Following a three-day downtime as part of its release out of closed beta, Magic: The Gathering Arena is now available as an open beta, though it's still due to roll out in some regions. At least for…
September 27, 2018 | 08:50 EDT
Wizards of the Coast has announced the open beta phase of Magic: The Gathering Arena. The closed beta phase started on November 3, 2017, and it has gone through many updates, both in terms of…
September 19, 2018 | 08:14 EDT
Magic: The Gathering Arena is a free-to-play digital collectible card game being developed by Wizards of the Coast's internal development studio, Magic Digital Studio. It's the newest digital…
July 18, 2018 | 02:07 EDT
I remember the first time I played Magic: The Gathering in 1997. My school friends and I heard about a small shop in town that was authorized to sell it, set up in the entrance hall of an old house.…
July 18, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Wizards of the Coast and Tencent have announced today that they are partnering to bring the new Magic: The Gathering Arena digitally to China and other Asian regions. Tencent, a Chinese media…
April 23, 2018 | 11:45 EDT
An official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons called D&D Beyond has been announced, first at PAX East and now on the D&D website. D&D Beyond is set to include a host…
March 13, 2017 | 10:36 EDT
Today, Wizards of the Coast has announced that beginning in 2018, Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix will be organized and run by one company - ChannelFireball Events, a new company formed by…
March 9, 2017 | 03:53 EST
Every now and then an unusual Magic: The Gathering deck rises above the crowd to claim a competitive tournament. Sometimes it's a deck in an unfavorable meta environment, sometimes it's a new brew…
December 2, 2016 | 11:00 EST
It's quite easy to name off the Magic: The Gathering formats that are supported by Wizards of the Coast, but many players may not be aware that what is supported now hasn't always been the norm for…
November 25, 2016 | 11:00 EST
Wizards of the Coast has just announced a new pilot prize support program for the Standard Magic: The Gathering format. Called "Standard Showdown: Kaladesh", the new prize support program aims to get…
November 14, 2016 | 03:45 EST
Eldritch Moon is the second set in the Shadows Over Innistrad block, Wizards of the Coast’s return to the much-beloved world of Innistrad. Released on July 22, 2016, this set ended the second block…
October 28, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
In our last entry in TechRaptor's Magic: The Gathering archetype primer series, we took a quick look at the nine different archetypes that could be found within competitive play. As a reminder, those…
September 23, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
In previous TechRaptor Magic: The Gathering articles (such as our article detailing the Eldrazi Winter), we have described certain types of decks without properly quantifying what those terms mean. …
September 9, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Greetings, TechRaptor readers and fellow Magic: The Gathering fans! Today Conspiracy: Take the Crown hits the streets and your local game store. If you missed our coverage, you can check it out here…
August 26, 2016 | 11:50 EDT
Maintaining how Magic: The Gathering cards from newer Standard format sets affect older formats, such as Modern and the Eternal formats, is a very delicate balancing act. If the cards are too weak,…
August 19, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
If you've ever for a second considered getting into pen and paper roleplay, most likely the first system you've considered is Dungeons & Dragons, the quintessential tabletop RPG that defined the…
May 2, 2016 | 11:00 EDT