Magic the Gathering

Warhammer 40k meets Magic: the Gathering – Universes Beyond Coverage

Over the next month, Goonhammer will be covering the release of the Universes Beyond: Commander 40,000 decks, as well as the 40k themed 3 Secret Lair decks. The preconstructed decks consist of: Tyranid Swarm - Green/Blue/Red aka Temur Forces of...

Commander Focus: Boros Shenanigans

Last year it seemed like Wizards had a consistent agenda of pushing "Boros reanimation" but we seem to have cycled away from that. There were a number of cards that involved either artifacts or spirits and graveyards and lead...

Dominaria United Review, Part 4 of 4: The Colorless Cards

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to what many consider the home of Magic, Dominaria, to see familiar faces and pick up old plot threads. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk...

Dominaria United Review, Part 3 of 4: The Monocolor Cards

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to what many consider the home of Magic, Dominaria, to see familiar faces and pick up old plot threads. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk...

Dominaria United Review, Part 2 of 4: The Multicolor Cards

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to what many consider the home of Magic, Dominaria, to see familiar faces and pick up old plot threads. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk...

Dominaria United Review, Part 1 of 4: The Mechanics

Welcome home! Dominaria United represents a return to Magic's original home plane (the setting of almost every set prior to Tempest). In this set we finally see the culmination of a fairly transparent Phyrexian Invasion across the multiverse and...

Commander Focus: Tymaret, The Murder King

Zombies are a classic fantasy creature. Shambling, undead corpses brought to life by a Necromancer to be smelly and gross and ruin your whole village for fun (fun for the Necromancer, the zombies feel nothing). Wizards has printed a...

ebay Aquires TCGPlayer: The Goonhammer Hot Take

Yesterday eCommerce giant eBay announced it had entered into an agreement to buy rival ecommerce platform TCGPlayer, which specializes in collectible card game products. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2023, and for a total deal value...

Goonhammer Reaction Roundtable: The Wizards Presents 2022 Livestream

On Thursday Wizards of the Coast rolled out its 2022 livestream, showcasing its upcoming Dominaria United set for Magic: the Gathering and previewing a ton of other new products, including a new edition of Dungeons and Dragons and new...

Commander Focus: Firesong and Sunspeaker, a Healing Flame

There was a weird throwaway comment from the rules committee about them just not liking Boros. I don't know why a group that supposedly strives for impartiality and to be a group that fairly enacts rules to promote a...