For the past several years, it's not uncommon to see a Magic: The Gathering meta where a single card archetype is defining the vast majority of competitive decks. We saw it with Oko, then we saw it with Uro. Now we're seeing it ag...

Last week Wizards of the Coast said that they were "monitoring" standard play for Magic: The Gathering Arena, and would report back with any potential bans to smooth out the meta. Well, they did: Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath is now ban...

Magic: The Gathering standard is in a very weird spot right now thanks to the new rotation. In the hundred plus games I've played since Zendikar hit, the vast majority of decks in competitive play err on the side of ramp. For those of ...

Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast was all set to roll out the Zendikar Rising set for Magic: Arena, but the client had other plans. It was a massive update. Not only was a new set arriving, but Wizards also had to introduce a brand new rotati...

Just ahead of the new standard rotation for Magic: The Gathering, the Arena team has posted a "state of the game" blog to give folks a heads-up on what to expect in the near and far future. As a reminder, rotation is a yearly event tha...

Magic: The Gathering is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon, and we're about to zoom headfirst into yet another set. But before we all crack open Zendikar Rising boosters together, Wizards of the Coast has announced a ton of new ...

Ah battle passes: the "natural evolution" of the loot box. But it's not so natural for a lot of studios, who saw the legislative writing on the wall for loot boxes and decided to give their playerbase another rat race to run. While several ...

Although many fantasy universes have Necromancers, Magic: The Gathering seems perfectly suited for it. Black/swamp-based decks have been using graveyard manipulation to their advantage for several decades, and now it's coming to Magic:...

Standard rotation is nearly here for Magic: The Gathering Arena, but before that happens, it's spoiler season for Amonkhet Remastered! In short, Wizards of the Coast is literally remastering 2017's Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation...

After a fairly lively set of bans, the rest of the year is going to be pretty big for Magic: Arena. First up, Amonhket Remastered is set to debut next week, which will usher in both of the recent Egypt-themed sets that have since rotat...

As I was getting ready for my morning Magic: Arena "few game wind-down" break, I was immediately greeted with a pop-up: bam, four cards have been banned. Popular standard cards, mind! Announced this morning and effective immediately, C...

I totally forgot Magic: Legends exists! While a lot of folks were clamoring for a Magic: The Gathering MMO, we got this instead at The Game Awards last year. It's Magic by way of Diablo, which could be all sorts of great if d...

While the status of the mobile port is still very much a mystery, the Magic: Arena team reminded us this week that it's still being worked on, and will likely arrive before the end of 2020. In the meantime, there's a lot planned for Ar...

It's time for yet another Magic: The Gathering set, which means that it's time for another Magic: Arena set. As the two formats — paper and digital — debut together, we enter yet another busy year with four sets to jug...

When Magic: The Gathering Arena ushers in a new set, generally the powers that be provide a promo code that you can redeem for three packs of said set. The new code is actually already live now (PlayM21), but a few are cycling out...

Magic: The Gathering Arena launched last fall (after a lengthy beta period), and continues to stroll through each set (Core 2021 is coming soon). But it's sadly still on just the PC platform: until this week, that is. Wizards of the Coast h...

Although the last major set of bans for Magic: The Gathering was completely expected (Oko), the situation that has been unfolding in Ikoria has been a lot more complicated. Right now, the meta has been dominated by the use of several c...

Magic: Arena, as always, is in flux. In a sort of give and take, the season (mastery) pass dropped in value for the Ikoria set, but Wizards of the Coast is bringing back the historic (old cards) ranked queue to compensate. According to Wiza...

While Magic: Arena just forged ahead with its Godzilla-filled Ikoria set, there's still plenty of old cards that need some love too. After all, Magic heavily favors standard, but folks have been clamoring for more ways to play the...

When Wizards of the Coast said that the next Magic: The Gathering set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, would center around giant monsters, this isn't what I had in mind. Announced this morning, Wizards has struck a deal with Toho Ltd to use...

Everything is kind of weird right now, and some publishers are adjusting due to COVID-19 concerns. While a lot of physical meetups and conventions have been outright canceled (either due to practicing social distancing guidelines or by forc...

[Update: The patch is now live, and you can read the full breakdown here. The gist is that Historic Anthology 2 is ready to go, as well as direct messaging/away social features, color challenges, a new UI for sleeves, and the low key abilit...

Another round of Magic: The Gathering bans are afoot, but they're not nearly as staggering as the last set of announcements. This time standard (the main form of competitive play) is not impacted: instead, the bans impact brawl, historic, l...

Wizards of the Coast is expanding the Historic format (which uses older, non-standard cards) in Magic: Arena, and they're doing it in a way that involves multiple facets of Magic. For starters, 25 new cards are coming to Arena's Historic mo...

Magic: Arena is still trucking along at a brisk pace, having moved right into the Theros: Beyond Death set, and scheduled to host Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths in April with Zendikar Rising coming in September. But at some point this year, Aren...