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What We Learned

Kickstarting Grand Prix Coverage with Rashad Miller

This week we talked to Rashad Miller about the GGs Kickstarter campaign to provide Grand Prix Coverage in Minneapolis later this year

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The Thran

This week we review The Thran in which we learn the origins of Yawgmoth and Phyrexia in our prologue to the story of Urza Planeswalker

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Shadows Over Innistrad and the Storm Scale

This week we take a look at the mechanics of Shadows Over Innistrad and project their future placement on Mark Rosewater’s Storm Scale

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Dark Legacy

Welcome to our 2016 52 in 52 series. This year I will be reading 52 Magic: the Gathering novels spanning […]

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Previewing the Modern Bannings

This week we check-in with our spies at Wizards of the Coast who may have secured a secret document previewing the SOI Modern bannings.

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Angels

Rich walks through the history of angels in Magic.

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And Peace Shall Sleep

This week we learn all about the decline of the Sarpadian Empires in the novel “And Peace Shall Sleep” by Sonia Orin Lyris

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Team Family Grand Prix DC

Rich took a break from observing the Magic world to compete at Grand Prix DC, teaming with his brother for his young nephew’s grand prix debut.

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Song of Time

This week we read Teri McLaren’s second full-length Magic novel: Song of Time, featuring an Argivian Archaeologist’s search for a hidden Armageddon Clock and the truth of his mysterious past!

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Markov Manor

This week we take a look at the marketing campaign Wizards kicked off for Shadows of Innistrad, and how it would have been ruined by unofficial spoilers.

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Ashes of the Sun

This week we review Ashes of the Sun, the seventh of the original Magic the Gathering Novels, written by Hanovi Braddock, and featuring Minotaurs, Goblins, and a human caught in the middle