Commander Set Review – Modern Horizons (White)

June 12th, 2019
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by KingRamz

Good evening, folks. Poster KingRamz here. I pretty exclusively play Commander and Limited, and I have a problem – I fall in love with new cards constantly. Every time Wizards prints a new set, I ooh and ahh over all the new goodies and I start dozens of decks in my head and I think […]

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New MPL Competitors Announced

May 23rd, 2019
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by Checkbox & the Good Gamery Forums

We’ve heard your concerns about transparency around the requirements for membership in the Magic Pro League. We’ve reevaluated our selection process and are determined to strike the right balance of personalities. Here are our selections for the MPL class of 2020. We will not be responding to any questions. These are real.

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Judge’s Corner #9

May 7th, 2019
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by the Good Gamery Judge Team

Welcome back to our regular series Judge’s Corner, where we answer your Magic: the Gathering rules questions. Q: How does Asylum Visitor interact with Balance? A: If Asylum Visitor is in play, it counts as a creature. If it’s in your hand, it counts as a card. It generally does not count as a land. […]

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Planeswalkers Surprised by Evil Masterstroke

May 5th, 2019
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by Pterrus

RAVNICA – Yesterday, the dastardly Nicol Bolas finally unleashed the culmination of years of scheming, spanning multiple years, multiple planes, and multiple mediocre sealed formats. “It is known as The Elderspell,” Bolas announced triumphantly from atop his obsidian citadel. “I have wandered all the planes in search of the ultimate power. I have read all […]

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Challenger Decks 2019: Legacy

April 23rd, 2019
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Because the Challenger Deck series has been an absolute hit with our competitive player base, we’ve decided to punch things up for a second round of decks for the 2019 competitive season. We wanted to address multiple formats while continuing to find new ways to make Standard more exciting (creating new, functioning online play software from the ground up has been an unqualified success in getting players to actually play Standard games,) and what better way than to address the needs of our most-neglected formats?

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Light Up The Stage: The Full Cycle

February 22nd, 2019
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by Checkbox

A bunch of cards from “War of the Stage” fell off of a FLGS and we rescued them, discovering in the process that Light Up the Stage is merely one card in a cycle of five. Here are all of them in WUBRG order, just as the Lord intended.

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Ah, Shit, I Still Have a Column

January 11th, 2019
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by Mark Rosewater

Hello and welcome to a column I completely forgot to write. I have a great preview card, I think, if this is a preview week. This week, I will be checking with my editor to find out if this is a preview week.

Right now, it is Friday at noon, and I always take a half day on Friday, and I just found out that this isn’t a preview week. Fuck, fuck, fuck. I usually have those fake conversations, right? Do you still like that? Readers always liked those, I think.

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Richard Garfield Announces ‘KeyForge’ Draft Format

December 19th, 2018
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by paz

ROSEVILLE, MN — During a press conference at Fantasy Flight Games HQ, Richard Garfield announced the intended draft format for his new zany game, ‘KeyForge: Call of the Archons.’

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In which order should you read the lines of Guild Feud’s rules text?

August 20th, 2018
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We break it down for you, line by line.

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Interview with the Winner of GDS3

April 19th, 2018
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Over the last few weeks, not much information has been released about the Great Designer Search 3 contest, a competition hosted by Wizards of the Coast to find a new intern designer for Magic: The Gathering. In an announcement yesterday, Wizards of the Coast revealed that the search was over and a new designer was selected.

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