I have also seen the opposite myself. Drafted a Red-Green deck consider mediocre, then my last 3 opponents just badly mana screwed. Going 7-2.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT| Kaldheim - Thor 2: The Dark World
- Thread starter SigmasonicX
- Start date
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TSR - Primeval Titan
TSR - Day 5 reveals
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TSR - Beast Within
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TSR - Courser of Kruphix
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TSR - Nature's Claim
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TSR - Evolutionary Leap
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Yeah, it's the nature of bo1 i suppose, but it always feels like it happens one after another either way.
TSR - Time of Need
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TSR - Qasali Pridemage; Feather the Redeemed; Akroma's Memorial; Arcades, the Strategist
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TSR - Day 6 reveals
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Contagion Clasp
Everflowing Chalice
Less confusing version
New art
Cloud Key, expensive reprint
New art
Hedron Archive
Expensive reprint
Abrupt Decay
Gauntlet of Power, upshifted, expensive reprint
Consuming Aberration
Prized Amalgam, with tombstone symbol
Knight of the Reliquary
Upshifted, expensive reprint
Huge reprint; this was $100 before
Expensive reprint
Arch of Orazca
Expensive reprint
Rakdos Charm
Expensive reprint
TSR - Hollow One; Epic Experiment; Tidehollow Sculler
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TSR - Mystic Sanctuary
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TSR - Mortify
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Well, of course there is no MSRP, but these seem to be about on par with Modern Horizons, price-wise. A bit cheaper if you were one of the early Amazon preorderers.
TSR - Full reveal
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Time Spiral Remastered Card Image Gallery | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
The Card Image Gallery is updated every day with the latest card previews. Time Spiral Remastered releases on March 19, 2021.
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The Card Image Gallery is updated every day with the latest card previews. Time Spiral Remastered releases on March 19, 2021.
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See all fifteen full-art tokens available in the upcoming release of Time Spiral Remastered.
On the MTGA side of announcements, the next Historic Anthology was revealed. It releases March 11th.
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Get Ready for Historic Anthology IV | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
25 new-to-MTG Arena cards arrive to shake up what we know about Historic formats.
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Magic: The Gathering Ashcan Comic Will Be Sneak-Published This Week
Magic: The Gathering Ashcan comic is coming this week! Back in January, BOOM! Studios announced that they've acquired the comic book license to Magic: The Magic: The Gathering Ashcan Comic Will Be Sneak-Published This Week
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So, uh, I guess Niv-Mizzet is a robot now. If you doubt your memory, I'll confirm there was zero indication this was the case before.
So... it's non canon i take it?So, uh, I guess Niv-Mizzet is a robot now. If you doubt your memory, I'll confirm there was zero indication this was the case before.Magic: The Gathering Ashcan Comic Will Be Sneak-Published This Week
Magic: The Gathering Ashcan comic is coming this week! Back in January, BOOM! Studios announced that they've acquired the comic book license to Magic: The Magic: The Gathering Ashcan Comic Will Be Sneak-Published This Week
It specifically says he forged a Mizzium and Crystal body for his soul.
It doesn't help the artwork is just bad. He looks more like a preying mantis than a dragon. WTFs going on with that back leg?
Brawl is standard legal only (normally). Even though the Ikoria commander decks were tied to the set thematically, they aren't standard legal (excluding the cards that are otherwise already standard legal).
got it, thanks. guess i'll wait until the next historical brawl event or wizards implementing a queue. (too lazy to use third party sites)
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Strixhaven: School of Mages Previews and More 2021 Magic Release Dates | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
Get ready for Strixhaven: School of Mages previews and more in 2021!
Strixhaven previews kick off on March 25 (next Thursday)
We also got a few more details and set symbols for the remaining 2021 sets
* Modern Horizons 2 (June 11) will have a prerelease and alternate frame treatments.
* Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms releases July 16.
* Confirmation that the first Innistrad set of the year is Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (September 17), and the second is Innistrad: Crimson Vow (November 19).
The release calendar is packed, I'm sure there will be a masters set in there somewhere tooStrixhaven: School of Mages Previews and More 2021 Magic Release Dates | MAGIC: THE GATHERING
Get ready for Strixhaven: School of Mages previews and more in 2021!
Strixhaven previews kick off on March 25 (next Thursday)
We also got a few more details and set symbols for the remaining 2021 sets
* Modern Horizons 2 (June 11) will have a prerelease and alternate frame treatments.
* Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms releases July 16.
* Confirmation that the first Innistrad set of the year is Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (September 17), and the second is Innistrad: Crimson Vow (November 19).
yeah they're trying out moving the releases up a bit, so they can get sets out in september and december instead of october and jan-feb
MaRo's Strixhaven teaser
Maro did his Strixhaven teaser https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/646093724043116544/maros-strixhaven-teaser
Some highlights
Some highlights
- A Futureshifted Card from Future Sight making it's first appearance
- A Flip card with the same type on each side that hasn't been done before
- A Spell with 3 X's in its cost
- Creatre- Eye Bat
- Cycle of Enemy Dual Lands finishing off a cycle
- Paulo Vitor Dama da Rosa getting a likeness card for winning the World Championship
Innestrad Garruk Relentless was a flip planeswalker where both sides were planeswalkers, I don't think that fits this
Oh yeah , completely forgot about Relentless. Although I still think that the twins are going to be a dual card like the new Tibalt , in that you can choose which side to play.
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gedudrucro asked:
Do the teasers include the mystical archive?
It does not. The teaser is just for the main set.
March 19, 2021
theelk801 asked:
does "new evergreen keyword" mean that it's a new keyword or just that it's new to being evergreen?
It's a new keyword and it's new to being evergreen. : )
March 19, 2021
Hopefully this works out better than prowess. It could be something like daunt (can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less), which is something that has appeared often but not keyworded.
Also, checking these creature types
Legendary Creature – Vampire Warlock
Legendary Creature – Orc Shaman
Legendary Creature – Dryad Druid
These are pretty likely the students shown in the promo art, which points to each school indeed being tied to a spellcaster type.
Silverquill = warlock
Prismari = shaman
Witherbloom = druid
Also,
coffeetime88 asked:
Do you think we'll ever see 6-sided die rolling in Black Border? It's one of my favorite things from Unstable.
Many things from silver border have made their way into black border, so there's always a chance.
March 19, 2021
This is way more ambivalent than previous times he was asked this. Before, he seemed pretty sure dice rolling was silver border only. And there is a set coming up where people would expect dice rolling...
Do the teasers include the mystical archive?
It does not. The teaser is just for the main set.
March 19, 2021
theelk801 asked:
does "new evergreen keyword" mean that it's a new keyword or just that it's new to being evergreen?
It's a new keyword and it's new to being evergreen. : )
March 19, 2021
Hopefully this works out better than prowess. It could be something like daunt (can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less), which is something that has appeared often but not keyworded.
Also, checking these creature types
Legendary Creature – Vampire Warlock
Legendary Creature – Orc Shaman
Legendary Creature – Dryad Druid
These are pretty likely the students shown in the promo art, which points to each school indeed being tied to a spellcaster type.
Silverquill = warlock
Prismari = shaman
Witherbloom = druid
Also,
coffeetime88 asked:
Do you think we'll ever see 6-sided die rolling in Black Border? It's one of my favorite things from Unstable.
Many things from silver border have made their way into black border, so there's always a chance.
March 19, 2021
This is way more ambivalent than previous times he was asked this. Before, he seemed pretty sure dice rolling was silver border only. And there is a set coming up where people would expect dice rolling...
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MDFC not dual face card :) The summary is a little lax with the exact wording:
" • an MDFC with the same card type on both sides that hasn't been printed before "
Will Rowan def seems like the obvious one
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Since the Strixhaven thread is going to be made Wednesday night, I'm requesting thread titles. Suggestions from the Discord so far:
Magic: the Gathering |OT| Strixhaven: School of Mages -
No TERFs on school turf!
School is in Session
There will be no curses, hexes, charms, or roughhousing in the hallways between classes.
Enemy colors? What does that even mean anymore?
This is definitely not Harry Potter themed
The Return of the (Elder) Dragon(s)
No, the Gatewatch Isn't Here Either
Write your fanfics about this instead
My Spellbook Won't Fit in my Locker
One Card You Can't Use in Every Pack
Strixes are birds, you see. So this is a haven for... um... wizards
We Might Actually Be Able to Draft This In Person
Even More Double Faced Cards for Maximum Confusion
|OT| Strixhaven - Will and Rowan's Bogus Learning
|OT| Strixhaven - No Greendale Humans Here
|OT| Strixhaven - Higher Learning, Lower Standards
|OT| Strixhaven - When I asked for School Spirit, I didn't mean ghosts
|OT| Strixhaven - Planeswalker 101
|OT| Strixhaven - You're a wizard, Rowan
|OT| Strixhaven - Tuition is free, the cards are not
|OT| Strixhaven - Accredited by the Planeswalker Commission of Non-Accredited Schools
Magic: the Gathering |OT| Strixhaven: School of Mages -
No TERFs on school turf!
School is in Session
There will be no curses, hexes, charms, or roughhousing in the hallways between classes.
Enemy colors? What does that even mean anymore?
This is definitely not Harry Potter themed
The Return of the (Elder) Dragon(s)
No, the Gatewatch Isn't Here Either
Write your fanfics about this instead
My Spellbook Won't Fit in my Locker
One Card You Can't Use in Every Pack
Strixes are birds, you see. So this is a haven for... um... wizards
We Might Actually Be Able to Draft This In Person
Even More Double Faced Cards for Maximum Confusion
|OT| Strixhaven - Will and Rowan's Bogus Learning
|OT| Strixhaven - No Greendale Humans Here
|OT| Strixhaven - Higher Learning, Lower Standards
|OT| Strixhaven - When I asked for School Spirit, I didn't mean ghosts
|OT| Strixhaven - Planeswalker 101
|OT| Strixhaven - You're a wizard, Rowan
|OT| Strixhaven - Tuition is free, the cards are not
|OT| Strixhaven - Accredited by the Planeswalker Commission of Non-Accredited Schools
|OT| Strixhaven - Magic School Bus
|OT| Strixhaven - Rowan-sama Wants to Be Confessed To
|OT| Strixhaven - MTG GPA TBD
|OT| Strixhaven - Rowan-sama Wants to Be Confessed To
|OT| Strixhaven - MTG GPA TBD
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Arena Release Date: April 15, 2021
Prerelease Date: April 16—22, 2021
Paper Release Date: April 23, 2021
Previous thread
Arena thread
Product info
Where to find previews
Card image gallery
Variant image gallery
Mechanics
Next set: Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Story archive
Premier events schedule
Magic: the Gathering is a Trading Card Game, the first of its kind, developed by Richard Garfield and his playtesters for the gaming company Wizards of the Coast in 1993. You and your opponents play the role of dueling planeswalkers, wizards able to travel between dimensions known as planes to gather unique magic. Using customized decks made up of your spells, the creatures you can summon, your mana bonds with lands, and even other planeswalkers you can call in to help out, you try to defeat your foes.
Last time in Magic, a routine monster hunt on the viking world of Kaldheim uncovered the return of an old threat. Previously thought to be contained on the plane of Mirrodin, the Phyrexians are now making small incursions outside it. Distracted by the planeswalker Tibalt starting a war between Kaldheim's realms, Kaya of the Gatewatch lost track of the Phyrexian praetor Vorinclex. Could the other praetors be on missions of their own?
In any case, we now visit Arcavios's own school of mages, Strixhaven. What's that? Sounds familiar? Well, this is a university and not a boarding school, so there. Strixhaven gathers mages from all across the Multiverse to study in five different colleges. Following the events of Eldraine, Will and Rowan find themselves here, hoping to better understand the nature of their powers.
Strixhaven will feature five tie-in Commander decks and a new set-within-a-set called Mystical Archive. Details are below.
In the Standard format, the following sets will be legal.
GETTING STARTED
Official guide to starting Magic
To see what a game is like, check out Geek and Sundry's Spellslinger series, where Day[9] battles various geek celebrities, often losing, using simple and easy to follow decks.
For the digital card game, you can play Magic Arena potentially for free. It has its own thread.
For the physical card game, there are many ways to get on board. If you go to a local game store (LGS), the owner will give you a simple Welcome Deck for free, after demonstrating how to play the game. This set has 100-card Commander decks that can serve as an introduction, though note this isn't for the normal format. Challenger Decks (2021 edition) will allow you to compete in Standard tournaments using real decks for, before release, much cheaper than buying the cards individually.
If you want to build your own deck, a Deck Builder's Toolkit (Theros: Beyond Death edition) will give you a decent starting collection of cards, including 125 fixed cards, 100 basic lands, four booster packs, and perhaps most importantly, a good box for your cards.
The big thing to look forward to, however, is the Prerelease event held for every set. Well, not this time, because COVID-19. Your local game store might be doing something online regardless, so check them out. Find local game stores here.
Arena Release Date: April 15, 2021
Prerelease Date: April 16—22, 2021
Paper Release Date: April 23, 2021
Card image gallery
Variant image gallery
Mechanics
Strixhaven has five colleges, each with their own color alignment and mechanic.
Lorehold
Lorehold is the red-white college focused on anthropology and archeology. Their motto is "Leave no stone unturned."
Prismari
Prismari is the blue-red college focused on the arts. Their motto is "Express yourself with the elements."
Quandrix
Quandrix is the green-blue college focused on mathematics and how it applies to nature. Their motto is "Math is magic."
Silverquill
Silverquill is the white-black college focused on law and leadership. Their motto is "Sharp style. Sharper wit."
Witherbloom
Witherbloom is the black-green college focused on biology. Their motto is "Get your hands dirty."
Mystical Archive
Mystical Archive is a set-within-a-set that contains the hidden knowledge of Strixhaven. These are all reprints that don't go into Standard (if they weren't already there).
Compared to Masterpieces in previous sets, the most important difference is that you are guaranteed to get a Mystical Archive card in a booster pack. This means you should expect these to show up in Limited, and the set is designed around this fact. These have a dedicated slot, so you can potentially get two rares/mythics in a pack. They start at uncommon; there are no common ones. Collector boosters will have at least three Mystical Archive cards.
Japanese boosters will have their own variants; non-Japanese collector boosters will have at least one.
OTHER THREADS
Kaldheim
Zendikar Rising
Core Set 2021
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
Theros: Beyond Death
Throne of Eldraine
Core Set 2020
War of the Spark
Ravnica Allegiance
Guilds of Ravnica
Core Set 2019
Dominaria
Arena on Gaming side
Arena Closed Beta on Gaming side
Rivals of Ixalan
Great Designer Search 3
First Hangouts OT
http://www.**********/forum/showthread.php?t=1424890 - Last GAF thread - Ixalan
RESOURCES
Official articles - Nicknamed the Mothership, these articles are the primary source of news. Recommended columns are Making Magic, written by the head designer, Mark Rosewater (aka MaRo); Magic Story, which tells the story, written by various authors; and Play Design, written by various Magic developers. The other articles generally discuss deck building.
Blogatog - Tumblr ran by Mark Rosewater where he answers questions, updates very frequently.
Drive to Work - Mark Rosewater's weekly podcast about Magic that he literally records as he drives to work. Two episodes are released every Friday.
MTG Reddit - The best place to get new card information. The community sucks, though.
Gatherer - The official method of searching through released cards.
Scryfall - The better search method, with bigger cards.
Game store locator
Arena Release Date: April 15, 2021
Prerelease Date: April 16—22, 2021
Paper Release Date: April 23, 2021
Previous thread
Arena thread
Product info
Where to find previews
Card image gallery
Variant image gallery
Mechanics
Next set: Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Story archive
Premier events schedule
Hidden content
Last time in Magic, a routine monster hunt on the viking world of Kaldheim uncovered the return of an old threat. Previously thought to be contained on the plane of Mirrodin, the Phyrexians are now making small incursions outside it. Distracted by the planeswalker Tibalt starting a war between Kaldheim's realms, Kaya of the Gatewatch lost track of the Phyrexian praetor Vorinclex. Could the other praetors be on missions of their own?
In any case, we now visit Arcavios's own school of mages, Strixhaven. What's that? Sounds familiar? Well, this is a university and not a boarding school, so there. Strixhaven gathers mages from all across the Multiverse to study in five different colleges. Following the events of Eldraine, Will and Rowan find themselves here, hoping to better understand the nature of their powers.
Strixhaven will feature five tie-in Commander decks and a new set-within-a-set called Mystical Archive. Details are below.
In the Standard format, the following sets will be legal.
- Throne of Eldraine
- Theros: Beyond Death
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Core Set 2021
- Zendikar Rising
- Kaldheim
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Cauldron Familiar
- Escape to the Wilds
- Fires of Invention
- Lucky Clover
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Omnath, Locus of Creation
- Once Upon a Time
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- In an unusual action, the rules of the companion mechanic were updated to "Once per game, any time you could cast a sorcery (during your main phase when the stack is empty), you can pay 3 generic mana to put your companion from your sideboard into your hand. This is a special action, not an activated ability."
GETTING STARTED
Official guide to starting Magic
To see what a game is like, check out Geek and Sundry's Spellslinger series, where Day[9] battles various geek celebrities, often losing, using simple and easy to follow decks.
For the digital card game, you can play Magic Arena potentially for free. It has its own thread.
For the physical card game, there are many ways to get on board. If you go to a local game store (LGS), the owner will give you a simple Welcome Deck for free, after demonstrating how to play the game. This set has 100-card Commander decks that can serve as an introduction, though note this isn't for the normal format. Challenger Decks (2021 edition) will allow you to compete in Standard tournaments using real decks for, before release, much cheaper than buying the cards individually.
If you want to build your own deck, a Deck Builder's Toolkit (Theros: Beyond Death edition) will give you a decent starting collection of cards, including 125 fixed cards, 100 basic lands, four booster packs, and perhaps most importantly, a good box for your cards.
The big thing to look forward to, however, is the Prerelease event held for every set. Well, not this time, because COVID-19. Your local game store might be doing something online regardless, so check them out. Find local game stores here.
Arena Release Date: April 15, 2021
Prerelease Date: April 16—22, 2021
Paper Release Date: April 23, 2021
Card image gallery
Variant image gallery
Mechanics
Strixhaven has five colleges, each with their own color alignment and mechanic.
Lorehold
Lorehold is the red-white college focused on anthropology and archeology. Their motto is "Leave no stone unturned."
Prismari
Prismari is the blue-red college focused on the arts. Their motto is "Express yourself with the elements."
Quandrix
Quandrix is the green-blue college focused on mathematics and how it applies to nature. Their motto is "Math is magic."
Silverquill
Silverquill is the white-black college focused on law and leadership. Their motto is "Sharp style. Sharper wit."
Witherbloom
Witherbloom is the black-green college focused on biology. Their motto is "Get your hands dirty."
Mystical Archive
Mystical Archive is a set-within-a-set that contains the hidden knowledge of Strixhaven. These are all reprints that don't go into Standard (if they weren't already there).
Compared to Masterpieces in previous sets, the most important difference is that you are guaranteed to get a Mystical Archive card in a booster pack. This means you should expect these to show up in Limited, and the set is designed around this fact. These have a dedicated slot, so you can potentially get two rares/mythics in a pack. They start at uncommon; there are no common ones. Collector boosters will have at least three Mystical Archive cards.
Japanese boosters will have their own variants; non-Japanese collector boosters will have at least one.
OTHER THREADS
Kaldheim
Zendikar Rising
Core Set 2021
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
Theros: Beyond Death
Throne of Eldraine
Core Set 2020
War of the Spark
Ravnica Allegiance
Guilds of Ravnica
Core Set 2019
Dominaria
Arena on Gaming side
Arena Closed Beta on Gaming side
Rivals of Ixalan
Great Designer Search 3
First Hangouts OT
http://www.**********/forum/showthread.php?t=1424890 - Last GAF thread - Ixalan
RESOURCES
Official articles - Nicknamed the Mothership, these articles are the primary source of news. Recommended columns are Making Magic, written by the head designer, Mark Rosewater (aka MaRo); Magic Story, which tells the story, written by various authors; and Play Design, written by various Magic developers. The other articles generally discuss deck building.
Blogatog - Tumblr ran by Mark Rosewater where he answers questions, updates very frequently.
Drive to Work - Mark Rosewater's weekly podcast about Magic that he literally records as he drives to work. Two episodes are released every Friday.
MTG Reddit - The best place to get new card information. The community sucks, though.
Gatherer - The official method of searching through released cards.
Scryfall - The better search method, with bigger cards.
Game store locator
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