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The best MTG Arena decks in 2024 for every format
Whether you're just starting out or looking to conquer everything from Alchemy to Standard.
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Here’s what the cover of Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 Player’s Handbook looks like
Surprise, there’s a dragon!
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D&D Red Box artist rejects “stupid” reveal of female warrior, then accepts “you can interpret it however you want”
“That is the magic of art,” Larry Elmore says after initially insisting the anonymous figure was painted as male.
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Magic: The Gathering bans Unfinity’s Stickers and Attractions from three formats, gives up on partial legality.
Theme park’s closed for good.
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MTG Arena codes: Free MTGA booster packs and cosmetics
Build your digital card collection without paying a penny.
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Behold(er): Dungeons & Dragons invades horror video game sensation Dead By Daylight
Keep your eye on this Killer.
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Over 40 years later, the warrior on Dungeons & Dragons' iconic Red Box has been given a face
Red Box Warrior gets the Samus Aran treatment.
Opinion
5 perfect Magic: The Gathering pop-culture crossovers that deserve their own Universes Beyond set
Anything should be possible.
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Dungeons & Dragons will release its 2024 ruleset under a Creative Commons licence
Fears of a future OGL are DOA.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker says it doesn’t publicly address every AI allegation to protect artist privacy
“Our preference is to handle the issue and the artist relation internally where possible.”
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Japanese Magic: The Gathering manga about rivals-to-friendship gets an official English release
The first volume of “Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated.” will contain an exclusive card.
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Magic: The Gathering dips another toe into Arena cross-pollination with month-long paper draft promotion
Paying for three drafts just to earn one digital draft is hardly an appetising deal.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Comic Sans-laden Secret Lair misses the humour mark by miles
Fantastic art yoked by cringe-worthy font and flavour text.
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Magic: The Gathering responds to significant Modern Horizon 3 leaks with a cheeky article instead of Pinkertons
Wizards of the Coast shares their own card images that aren’t “distorted potato camera photos”.
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Virtual pop star Hatsune Miku is coming to Magic: The Gathering
Four drops throughout 2024 constitute a “year-long celebration” of the vocaloid sensation.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ new Player’s Handbook is nearing completion, will contain four psionic subclasses
Mind bullets, that’s telekinesis!
Opinion
What Magic: The Gathering needs to learn from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Is Wizards of the Coast driving the TCG towards its own endgame?
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Magic: The Gathering maker sees “killer” future for tabletop with “multiple” Marvel sets, while Arena languishes on the vine
Final Fantasy set expected to “dwarf what we did with Lord of the Rings” in Japan.
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MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction’s crossover with Cowboy Bebop is perfect, inspired, no notes.
A faithful reproduction of the anime's opening segment manages to find space for a wild west wagon and Oko's elk mount.
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D&D’s massive Vecna adventure gets a new trailer voiced by Astarion’s actor in Baldur’s Gate 3
Neil Newbon really lays on the evil pedal.
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Wizards of the Coast president Cynthia Williams departs D&D and Magic: The Gathering's maker
An SEC filing confirms that Hasbro is searching “both internal and external” for her replacement
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Magic: The Gathering’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction ends up a soulless gimmick in a cowboy hat, even if its cards are a crack shot
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
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MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction: 10 best cards in the new Magic: The Gathering set
Saddle up for the prime picks from the Wild West-themed expansion.
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MTG’s not-quite-Equinox Secret Lair is full of Fallout, dioramas and celestial tarot cards
Another astronomical event eclipsed this limited art treatment series.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ free LEGO-themed adventure is full of evil wizards and hot wings
The perfect combination of goofy and thrilling.
Opinion
D&D 5E vs Pathfinder 2E: Which RPG should you play?
Can there be a winner in the D&D vs Pathfinder debate, or is it more a matter of preference?
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A certain coyote and roadrunner from Looney Tunes race across a pair of new MTG cards
Tap to Meep, Meep!
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Magic: The Gathering plagiarism allegations might cause Trouble (in Pairs) for card artist
Donato Giancola has threatened legal action over allegedly illegal use of Cyberpunk 2020 art in recent MTG card.
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D&D’s Quests from the Infinite Staircase adventure anthology is chockablock with beloved crawls
One mustachioed genie, six classic adventures.
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LEGO’s official Dungeons & Dragons set will launch with an actual play one-shot featuring the designer
The fantasy-themed inn will include an adventure booklet starring its heroic patrons.
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D&D and MTG have "compelling use cases for AI", says Hasbro CEO
Chris Cocks envisions “mining” tabletop adventures and TCG cards for the toy company’s AI-powered future.
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Dungeons & Dragons survival sim video game on the way from studio behind Disney Dreamlight Valley
Plowshares to swords.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Fallout Commander decks struggle to find personality in the video games’ atomic wasteland
Hooray for Dogmeat.
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Commit crimes and reunite with your deadbeat dad in Magic: The Gathering’s Outlaws of Thunder Junction set
Plus, Modern Horizons 3 promises an Eldrazi Commander deck (maybe) worth the premium price tag.
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Magic: The Gathering's Bloomburrow set will turn planeswalkers into furries
Jace Beleren and Ral Zarek get the fursona treatment in an upcoming set dripping with Redwall flavour.
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MTG’s Fallout Commander decks revive the post-apocalyptic video game series’ greatest villains
Power armour, ghoul mayors and The Master show up in the latest preview for Fallout Universes Beyond release.
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10 best feats in Dungeons & Dragons 5E
D&D feats that will see your party carving through your enemies.
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Sheldon's Spellbook Secret Lair raises money for cancer charity with MTG cards in honour of Commander creator
Includes reprints based on decks favoured by the ‘Godfather of Commander’, as well as appearances from the designer himself.
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Magic: The Gathering release schedule 2024: Every upcoming MTG set and release date
From a return to Ravnica and the next Modern Horizons to crossovers with massive video games, 2024 looks to be a busy 12 months for Magic.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ first stage show mixes improv, adventuring and Jackbox-style audience participation
Producer Curious Hedgehog promises trivia, charades and fantasy beer pong amongst high fantasy hijinks.
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D&D and MTG owner’s $1.06 billion loss dwarfs strong performance from Wizards of the Coast
Layoffs, inventory shedding and the sale of its entertainment branch still leave Hasbro leaning hard on its golden geese.
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Magic: The Gathering plans to release two Tale of Middle-earth sized crossover sets per year starting in 2025
The success of last year's Lord of the Rings set has paved the way for more premiere-sized Universes Beyond crossovers.
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D&D models its digital future on MTG’s Universes Beyond pop culture crossovers
More dolls in the fantasy sandbox.
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Dungeons & Dragons teases an official LEGO set, Converse shoes and Pop-Tarts
The breakfast of champion-subclassed Fighters.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ next official adventure Thanos-ifiies Vecna in a multiverse-spanning campaign
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: all worlds are in peril!
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Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 core rulebooks get official release dates
D&D 2024's three core books strangely stagger their releases months apart.
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Studio developing Dungeons & Dragons RPG video game lays off 44 workers, shelves project
Hidden Path sought additional funding for six months amidst a “challenging environment”.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker kills Dragonlance live-action series, according to Joe Manganiello and series author
Margaret Weis and Manganiello say Wizards of the Coast is not interested in producing anything set in Krynn, at present.
Opinion
Charisma in D&D isn't just about confidence - and that goes for real life, too
What a charmer.
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MTG Murders at Karlov Manor: 10 best cards in the new Magic: The Gathering set
Pulls to kill for.
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How to draft Magic: The Gathering’s Murders at Karlov Manor
A beginner’s guide to Ravnican detective work across 10 dual-colour archetypes.
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D&D head designer says 2024 books won’t release before summer: “we will still be working on the books in May”
Jeremy Crawford breaks down the very last Unearthed Arcana playtest and kills early 2024 launch wishes.
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Dungeons & Dragons maker reportedly looks at Tencent to sell future video games like Baldur’s Gate 3
UPDATE: Wizards denies rumours of IP sale
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How an unassuming Magic: The Gathering token overtook one of its priciest star cards
Tarmogoyf, worth over $200 in its competitive heyday, will now set you back less than a common Goblin Shaman.
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Dungeons & Dragons is adventuring into its first virtual reality video game
I cast Ray of Motion Sickness!
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The most popular D&D character is a human fighter called Bob, according to the RPG's makers
No love for smallfolk, but y’all really appreciate the ‘magic’ of a sharp stick.
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Dungeoneering wizard gang RPG Ars Magica returns with a definitive fifth edition
We will deal with you, me and my wizard crew.
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Former D&D designer brings Elden Ring's most iconic (and difficult) boss fight to 5E tabletop RPGs
Roll the dice against the Goddess of Rot.
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MTG phases explained: a beginner’s guide to turn structure in Magic: The Gathering
Get yourself in order with our step-by-step guide to a turn in MTG.
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MTG's Murders at Karlov Manor mechanics: suspects, disguises and evidence explained
Morph gets a glow-up and investigations return in this magical whodunnit TCG set.
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MTG colour combinations explained: What are the names for MTG’s colour pairs?
Trying to tell your Gruul from your Grixis? Allow us to help with this guide to the names of MTG’s colour combos.
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Ravnica Remastered’s fun dip into MTG history can’t make up for its underwhelming, overpriced offering
2024 starts with a befuddled bang for the card game.
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Magic: The Gathering maker backpedals on AI use in promotional art: “Well, we made a mistake earlier”
Wizards of the Coast’s deleted posts were adamant the company’s promotional images were human-created.
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MTG Ravnica Remastered: 10 best cards in the new Magic: The Gathering set
Blasts from the past
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The biggest D&D 5E problems that One D&D still hasn't fixed
Even One D&D can’t solve everything: here are the key offenders unlikely to change before the new edition comes out.
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Artist lawsuit alleges Midjourney scraped copyrighted Magic: The Gathering art to train AI
New evidence includes a list of artist names, thousands long, full of MTG veterans and fan favourites.
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Magic: The Gathering’s 2023 showed the card game mixing sweet sets with sour business
Inventive designs and fun crossovers were held back by frustrating pricing and industry woes.
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Dungeons & Dragons says “no generative AI was used” to create artwork teasing 2024 core rulebooks
Artist Nestor Ossandón defends their process amongst social media allegations fanned by anti-Hasbro sentiment.
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Dungeons & Dragons owner lays off 1,100 staff two weeks before Christmas “to keep Hasbro healthy”
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks blames the “difficult” decision on toy market malaise affecting the company throughout 2023.
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D&D and MTG designers, artists and producers lose jobs among over 1,000 Hasbro layoffs, former devs confirm
Deep, sweeping cuts to toymaker’s staff includes senior employees and at least one vice president.
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7 best D&D 5E Christmas one-shots to play over the holidays
Some seasonal D&D sessions to make the midwinter gay.
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MTG’s Cluedo-inspired crossover lets you win by fingering a murderer
Swinging at face isn’t very gumshoe of you.
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MTG gathers detectives, suspects and clues in first look at upcoming set Murders at Karlov Manor
It’s a cardboard whodunnit with everything but a body.
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Payday developer is working on a co-op, live service Dungeons & Dragons video game
Can’t wait to strap a clown mask and assault rifle on Elminster.
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Dungeons & Dragons' next core books given a 2024 release date, only to vanish
Wizards of the Coast quickly pulled images dating several products, but the internet doesn’t forget so easily.
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D&D’s historical book will contain “never-before-seen correspondences” between Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson
The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1976 is a 500-page monster of annotated pages and letters between D&D’s co-creators.
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D&D’s 2024 adventure slate includes a face-off with Vecna and an anthology of updated classic dungeons
Wizards of the Coast planning a series of distilled dungeons from RPG’s past reimagined as one-shots.
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Dungeons & Dragons 2024 will cram its books full of art, fantasy shopping and the Blob of Annihilation
The core rulebook trio will be the biggest in the tabletop RPG’s history thanks to a maximalist approach.
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One D&D’s final class playtest aims to solve the problematic Druid, Monk and Barbarian
Hello short rest Rage; goodbye one-size-fits-all Wild Shape.
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One D&D changes vs 5E: What's new in the next Dungeons & Dragons edition?
From creating your character to casting spells, here’s how One D&D is different to 5E.
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Magic: The Gathering’s top designer talks word creep, ‘jokey’ sets and possible future Archenemy support
Along with a lengthy discussion on the impact Play Boosters will have on common cards and the Pauper format.
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Chris Pine is “pretty confident” in a Dungeons & Dragons film sequel
Hot off voicing the villain in Disney’s Wish, the former bard says he’d absolutely return for another session.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ delayed Deck of Many Things won’t be home for the holidays
Production on replacement decks have begun but will miss a holiday release by a matter of days.
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MTG artist apologises after allegedly stealing artwork for Lost Caverns of Ixalan card
David Sondered has stepped away from social media following allegations from fellow MTG artist Lorenzo Lanfranconi.
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Magic: The Gathering’s The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is a resplendent return to a fascinating plane
Everybody do the dinosaur.
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The first of Pathfinder’s remastered RPG books are now available, sans D&D influence
New paths for new players.
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MTG players accuse Wizards of the Coast of using AI art in Tomb Raider Secret Lair advertisement
A now-deleted tweet caught major flak for using what many are calling an obvious use of AI-generated assets.
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Tomb Raider and MTG crossover includes an all-new Lara Croft commander card
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider is a Temur-coloured creature that synergises with legendary lands and artefacts.
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Dungeons & Dragons wants its 2024 rulebooks to stay relevant and compatible for another decade.
D&D is a “living thing” that will continue to grow.