Magic: The Gathering
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If you run into Outlander star Charles Vandervaart at a Magic: The Gathering tournament, he just revealed which deck is his "financial sink"
The actor is working on a project to have a mono-deck of every color, but one Magic: The Gathering deck is where he puts all his money.
July 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Now that legendary vehicles can be commanders in Magic: The Gathering, the door is wide open for a Star Wars or Star Trek crossover
Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set is shaking up the rules of Commander. Is it to hint at an upcoming Universes Beyond set?
July 09, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The Magic: The Gathering and Star Trek crossover deck 'leak' that was actually a Ferengi-style hustle aimed at you and your search engine
A New Jersey MTG store overplayed their hand when it came to rumors of a Magic: The Gathering x Star Trek Universes Beyond deck
July 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The most-played Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy card in Modern is Sephiroth, of course
Surprising no one, the Final Fantasy card that Magic: The Gathering players are leaning on most in Modern is Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
July 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering bans a slew of cards in Standard, including one of "the most fun" cards in the game
Mono-Red Aggro decks were all the rage at the 2025 Magic Pro Tour, and Magic: The Gathering hops to even the playing field with these new card bans
July 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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There's a new most expensive Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy card, as this Golden Traveling Chocobo sold for $40k on eBay - and there are 76 more in the wild
The Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering set is the top-selling set in history, and its Traveling Chocobos are popping off on the secondary market.
June 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How a “mistake” of a Magic: The Gathering card came to be embraced and even celebrated by Wizards of the Coast
They say lightning doesn't strike twice, but Magic: The Gathering found a way to make Lightning Greaves work despite its broken mechanics
June 27, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy was made for fans by fans - with a guide almost 10 times as big as most Magic sets
In preparation for Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy set, developers at Wizards of the Coast created a 1,000+ page document of video game artwork
June 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering taps into nostalgia two ways with new 2026 sets featuring Lorwyn and Strixhaven
Hold on to your butts, Wizards of the Coast just announced two new Magic: The Gathering sets for 2026
June 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering introduces Spacecrafts as a new type of artifact with Edge of Eternities
Just in time for a change in Commander rules, Magic: The Gathering is debuting a new artifact for Edge of Eternities
June 23, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Mark your calendars: The 2026 MagicCon dates are here
Next year in 2026, there will be three MagicCon events around the world
June 20, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy crossover is already the top-selling set in Wizards of the Coast’s history, before it’s even come out
Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy sales numbers confirm one fact: the people (me) want their Sephiroth
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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MTG x FF gets meta as the Magic: The Gathering card game is crossing over with Final Fantasy's own trading card game
In case you didn't know, Final Fantasy has its OWN trading card game, and Magic: The Gathering is releasing two new promo cards that tie into it
June 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Now you can own Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword in a new space-saving format: a Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair card
Cloud Strife's Buster Sword is one of the most iconic weapons in Final Fantasy, and it's now been immortalized in a new Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair set
May 29, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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One of my favorite bits of Final Fantasy is the tiered magic system - and Wizards of the Coast figured out a novel way to do it in Magic: The Gathering
Cure, Cura, Curaga... Fire, Fira, Firaga... how the tiered magic system of Final Fantasy made its way into Magic: The Gathering.
May 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy set has been in development for 4 years - and MTG's creators enjoyed FF XVI like fans to get a genuine feel for it
The sleepless weekend inside Wizards of the Coast offices (and employees' households) when Final Fantasy XVI was released.
May 12, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Prepare for a new kind of Chocobo Racing that even Post Malone might play, as the Golden Chocobo will be the ultra-rare card in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy set
There are said to be only 77 Golden Chocobo cards in existence. If you find one, let me know.
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Affinity for complexity: A Wizards of the Coast executive revealed how they gauge how complex (or how simple) to make a Magic: The Gathering set like Final Fantasy
The Complexity Dial isn't a new card in Magic: The Gathering - it's an internal mechanic Wizards of the Coast uses to make the best product for fans.
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Imagine a 200-hour crash course on Final Fantasy XIV in just one month - this Magic: The Gathering designer just did it for all right reasons
Wizards of the Coast wants to make the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy crossover as genuine as possible - so two employees went hardcore for a month
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Yoshitaka Amano returns to the Final Fantasy series to paint his favorite video game creation of all time for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering crossover
Yoshitaka Amano returns to Final Fantasy to paint his favorite character - and this time he's drawing her more realistically than he did when he first created her.
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Marvel and Magic the Gathering drop a surprise Deadpool set for April Pool's Day (No, that's not a typo)
The Secret Lair X Marvel’s Deadpool set is available for order now and ships April 3
April 01, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Stormlight Archive book author Brandon Sanderson says what a lot of us have been thinking about Magic: The Gathering's recent sets like Aetherdrift and Outlaws of Thunder Junction
According to Sanderson, the characters in MTG don't seem to be taking their plane-jumping story seriously, so why should we?
March 03, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Magic the Gathering is making an Avatar: The Last Airbender set, and we already want an army of flying bison
The Avatar: The Last Airbender set was announced during MagicCon Chicago 2025
February 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Wizards of the Coast retcons back a beloved & funny mistake from the early days of Magic: The Gathering back into the game (and tells the whole story behind it all)
There's a difference between Lemures (chaotic elemental spirits) and lemurs (adorable primates), but one of the artists of the early Magic: The Gathering didn't catch hat. Now, the mix-up features as a meta joke in an all-new card
December 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to win friends and teach people to play Magic: The Gathering, according to Wizards of the Coast & Good Luck High Five
At the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Power Hour (hosted by Gavin Verhey and Maria Bartholdi in Philadelphia), PAX Unplugged 2024 went through a kind of mystic initiation, one that will allow them to initiate friends of their own
December 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Wizards of the Coast designer reveals three Magic: The Gathering mechanics that they've wanted to do (but haven't figured out a way to make it work)
At PAX Unplugged 2024, Magic: The Gathering designer Gavin Verhey (who led the Final Fantasy edition of Universes Beyond) told attendees which mechanics they can expect never to see in a game
December 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The official Magic: The Gathering convention MagicCon is coming to Atlanta, Chicago, & Las Vegas in 2025
The news of MagicCon 2025 dates has an exhilarating ETB effect on me
October 15, 2024
Chris Arrant
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1980s horror (and a superbad demon) rule over Magic: The Gathering's new Duskmourn set
Everything is a haunted house in the new plane from MTG
September 01, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Magic: The Gathering teams with iconic Silent Hill artist Masahiro Ito for its new horror-themed set
Masahiro Ito is a guest artist for Duskmourn: House of Horror, MTG has announced
September 01, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
MTG Arena Codes (August 2024)
Free Magic: The Gathering Arena booster packs and cosmetics
July 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Build your Magic: The Gathering comic deck with a sale on the comic books & graphic novels for Magic 30
Magic: The Gathering comics & graphic novels go on sale for Magic 30 30th Anniversary event
January 17, 2024
Chris Arrant