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Magic News
Jan29

Scrye Magazine Ends

by GatheringMagic.com

Scrye magazine has closed its doors and will no longer be published.

Tags: Coverage, Economy, Scrye

Magic News
Jan29

Oracle Updates

by GatheringMagic.com

Part of Magic the Gathering is the huge library of cards. As the game of Magic evolves the wording on cards changes as well as card types among other things. Wizards only makes these changes whenever a set is released, but not necessarily with every set. It turns out that they are doing it with [...]

Tags: Oracle, rules

Casual
Jan29

Magic The Classroom: the Rule of Nine

by Dan Eckstein

Dan tells us about the base rule he teaches his students when it comes to deck construction.

Tags: Deck building, rules, teaching

Kitchen Table
Jan29

Adding Removal

by Leaf

One of the dead horses we  kick around on this website is that of removal in casual MTG play.  The reason for this is simple, nobody wants to lose to a second turn bitter blossom because they don' have a naturalize, pyroclasm, or infest handy.  Same goes with a monster creature.  Say your opponent uses [...]

Episodes
Jan26

Episode 57 – Standard from Worlds

by GatheringMagic.com

Episode 57 features Trick and Lee discussing the Standard decks which made the Top 8 at the World Championships. They discuss Faeries, White Weenie, Five-color control, and much more! It's a great overview of Standard to prepare for your FNM or other tournaments. We also discuss points for decks like complexity, and whether they're good [...]

Tags: Faeries, Five Color, Standard

Kitchen Table
Jan25

Mana Mismanagement

by Reinhart

We all know the feeling.  You draw the first few cards of your opening hand - no land.  You take a deep breath and figure " if these cards are all non-land, what are the chances the next three cards are also non-land?"  But alas, the mana gods are not smiling on you this day.  [...]

Magic News
Jan25

Conflux Spoilers Complete

by GatheringMagic.com

We've received tips from numerous fans of ManaNation that the Conflux spoiler is now complete and available on various websites. Please remember that these spoilers may not be 100% accurate and so you should not pre-order or buy cards based on these lists until you've confirmed that the card functions as described. Conflux Spoiler Lists: [...]

Tags: Conflux, Prerelease, Spoiler

Show News
Jan23

Introducing Power9Pro

by GatheringMagic.com

ManaNation is very excited to announce a new sponsor: Power9Pro.com makers of the Dragon's Egg! It's a deck carrying case for tournament players, designed and built by Magic players. We will be reviewing the Dragon's egg in a very near future episode!

Tags: carrying case, dragon's egg, power9pro, sponsor

Episodes
Jan23

Exclusive Conflux Preview

by GatheringMagic.com

ManaNation brings you an exclusive Magic the Gathering Conflux Preview Card! We discuss the new expansion, the new keyword Domain and a few other things along the way including our card, Kederekt Parasite! Discuss this Episode

Tags: Conflux, Preview

Kitchen Table
Jan23

Rainbow Disconnection

by Reinhart

Warning! - Magical Rant Approaching! While I generally approve of the course Magic the Gathering has been taking over the years, I often yearn for a simpler time;  a time when each color had its strengths and limitations.  Certain boundaries could never be broken, the color wheel was firmly in place and each color had [...]

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News

  • Magic: The Gathering Toolbox Launches!
    Wed. Feb. 1 - The first official Magic: The Gathering App is here!
  • Complete Dark Ascension Set Revealed!
    Mon. Jan. 23 - Are you ready to Command the Night?
  • Woods is the Lord of Orlando!
    Mon. Jan. 16 - Conley rode his hot streak all the way to the top!
  • MTG Leaks: Back Better Than Ever!
    Sun. Jan. 8 - Up to the minute Magic news at your fingertips!
  • Magic: The Gathering Toolbox
    Thu. Jan. 5 - Wizards releases an official Magic app!
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