Magic the Gathering

Streets of New Capenna Review, Part 1 – The Mechanics

Magic's newest expansion has us journeying to the metropolis of New Capenna, a place built by angels but now fallen to the rule of five Demon-led crime families. A new set means new mechanics, and we've got a healthy...

Commander Focus: Enshrining Life

Shrines have been around for a bit, a cycle originally in Champions of Kamigawa, then a return in Core Set 2021. Finally, the return to Kamigawa in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty saw another cycle of shrines. The second and third...

Commander Focus: Xander Cruise

New Capenna is upon us, almost any day now, but technically this deck isn't legal yet, and may even get tweaked a bit as the cards are released but for now, given all the back and forth about Lord...

Elder Dragon Highlander Focus: 20 Years of Torment (Chainer, Dementia Master)

There's a new Magic format growing in popularity as a way for judges and players to pass the time between rounds, and today I am here to give you the scoop on this variant: Elder Dragon Highlander. It's a...

Interview with Elli Amir, designer of Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate – Turn Order

Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate is a new 1-2 player tactical card game by Elli Amir. (You can read our review of the game here.) Adopting recognizable language, syntax, and grammar from popular collectible card games (CCG’s)—most notably Magic:...

Commander Focus: Sisay Voltron Mechtitan Core

I know a lot of people got really excited by the advent of the Mechtitan Core and obviously, the idea is neat but I am feeling a bit disappointed. This is supposed to be, uh, Voltron. Voltron, or Power Rangers,...

Commander Unstable Mutation: Upgrades Unleashed

Upgrades unleased is the second of two preconstructed Commander decks from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. If you're wondering, you can expect a bevy of these articles over the weeks to come; Streets of Capenna, Magic's next expansion (and coming out...

Unstable Mutation: Buckle Up!

There's a lot of hype and excitement about this deck, I think there is a huge amount of crossover with anime and pilots and mechs and things. Looking in the rearview, I'm not sure how that fits into Magic's...

Worldbreakers: Advent of the Khanate review – Turn Order

In the universe of skirmish-based card games, Magic: The Gathering (MtG) is the big bang; virtually all other collectible and non-collectible card games (CCG’s) released in the thirty years since have Magic stardust in their DNA. That's because MtG...

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Review, Part 3 – Multicolor and Colorless

Magic's newest expansion has us returning to Kamigawa. A new set means new cards to examine, and in this article we'll talk about the multicolored cards and what they mean for the game in different formats and how they'll...