Magic: The Gathering
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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 Final Fantasy 10 laughing scene meme has turned into a cardboard classic with Magic: The Gathering crossover
Remember Tidus's weird laugh in Final Fantasy X? There's a Magic: The Gathering card for that now
May 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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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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The Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy crossover set deserves Final Fantasy XVI’s creepy villain, Ultima, immortalized in card form
Just look at this guy! Ultima, from Final Fantasy XVI! Who WOULDN’T want a Magic: The Gathering card of him?
May 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy set is more complex because Final Fantasy fans are already gamers, but is that what Final Fantasy fans want?
Magic: The Gathering’s crossover with Final Fantasy wants to be an entry point into both franchises for the two fandoms
May 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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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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I don’t even play Magic: The Gathering, but I need all of the Sephiroth stuff from the Final Fantasy crossover
At PAX East 2025, the Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy panel unveiled new looks at the Sephiroth cards from the crossover set, and I am a changed man
May 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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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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Magic: The Gathering looks set to escape a tariff price hike, says Wizards of the Coast parent company Hasbro
Compared to its competitors, Hasbro doesn't believe it will be impacted as much by the astronomical tariffs
May 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Random House tried to buy Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast from Hasbro more than twenty years ago
Random House's Del Rey imprint considered making Magic: The Gathering books in the 1990s
May 02, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The company behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons is dropping a major distributor after 25 years; here's what that means for you
Wizards of the Coast is separating from Alliance Game Distributors as of May 1, but thankfully there are plenty of other options for game stores to choose from
April 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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A multi-million dollar fraud involving Magic: The Gathering & D&D just blew up the bankruptcy sale of former comics and gaming distribution giant Diamond, according to a new lawsuit
Alliance Entertainment, which almost made a winning bid for Diamond at a bankruptcy auction, claims the company misled it by hiding the fact that it was about to lose 25% of its business.
April 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Magic: The Gathering's Spider-Man set (and all other Marvel cards) won't be available digitally, announce Wizards of the Coast
If you were hoping to use cards from Magic: The Gathering's Marvel Universes Beyond sets, my condolences.
April 23, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Wizards of the Coast has 3 rules for unbanning Magic: The Gathering cards like Dockside Extortionist, Jeweled Lotus, and Mana Crypt
Don't worry, Magic: The Gathering players, there's a logic that WOTC has for unbanning cards
April 23, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Final Fantasy XVI's adorable dog Torgal gets his own Magic: The Gathering card at MagicCon 2025
With the new Torgal, Clive's Companion promo card, you can finally say, "Sic 'em, Torgal!" while playing Magic: The Gathering
April 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair has a new boss in town - and he's someone ultra familiar with Marvel & comics
Fresh off the heels of the Secret Lair x Deadpool drop, Wizards of the Coast has hired a gaming expert to join the team who's also a comics expert.
April 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Wizards of the Coast just unbanned High Tide & more for Pauper format, leading all us Pauper players to add them to our decks (and prepare for the others who will too)
If you've got $3 and a dream to play Magic: The Gathering, it's a good time to start playing Pauper
April 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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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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SpongeBob memes become official Magic the Gathering cards with new Secret Lair: Internet Sensation set
Ever wanted to hold a piece of internet ephemera in your hand? The MTG Secret Lair x SpongeBob Squarepants crossover has your back
March 25, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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After a few unstable years, the hobby gaming industry finally found its footing in 2024 - just in time for Trump's trade war to create an unstable 2025
In an industry that has been up and down the past several years, a quiet, stable 2024 was exactly what hobby gaming publishers needed.
March 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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First look at Marvel x Magic: The Gathering Spider-Man deck reveals new powers, fun quirks, and a lot of Venom symbiotes
The new cards include iconic Spider-Man villains and attacks - but they come with a spectacular price-tag.
March 05, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
What to do at MagicCon Chicago 2025: From the Pro Tour to D&D to celebrity Meet & Greets
Our top five things to do at Chicago's MagicCon 2025 will keep you busy all weekend long
February 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
Magic: The Gathering owns up to crediting wrong artist in recent Aetherdrift set
Wizards of the Coast is fixing a mistaken credit with its newest card set as best it can (without reprinting the card itself).
January 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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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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Listen to the sweet sounds of a Magic: The Gathering Duskmourn: House of Horror unboxing
Popverse's Ashley Victoria Robinson unboxes a booster pack from the latest Magic: The Gathering set, Duskmourn: House of Horror
October 30, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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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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Despite what Superman says, Netflix is still making its Magic: The Gathering animated series
Brandon Routh might consider the project cancelled, but Netflix has confirmed that Magic: The Gathering is still in production
September 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Netflix's Magic: The Gathering animated series is no longer in the cards, says Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh, who would have provided a voice in the animated Magic: The Gathering show, says the series is no longer happening
September 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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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
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The four Duskmourn: House of Horror commander decks revealed for Magic: The Gathering's newest set
M:TG's horror-themed deck Duskmourn has three final girl (and boy) commanders, and one horrific villain.
August 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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A new homage version of DC's Sandman has been created in Magic: The Gathering
There's an unofficial Sandman variant in the newest Magic: The Gathering set
August 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Magic: The Gathering has created a whole new plane that is a haunted house in first Duskmourn: House of Horror trailer
Meet the new MTG villain that is a plane in Duskmourn: House of Horror.
August 31, 2024
Chris Arrant
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The official Magic: The Gathering manga is finally coming to North America - with a new, exclusive card!
Tap this for manga.
May 08, 2024
Chris Arrant
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This official Magic: The Gathering and Cowboy Bebop mashup is way better than it ever needed to be
See you, magic cowboy
April 26, 2024
Trent Cannon