Also last night Wizards announced that 'Action' is 'New Phyrexia.' Along with a new card, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. So hit our New Phyrexia spoiler page and keep watching it as we post the latest spoilers and rumors as they come! The concept is clear, inclusive and alluring:  Two pre-constructed theme decks battling it out [...]

Do you smell that? Take a big whiff. That’s the sweet, sweet smell of Magic: The Gathering spoilers on this crisp January evening. The second set in the Mirrodin 2.0 block is shaping up to be as exciting as Worldwake was around this time last year. GatheringMagic.com is proud to be one of the recipients [...]

As long as I can remember I have always been your fan.  Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of times spent with friends enjoying your products.  Magic had everything a socially inept, unfortunate-looking kid could ever want from a daily escape.  From the mystery of an unopened pack of Ice Age, to the [...]

Stop!  Do not flee humans!  Reinhart told me you were skittish and judgmental but I can't believe this... weeping?   You're crying in fear of a simple demon holding a book?  How do you people walk out the door every morning!?  *ahem*  I am here only for your educational benefit, humans!  Let not these horns nor [...]

Almost exactly one year ago Wizards launched the new "Premium Deck Series" with a much anticipated but genuinely disappointing Sliver deck.  If price is any indication of a Magic product's actual worth than the PDS isn't off to a great start.  Initially released at $35, the deck was immediately discounted by retailers to $29.99 and [...]

One could safely assume that the co-founder of a semi-popular Magic the Gathering blog might also enjoy other various fantasy offerings.  Most of us are at least partially familiar with Lord of the Rings, Star Trek and other "geeky" franchises.  But for me, the far and away favorite has always been Star Wars.  The reason [...]

We here at GatheringMagic love digging into the economic aspects of Magic the Gathering.  Whether it be the price of the latest chase mythic or the cost of a pack of cards we know that these issues are important to the casual player of moderate means.  That having been said, to the best of my [...]

More often than not Magic the Gathering writers opine on the competitive, monetary and strategic aspects of the game. We've all taken positions on card value and the nature of skill but more often than now we all overlook the natural pleasures of accumulation encouraged by this collectible, trading card game.  But not today my [...]

It may seem a bit premature to throw up a list of predictions for an upcoming set in the midst of Scars of Mirrodin’s launch.  But we here at Gathering Magic enjoy getting our predictions out well in advance of any possible information.  Anyone can extrapolate what a set is going to be like with [...]

This site has always championed the joys and pleasures of Magic's alternative formats.  Whether it's EDH, singleton, or multiplayer madness we've come to find that many casual players are just like us in that they spend most of their time playing something other than standard or limited.  We each only have so many hours in [...]