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Official promotional artwork for the Altered TCG.
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Altered TCG Kickstarter Raises Over $1 Million In A Day

The world of tabletop Kickstarter campaigns has seen a new massive success. This campaign isn't for a D&D 5e supplement like Crooked Moon but a new card game. The Altered TCG campaign went live…

January 31, 2024 | 06:40 EST

Murders at Karlov Manor key art featuring Detective Proft in front, with the words 'Deep Clue Sea Review and Improvements Guide" wrtten
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MTG Commander Deep Clue Sea Review and Improvements

Another Magic set is here, and that brings with it another run of pre-constructed decks. Like all sets these days, Murders at Karlov Manor has four preconstructed decks associated with it and in this…

February 2, 2024 | 01:05 EST

Artwork of a bunch of dogs playing in a park as seen in the MTG Cats and Dogs deck.
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MTG Cats and Dogs Deck Sell Out, Shows Up Secondhand At Higher Prices

Recently, a Commander deck went on sale on the Magic: The Gathering store. The Raining Cats and Dogs Secret Lair features a complete MTG Cats and Dogs deck, packed with cards featuring furry…

January 24, 2024 | 06:10 EST

Murders at Karlov Manor over the hedge maze at the Karlov Manor, with the words Exclusive Reveal in the middle, and five of the full art impossible basic lands teasing the reveals to come in the article.
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Exclusive MTG Murders at Karlov Manor Spoilers (Card Reveals)

As we return to Ravnica for a most unusual set, TechRaptor is happy to have the opportunity to reveal two new spoiler cards from Murders at Karlov Manor. Wizards has provided us two Rare spoiler…

January 22, 2024 | 12:00 EST

Artwork of Tinkerbell in a suit made out of leaves from the Disney Lorcana 2024 set Into The Inklands
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Ravensburger Has Big Plans For Disney Lorcana in 2024

Through 2023, one of the biggest card games was Disney Lorcana. This TCG couldn't stay on store shelves, got Amazon to create a special online queue to meet demand, and has already released its first…

January 17, 2024 | 08:26 EST

Card artwork of Auspicious Arrival from Murders at Karlov Manor.
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Lead The Investigation in Murders at Karlov Manor

Wizards of the Coast has revealed new clues and motivations within their upcoming Poirot-inspired Magic: The Gathering set, Murders at Karlov Manor. The set will lean into its fantasy murder-mystery…

January 16, 2024 | 04:29 EST

A promotional image of Pokemon TCG Scarlet & Violet Temporal Forces, showing four Legendary Pokemon in the background.
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Pokemon TCG Scarlet & Violet Temporal Forces Brings Back Older Card Type

The Pokemon Company's continues its support of its popular licensed card game. In addition to appealing to older fans with its Pokemon TCG Classic as well as enticing newer fans with Pokemon: Path to…

January 10, 2024 | 04:20 EST

Eldritch Moon key art featuring a purple skinned witch with purple energy coming from her fingers as the dead rise around her
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Magic: The Gathering Eldritch Moon Spoilers (Full List)

This complete set of Eldritch Moon Spoilers for Magic: The Gathering has a day-to-day record of this set's entire spoiler season, including sources for each of the different spoiler reveals…

July 7, 2016 | 06:50 EDT

Conspiracy Take the Crown key art featuring a woman driving a strange dagger into an undead-looking king
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Magic: The Gathering Conspiracy: Take the Crown Spoilers (Full List)

This set of Conspiracy: Take The Crown spoilers from Magic: The Gathering's big 2016 season will give you the complete day-by-day rundown of all the spoilers released and where they came from.  If…

August 22, 2016 | 11:42 EDT

Kaladesh Spoilers key art featuring a character dressed in blue standing in a beautifuil city with a floating crystal in their hand
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Magic: The Gathering Kaladesh Spoilers (Full List)

Our complete series of Kaladesh Spoilers for Magic: the Gathering will give you a complete run down on every single spoiler card revealed over the pre-release spoiler season.  If you enjoy this…

September 16, 2016 | 04:25 EDT

Aether Revolt Key Art showing a flaming character dressed in red armor with a chaotic scene of fighting and flying machines behine her
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Magic: The Gathering Aether Revolt Spoilers (Full List)

Our complete set of Magic: The Gathering Aether Revolt spoilers has all of the official visual spoilers released by Wizards of the Coast during the December 2016 - January 2017 spoiler season. We've…

January 6, 2017 | 10:00 EST

Modern Masters 2017 Key Art featuring a mage covered in a blue aura holding a ball of blueish white lightning
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Magic: The Gathering Modern Masters 2017 Spoilers (Full List)

Our current Modern Masters 2017 Full Spoilers list is a complete record of all the spoilers for one of the game's most popular set releases.  As well as this we have plenty of other card gaming…

March 3, 2017 | 03:00 EST

Official artwork of the Fifteenth Doctor from the Secret Lair x Doctor Who: Regeneration drop.
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Secret Lair x Doctor Who: Regeneration Brings 15th Doctor to Magic: The Gathering

Even more Doctor Who is coming to Magic: The Gathering. The world's most popular card game has already hosted the beloved British sci-fi series with Doctor Who Commander Decks, now with Secret Lair x…

December 11, 2023 | 09:09 EST

Artwork of Karn, The Great Creator from Magic: The Gathering.
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Latest Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted List Announcement Changes The Game

Recently, Wizards of the Coast updated its Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted list. This list spans many different forms of play for the wildly popular card game. It also signals the start of…

December 4, 2023 | 07:01 EST

 A promotional image of Disey Lorcana, featuring Mickey Mouse in a muskateer outfit, surrounded by cards.
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Disney Lorcana TCG Is So Popular Amazon Created A Special Queue

If you are a part of the card game community, chances are you've heard of the Disney Lorcana TCG. A new card game so popular, multiple retail stores and platforms are having trouble keeping it in…

November 30, 2023 | 07:25 EST

A featured screenshot of the Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Secretversary banner.
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Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Secretversary Finds A Way with Jurassic World and More

Wizards of the Coast has announced their latest Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Secretversary Superdrop. The latest batch of special cards for the world's most popular card game include several…

November 20, 2023 | 12:00 EST

Artwork of the Lara Croft Legendary Creature card from the Tomb Raider Secret Lair
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Official Tomb Raider Secret Lair Brings Lara Croft to Magic: The Gathering

Over the years, Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lairs have allowed for many unique crossovers. Stranger Things, the works of Junji Ito, Fortnite, and even My Little Pony have all been represented in…

November 13, 2023 | 06:34 EST

Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Starter Decks
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Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Starter Decks Review - Wizards, Witches, Princes and Princesses

Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn is the second set for the Disney collectible card game (CCG) which launches with 2 brand new starter sets. In this review, we'll have a look at both in detail,…

November 13, 2023 | 12:05 EST

Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Guide
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Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Guide

Lorcana, the collectible card game (CCG) set in the Disney franchise, launched earlier this year and quickly became incredibly popular, selling out so fast that Ravensburger announced a reprint of…

December 20, 2023 | 06:51 EST

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Disney Lorcana

Disney Lorcana is a strategy card game where players build decks consisting of characters, spells, and items from the Disney universe. The Quick Start guide describes the game as follows: As an…

November 5, 2023 | 05:38 EST

Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Exclusive Reveal
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Exclusive Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Card Reveal: Hang 10 with Minnie Mouse Stylish Surfer

Since its release in August this year, the Disney Lorcana collectible card game (CCG) has been extremely popular, selling out so quickly that Ravensburger already announced a reprint. The second set…

November 1, 2023 | 03:00 EDT

An image depicting Doctor Who's car Bessie and Vislor Turlogh, two deep cuts of lore from the Doctor Who Commander Set.
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Doctor Who Commander: Deep Lore Only True Whovians Would Notice

With 60 years of history to draw on, Wizards of the Coast had a lot of choices for what to include in the Doctor Who Commander decks, and not all of them are well known. Just like we did with Lord of…

October 22, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

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Magic: the Gathering And Marvel To Collide In Universes Beyond

A new crossover set is coming to Magic: The Gathering. The wildly popular card game has already played host to many sci-fi and fantasy properties like Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, and Fallout. Now…

October 23, 2023 | 12:00 EDT

Artwork of the Calling All Hydra Heads Secret Lair Primordial Hydra card.
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Calling All Hydra Heads' MtG Secret Lair Coming To Local Stores For The Holiday Season

Recently, Wizards of the Coast has announced a new Secret Lair for Magic: The Gathering. The aptly named Calling All Hydra Heads Secret Lair will not be available online, but will be available in…

October 17, 2023 | 02:57 EDT

An official logo banner for Magic: The Gathering Play Boosters, complete with golden text highlighting the appeal of the new booster.
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Wizards Introduces Magic: The Gathering Play Boosters

Changes are coming to Magic: The Gathering. Specifically, the world's most popular trading card game is changing how its booster products are handled with the introduction of Magic: The Gathering…

October 16, 2023 | 02:43 EDT

The Tardis on a snowy and icy landscape in front of a sky scraper that emerges from the ground behind it with ice running up the sides. At the bottom it says Magic Universes Beyond X Doctor Who and identifies the art as for an Island and illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
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Doctor Who Commander Decks Will Have 50 New Cards Each

The Doctor Who Commander decks are coming out next week, and I had a chance to learn more about them in a special press event recently. While I learned a lot of interesting things in the showcase and…

October 3, 2023 | 01:15 EDT

Key Art showing the Tardis behind the Fourth, Thirteenth, and Tenth doctor, as well as Jasmin and Rose
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Everything We Learned About the Doctor Who Commander Decks

Last week I was invited to a press event to find out more about the Doctor Who Commander Magic: The Gathering decks coming out next week. On Zoom, I and others listened to certifiable Whoovian and…

October 3, 2023 | 01:15 EDT

Artwork of the Sorceror's Spellbook card from the DIsney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn set
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Ravensburger Bumps Up Disney Lorcana Reprint For Holiday 2023

Fans of Disney Lorcana have some potential good news this holiday season. Ravensburger and The Walt Disney Company have announced their Disney Lorcana reprint, meant to address the quickly vanishing…

September 29, 2023 | 04:08 EDT

Official artwork of Gishath, Sun's Avatar as shown at MagicCon: Las Vegas 2023.
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New Magic Sets Previewed At MagicCon: Las Vegas

Over the weekend, Wizards of the Coast held its MagicCon: Las Vegas event. Here, the tabletop publisher revealed new details on what fans can expect from the future of Magic: The Gathering going…

September 25, 2023 | 04:25 EDT

Disney Lorcana The First Chapter Booster Box
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Disney Lorcana The First Chapter Booster Box Opening

Disney Lorcana, by Ravensburger, has proven incredibly popular since its release, and along with veteran CCG players, the Disney IP has also brought in non-CCG players. To coincide with our Disney…

September 27, 2023 | 11:00 EDT

Star Wars: Unlimited Booster Pack artwork featuring Princess Leia
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Star Wars: Unlimited Booster Pack Details Revealed

Back in May, Fantasy Flight Games announced Star Wars: Unlimited, a brand new TCG set in a galaxy far far away. Now, the tabletop developer has released new details about what players can expect when…

September 20, 2023 | 04:51 EDT

Card artwork of Fluttershy in a forest from the Ponies: The Galloping 2 Secret Lair
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Ponies: The Galloping 2 Secret Lair Announced

In October 2019, Wizards of the Coast announced their Ponies: The Galloping Secret Lair. It was the first crossover between Magic: The Gathering and the beloved animated series My Little Pony:…

September 18, 2023 | 02:23 EDT

Artwork of Princess Tiana from the Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn set. She is wearing a light blue dress and holding a theater mask in her left hand.
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Disney Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn Set Announced

This year, Ravensburger and the Walt Disney Company released their collectible card game Disney Lorcana. Its first printing sold so well, they had to reprint more products to meet demand. Now, they…

September 12, 2023 | 04:07 EDT

Eritte of the Charmed Apple sitting, holding her cursed apple with the owrds Magic: The Gathering Arena in the top left and Wilds of Eldraine in the top right
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Exploring Wilds of Eldraine Limited Best Archetypes and Commons

Commander Masters released a few weeks ago, so in the world of modern Magic: The Gathering that means it is time for another set release. Wilds of Eldraine is here to take that spot, with the pre-…

September 5, 2023 | 09:37 EDT

Card artwork of several Planeswalkers as Baseball stars from the Magic Secret Lair Fall Superdrop 2023.
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Magic Secret Lair Fall Superdrop 2023 Features Retro VHS and Baseball Card Art

Recently, Wizards of the Coast revealed their Magic Secret Lair Fall Superdrop 2023. These premium sets have always featured artists' interpretations of different parts of the wildly popular card…

August 28, 2023 | 04:13 EDT

Disney Lorcana Guide
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Disney Lorcana Beginner’s Guide

Collectible Card Games (or CCGs for short) have been big business since Magic the Gathering stormed into the scene in 1993. While Magic's popularity remains high, other CCGs have appeared and their…

August 19, 2023 | 02:15 EDT

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How to Play Pokemon TCG Like A Pro

Pokemon TCG has been around since 1996, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to learn! We've previously covered how to determine Pokemon TCG card rarity, but if you’re trying to learn how to play…

August 10, 2023 | 11:12 EDT

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Magic: The Gathering 2024 Roadmap Stars Fallout, Modern Horizons and More

As Commander Masters hits store shelves, and we prepare for Wilds of Eldraine, and the Doctor Who Commander Decks, Wizards of the Coast took to the stage at GenCon 2023 to reveal the Magic: The…

August 5, 2023 | 05:57 EDT

Card artwork showing The One Ring, with glowing letters on the outside, slowly sinking into molten lava.
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Post Malone Buys Magic: The Gathering The One Ring Card

Back in June, it was revealed that the one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering The One Ring card was found. This card was printed as part of their Universes Beyond set, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of…

August 2, 2023 | 04:20 EDT

The logo for Disney Lorcana on an ornate leather cover background
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Disney Lorcana Companion App Launched By Ravensburger

A Disney Lorcana companion app is coming. The highly anticipated card game, developed by Ravensburger in partnership with Disney, has turned heads thanks to its expressive art style and novel…

July 25, 2023 | 03:34 EDT

Commander Masters key art featuring the Ur-Dragon rather than the new commander masters cards
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Best New Commander Masters Cards

It’s almost time for another set release. I know it seems like just yesterday that Tales of Middle-Earth was released, but here we are with Commander Masters. The name is fairly self-explanatory – it…

July 27, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

Artwork of The First Doctor inside the TARDIS from the Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who set.
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Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who Set Gets All Timey Wimey

Wizards of the Coast had a lot to show at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. The tabletop publisher had an entire event dedicated to its Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who set, the latest in their…

July 21, 2023 | 03:51 EDT

Box art of the Pokemon TCG My First Battle starter sets, complete with artwork of Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, Oddish, Poliwhirl, Vulpix, and Voltorb, on a white background.
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Pokemon TCG My First Battle Starter Sets Are Super Effective

New starter sets have been announced for the Pokemon TCG. The Pokemon Company's wildly successful trading card game continues going strong, complete with sets like Obsidian Flames adapted from the…

July 17, 2023 | 02:54 EDT

An image of the MTG LOTR Tales of Middle-Earth MTG starter set and some additional cards that can be used to upgrade the deck.
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How to Upgrade LOTR: Tales of Middle-Earth MTG Starter Set Decks

Greetings travelers to middle-earth, or as the Orcs might say, uruk-Hai! Today we’re taking a look at the new Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth MTG starter set that came out recently, and how…

July 18, 2023 | 05:49 EDT

A screenshot of the one-of-a-kind version of The One Ring Magic card, authenticated and graded by the PSA
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Magic: The Gathering The One Ring Card Has Been Found

Recently, Wizards of the Coast released The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. The latest Universes Beyond Magic: The Gathering set contained many unique characters, mechanics, and locations…

June 30, 2023 | 04:07 EDT

An image of MTG Tales of Middle-earth bundle of new products, including a pre-release set and more.
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MTG Tales Of Middle-earth Product Showcase

An army of Orcs is amassing on the battlefield, vile and vicious in their obedience to Sauron, as sneaking Gollum scrabbles for the ring. But you've got a force of warriors on your side from across…

June 23, 2023 | 07:40 EDT

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The Best Lore Deep Cuts in Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth MTG

Many people were introduced to Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson’s great adaptation of the books into the trilogy of films. However, no matter how accurate or comprehensive an adaptation is, there…

June 16, 2023 | 11:53 EDT

The One Ring in Magic The Gathering
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Should You Let The One Ring Tempt You In MTG Tales Of Middle-earth?

Every Lord of the Rings fan knows that, in order to take down Sauron, using the One Ring isn’t the answer. After all, it drives the bearer to madness and in its never-ending attempt to reunite with…

June 16, 2023 | 11:47 EDT