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Magic: The Gathering’s July Superdrop celebrates icky villains, Mother’s Day and watching cartoons
Plus, guest artists make their mark on popular cards.
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Modern Horizons 2 could finally make good on the promise of a game-changing Magic: The Gathering set
Once you’ve done your research.
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Magic: The Gathering announces a Stranger Things Secret Lair using new design model
Don't play these upside down.
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Secret Lair-specific Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond cards will eventually wind up in booster packs
“Mechanically equivalent” versions will be added to The List.
News
Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos will be the next MTG setting for Dungeons & Dragons
A semester of spellslinging.
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Warhammer+ streaming app will offer original animation and “subscriber benefits” to fans
Cal Arts Chaos Knights.
Opinion
Magic: The Gathering is more ban-happy than ever, and it’s holding MTG Arena back
Getting the banned back together.
News
Wizards of the Coast delivers a double dose of Drizzt Do’Urden in latest reveals
The famous drow will be featured on MTG cards and in a short story narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Dungeons & Dragons reported a record year of sales and viewership in 2020
Imagine all those new brooding, edgy rogues.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena’s next Historic Anthology digitises the Phyrexian Praetors
Compleat in box.
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Magic: The Gathering dissolves its Pro League to “focus on bottom up growth”
Currently no details or date for replacement structure
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US in-person Magic: The Gathering events to return in time for Modern Horizons 2 release
Local game stores must still follow government safety guidelines.
Opinion
As thrilling as it is simple, Pack Wars is one of Magic: The Gathering’s best overlooked formats
Here’s how - and why - to play.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering players say Killian Lu is the “Panda Expressification of Asian Culture”
The character’s version of representation frustrates AAPI fans.
News
Magic: The Gathering’s latest Secret Lair Superdrop might require a magnifying glass
Tap to strain eyes.
Opinion
MTG Arena on mobile is great, but it highlights one of the game’s worst accessibility issues
Word (size) up.
Opinion
Is Strixhaven a good entry point for the Magic: The Gathering newcomers? Well, it’s complicated.
For the cardboard curious.
Deals
Win a Commander deck and set boosters for Magic: The Gathering - Strixhaven
It’s Magic, you know.
News
Classic board game Guess Who? is being adapted into a television game show
Who would have guessed?
Opinion
Disability representation in tabletop gaming matters - here are the games doing it right
Recent years have seen stories and characters that avoid ableist tropes, though there’s still work to be done.
News
Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Strixhaven set keeps running into problems
Art plagiarism, shipping delays and swapped assets mar the upcoming launch.
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Magic: The Gathering Strixhaven exclusive card reveal - Snakeskin Veil
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game.
Opinion
Magic: The Gathering’s pop-culture crossovers are full of potential, but must learn from the mistakes of The Walking Dead
The multiverse is the perfect home for The Lord of the Rings, Warhammer and more - if handled correctly.
News
Someone accidentally discovered a Beta Black Lotus in an old Magic: The Gathering booster
Tap for tens of thousands of pounds.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Time Spiral Remastered set has players excited, but cautious
Suspended expectations.
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MTG YouTuber Tolarian Community College fundraises over $220,000 for Trans Lifeline
Auction included Double Masters booster boxes, rare cards and more.
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Magic: The Gathering is reportedly getting a Warhammer 40,000 crossover and Lord of the Rings expansion
Alongside wider restructure of Hasbro to capitalise on success of D&D.
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Magic: The Gathering’s new Strixhaven set enrols in some higher learning and packs a satchel full of historic spells
Less Harry Potter than high school.
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Kaldheim is another excellent Magic: The Gathering set that’s caused more chaos for the card game as a whole
Trickery to untangle.
News
Magic: The Gathering announces Valentine-themed Secret Lair drops and an upcoming ban
Heartbreak for Uro-mantics.
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Magic: The Gathering and Monopoly had their “biggest year ever” in 2020, Hasbro says
Dungeons & Dragons retained its growing popularity, as well.
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Magic: The Gathering’s next Secret Lair features alternate art by Black artists
Proceeds benefit Black Girls Code.
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Autographed Black Lotus just became the most expensive Magic: The Gathering card sold at auction
Winning bid: $511,100
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Magic: The Gathering Arena details mobile early access and future updates
At the tap of your fingers.
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Magic: The Gathering is getting a new comic book series later this year
First issue of Magic arriving in April.
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Autographed Black Lotus looks set to become Magic: The Gathering’s most valuable card
Mint-condition 1993 Alpha card autographed by artist and designer Christopher Rush up for auction on eBay.
Opinion
Magic: The Gathering in 2020: Strong sets struggle to steer the card game away from a worrying direction
Community’s resilience during lockdown undermined by divisive design and controversial business decisions.
News
Magic: The Gathering YouTuber sells $140,000 worth of rare cards for charity
Funds supported Saving Our Sons and Sisters International and the Trans Women of Color Collective.
News
Magic: The Gathering’s Secret Lair looks to 2021 with art from Saga’s Fiona Staples and Ultimate Edition 2
2020 was just a drop in the bucket.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena update appears to reveal upcoming cards with art by Bob Ross
The Joy of Tapping.
How To
How to play Pioneer in Magic: The Gathering
Standard's rotation a pain? Modern too pricey? Get started with one of MTG’s newest - and most accessible - formats.
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Magic: The Gathering’s next Secret Lair card drop will raise money for charity Extra Life
Features four foil cards with new family-themed artwork.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Commander format saw its player count triple in two years, Wizards of the Coast says
Based on in-store event attendance, when that was still a thing.
Video
We brave terrifying aliens, vengeful Greek gods and flying poo on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Featuring a guest non-appearance from Kiefer Sutherland.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is launching on mobile “soon”
First gameplay shown ahead of release later this year.
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Magic: The Gathering's first-ever Dungeons & Dragons set, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, releases next summer
Time Spiral Remastered and Modern Horizons 2 also revealed.
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We go digital with Root, dig up hidden board game gems and dive into D&D’s Cauldron of Everything on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Happy Birthday, Dicebreaker!
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Magic: The Gathering’s popular Commander format is getting a new reprint collection and its first full set
Commander Collection Green and Commander Legends landing this winter.
How To
How to play Magic: The Gathering Arena: A beginner's guide
Get started with MTG Arena, from navigating menus to expanding your card collection.
News
Magic: The Gathering Arena gets its first exclusive set, Amonkhet Remastered
Digital-only expansion combines cards from Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering’s Double Masters set has an unrivalled card selection - at an eye-watering cost
Reprints and rares both essential and exorbitant.
How To
How to play Draft in Magic: The Gathering
Learn about MTG’s Draft format, how to play and the best way to build your deck.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering and Keyforge creator Richard Garfield on 35 years of making the games he wants to play
And the connection between poisonous mushrooms and Magic.
Best Games
10 best Magic: The Gathering Core Set 2021 cards
We pick out some of the most powerful creatures, game-changing spells and absurd abilities in M21.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering’s hugely entertaining new format Jumpstart is the perfect introduction to the TCG
Two halves make a whole lot of fun.
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Magic: The Gathering’s new Jumpstart format aims to take the effort out of making a deck
Live on MTG Arena now ahead of physical release later this year.
How To
Magic: The Gathering Core Set 2021 draft guide: How to draft M21
10 of the best archetypes to use when playing Limited Draft with the latest MTG set.
News
Magic: The Gathering bans racist and ‘culturally offensive’ cards
“Racism in any form is unacceptable and has no place in our games, nor anywhere else.”
Feature
How Magic: The Gathering’s biggest fan landed the role of a lifetime as its head designer
Mark Rosewater on discovering the card game, working with Richard Garfield and balancing his professional and personal passion.
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Magic: The Gathering cancels all remaining in-person events for 2020 as result of COVID-19
Outstanding tournaments to be held in MTG Arena, with new season format for Zendikar Rising.
News
Magic: The Gathering Arena is holding a new Open tournament where anyone can win $2,000
Unlimited prize pool for two-day competition.
How To
Magic: The Gathering - Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths draft guide: How to draft the latest MTG set
10 different strategies to get you started with MTG’s Limited format.
News
Magic: The Gathering’s Friday Night Magic event goes online amid COVID-19 lockdown
Players can claim local store rewards via MTG Arena.
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Wizards of the Coast adjusts MTG Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths pre-release restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Magic: The Gathering events worldwide cancelled and/or rescheduled.
News
Magic: The Gathering releases Secret Lair Drop card set for International Women’s Day
Five of MTG’s most iconic ladies take centre stage.
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New Dungeons & Dragons campaign book, Mythic Odysseys of Theros, draws from Magic: The Gathering
Centaur of attention.
How To
What do the different Magic: The Gathering mana colours mean?
Don’t be left feeling Blue or seeing Red with our guide to MTG’s five mana colours.
Feature
Magic: The Gathering’s Theros: Beyond Death set is a wild, cosmic ride through myth and madness
Hera today, gone tomorrow.
News
Build a pirate unicorn army with upcoming Magic: The Gathering set Jumpstart
Not all is as it themes.
News
Learn the origins of Magic: The Gathering in upcoming documentary Igniting The Spark
It’s a kind of magic.
Opinion
Struggling to learn Magic: The Gathering? Try playing aggressively
What is aggro, and why does it suit new players who like to go on the offensive?
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Here’s the reason Magic: The Gathering - Theros: Beyond Death has no tie-in novel
“We needed a better validation strategy not only for issues of representation, but for narrative content in general.”