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The best MTG Arena decks in 2024 for every format
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This new eBay rival for TCGs wants to make buying and selling ungraded Pokémon cards less of a headache
Ungraded will snap pictures of your raw cards so they can be checked out in 3D by potential buyers.
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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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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 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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$3m Black Lotus overtakes 1/1 One Ring to claim Magic: The Gathering's most expensive card record
Sold at private auction, the graded Pristine 10 Black Lotus reclaims the pricey throne for an MTG legend.
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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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Magic: The Gathering's Fallout decks are probably its most successful Commander release yet, says Wizards
Fallout’s here to do some business with four big decks on its hip.
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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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D&D maker continues to lean on MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 during 2024's “turnaround” phase
Monopoly Go! surpassing $2 billion in revenue doesn’t hurt, either.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Disney Lorcana's new set will let you have (almost) all 101 Dalmatians in your deck
Is this a Lorcana Commander format tease?
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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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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.
Opinion
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 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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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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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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Best Black Friday 2023 board game and tabletop deals
Deal with these discounted dice-rolling diversions.
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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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SPONSORED: Pulled a rare Lorcana, MTG or Pokémon card? You can now get them professionally graded for just $9
Take note if you find an Enchanted rare in Rise of the Floodborn this weekend.
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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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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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Magic: The Gathering changes more card wordings to keep the TCG as "inclusive and welcoming as possible"
Naga can finally be snakes, and Rakshasa can retire their litter boxes.
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MTG and Baldur’s Gate 3 pull Hasbro’s bacon out of the fryer as toy giant doubles down on tabletop brands
Hasbro will continue to rely on the “long term, multi-property strategy” of Universes Beyond.
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Product delays hit MTG’s dinosaur and exploration-themed set Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Collector boosters and preconstructed commander decks apparently also lost in those caverns.
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Magic: The Gathering’s animated Netflix show still lives - if barely
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks gave a brief nod to the neglected project in a recent investors meeting.
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Jeff Goldblum’s Jurassic World character will appear on at least two cards in Magic: The Gathering’s new set
Dr. Ian Malcolm is looking a little flat.
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MTG Lost Caverns of Ixalan Mechanics: descending into the depths, crafting treasure and exploring a new world
A new perspective on an old world.
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Marvel’s pop culture domination spreads to Magic: the Gathering in 2025
The Avengers (and other superheroes) will assemble for at least one tentpole set crossover with the trading card game.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Fallout crossover includes TCG forms of Dogmeat, radstorms, Caesar and the Mothman
War never changes, but MTG sure does.
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Magic: The Gathering's uncanny celebrity cameos are the worst part of its great Doctor Who set
Bradley Walsh, Game Show Host.
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Magic: The Gathering’s head designer says new Play Boosters will "save" TCG's Draft and Limited formats
“If we didn't do anything, draft boosters were going away. This whole change was to save drafting.”
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Here’s how MTG’s Play Boosters will change The List
One of Magic: The Gathering’s more confusing features gets simplified in 2024.
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Magic: The Gathering’s new Play Booster will increase the cost of limited events, but WotC isn’t worried
The “increased value” of cards included in the new booster pack will presumably make up the higher price of entry
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Magic: The Gathering kills both draft and set boosters to create a unified product - the Play Booster
“Our goal was to combine the play experience of a Draft Booster with the fun opening experience of a Set Booster.”
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Don’t expect another MTG set like March of the Machine: Aftermath anytime soon, lead designer suggests
Mark Rosewater admits it’s “pretty unlikely” the criticised Epilogue format will return.
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Star Wars Unlimited’s prerelease sets and starter kits cleave close to MTG’s well-trodden ground
Organised play for Fantasy Flight and Disney’s upcoming TCG looks mighty familiar.
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Ravnica Remastered cards show what a Magic: The Gathering anime could look like
Follows anime treatments and trailers for Kamigawa and Wilds of Eldraine.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Jurassic World cards will let you fight a dinosaur with commander Jeff Goldblum
Ian Malcolm can face off against Indominus Rex in upcoming set Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
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Magic: The Gathering is getting Evil Dead, Princess Bride and Doctor Who Weeping Angel cards in a spooky Secret Lair
Along with a Creepshow crossover and pixel lands.
Opinion
Don’t be a bore in MTG Commander: build your next deck to win with weirdness
Winning with something unexpected is far more satisfying that just copying the latest meta.
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Magic: The Gathering will pay tribute to late Commander creator Sheldon Menery in an upcoming card
Commander Rules Committee co-founder passed away earlier this month.
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Magic: The Gathering is getting more Lord of the Rings cards that form gorgeous scenes and give its characters the rock-star treatment
Four new scene boxes on the way, plus Special Edition Collector Boosters with ‘60s music poster-inspired art.
Opinion
Wilds of Eldraine’s new damage-slinging MTG commander is even more busted than you think
Burn baby burn.
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My Little Pony’s return to Magic: The Gathering brings Rainbow Dash, Applejack and more to a charity drop
Proceeds from Ponies: the Galloping 2 will benefit Extra Life charity in MTG’s tenth year of collaboration.
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MTG’s latest Festival in a Box is a better 30th anniversary celebration at a quarter of the price
Dan Frazier art on classic cards and a Mystery Booster box without the four-figure price tag is still damning with faint praise.
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Creator of MTG’s Commander format Sheldon Menery has passed away
“Godfather of Commander” remembered by family, friends and TCG players worldwide.
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MTG kicks off Wilds of Eldraine with an anime trailer from Naruto studio and composer of Attack on Titan
Wizards of the Coast pulls down the studio that produced Naruto and the composer of Attack on Titan for three minutes of promotion.
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Board game designer duo charged in Gen Con theft of Magic: The Gathering cards worth $300,000
Alleged thieves could face up to six years in prison alongside $10,000 in fines.
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Wilds of Eldraine is a triumph of fairy tale card design and the first set in new era of Magic: The Gathering
Putting the magic in Magic.
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MTG Arena will let you earn XP by playing in your local store next month
In time for Wilds of Eldraine’s release.
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$300,000 worth of MTG cards stolen from Gen Con 2023 have been recovered
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police expect to file charges against the suspected thieves soon.
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Magic: The Gathering isn’t in a rush to try and top its ‘intensely ambitious’ Avengers: Endgame moment from March of the Machine
“It definitely pushed our team to a level of world-building that I wouldn’t be eager to return to.”