Roy Spires Wins Grand Prix: Vancouver! 
The Flavor of Innistrad
October 19th, 2011
It’s no surprise that Hasbro’s recent publishing deal with General Mills had a big effect on the top-down design of Innistrad. In week two of the Innistrad previews, Mark Rosewater talks about the influence that the five monster cereal tribes had on the set’s development.
Read ahead for an exclusive look into some Planeswalkers that were cut late from this set’s development!
GP Montreal Postmortem
October 5th, 2011
You find yourself in a modern-looking train station that, due to lack of windows, could be hundreds of feet below ground or directly under the foot of some Francophone Godzilla, and you would be none the wiser until your life ends in its footprint. You’d still be none the wiser after that happens, being dead.
More...Flip split morph transform multi-TCG card
October 2nd, 2011
Pauper DE: UR Post
September 19th, 2011
JoINrbs pilots a customized UR Post deck through a Pauper DE. Notable changes include Deep Analysis over Mystical Teachings.
More...Modern: Ascension Vs. MTGO
September 14th, 2011
Poker prodigy JoINrbs takes us through a match of Ascension versus various decks on MTGO. Since this is exclusive premium content, he recorded his face so you can watch him while he plays!
More...Wives and Girlfriends Respond to “Planeswalker Points”
September 7th, 2011
Amid all the buzz surrounding Wizards’ new “Planeswalker Points” system, there’s one pocket of dissent that you may not have heard from yet, but soon will. I’m speaking of course, of the girlfriends and wives of Magic players.
More...I’m glad our next set is Dark Ascension
September 4th, 2011
Here at Wizards of the Coast, our work – like the work of Sir Isaac Newton before us – is all about experimentation. Whenever we introduce an exciting new idea, we are testing the waters to see what works and what doesn’t, and what we can rehash further down the line.
More...JoINrbs’s PT Philly 2011 Top 8 Predictions
September 4th, 2011
Beloved GGer JoINrbs makes his predictions for what will happen at the conclusion of PT Philly. Let’s see if he’s right!
More...Jace proves too powerful for standard once again
August 29th, 2011
Earlier this year, the controversial decision was announced to ban Jace, the Mind Sculptor from standard tournaments. In his article explaining the banning, Director of Magic R&D Aaron Forsythe expressed his regret that Jace, who leaves the format in October, “nearly made it this time”. “Of course we were wary about reprinting a card with a history like Jace’s, but the higher power of modern standard environments allowed us to reintroduce cards like Lightning Bolt and Stone Giant last year. We thought we were ready for Jace. We were wrong.”
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