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Murders at Karlov Manor Review, Part 1 of 4: The Mechanics

B Phillip York - January 18, 2024

2024 is here with a jam pack schedule of product. Your first opportunity is a mystery themed set and a return to Ravnica. Mysteries and murder mysteries in particular are perennially cultural favorites, though they seem slightly out of...

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Commander Focus: Our Favorite Preconstructed Decks of 2023

Will "Loxi" Angarella - January 11, 2024

Hi everyone! 2023 was an exciting year for Magic players, as we got a pretty stunning variety of sets throughout the months. While there was definitely some mixed reception from set-to-set, it's safe to say that there were a...

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Games Industry News Roundup- January 9th, 2024

Dan "Swiftblade" Richardson - January 10, 2024

2024 is still fresh, which means folks out there are still doing two things they’ll later drop in a few weeks. First is writing 2023 on the end of most dates. Second is clinging to idyllic New Years resolutions. Maybe...

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Goonhammer’s Magic: the Gathering 2024 Release Preview

B Phillip York - January 4, 2024

The 2024 release schedule is unsurprisingly aggressive, with six Major releases announced, spread out over the year. A very basic analysis of 2023 would tell you that 55 separate Secret Lairs were released, and given the upward trend in...

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The Cards to Pick Up From Ravnica Remastered for Commander

B Phillip York - December 28, 2023

Ravnica Remastered is a ... well it's a masters set but only of cards from expansions that took place on Ravnica. Ravnica is the most commonly visited plane aside from Dominaria, the guild concept seems to have really taken...

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Unstable Mutation: Blood Rites Upgrade (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)

Will "Loxi" Angarella - December 21, 2023

Hi everyone! We're wrapping up coverage for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander decks with the last set up upgrades for the preconstructed decklists. For our final deck, we have Blood Rites, which hones in on the Vampire explorers...

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Unstable Mutation: The Ten Best Cards to Upgrade Your Ahoy Mateys Pirate Deck for Commander

Marcille "Marcy" Donato - December 14, 2023

Ahoy, Mateys (sorry) and welcome to our look at the, uh, Ahoy Mateys deck from the Ixalan precons. This is a precon with a particular tribal theme, that being Pirates, but instead of a simple tribal aggro deck, there...

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Unstable Mutation: Explorers of the Deep Upgrade (Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)

Will "Loxi" Angarella - December 7, 2023

Hi everyone! Today, we're going to be discussing one of the new preconstructed Commander decks to release with Lost Caverns of Ixalan: Explorers of the Deep. Right off the cuff, this deck is honestly a really solid release. It's...

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Unstable Mutation: Veloci-Ramp-Tor Upgrade (Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)

FromTheShire - November 30, 2023

The Veloci-Ramp-Tor deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks released alongside the Lost Caverns of Ixalan set. It's a Naya (Red, Green, and White) color identity deck with a heavy Dinosaur theme out of the box. The deck...

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Unstable Mutation: Enduring Enchantments (Commander Masters Commander Upgrade)

B Phillip York - November 23, 2023

I don't know why but enchantress decks fascinate me. I think it's the idea of playing permanents that are sort of orthogonal to standard creature based utility and winning builds. Especially if you are able to leverage enchantments' ability...