Rands posts about Magic: The Gathering historyさんのイラストまとめ

With THE BROTHERS' WAR set only days away, here is the very first article that introduced that storyline to Magic players.

Published in The Duelist 1.5 (May 1994), it features two Dominiarian history scholars bickering over the then-known facts of "The Brothers' War".

TIL that it aint some random shrapnel...

...it be Myr

MAGIC ORIGINS officially launched 7yrs ago today!

This core set stood out from many before it as it not only had new card designs but entirely new keywords too.

Alongside the 1st double-face Planeswalker cards, it added the Renown & Menace keywords + the 'Spell mastery' ability

the og Ravnica block mural is gotta be in my top fav non-card magic art ever... (open for full effect ↔️)

inspired by the gorgeous new borderless Glimpse the Unthinkable...

a Drew Tucker appreciation post

This weekend marks 11yrs since MTG's NEW PHYREXIA expansion officially launched!

The set added a new type of mana cost to the game: Phyrexian mana. Φ

This special mana cost had its own set of symbols & could be payed with either that respective color of mana OR by paying 2 life

15yrs ago today, MTG players glimpsed the future of the game at FUTURE SIGHT prereleases across the world.

Along with the unconventional "futureshifted" card frame & other mechanics, the set debuted of some of Magic's now-most familiar keyword terms—Deathtouch, Lifelink & Reach!

recently saw that AMBASSADOR OAK was called "Moose & Squirrel" during playtesting—a Rocky & Bullwinkle reference—and was a Moose creature that entered the battlefield with a Squirrel token. 🦌🐿️

Now all I want is a version that is flavored as originally designed.

DUEL MASTERS is Wizards of the Coast's other card game, currently sold in Japan & targeted toward a younger audience than MTG.

However, that franchise didn't start with its own standalone card game

It originally was a manga where the characters played Magic: The Gathering—

DRAGONS OF TARKIR officially launched 7 years ago today!

The set reintroduced the block's plane of Tarkir, which was now filled with Dragons.

Together with numerous Dragon creature & Dragons-matter cards, the set also added a few new keywords—Megamorph, Formidable & Exploit.