News: Dragon’s Maze Intro Packs Revealed!
In case you missed it on the mothership yesterday, the curtain rose on the next slate of Intro Pack decks- and fans of five guilds in particular are going to be very happy!
Darksteel: Swarm & Slam Review (Part 1 of 2)
Ten mana will get you quite a lot these days. Regardless of colour, cobble together that much at the very least and you’ve got yourself an Eldrazi, either Kozilek, Butcher of Truth or the Spawnsire of Ulamog. Magic 2013’s Omniscience costs ten- albeit three of it Blue- and lets you play your spells and creatures from your hand for free. It could also get you a Broodstar, crush your opponent’s board with a Curse of the Cabal, blast the board itself with a Soulscour or Decree of Annihilation, or even summon Progenitus itself to your aid. You know what else ten mana can get you?
A single 1/1 flying creature token.
Announcing the Winner of the Gatecrash Meddling Giveaway!
And so the curtain falls on another Magic: the Gathering set, and another series of meddlings over on Gathering Magic. It’s been a tremendous run, and we’ve got some big and exciting news!
Darksteel: Transference Review (Part 2 of 2)
Modular is the name of the game as I prepare to take on Sam and playtest Transference. Certainly the ability to shift +1/+1 counters about is exactly the kind of “waste not, want not” strategy that can lead to victory, but how does the deck stack up? To find out, she shuffled up the White/Green Swarm & Slam.
2007-08 Precon Championships: Round 2 and the Leaderboard
Welcome back to the 2007-08 Preconstructed Championships! We’ve come through the opening round of the Nagle Division, and brace for impact- there be upsets ahead!
Darksteel: Transference Review (Part 1 of 2)
In August of 2009, the second From the Vaults product was released to considerable fanfare. Unlike the previous From the Vaults: Dragons, this was a rogues’ gallery of sorts, a wretched hive of scum and villainy selected from throughout Magic’s long history. Some, like the Kird Ape or Serendib Efreet, seemed innocuous once removed from historical context. Others had a much more malignant pedigree.
2007-2008 Precon Championships: Nagle Division (Part 1 of 2)
What a great time to be a member of the Nagle Division! Although it was the very last of the Divisions to produce a Champion, the 2005-07 winner Endless March, it was also the first Division to successfully defend its title. The following season saw Innistrad’s Hold the Line Event Deck take the field by storm, bringing the Nagle a fresh dose of Championship victory. Of course, one can’t live on past glories alone, so the question hanging in the air has become… can they do it again?
Giveaway: A Darksteel Theme Deck!
We’ve just kicked off our reviews of the Theme Decks of Darksteel… and it’s giveaway time again!
Darksteel: Mind Swarm Review (Part 2 of 2)
We’re back to the world of Mirrodin as we kick off our Darksteel reviews! We begin with the playtest of Mind Swarm, a Black weenie and discard construction. Joining me at the table is Jimi, who’s happy to pilot the mono-Red Master Blaster. Both colours play aggressively, but today only one will play for keeps!
Darksteel: Mind Swarm Review (Part 1 of 2)
In October of 2000, Wizards of the Coast released a new compilation set called Beatdown. Designed to highlight some of the biggest, fattest creatures in the history of the game, the two decks of this Duel Decks antecedent featured cards like the Ernham Djinn and Sengir Vampire, and encouraged play in the red zone with reckless abandon. Nestled amongst the other Red cards in the set was the game’s first-ever “Y-spell,” not counting anything with a silver border. Except it wasn’t a new spell- just an old one, re-costed.
Ertai's Lament 