Magic: The Gathering

Most recent stories in Magic: The Gathering

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  Polygon

  

  3 days ago

  Magic’s next set is caught in a ‘naval snarl’ at the Panama Canal

  Polygon - Corey Plante

  Every Magic: The Gathering set has faced some kind of shipping delay in 2026 related to one or more products, whether that’s a generic “shipping issue” for Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft Night boxes or a stuffy “logistical issue” for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Bundles. But the explanation is always rote with …

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  Polygon

  

  4 days ago

  Magic's most expensive banned card is officially coming back, but there's a catch

  Polygon - Corey Plante

  Official previews for Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Reality Fracture don't begin until Sept. 8, but fans of the world’s oldest trading card game know principal designer Mark Rosewater’s early teases mark (pun intended) the real start of preview season. As he has done for every set for quite some …

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  Polygon

  

  5 days ago

  One grotesque 1999 card makes an underrated Final Fantasy Commander a total powerhouse

  Polygon - Corey Plante

  Four days after Final Fantasy 8 launched in Japan on Feb. 11, 1999, Magic: The Gathering released an unassuming little creature called Bone Shredder as part of its Urza’s Legacy expansion. I was 9 years old and oblivious to both events. Somewhere out there, while Japanese players were exploring Balamb …

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  Polygon

  

  6 days ago

  33 years later, Magic’s head designer reveals one of his biggest regrets

  Polygon - Corey Plante

  At a glance, the core mechanics of Magic: The Gathering are fairly simple. You can play one land per turn, generating the magical energy called mana that you need to summon creatures. Attack your opponents with those creatures, reduce their life totals to zero, and you win. Instants and sorceries …

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  Polygon

  

  6 days ago

  The 15 most quintessential blue cards in Magic: The Gathering

  Polygon - Ryan Epps

  If there’s one color in Magic: The Gathering that players love to hate, it’s definitely blue. It’s the color of drawing a million cards, bouncing your stuff back into your hand, and somehow always having exactly the right answer at the worst possible moment. Blue’s also the color most associated …

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  Polygon

  

  Magic is officially reprinting a Commander staple with the perfect He-Man art

  Polygon - Corey Plante

  Some of the most popular staples in Magic: The Gathering’s Commander game format can get quite expensive. Take Rhystic Study, for instance, a blue common released as part of 2000’s Prophecy set. It wasn’t all that useful in regular 1v1 game formats yet became hugely powerful with four players at the …