Magic: The Gathering Bans Controversial Card From Historic Format
Magic: The Gathering‘s recently concluded Strixhaven Championship tournament has proven to be an eye-opening experience for Wizards of the Coast and observers alike. The competition, aimed primarily at fans of
MTG Arena‘s exclusive Historic format, allowed participants to build decks using every card ever released for the popular tabletop game’s digital version, including so-called Mystical Archives printed for
That term refers to a number of sorcery and enchantment reprints found most commonly in collector’s edition booster packs of the expansion which boast incredibly powerful ongoing or one-time effects. In Time Warp’s case, any player casting the 5-cost blue spell is able to grant themselves an extra turn straight after their first, essentially denying their opponent the opportunity to counterattack.
Magic: The Gathering will allow in-store play again starting this month May 7, 2021, 10:15am EDT
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Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast will allow in-store play in the United States starting May 28, noting that “exactly when and how will vary store by store per local guidelines.” Events like Friday Night Magic, Tuesday drafting, and card set prerelease events have taken place largely online since March 2020. The announcement was made Thursday in a news release.
Magic: The Gathering’s latest set of cards lifts the curtain on an all-new setting called
Strixhaven: School of Mages. The centerpiece of this academic plane of existence is called the Mystical Archive, a library that holds a record of every spell ever cast. Now publisher Wizards of the Coast is expanding the stacks just a little further: Its newest Secret Lair drop adds six more spells to that collection, and fans can order their own set starting April 26.
Polygon has the exclusive reveal of those new cards below, which will be available in regular ($29.99) and foil ($39.99) versions. Plus, we wrangled an interview with Tom Jenkot, senior creative art director in charge of the release.
Magic: The Gathering’s next set of cards,
Strixhaven: School of Mages, adds five new schools of magic to the game. Set in a university on the mystical plane Arcavios, the schools of Lorehold, Witherbloom, Prismari, Quandrix, and Silverquill can seem rigid and restrictive at first. But this set actually adds quite a bit of choice, giving players new and old the ability to sculpt their own future in the collectible card game. It’s an excellent stepping stone into the hobby and into this summer’s crossover event with Dungeons & Dragons.
Each college of
Strixhaven represents a characteristic that players can relate to on a basic level, making this an already accessible
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