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Prereleases get even more gimmicky!

TCG (trading card game) fans always get plenty of cool swag when playing in pre-release events, but I bet you haven’t seen anything as cool as a “Helvault.”   The upcoming Magic expansion, Avacyn Restored, will feature exclusive Helvault kits, which are essentially mock-ups of the Helvault so central to the final story arc of […]

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Two guys (Venser vs Koth) and a lady (Sylvanas Windrunner)

Okay Magic: the Gathering and World of Warcraft TCG fans, listen up!   The decklist for the latest Magic product, the Duel Decks: Venser vs Koth, is now completely demystified and up online! Wizards.com has spoiled the product’s deck lists, here.   As the name would suggest, Venser vs Koth has two decks, each containing […]

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New real estate, coming soon

One of the better things to have come out in Magic: the Gathering in recent years, has to be the Commander format, or what used to be called Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH in short).   Wizards of the Coast has been promoting the format heavily, and has made some fine products to support it, either […]

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Read comics, get (premium) cards

Long-time Magic: the Gathering fans will remember the days when buying certain novels and comics actually gave them the chance to redeem and score some real valuable and rare exclusive tie-in cards.   Remember Mana Crypt? Well, those days in Magic, Wizards of the Coast was quite open in coming up with cards so rare, […]

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Dark Ascension weekend!

Magic: the Gathering fans are definitely abuzz over the latest expansion set now, Dark Ascension.   In fact, I daresay that this weekend will be an even more anticipated one, for the new cards, compared to last weekend’s prerelease events. This is simply because the packs are now available for sale in better game stores […]

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FFG gives its LCGs a boost

Living card games have been steadily making its market in the increasingly diverse boardgames and card games market for a few years now.   The idea that one can share “expansions” which come in non-random assortments, thus reducing the need to “chase” cards, is one that seems to balance out the money factor so inherent […]

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Will you ascend?

Magic: the Gathering fans will be pleased as heck to learn that Dark Ascension, is weeks away from being released here. More vampires, zombies, spirits and demons, plus some, will be available in this follow-up to Innistrad.   The online spoilers are all over the place, most notably at MagicTheGathering.com and MTGSalvation.com.   Plenty of highlights […]

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Modern metagame roundup, official Magic app!

It’s been awhile since I wrote about Magic: the Gathering – well, that’s what happens when you stop playing it, haha!   In terms of tournaments, the interest in Modern is apparently still strong. The latest enforced change in December 2011 was the banning of two more cards, Wild Nacatl and Punishing Fire.   Now, Magic […]

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Latest Magic tech

Magic: the Gathering’s Innistrad has been barely out for a month, and looks like there’s some interesting cards shaking up the tournament scene of late. Everyone’s no doubt talking up the new Liliana, which is proving to be a real heavyweight, commanding up to RM160 a pop. Her ability to fill graveyards and then use […]

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Innistrad deck ideas

So what did everyone get from their packs of Magic: the Gathering’s latest expansion set, Innistrad? Available for roughly two weekends now (counting the pre-release), this set looks like a pretty nifty one that will tide us neatly in the coming months.   The deckbuilders in ya’ll would no doubt be picking apart the various […]

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