When players talk about "Budget Magic" it usually refers to some under the radar deck that has yet to see competitive play. Realistically, those kinds of decks may win you a small local tournament but don't stand a chance in a larger event.

Reid Duke travels to Magic: The Gathering tournaments 40 weekends each year. “It’s a lot,” he said. “I enjoy traveling, I enjoy going to new places, but sometimes I wish it was 20 [weekends].”Duke started playing Magic at age 5, but in college, he was faced with a choice: Set the game aside and focu

The Simic Steamroller is a fun deck ready for your casual games.It is a great deck for beginners and features card synergy at it’s finest and works well against many kitchen table decks. Prepare your mutating vats!

Magic Online is undergoing some significant changes. SaffronOlive shares his thoughts on the impact of Play Points.

The Apprentice moved closer to his adversary, hand in satchel. He quickly reached for a handful of powerful orbs without looking, each one containing both stored mana and spells he learned from his...

What is Oracle? Magic is a game made up of more than 14,000 interchangeable pieces—the cards. Over the years, we've felt the need to update the wordings of older cards, whether because we've introduced a new keyword, or a card was printed with a mistake, or we have a clearer wording for what a card does, etc.

Analysis of the Deck 'RabRed' - Dragon Fodder, Frenzied Goblin, Goblin Glory Chaser, Goblin Rabblemaster, Goblin Piledriver, Hordeling Outburst, ... Would this be a pretty decent deck to start with? I have most of all these cards and I want to start doing FNM but dont want to be destroyed. Thanks!

There's a lot of changes in this IPG. It's not as scary as it looks. Heck, if we can survive Vegas/Utrecht/Chiba, this should be cake. There's one major

For each set, Wizards produces release notes which contains specific card rulings, updated rules text, and other general notes.

Prerelease is right around the corner, Wizards has released a small primer on Magic Origins so you can go in prepared.

The latest (and last) Core set for Magic is coming out next week. Check out the full spoiler list here..

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In the mythical world of “Magic: The Gathering,” a place ruled by goblins, dragons, wizards and spells, there is nothing more precious to a serious player than their “deck” — the 60 select playing cards wielded among competitors like swords in battle. A powerful deck with first-edition cards and artist autographs can take years to amass and fetch thousands of dollars. A single, signed Black Lotus card — the Holy Grail among “Magic: The Gathering” collectors...

I’ve done a lot of things while tripping on mushrooms. I’ve eaten meals, taken walks in the park, even closed my eyes and chilled out to my favorite tunes. But, until a few weeks ago, I’d never won first place—and $5,000—in a Magic: the Gathering tournament. Our journey begins on a Saturday at 6 A.M., a time I’m more likely to stay up until than to get up by. In my living room were three friends: a strip club DJ, a software engineer, and a...

Wizards, demons and goblins collide in the world’s first trading card game Magic: The Gathering, affectionately dubbed “cardboard crack” by its 10+ million diehard obsessives. From dank, wood-paneled basements to international big money pro tournaments, Magic continues to flourish since its phenomenal debut in 1993. VICE follows a professional Magic player who dropped out of college for a shot to be number one on the pro circuit, while two brothers wax nostalgic about the spells of old.