Every so often Magic: Arena will patch in a special event: something from classic Magic paper history like pauper or something wackier, exclusive to Arena. Well with several weeks of War of the Spark, the latest expansion, behind us, w...

[Update: The promo is live now. Head to your Twitch Prime landing page and redeem the offer for a unique code. It'll score you the "Boros Battalion" deck, which is comprised almost entirely of cards from both recent Ravnica sets, with one c...

[Image credit] As is customary with Magic: The Gathering as of late, the War of the Spark set's release is going to be staggered now that Arena is in the picture. The Planeswalker-heavy set is actually live today, with pre-release events (m...

Magic: The Gathering has become a global game, most notably in Japan and China, where Wizards of the Coast has been pushing it heavily. To herald in the launch of War of the Spark, the next Magic expansion, Wizards commissioned art pieces f...

Magic: The Gathering's War of the Spark expansion is gearing up for release later this month both in physical tabletop and digital Arena form, and we have an exclusive card reveal today: God-Eternal Bontu (with art by Lius Lasahido). If you...

Magic: The Gathering is hosting a new expansion soon called War of the Spark, and there's a pretty flashy new trailer to accompany it. If you don't follow the storyline, basically that big dragon thing is Nicol Bolas, one of the big bads of...

A new Magic: Arena update is in town and almost entirely deals with cosmetics. The gist is that cosmetics have come to the game in spades, not by way of a gradual rollout, in the form of card sleeves (backs), stylized cards, new avatar...

Magic: The Gathering Arena, even in beta form, is ripping through the digital card game market. With newcomers like Artifact fizzling it's poised to really make a splash this year when it fully launches: a goal that's helped by the fac...

Now that most of the hard work is done with Magic: Arena (read: every standard card from the paper version is in and works), the team is moving on to quality of life features as they gear up for the eventual full launch. That includes ...

Last year Wizards of the Coast did an amazing job with their Challenger sets: or, $30 starter kits that allow players to pick up Magic: The Gathering instantly and play competitively. The gist is that not only are the decks themselves formi...

Magic: The Gathering is still trucking along with its "every several months" set releases, and next up on the agenda is War of the Spark (the kinda Ravnica kinda not set) and Core 2020 (which brings back the Core line after Wizard...

Magic: Arena is charging money for packs at the moment, but it's still technically in beta form. Having played Arena (and paper Magic) weekly since the alpha phase last year, I can safely say that the core is already there but there's ...

Banjo-Kazooie speak is my aesthetic. I mean, the series in general is just my thing: in the same breath you can have a kindhearted bear spout uplifting quotes while his companion bird completely dunks on your hopes and dreams. It's incredib...

With the advent of Magic: Arena, the release of Magic sets isn't as easy to keep up with. Here's a quick rundown.

Magic: Arena is a pretty fantastic rendition of the paper version: so fantastic that it's become my most-played digital card game at the moment. But there was one major issue plaguing the still-in-beta project, "the fifth card problem....

For those of you who don't play Magic: The Gathering, let's do some catch-up. Ixalan (pirates/dinosaurs), Rivals of Ixalan (more pirates/dinosaurs), Dominaria (knights or things of that nature), Core 2019 (mostly returning old cards) and th...

Magic Arena, which is currently in open free beta form, is running a free event from now through January 4. That mode is called "pauper," a brilliant form of Magic that only uses common cards that are generally cheap with the exception...

[Update: You still have roughly half a day to nab these cards before the code expires.] The Game Awards are over and you can check out our full recap here. As you may have read already, Wizards of the Coast are getting serious with Magic: A...

Live at The Game Awards, Wizards of the Coast announced that they're expanding Magic's pro scene with a huge eSports push. Arriving in 2019, Wizards is putting at least $10 million into the program with a prize pool centered around Magic Ar...

Although Magic: The Gathering's Dominaria is a bomb ass limited format I really enjoy the opportunity to play Ixalan/Rivals as often as possible. The overarching theme of Merfolk/Pirates/Vampires/Dinosaurs just speaks to me on a spiritual l...

Magic: Arena has been trucking for some time this year and only in this past month did it enter its open beta phase. Yep, no friend codes needed, you can just jump in and play and experience what is basically a 1:1 analog of paper Magic. Ou...

Ever since the start of Magic: Arena's beta period folks have been clamoring for a way to directly play with your friends. I mean it is Magic after all: a highly social game, and limiting Arena to matchmaking for any period of tim...

Magic: The Gathering's 25th anniversary came with a lot of changes for the game. The release structure for new expansion sets has changed dramatically. The game has crossed over the realm of cardboard to pen and paper with Dungeon & Dra...

Magic: The Gathering is getting ready for a massive shakeup in October. In less than a month standard (read: the most popular competitive mode) is cycling out a whopping five sets (Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, and...

Let's talk about Artifact. The card-based battler was shown off to the public for the first time last weekend at PAX West, and I got to go hands-on with it during the show and speak with a couple of the game's developers. It's significant m...