Archive for the 'mtg' Category

Magic Online Issued Cease-and-Desist Order

February 28th, 2013
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by scribejones

A scheduled Magic Online downtime went longer than expected Wednesday when Wizards of the Coast received a cease-and-desist order from Cockatrice, Ltd.

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Carnival Hellsteed

February 7th, 2013
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by revo

Carnival Hellsteed emerged with Return to Ravnica as one of the most powerful creatures in any format.

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Player Calls Magic Cards Mere “Cardboard”

September 4th, 2012
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by paz

BREMERTON, WA – The trading card game industry was reeling yesterday as Aaron Haylin, 17, of Bremerton rocked its foundations at what some are calling a “metaphysical” level.

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Borrowing 100,000 Bonfires

August 17th, 2012
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by Mobiusman

Kongming and Lu Su tricked Wei troops into shooting over 100,000 rares at them to later use against the Wei at E Bay.

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Microsoft Acquires Magic: the Gathering Brand, Announces Magic 8

July 25th, 2012
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by Xerent and KingRamz

REDMOND, Washington – Jul. 30, 2012 – Microsoft Corp. today announced their acquisition of the publishing rights to the trading card game Magic: the Gathering from Renton-based Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro Corp. “It seemed like a natural fit,” said Don Mattrick, president of the interactive entertainment business at Microsoft. “We’re in your living room with XBox, in your tabletop with Surface, and now, with Magic 8, we can be on your tabletop, too.”

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July 17th, 2012
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by Basilisk

I want those notes and reblogs.

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Wall of Zombies

July 16th, 2012
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by Xerent

Some card cycles just don’t mix.

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Life Begins in the Library, Asserts New Arizona Statute

April 26th, 2012
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by KingRamz

PHOENIX, AZ (4/26/2012) — It’s not uncommon for laws to have unintended consequences, but this is one for the books. Today, a group of top-ranked tournament judges for popular trading card game Magic: the Gathering announced that, because of a bizarre quirk in the wording of a recent anti-abortion law passed by the Arizona state legislature, creature cards in players’ libraries or hands are now officially considered “alive” or “on the battlefield.”

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Zealous Mic-Night

April 26th, 2012
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by Potato

Don’t Stop Spike Weavin’

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Vote Monster for a Fairer Innistrad

April 18th, 2012
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by Newt Grimgrin

If you’ve heard the speeches from the recent Church of Avacyn party conference, you’ve no doubt heard a great deal about how the Monster party wants to kill all humans and feast on their brains. But I am here today to offer a different viewpoint: that the Monster party is dedicated to establishing equality for all creature types across the plane of Innistrad.

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