Bad at Magic: Bumper Stickers, Wrecked Cars, and the Art of the Preemptive Apology
Bumper stickers, a totaled car, and Magic: The Gathering—how 'I'm bad at Magic' works as courtesy, not identity.
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Category: Magic: The Gathering
The Theorist Gains Near Total Knowledge After Jadzi’s Death In Magic’s Reality Fracture Episode 8
Vraska reunites Jace's scattered pieces, but Jadzi's sacrifice hands The Theorist near-total omniscience in MTG's Reality Fracture Episode 8.
Counts as a Wall: How Magic’s Grand Creature Type Update Erased a Menagerie of Forgotten Types
How Magic: The Gathering's 2007 Grand Creature Type Update purged 150 creature types—and which strange ones survived.
Semifinal Showdown Gives The Deck (1995) and Delver (2012) One More Shot at the All-Time Standard Crown
The Deck's Power 9 and Mirror Universe combo face Delver's tempo game in a Best Standard Deck Ever semifinal.
Play the Game, See the World: Looking Back at Magic’s Omenpath Era
Magic: The Gathering's Omenpaths saga nears its end—ranking every plane from Eldraine to Aetherdrift before Reality Fracture arrives.
This Premodern Deck Wins by Painting Its Opponents’ Cards the Wrong Color
A Premodern combo deck uses Distorting Lens and Dystopia to recolor lands and force sacrifices, wrecking mana bases turn after turn.
Pauper Reverses Course: Zeta Set’s Twelve Downshifted Cards Are Now Legal
Pauper reverses course: the Zeta Set's 12 downshifted commons are now legal, reshaping the format starting September 2026.
Reality Fracture Ends Jace Beleren’s Long-Running Story — Here’s What the Final 2026 Magic Set Includes
Reality Fracture wraps up MTG's Jace Beleren saga—release dates, new Empower Jace mechanic, and full product lineup explained.
Carl Critchlow Paints the Nazgûl Lord for the Tales of Middle-earth Card Set
Artist Carl Critchlow reveals the story behind his new Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin card for MTG's Universes Beyond: The Hobbit set.
New Hobbit Set Card Creates Two-Card Infinite Combo for Historic Elves
A grim engine of endless Forests: Gilt-Leaf Alchemist and Elven Raft-Steerer summon boundless mana for Historic Elves.
Mystery Booster: Commander Edition rewards players who love Magic’s strangest corners
A tale of odd cards from Magic's strangest corners - Mystery Booster Commander revels in obscurity and joy.
Bilbo Machine Makes Historic Bilbo Blue Work in Arena’s Tempo-Control Format
A Historic Bilbo deck turns spectral graveyard tricks into a repeating engine, casting artifacts anew each attack for scarcely any cost.