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Wizards of the Coast has made mistakes in the past, with regards to the printing of certain cards in Magic: The Gathering I mean, just look at cards like Gaea's Cradle or the brunt of the cards banned in Standard from the original Mirrodin block! Today and tomorrow, I'd like to go over some of these[...]

Hey there, fans of Magic: The Gathering and Magic: The Gathering: Arena! I come to you first posing a question: Have you purchased the "Year of the Rat" Secret Lair drop but have no reason to use the Pack Rat sleeves that came with it for Arena? If so, I have great news for you, and good news[...]

For International World Women's Day, Wizards of the Coast has decided to release a special Secret Lair drop for their smash-hit trading card game Magic: The Gathering. Source: Wizards of the Coast In this release, those who purchase it will find five different full-art cards, each depicting a female Legendary Creature, perfectly suited for Commander play (or whatever[...]

Ribbit. Errrrr, hello, loyal readers! Happy Leap Day! Normally we over here at Bleeding Cool would be ending the month with a silver-bordered Commander deck tech for Magic: The Gathering, but we have decided this month to do things a little differently Today we are going over my fellow Rochester Commander player Paul Toal's competitive list based on his[...]

Hold on to your donkeys – Magic: The Gathering's newest silver-bordered expansion, Unsanctioned, has been released! Source: Wizards of the Coast After three previous full-on silver-bordered releases and a fair smattering of other cards in a similar vein, Unsanctioned is an entirely new concept for the silver-bordered world of Magic Instead of a completely new set with nothing[...]

Today, in the middle of a rather humdrum, possibly lacklustre day of news, this author was amazed to find a new product announcement by Wizards of the Coast for their basically-immortal trading card game Magic: The Gathering Within this announcement is an all-new way to go about playing a brand-new Sealed environment: "Jumpstart" is here –[...]

Hello there, loyal readers and fans of the ever-popular trading card game Magic: The Gathering! For those of you looking to invest in single cards from Magic's latest expansion Theros: Beyond Death, I am afraid I may have a spot of bad news for you This may be an opinion piece but it's based in[...]

Congratulations to Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa on winning the 26th Magic: The Gathering World Championships! Source: Wizards of the Coast At  Magic Worlds XXVI, sixteen competitors faced off against each other for prizes totaling one million dollars, and the games played were remarkably grueling During Day One, the once-reigning World Champion, Javier Dominguez was taken out of the[...]

This weekend is a solid one for competitive Magic: The Gathering Between Worlds XXVI and various other tournaments occurring concurrently, it's fairly safe to say that competitive Magic has never been stronger on a professional level. With this in mind, Wizards of the Coast has announced the decklists for the newest batch of Challenger Decks, decks geared[...]

Hello, loyal readers! Today, February 16th, 2020, marks the final day for the 26th Magic: The Gathering World Championships! Before I go into any coverage of the final, momentous day of this prestigious tournament, I want to go over what has transpired over the last two days thereof. Source: Wizards of the Coast Day One To start, Day One[...]

The minds behind such Netflix documentary series as The Toys That Made Us are developing a new documentary about the genesis, origins, and impact of Wizards of the Coast's ever-popular trading card game Magic: The Gathering. Source: Wizards of the Coast The documentary, entitled "Igniting the Spark", will be produced by The Nacelle Company, the production company behind The Toys[...]

Javier Dominguez, reigning and defending Magic: the Gathering World Champion, took on longtime friend and colleague Andrea Mengucci during the Day One events at the 26th Magic World Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii. Source: Wizards of the coast, via Twitch Javier, having drafted a Golgari (black/green) Draft deck with some very tough decisions regarding inclusions, took on Mengucci's rather exquisitely-sculpted[...]

I hope you're ready for Magic: The Gathering's newest drop release for Secret Lair: "Stargazing"! Source: Wizards of the Coast The "Stargazing" release, available only for the duration of this weekend alone – and I mean only this weekend – contains five different drops The drops have three cards each and are themed after the gods of the Theroan[...]

For years, Magic: The Gathering has been not just a card game, but a conversation I'm all for using this analogy because it lends itself to discussion and in time, the big discussion And, as it stands, this conversation has had a large handful of big-ticket controversies within the design of the game (not to mention discourse[...]

Hello there, loyal readers! Today I figured we would get down and dirty – and I do mean downright dirty – with a new Commander deck tech for Magic: The Gathering This deck tech will be showcasing one of the most disgustingly powerful commanders recently printed for the format, Muldrotha, the Gravetide. Source: Wizards of the Coast The[...]

Hello, loyal readers! I cannot believe I nearly overlooked this but Wizards of the Coast has added a new entry to their "State of Arena" series of update articles for Magic: The Gathering's esports interface It's relevant because while it does highlight a few of the promises made in the previous State of Arena article, so far[...]

The Tolarian Community College YouTube channel has posted a number of videos pertaining to how to properly craft a mana base in the Commander format of Magic: The Gathering By no means is it a strict guideline, and Brian Lewis, known on that YouTube channel as "The Professor", makes that very known. Source: Wizards of the Coast However,[...]

Hello there, loyal readers! Today, I'll be going over a deck tech for another new Magic: The Gathering commander, who, like Kroxa, my previous deck tech's subject, is also an Elder Giant (and no, before you ask, I'm not engaging in any Changeling shenanigans here) Today, as my title suggests, we will be giving a[...]

For the course of three days, starting on February 14th you can play on Magic: The Gathering: Arena with the decks of the pros playing at the Magic World Championships! Source: Wizards of the Coast Following hot on the heels of giving players a choice of representative champion for Worlds XXVI, this event actually allows players to pilot[...]

Hello there, loyal readers! Today, following up on both of the Theros: Beyond Death booster draft box review I have done as well as that of the Planeswalker Deck gameplay from the very same set, I wanted to see how Sealed gameplay works out for the newest set from Magic: The Gathering. Source: Wizards of the[...]

Yes, you read the above headline correctly, folks – Wizards of the Coast is finally sanctioning Commander League play for Magic: The Gathering! Source: Wizards of the Coast For the first time ever, Wizards of the Coast has devised a ruleset for an achievement-style level of gameplay for Commander This will involve an achievement list and a set[...]

Joel Larsson of Sweden is the Champion of Players Tour Brussels, a large-name professional Magic: The Gathering event! Joel Larsson's winning Pioneer decklist Source: Wizards of the Coast Larsson, back from retirement after having won Pro Tour Magic Origins back in 2015, used a homebrew deck dubbed by sources in the media as "Swedish Sultai", an apt[...]

Hello there, loyal readers and fans of Magic: The Gathering, both invested and prospective! Today, I'm going to be discussing the Planeswalker decks for Magic's newest set, Theros: Beyond Death. Source: Wizards of the Coast (photo credit: Josh Nelson) As can be observed from the image above, the Planeswalker decks for this set, which is inspired by Ancient Greek[...]

Hello loyal readers! It's been a bit of a while since I last showcased any Magic: The Gathering Commander deck techs for you, but today I will be returning to this with a new deck that is a great example of inspiration on my part. A lot of decks in Commander nowadays are built with optimization[...]

Hello, loyal readers! Yesterday, I noted with gratitude the package that I had received from Wizards of the Coast; it contained a Booster Draft Box, a Bundle, and the two Planeswalker Decks, all from Magic: The Gathering's newest set, Theros: Beyond Death Today, I want to review the overall contents of the Bundle I'd received[...]

Hey there! So, a box came into my possession a couple of days ago, and I wanted to inspect it and talk about it with my loyal readers today. Source: Wizards of the Coast (photo credit: Josh Nelson) So, this box, a gift from Wizards of the Coast for being a member of the reviewing press, was[...]

has teamed up with Wizards of the Coast to create their first-ever Magic: The Gathering game: Magic: Manastrike! Source: Wizards of the Coast / Netmarble Corp. Like the old game Magic: Battlegrounds for the original Xbox, Manastrike takes the Magic: The Gathering property and crafts from it a Player-Versus-Player environment where the renowned Planeswalkers from the brand face each other in spell-slinging[...]

Are you a Magic: The Gathering superfan? Do you love full-art basic lands? Are you simply jonesing for silver? Well, dear superfan, Wizards of the Coast has finally revealed new details for their new boxed set – Unsanctioned! This is the first bit of information since the initial announcement back around the time we had heard about[...]

Tomorrow, Wizards of the Coast is putting the next installment of their "Secret Lair" drop series for Magic: The Gathering out for purchase. Source: Wizards of the Coast The drop for January 2020 celebrates the Lunar New Year, which occurred yesterday on the 25th, with the aptly-devised "Year of the Rat" release. Source: Wizards of the Coast The contents of[...]

Today, the Theros: Beyond Death prerelease events for the ever-popular Magic: The Gathering collectible card game are set to end The events have been going on since Friday, and now's probably the nest time for players to join up for Sealed pools of this set. Source: Wizards of the Coast Why now, if you haven't already done[...]