Mar. 29th 2011 - Today Wizards announced that 'Action' is indeed 'New Phyrexia.' Check our spoiler page out at: New Phyrexia Spoilers Wizards is trying their best to keep the outcome of the Mirran/Phyrexian conflict from being too obvious, but at the same time, they are planting clues here and there, to reward those who [...]
Why We Know What Side Wins
by Greg
Speculating on M12
by Greg
This summer we will see another core set release. Around this time last year many magic players were wondering, "How can they top M10?". Once again, the same question is being asked, this time it is about improving on M11. What did M11 do to top M10? Exciting (at the time) reprints, interesting and playable [...]
Tags: M12, Magic 2012, Rumors, Speculation, Spoiler
Predicting FTV: Legends
by Greg
From The Vault: Legends has been announced (see here) to be this summer's FTV product. This product will be a perfect complement to the forthcoming Commander decks, which will be released a few months prior. Hard-to-find, special foil versions of Commanders? It seems like a slam-dunk for the format. The new art released with the [...]
New Phyrexia or Mirrodin Pure?
by Greg
Mar. 29th 2011 - Today Wizards announced that 'Action' is indeed 'New Phyrexia.' Check our spoiler page out at: New Phyrexia Spoilers We now have a full spoiler of Mirrodin Besieged, the tipping point that will lead to the war being 'won' in the third set of this block. But who will win? This block [...]
MBS: What to Expect
by Greg
As of this writing, 19 cards from Mirrodin Besieged have been spoiled. Official previews are just about to start up, and soon we will have new spoilers to discuss everywhere we turn. But what can we take from what we do know about the set to temper our expectations? In a recent interview, Mark Rosewater [...]
December 2nd EDH News Bulletin
by Greg
Sheldon Menery, godfather of soul EDH, posted on his facebook last week, "if you love EDH, tune into magicthegathering.com on 2 December for an exciting announcement." For those who are unacquainted with Menery, he was one of the founders of EDH and has largely driven its adoption. His views on EDH boil down to: "it [...]
Rewards No More
by Greg
It was announced this Monday that the Magic Player Rewards program would be shutting down after its Winter 2010 mailing, taking place later this month. Almost immediately, on the usual message boards, I discovered a type of player I never knew existed before: the player that only plays in sanctioned events for the player rewards. [...]
Master's Edition 4 Theories
by Greg
Master's Edition 4 was scheduled to be released this month, but release schedules have resulted in the online-only expansion being delayed until the second week of January 2011. As a result of this delay, the MTGO Legacy precons will also be delayed until then. Even though it won't be out until January, it still comes [...]
The Way We Was
by Greg
Before I start this article, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Greg Haenig, also known as Urzassedatives from MTGS and uselessend on Mananation as well as twitter. I have been playing since before Mirage came out, and I have been involved in Magic rumor discussions and judgment calls since Masques block. As I said [...]
The Booster Shuffle
by Greg
As everyone has probably already read by now, Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) will be bringing a change in pack order for drafts upon its release. All sets from now own will be drafted newest set first, which has plenty of implications for how two and three set limited will be played, but also says quite a [...]