1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (609+ words) Bard's Company | Illustration by Jarel Threat The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins’s adventures with a party of dwarves, but in the background, there’s a story of armies clashing against each other all over Middle-earth. If you watched the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1826+ words) Gollum, Riddle Master | Illustration by Irvin Rodriguez Greetings planeswalkers! The Hobbit has been out for over a week now, and the secret is out: Black is overpowered, the set is aggressive, and the games are very repetitive. But then again,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1458+ words) Sen Triplets | Illustration by Greg Staples Esper colors naturally lend themselves to value, card advantage, and a control game, elements that are highly valued in EDH, so today we’ll take a look at all the mythic rare cards with the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1629+ words) Beorn, Reluctant Host | Illustration by Javier Charro Jumping into a new Draft set like The Hobbit can be daunting. What do you take for your first pick? You’re looking at 13-14 brand new cards with a lot of text to read…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (549+ words) Battle Brawler | Illustration by Karl Kopinski The main aspect that bothers MTG players about Universes Beyond (UB) is the fact that most of those sets don’t feel like MTG. In a recent declaration, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks told us important…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1872+ words) Bard, King of Dale | Illustration by Xabi Gaztelua The Hobbit is the only written material from Tolkien's catalog that I’m actually familiar with, though it’s admittedly been long enough since I’ve read it that the references in the MTG set…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (834+ words) The Arkenstone | Illustration by Gaboleps The Hobbit is upon us, and with a new set come new, exciting, mythic rare cards. These are the Draft bombs, the cards you wish to open in your Sealed pool, and they often make…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (935+ words) Mystery Booster Commander Edition Logo Mystery Booster Commander Edition was recently announced during MagicCon Amsterdam’s Preview Panel. We totally didn’t expect a new Mystery Booster product; the previous two sets were some of the best products WotC ever created, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (455+ words) Scuttling Sliver | Illustration by Mike Bierek Homer, the Hermit is one of the new commanders printed in Mystery Booster Commander Edition (MBC), and it’s clearly a commander for the minorities, considering the few numbers of these creature types. Typal commanders…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1511+ words) Elesh Norn | Illustration by Magali Villeneuve Rarity is a great tool for Magic developers to balance cards, typically for Limited formats. If a super strong card appears too often, it warps the Draft environment around itself. Thus higher rarity often…...