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Detachment Focus: Vessels of Wrath (Updated February 19, 2025)

Merry Grotmas! Games Workshop is releasing a new series of detachments - one per army, every day until Christmas. In this series we’re looking at these new detachments, covering what’s in them, how they play, and how they’ll fit...

Detachment Focus: Explorator Maniple

We take a deep dive into the Explorator Maniple Detachment for the Adeptus Mechanicus, talking about what it does and how to play it.

[40k] Competitive Innovations in 10th: Beach Episode pt.2

The Astra Militarum blast back against the rest of the metagame in part 2 of Competitive Innovations.

Magic: the Gathering Aetherdrift Review, Part 4 of 4: Red and Green Cards

We wrap up our look through the new Aetherdraft set by examining the red and green cards of note.

The Future of Commander/EDH: Wizards Announces the Brackets Beta

Wizards' announcement of Commander Brackets this week completely changes the format by giving players a way to evaluate decks against each other, with five ways to build and play. How good is this system? We talk about what each bracket means and what's missing.

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2025, Part 7: Taking Down a Stompa

The Road Through 2025 continues for TheChirurgeon! This week he takes his Creations of Bile list up against a Dread Mob Orks army running a Stompa and plans the scheme on his Emperor's Children Rhino.

Detachment Focus: Cohort Cybernetica

In our Detachment Focus series we take a deep dive into an army’s Detachments, covering what’s in them, how they play, and how they’ll fit into the broader meta and your games. In this Detachment Focus we’re looking at...

Detachment Focus: Rad-Zone Corps

The Rad-Zone Corps is an updated version of the oft-maligned Index Detachment for the Adeptus Mechanicus, giving players a set of rules designed to model a flexible, “all-rounder” army.

TheChirurgeon’s Road Through 2025, Part 6: Battling the Ork Hordes

Welcome back, Dear Reader, to my ongoing blog of competitive and hobby progress for 2025. Last Time Around I took my revised Creations list to league games, scoring wins against GSC (Ryan) and Marines (KC). Good wins, and shortly after I'd...

Magic: the Gathering Aetherdrift Review, Part 3 of 4: White, Blue, and Black Cards

Today we look at the white, blue, and black cards of note in the new Magic the Gathering set Aetherdrift.