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Today, we will be going over a slightly more peculiar option in the realm of Magic: The Gathering decks that have the capacity to go tall and outspeed opponents This deck is capable of winning games quite early, with its average converted mana cost of 2.10 (which is probably around competitive Commander levels, to be[...]

Happy Winter, everybody! Today, we will be focusing on a special Magic: The Gathering deck tech to commemorate the season And just who is our commander for this Commander deck tech? Why, it's none other than the Soul of Winter himself, Ojutai! Ojutai, Soul of Winter, that is! Source: Wizards of the Coast The decklist, as discussed[...]

Recently, the Game Grumps YouTube channel uploaded a video wherein one of their hosts, Arin Hanson, played Magic: The Gathering: Arena (the online interface for Wizards of the Coast's wonderfully-popular game Magic: The Gathering), while co-host Danny Avidan watched intently, bringing his own nostalgia into the mix. Source: The Grumps (YouTube) A few months back, the Grumps tried their hand[...]

Today (December 16th, 2019), Wizards of the Coast in their Banned and Restricted list update for their massively-popular trading card game Magic: The Gathering stated that there would be no changes to the list this week However, the real news is that going forward, Wizards would no longer pre-announce the dates when they would be making[...]

The official Discord for the upcoming MMO action-RPG by Cryptic Games, Magic: Legends, has revealed some new information on the game, based on the tabletop trading card game Magic: The Gathering According to this Discord board, there is a randomized mechanic of being able to cast spells, which in essence means that the game is also a[...]

At The Game Awards last night, Wizards of the Coast publicly unveiled a number of interesting things, including their new MMO, Magic: Legends But a good many Magic: The Gathering players were delighted to see the cinematic trailer teasing Wizards' next upcoming expansion set, Theros: Beyond Death. Source: Wizards of the Coast In the trailer, the Planeswalker known as[...]

Wizards of the Coast has been repeatedly raising the bar with their Magic: The Gathering brand Recently, they've come out with various gimmicks for their trading card game (the original tabletop version), and have been pushing Magic: The Gathering: Arena, their digital version of their trading card game, more and more as of late. But what comes next[...]

Users of Twitch Prime are eligible from December 3rd to February 10th to receive a copy of the "Liliana's Legion" deck on Magic: The Gathering: Arena This deck is blue and black and is a decent preconstructed deck. Source: Wizards of the Coast The 60-card decklist is as such: Planeswalker (1) 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General Creature (22) 3 Aven Eternal 3 Eternal Skylord 2 Faerie[...]

The Associated Press has the word about a new Marvel magical comic book in March 2020, set in New Orleans, a very American Harry Potter for the Marvel Universe Strange Academy, by Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos, as a supernatural coming-of-age saga, set at a New Orleans school for teenagers from across the universe who[...]

After two weeks bearing no changes, Wizards of the Coast has finally made the decision to ban more cards from the Pioneer format of Magic: The Gathering The three cards banned from Pioneer as of yesterday are Once Upon A Time, Field of the Dead, and Smuggler's Copter. Their time has come Goodbye, banned cards! Source: Wizards[...]

Brr! To help us begin to adapt to the idea of a whole new year (albeit a month early), we at Bleeding Cool have another Commander deck tech for Magic: The Gathering for you Today, we will be focusing on one of the mightiest, most powerful, and most attractive characters that red has to offer us[...]

Today, I'm offering you a Magic: The Gathering decklist you can't refuse I'm going to try to make the messages behind this Commander deck tech as clear as a horse head at the foot of your bed Capische? As an addition to the end-of-month fun we had with Mary O'Kill and her beloved pet Killbots earlier[...]

Happy end of November, loyal readers! We at Bleeding Cool get that November has been long-winded, cold, and unforgiving, much like our end-of-month Magic: The Gathering deck techs for the Commander format Personally, I think that as the months go by and winter rears its ugly head, it'll be great to just duck into our coats[...]

Happy Turkey Day to all our loyal readers from Bleeding Cool! After we wrote up our Oko, Thief of Crowns Magic: The Gathering deck tech (days in advance of Thanksgiving, to be frank), we figured you'd all probably have room for seconds So, we cooked up another batch of deck techs for those with a more… insatiable[...]

Happy Turkey Day to all those in the United States who celebrate! To commemorate this day of questionable decisions, both in history and on the third helping of stuffing, we at Bleeding Cool have written up another Oathbreaker deck tech for Magic: The Gathering Oathbreaker, for those just beginning to read Bleeding Cool's deck techs on[...]

Last time, it was Magic: The Gathering's "Mystery Boosters"; this time, they've finally revealed their new project for Magic: Secret Lair. Something is (practically) here! Source: Wizards of the Coast For those of you who somehow missed my last article on the subject, Secret Lair seemed to be a loot-drop sort of release[...]

Hey there friends and loyal readers of Bleeding Cool's segments on Magic: The Gathering! When I covered the Gods of Amonkhet over the course of the past few weeks, I did so with a purpose: I wanted to segue into a discussion of the Gods of Theros And, now that the talk of Amonkheti deities is out[...]

A few weeks ago, prior to MagicFest Richmond, we at Bleeding Cool reported on the existence of the Mystery Booster product for Magic: The Gathering, essentially a grab-bag of a product which had in it cards from most of Magic's 26-year history Additionally, when it was unveiled at MagicFest Richmond at long last, it was revealed to also[...]

This rare Magic: The Gathering deck had been printed with both sides of the printing on one face of each and every nonfoil card. Source: Emiel Van Daele We had interviewed Emiel and his colleague, Charly Traarbach, back then and inquired as to the offers that were being made at the time As Emiel and Charly recounted, the[...]

This apology arises amid a plethora of tweets and complaints by the LGBTQ+ players of Magic: The Gathering, who were absolutely outraged that a contracted writer would write out such an important part of a pivotal character's persona in as dismissive of a way as he did. Source: Wizards of the Coast However briefly, the Wizards Creative[...]

Welcome (or in many cases, welcome back) to our Magic: The Gathering deck tech analyses of the Amonkheti gods and the grim, grisly fates that took four out of the five of them (or is that the eight of them? The verdict is out) Currently, we are covering the fate of poor Rhonas, the "indomitable" snake-headed god of[...]

Hello faithful readers of Bleeding Cool's coverage of Magic: The Gathering news! Today, I continue my analysis of the Gods of Amonkhet and their very sad, rather untimely fates This has been done through various deck techs, and today will be no exception. We honestly did not get nearly enough of Rhonas the Indomitable in the Amonkhet short[...]

There are a few (more) mysteries afoot at Wizards of the Coast! Following (rather closely) in the footsteps of the Magic: The Gathering Mystery Boosters and their appearance at conventions such as MagicFest Richmond, Wizards has revealed a product via Twitter to be fully publicized this coming Monday, November 25th. Source: Wizards of the Coast Now, despite a[...]

Hello friends! This brisk evening of November 19th, we are going to follow up on the previous Magic: The Gathering deck tech I posted earlier today Hazoret the Fervent never made her way to Ravnica during the War of the Spark storyline arc, so of course in the spirit of cycle completion, Wizards of the[...]

Despite the bleakest moments in the Magic: The Gathering storyline as of late (namely the fates of the gods of Amonkhet), there's always some amount of solace that escapes, like light from a crack in a door frame While the Amonkheti gods Oketra, Kefnet, Bontu, and Rhonas have become Eternalized and reformed into undead monstrosities in[...]

Let's talk for a second about Pioneer in the context of Magic: The Gathering formats that have come before it In this article, I'm inclined to discuss what older formats have had banned from them from the get-go, and how this early in the life of Pioneer, the relative lack of bans is preposterous. The starting legality[...]

StarCityGames, a tabletop gaming store in Roanoke, Virginia, has a circuit of Magic: The Gathering tournaments all across the eastern coast of the United States, and even a few in the midwest One of their biggest events each year is called SCGCON, which is a three-day event where Magic players from all across the world congregate to[...]

Today (November 18th), Wizards of the Coast has announced a smattering of additions to their Banned and Restricted List for Magic: The Gathering The additions are as follows: Standard: Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned. Once Upon a Time is banned. Veil of Summer is banned. Brawl: Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned. Legacy: Wrenn and Six is banned. Vintage: Narset, Parter of Veils is restricted. A grim day for Oko[...]

Welcome! I have a second Magic: The Gathering deck tech article for you all today Not too long ago, we at Bleeding Cool wrote up a Commander deck tech revolving around Bontu, the Glorified, the black-aligned god of Amonkhet This article will focus on the eternalized version of Bontu, the aptly-named God-Eternal Bontu. Source: Wizards of[...]

Hello friends! It's time again for another set of Commander deck techs styled after the best and worst of each color in Magic: The Gathering Today, we will be looking over black, a color which may be even harder to find compliments for than blue (and hey, don't hate me for saying so – blue[...]