Standoff In Honolulu

The big story of the Honolulu Pro Tour wasn’t Kazuya Mitamura’s $40,000 victory in the finals. The big story happened in the first round, where a young boy known only as Hans did something that is causing many to call him a hero.
Hans’s game was looking unwinnable. He had a negative life total [...]

This week’s card is Jeweled Bird. Jeweled Bird was the most feared card in five-color. You remember five-color, don’t you?

Fixing Homelands

We thought we’d issue a modern-day patch to Homelands. Here are some of the affected cards.

France Refuses To Participate In French Nationals

PARIS — French President Jacques Chirac announced Friday that France would not be participating in or lending any support to Magic: The Gathering’s French Nationals tournament this year.
“Once again, the United States has decided to go it alone and embark on an uncertain venture without the support of the nations of Europe — this time [...]

Photochop – Common Titan

Photochop – Mythic Growth

Card Of The Week – Fyndhorn Elves

This week’s card is Fyndhorn Elves. Their horns can touch the sky!

My EDH Point System

By Marvin Lursen
-1 Point
Taking three or more turns in a row, making me miss turns.
-1 Point
Destroying one of my basic lands.
-3 Points
Destroying two of my basic lands.
-6 Points
Destroying three or more of my basic lands with one spell.
+2 Points
I destroy your Academy Ruins; Gaea’s Cradle; Mishra’s Workshop; etc. (Lands that seem too powerful.)
-4 Points
Killing me [...]

Photochop – The Elder Wand

Supercomputer ‘Solves’ Magic: The Gathering

EDMONTON, Alberta — Top computer scientists here at the University of Alberta announced Monday that a powerful supercomputer has arrived at a “brute force” solution to “solve” Magic: the Gathering.
“The correct color is blue,” said Jonathan Schaeffer, the head of the university’s computer science department here.
“To arrive at the conclusion that blue is correct took [...]