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How to build a Commander deck for Magic: The Gathering

How to build a Commander deck for Magic: The Gathering

Commander (also called EDH) is one of the most popular ways to play Magic: The Gathering, and it's not hard t…

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6 best cheap board games under £15

6 best cheap board games under £15

Brilliant as it is, tabletop gaming is not exactly a low-cost hobby. In fact, it's one that's characterised b…

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'Blaseball,' an absurd, terrifying, D&D-style baseball simulation, is 2020's most relevant sporti...

'Blaseball,' an absurd, terrifying, D&D-style baseball simulation, is 2020's most relevant sporti...

It's the bottom of the ninth, and Stu Trololol has just stepped up to the plate. After conceding two games, t…

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Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin Review

Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin Review

When Sakuna, the spoiled daughter of a warrior god and a harvest goddess, is kicked out of the lofty realm fo…

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Space Crew Review

Space Crew Review

In Space Crew you manage (surprise, surprise!) a spaceship crew, travelling the solar system in a battered ol…

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Castle Greyhawk, the lost dungeon that kicked off Dungeons & Dragons, still inspires players toda...

Castle Greyhawk, the lost dungeon that kicked off Dungeons & Dragons, still inspires players toda...

In the early 1970s, when Dungeons & Dragons was in its nascency, still floating around in the heads and in th…

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MTG The Hobbit has an $85 reprint for a mighty Mox, but it's in Dwarvish

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A ton of Magic: The Gathering cards for The Hobbit set were just revealed, and alongside the new mechanics, food, goblins, Gandalfs, and enough dwarves to single handedly fuel your next typal Commander deck, there were a couple of reprints, including a Mox mana rock whose cheapest card costs $85. Mox Amber appears in this set and must surely be one of its hottest reprints, but there's a catch - which could be a pro or a con depending on your dedication to learning fantasy conlangs.
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MTG just gave its worst commander a massive glow up

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Looking less like a fantasy rogue from Ulgrotha and more like a slightly dorky metal fan trying their best to seem tough, Joven couldn't help but become a beloved Magic: The Gathering meme. It helps (or doesn't help) that his effect is so specific and unhelpful. Even back in 1995, five mana for a creature that taps (and pays more mana) to destroy a non-creature artifact seemed steep. Nowadays it's laughable.
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MTG reveals Reality Fracture planeswalkers, 'Echoverse' versions of the Lorwyn 5

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Wizards of the Coast's preview panel at MagicCon Amsterdam showed off loads of cool cards from the next MTG set, Reality Fracture. This 'What If?' set has some wild reinterpretations. We saw a giant Tinybones and the new Hexhaven schools. But sweetest of all were the new planeswalker and legendary creature cards representing the Lorwyn 5 and their alternate universe rivals.
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