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Improving "Primal Genesis" - "Magic: The Gathering"
With over 19,000 cards in the game, Magic: the Gathering has cemented itself as the most complex game known to humankind so far Deckbuilding is as much an art form as it is a science, and many players look at their decks are labors of love and art This is very true of Commander players especially,[...]
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At MagicFest Birmingham, part of the Grand Prix circuit in Europe for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, Rory Kear-Smith took the title of Champion for the event after taking down Simon Nielsen. Source: ChannelFireball.com Kear-Smith was playing a form of the classic "Death's Shadow" deck which appeared to be mainly geared to take down decks revolving around Hogaak,[...]
Improving "Faceless Menace" - "Magic: The Gathering"
Magic: The Gathering is an extremely complex game With so many ways to improve a deck, deckbuilding can be sen as almost as much of a competition as the gameplay itself On Tuesday, August 13th, we went over the Faceless Menace deck for Commander 2019, and made twenty changes to its contents Today, Bleeding Cool goes[...]
"Magic: The Gathering Arena" Planning New Innovations for 2020
Magic: the Gathering has been a worldwide phenomenon, with the card game debuting at GenCon in 1993 and only growing in scope from there It's a game with over 35 million players So, when the digital age began and e-sports emerged as a major form of entertainment, Wizards of the Coast got on the bandwagon with Magic:[...]
Improving "Faceless Menace" - "Magic: The Gathering"
Magic: the Gathering is an immensely multifaceted game, and according to studies is the most complex game currently known to man There is no necessary algorithm that can predict a winner out of a two-player game of Magic, largely due to the sheer amount of different individual cards in the game So, it suffices to say[...]
"Arisen Necropolis" Takes MagicFest Minneapolis - "Magic: The Gathering"
The more things in the Magic: the Gathering tournament scene change, the more it seems they stay the same. credit//WotC Justin Plocher defeated Jonathan Corzo in the Modern finals at MagicFest Minneapolis on Sunday, August 11th Both players used variants of the infuriatingly-popular Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis decklist Plocher used a variant that manages to power out a[...]
"Magic: the Gathering" "Populate"s Commander 2019
During GenCon 2019 last weekend, Wizards of the Coast unveiled their newest Commander deck themes for Magic: The Gathering What's more, they revealed that on each day from August 5th-8th, they are revealing a new decklist The themes are Morph, Madness, Populate, and Flashback, themes that are very popular for many players Today, Wizards of[...]
"Magic: the Gathering" "Populate"s Commander 2019
At GenCon 2019 this past weekend, Wizards of the Coast unveiled their newest Commander deck themes for Magic: The Gathering What's more, they revealed that on each day from August 5th-8th, they are revealing a new decklist The themes are Morph, Madness, Populate, and Flashback, themes that are very popular for many players Today, Wizards[...]
It's "Morph"ing Time For Magic: the Gathering - draft
During GenCon 2019 this past weekend, Wizards of the Coast unveiled their newest Commander deck themes for Magic: The Gathering What's more, they revealed that on each day from August 5th-8th, they are revealing a new decklist The themes are Morph, Madness, Populate, and Flashback, themes that are very popular for many players. Today, Wizards of the[...]
Magic: The Gathering Introduces A New Mulligan System
Wizards of the Coast have implemented a brand new change to the mulligan rules today for Magic: The Gathering that will go across all forms gameplay The news broke this morning as part of the new Core Set 2020 as they're introducing it to all competitive formats They originally tested this at the Mythic Championship[...]
'Motherland: Fort Salem': Witchcraft and Warfare Collide in Freeform's Official Trailer
Sanchez has worked with Eliot for years and he has astounded us yet again with the imaginative and layered world of Motherland: Fort Salem." – Adam McKay Now, viewers are getting an extended look at the upcoming series – where Witches becoming warriors…and here is where their history-changing training begins, in this first official trailer for Freeform's[...]
'The Magicians' Season 4, Episode 12: Josh the Fish Splashes in "The Secret Sea" [SPOILER REVIEW]
That it occurred on SYFY's The Magicians is not surprising in the least. So much happened on this latest episode, I will try to touch on most of those notes without slipping too far into the summary zone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MdYUMct1uQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: THE MAGICIANS | Season 4, Episode 12: Tease | SYFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MdYUMct1uQ) So[...]