurs, and, according to designer Mark Rosewater, a lot more. Additionally, we get a[...]

and Cryptic Studios announced earlier today the development of a brand new RPG based on Magic: The Gathering, the acclaimed strategic card game by Wizards of the Coast The AAA RPG is currently being developed from the ground up for both PC and console Additional details and the game's official title will be revealed at a[...]

Wizards of the Coast have issued an emergency card ban in Magic: The Gathering which is effective today One card in a popular but dramatically overpowered two-card combo is now illegal in Standard play  Wizards issued Felidar Guardian's emergency ban two days after they put out their April "Banned and Restricted" cards list, prompting players to raise an[...]

2013 Super Bowl Champions the Seattle Seahawks are having a good year, leading the NFC West with a 5-2-1 record, but that's little consolation for

Magic: The Gathering, the best known and widest played TCG on the market for the last 22 years with over 20 million players and fans world wide For those who have never played, you use cards collected through starter decks, booster packs and trading with other players to create a deck customized to your game[...]

The items listed range from early Avengers comics to mint condition Magic: The Gathering cards But the auction only goes until tomorrow, September 3rd.   Here's a peek at some of the other items being auctioned off: Marvel's Star Wars collection, running from 1977-1986 Early editions of The Avengers (issues 24, 25 and 30-36), Captain America, Captain Marvel, The[...]

By Madeline Ricchiuto Magic: Duels Origins is the latest attempt by Wizards of the Coast to give you the Magic: The Gathering experience from the comfort of your own monitor. This version of Duels will be as truly FTP as a game can while still turning a profit You buy booster packs with an in-game coin currency[...]

Blizzard has also committed to not erasing any progress made during the beta, meaning anything done now will be carried over to the official version when the game goes gold. Fans of Magic: The Gathering will find the game mechanics similar, as Blizzard uses a dumbed-down version of the popular card game as template for Hearthstones'[...]