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Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe are banned in Legacy effective July 6, 2018. Goblin Chainwhirler will remain legal in Standard...for now.
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Core 2019 will feature the origin of the conflict between Ugin and Nicol Bolas, and will take place—at least in part—on Tarkir.
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Red—Red as far as the eye can see.
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The Top 8 is set after another day dominated by Red decks.
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Day 1 of Pro Tour Dominaria is in the books. Red Black decks featuring Goblin Chainwhirler are the story of the tournament so far.
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Wizards of the Coast announced today that Magic will be returning to Ravnica this the Fall. This second return to Ravnica will take place over three sets: Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance, and an unnamed third set that will bring the Gatewatch vs. Nicol Bolas storyline to a head.
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Jessica Estephan and her teammates Ryan Lewis-Jonns and Lachlan Saunders won Grand Prix Sydney, making Estephan the first woman to win a Grand Prix in Magic’s 25-year history.
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There's a new Commander format in town! Brawl will use 60 Standard-legal cards but otherwise follows Commander's rules.
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We finally have some clarity on how damage spells will work after the Planeswalker redirection rule is removed from the game.
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The Magic community was shocked by the leak of Dominaria's Release Notes yesterday, and by Wizards' confirmation that the leak was real.
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We've known this change was coming for a few months, but now we know that the Planeswalker redirection rule will likely be removed from Magic with the release of Dominaria in April.
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We finally know just how much power and value Wizards will pack into its new Standard-legal Challenger Decks.
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Toy 2018 featured Magic packaging that revealed Teferi as a planeswalker as well as an older Jaya Ballard.
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Dominaria's story will be written by Martha Wells and will feature Gideon, Liliana, Jhoira, Teferi, and Karn.
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In a shocking move, Wizards of the Coast unbanned one of the most controversial cards in Magic's history.
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Wizards reverses course on foil tokens as FNM promos, plus the Magic community is up in arms about Lantern Control.
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Modern is one of the most popular competitive formats and the Top 8 of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan didn't disappoint.
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Day 2 of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan is in the books and the Top 8 is set.
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Day 1 of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan is in the books. Welcome back, Modern Pro Tour!
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The dates and formats for Magic's 2018 Nationals have been revealed.
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Randy Buehler's newest Super League will feature Team Modern.
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Senior Magic Designer Gavin Verhey announced on reddit that future Masters sets will be thematic rather than format-based.
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Magic: the Gathering Arena is free-to-play, and after two months of Beta testing, Wizards of the Coast has finally revealed what its currency and card economies will look like.
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Wizards has revealed the dates of all three Great Designer Search 3 trials and their formats.
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This morning, Wizards banned four cards from Standard in order to reduce the dominance of Temur Energy and Ramunap Red.
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Now we we know why Unstable has 216ish cards in Unstable! 13 cards have alternate art or multiple versions of the rules in their text boxes.
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Now we we know why Unstable has 216ish cards! Alternate art and multiple text boxes. Plus, the MTG Arena Closed Beta officially started yesterday.
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Applications for the Great Designer Search 3 close January 15th, 2018. Plus, Japan wins the World Magic Cup and Eli Cassis wins the SCG Invitational.
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The star-studded Japanese team overcame their historical underperformance to win the 2017 World Magic Cup.
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Day 2 of the 2017 Magic World Cup is in the books. The Top 8 is set after an epic match between Wales and the United States.
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Day 1 of the 2017 Magic World Cup is in the books. Energy, Ramunap Red, and UW, oh my!
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The World Magic Cup is this weekend, featuring Ixalan Team Sealed, Team Unified Standard, and a new, complicated tournament structure.
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Wizards finally released a statement about bullying and harassment in the Magic community. Plus, today's Magic story is the first official Un-Set story!
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Rivals of Ixalan will feature another geocaching game, but this time it will impact how Ixalan's story ends! Plus, Wizards still hasn't made an official statement regarding Christine Sprankle's departure from the Magic community.
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News broke last Friday that popular cosplayer Christine Sprankle was leaving Magic due to a sustained campaign of targeted harassment and abuse.
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Unstable's full spoiler is available, plus this Friday will feature Treasure Chest packs and Explorers of Ixalan.
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Wizards announced that the MTG Arena Closed Beta will begin on 12/4.
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Wizards' Brazilian Twitter account accidentally tweeted card images of the Immortal Sun and Tetzimoc, Death Incarnate. Whoops!
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Unstable's preview week has been packed with firsts: the first Un-story, the first Un-Walker, and full-art tokens!
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Wizkids, makers of Heroclix and Dice Masters, announced new Magic miniatures and a board game. Plus, Unstable finally solves Contraptions!
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Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast announced their very first Black Friday promotion. Plus, the second part of the Planeswalker's Guide to Ixalan!
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Wizards finally revealed the full card list for From the Vault: Transform! Plus, Unstable previews start next week.
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We recap Pro Tour Ixalan's awesome Top 8.
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Wizards gives us some story tidbits to tide us over until Rivals of Ixalan, plus Face to Face Games announces its Pro Tour team.
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Wizards finally released the decklists for Duel Decks: Merfolk vs Goblins. Plus, Mark Rosewater announced another R&D process evolution.
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Eternal Weekend was last weekend in Pittsburg, PA.
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Over 400 players came to Eternal Weekend this weekend in Pittsburg, PA to play in the Vintage Championship. Plus, Wizards finally acknowledges card stock issues...kind of.
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Eternal Weekend is this weekend in Pittsburg, PA.
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All of the teams for the 2017 Magic World Cup are set. Plus, the final episode of the Ixalan story.
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There were no changes to the Banned and Restricted List today. Plus, SCG announced the Open schedule for the first half of 2018.
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Oliver Tomajko won US Nationals to become the youngest US national champion ever. Plus, Brazil's World Magic Cup team is stacked with 3 PT winners and Storm wins a Modern SCG Open.
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US nationals are this weekend and will be streamed live on Twitch. Plus, Wizards' agreement with Twitch is preventing Norwegian nationals from being streamed.
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Team Channel Fireball announced their new roster for the upcoming Pro Tour season. Plus, more information about MTG Arena!
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We finally get to meet the Vampires of Ixalan in today's Magic story. Plus, another awesome Magic Kickstarter!
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Wizards revealed Explorers of Ixalan today, which combines multiplayer Magic with board game elements. Plus, Magic has a new logo!
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William Huey Jensen dominated the 2017 World Championship, defeating Javier Dominguez in the finals. Plus, Team Musashi wins the Pro Tour Team Series, defeating Team Genesis.
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William Huey Jensen dominated the Swiss to take 1st place at 12-2. Plus, the Top 4 is Sunday afternoon, after the Pro Tour Team Series Final between Teams Genesis and Musashi.
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William Huey Jensen remained undefeated on Day 1 of the World Championship.
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John Avon's Kickstarter raised nearly $430,000 from over 7000 backers. Plus, the World Championship starts tomorrow!
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Jace and Vraska journey further into Ixalan, plus the World Championship starts on Friday and John Avon's Kickstarter passed $400,000.
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Sultai Energy took 1st and 3rd place at SCG Dallas over the weekend, plus John Avon's Kickstarter passed $350,000.
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First-timers took down GP Shizuoka, while Juza, Burkhart, and Baeckstrom defeated Peach Garden Oath at GP Providence. Plus, John Avon's Kickstarter has absolutely blown up.
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Ixalan officially releases today, plus two team limited GPs, and Magic Puzzle Quest has a new developer.
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Wizards of the Coast finally announced that the MTG Arena Beta will begin this November and that the game won't include any trading features.
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Today's Magic story finally introduces the Merfolk of Ixalan. Plus, Mark Rosewater again confirms that ninjas are coming in Unstable!
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Wizards will hold an invite-only "25th Anniversary Exhibition Event" the alongside the 25th Anniversary Pro Tour, plus Pro Players Club changes, and Kitchen Table Magic joins Hipsters of the Coast!
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Last weekend was Ixalan prerelease weekend, except for in areas impacted directly or indirectly by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Despite the fact that the set released in 2004, John Avon is finally making the art from his Unhinged lands available for use on playmats!
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Wizards revealed the next three months' worth of Grand Prix playmats and there are some sweet ones!
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Cardboard Crack has finally made its hiatus official, plus the Hascon promos are finally for sale and how Vraska got to Ixalan!
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Ixalan set reviews are starting to hit the internet, plus Star City Games is changing how they grade cards.
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Autumn Burchett won English Nationals over the weekend, plus a Pre-Prerelease for Unstable...featuring Mark Rosewater!
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Mark Rosewater announced that, because of the presence of DFCs in Ixalan, mythic rares will be slightly more rare. Plus: the full Ixalan spoiler is here and this weekend is another National Championship weekend!
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You can now buy prints of John Avon's Unstable lands from his website, johnavonart.com. Plus, Ixalan gets fully revealed tomorrow!
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Magic released the second episode of the Magic story today, plus more MTG Arena news, and some art from the upcoming Unstable set.
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Last weekend was Hasbro's first Hascon and there was a ton of Magic news to come out of it. Plus more Ixalan previews and the first of three Nationals weekends.
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The long-awaited announcement of MTG Arena is finally here! Plus, someone spoiled the full map of Ixalan early.
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Today, Wizard's announced that 14 creatures from Magic's history would be errata'd to have the Dinosaur creature type. Plus, the first official Ixalan Magic Story!
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While many pros chose mono-White Eldrazi last weekend, Temur Energy continued to dominate the Standard metagame and Mardu Vehicles made a triumphant return.
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The two GPs this weekend are the last before Standard rotates, plus Commander 2017 reprints, and Saturday's world-building panel at PAX West!
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Wizards announced the structure of the 25th Anniversary Pro Tour, the first team PT since 2006. Plus, an amazing Ajani statue will be available for $800...eventually.
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Blake Rasmussen and Allison Luhrs released the Magic Story Podcast that sets up the story of Ixalan. The Magic Story returns next Wednesday!
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Head Designer Mark Rosewater released his State of Design for 2017 yesterday.
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An uncut foil sheet featuring most of the rares from Ixalan, Magic's upcoming fall set, was leaked in June. Wizards wrote an article explaining how the leak occurred and officially previewed all of the spoiled cards.
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A federal judge dismissed Paul Yale's lawsuit claiming that Magic judges are Wizards employees, plus there are two Limited GPs this weekend!
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Temur Energy took down GP Denver and was the most played deck in last weekend's RPTQs.
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The new FNM promo tokens were leaked yesterday, plus the final Magic Story podcast is about CATS!
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Wizards somehow leaked cards from an upcoming set again, this time through a WPN page. Plus, the Ixalan Geocaching game as already started.
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Brothers Brad Nelson and Corey Baumeister Top 8'd their second Standard Grand Prix in a row, and, along with teammate Brian Braun-Duin, dominated the tournament with the exact same 75-card Temur Energy deck.
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GP Denver is this weekend and will be our first look at Standard since GP Minneapolis. Plus, all three Nationals weekends will be broadcast, from Japan, England, and the US.
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TCGPlayer released a new version of its mobile app that finally includes a card scanning feature, while QuietSpeculation previewed full-fledged PoS software that integrates with its ION scanner.
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Unbelievable but true: the 10,000,000th Magic event was held last weekend. Plus, another Magic story podcast, this time featuring Dragons.
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2017 is the fifth year in a row that Wizards has released San Diego Comic Con promos and have always sold out instantly. But this year they are $165 and are still available for purchase 24 hours after going on sale.
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Both Burn and Bant Knightfall won Modern GPs this weekend, plus Wizards announces a geocaching game for the upcoming Ixalan set.
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Wizards released the Commander 2017 decklists after an awesome week of previews, plus this weekend is full of high-level Modern events.
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The villain of both the Dark and Ice Age has languished in flavor text obscurity—until now. Commander 2017 finally gave Mairsil, the Pretender a card of his own.
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After two Innistrad blocks, the patriarch of the Markov Vampires finally has his own card, plus a new Teferi could be previewed tomorrow.
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All previous Commander products included five decks...so why does Commander 2017 only include four?
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Black dominated the Top 16 of GP Minneapolis, with mono-Black Zombies and BG Constrictor being the most popular deck choices.
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Wizards announced its schedule for Hascon, including the days and times of its panels, as well as confirming there will be a playable Beta of Magic Arena.
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Hasbro held its annual Investor's Day today and announced the upcoming Magic Digital Next initiative Magic Arena, which will likely replace Magic Duels.
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Wizards announced the tribes that Commander 2017 is built around, plus Game Day Promos, and expectations for tomorrow's Hasbro Investor Day.
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Pro Tour Hour of Devastation was the final PT of the 2016-17 season. That means both the Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Standard and Draft Master, and Team Series races were decided last weekend in Kyoto.
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Paulo Vitor Dama da Rosa won Pro Tour Hour of Devastation with mono-Red and won Player of the Year in the process.
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Pro Tour Hour of Devastation began last night. We've got a look at who's on top of the leaderboard and some numbers about the Standard metagame.
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Pro Tour Hour of Devastation is the final PT of the 2016-17 season. That means both the Player of the Year and Team Series races will be decided this weekend in Kyoto.
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LSV runs down five of the expected Standard archetypes for Pro Tour Hour of Devastation.
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Hasbro's CEO talks about Magic Digital next and Magic's potential as an esport.
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William "Huey" Jensen wins his second GP in a row, plus Mark Rosewater previews Unstable.
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