Ilharg, the harbinger of the End-Raze, the Gruul guild's interpretation of the end of days, and one ham of a hog.
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She's missing an arm now, but that is no matter to a god, right?
Let's talk for a second about Pioneer in the context of Magic: The Gathering formats that have come before it
SCGCON is a three-day event where Magic players from all across the world congregate to play competitively.
Wizards of the Coast has announced a smattering of additions to their Banned and Restricted List for Magic: The Gathering.
Not too long ago, we wrote a deck tech revolving around Bontu, the Glorified. This article will focus on the eternalized version of Bontu.
Today, we will be looking over black, a color which may be even harder to find compliments for than blue.
This is my ongoing monthly segment where I check in on how Magic: The Gathering: Arena is from a player perspective. But first, a clarification.
After that point, if users of the digital trading card game interface haven't done so themselves, Wizards of the Coast is obliged to change their passwords manually.
So, it's interesting to note that now, on top of troubles with card stock quality, censorship, and even diversity issues of all things, Wizards of the Coast now has[...]
(Or, "Get In Nerds: The Party Bus Cometh!")
This was an inevitability as early as this past Friday evening and now we at Bleeding Cool are here to make sense of the wreckage.
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— chrisvondoom (@chrisvondoom1) November 12, 2019
It's been a rough last w̶e̶e̶k̶ eternity for queer Magic players.
— Benjamin Wheeler (@BWheelerMTG) November 13, 2019
With all of this backlash, will Wizards of the Coast see and seize the opportunity to backstep a second and deem this story non-canonical? Characters die in this book, so we can't be sure[...]
File this under news which may absolutely floor a ton of Magic: The Gathering players while being completely predictable to a good many others.
The very worst offenders among cards that facilitate a frustrating board state are the ones that provide players extra turns of play.
Today's deck techs will reflect on the two cards centered around Amonkhet's former God of Wisdom, Kefnet the Mindful (and his eternalized counterpoint, God-Eternal Kefnet).
As we covered on the site on Saturday, Autumn Burchett, a Magic: The Gathering pro player who openly identifies as nonbinary, had been instructed by a Wizards of the Coast official to remove the basic land cards from their deck before playing in the main event in MagicFest Richmond.
I was instructed by tournament officials to remove[...]
The event, while fun as it could be, raises some concerns about what exactly constitutes a competitive Commander deck.
The messages included "No TERFs[…]" and "Trans Rights are Human Rights", which, while to some are controversial, are not inherently political messages, and are not to be seen as offensive or exclusionary except to an already exclusionary group.
I was instructed by tournament officials to remove these defaced Terese Nielsen lands from my deck pic.twitter.com/IeeQdW2LnX
— Autumn[...]
I wrote an article around this time a year ago about how Chainer is the best of the best among reanimator commanders within Magic: The Gathering.
We are preparing for the arrival of Theros, Beyond Death through these techs, and as such we are giving special focus to the Gods in Magic.
Today, we at Bleeding Cool have a special set of two Commander Magic: The Gathering deck tech articles for you! This is the first of them.
Nearly a month ago, Wizards of the Coast unveiled plans to release a "Mystery Booster" product for Magic: The Gathering. It's time.
Today, the Strong Museum of Play, located in Rochester, NY, and home to the Toy Hall of Fame, inducted three new toys and games into their ranks.
This is a commander who embodies the Merlin trope to a T.
Today, we will be focusing on Gideon. Which Gideon? All of the Gideons.
I see no reason why this deck should ever be forgot.
Source: Twitter
As Aaron Forsythe writes in a Tweet:
Productive lunch, but all the memes were so distracting! https://t.co/uwz1K4pNGV
— Aaron Forsythe (@mtgaaron) November 4, 2019
Joking aside (goodness knows we have had our fill of that for one article), here are the announced bans for Pioneer:
Announcement Date: November 4, 2019
Pioneer:
Felidar Guardian is banned.
Leyline of Abundance is banned.
Oath of Nissa is banned.
Tabletop[...]
In news that should surprise absolutely nobody, MagicFest Lyon was dominated by players who used "Food"-based decks.
An article was posted on Bleeding Cool's "Comics" hub about how Magic: The Gathering is becoming an institution that isn't supporting its player base.
With such a diverse card pool and so few bans, players have been busy working to try and exploit the format.