Magic Characters From A To Z!
Magic storylines confusing you? Ever wonder where the old school characters came from? JDB provides you a new resource for getting to know the game’s incredible lore and history!
AuthorJohn Dale Beety
John Dale Beety is the Copy Editor for Star City Games.
The Hour Of Devastation Flavor Roundup
A new set means new artists, new plot elements, and more! There’s only one man for the job of reining it all in! The God-Pharaoh of Magic flavor has returned!
Potluck
Grand Prix Las Vegas went by in a blur for JDB! In a series of mini-articles, he reflects on the people and happenings that made the event memorable and reveals the answers to the puzzle in his last article!
Presenting A Perplexing Puzzle: “All About Adjectives”
JDB is switching it up! Today he presents a fiendish puzzle based on Magic card names. Fire up that SCG card search, because you’re going to need it!
The Planes Of Modern
Today’s Modern decks contain cards from a mishmash of blocks and settings. JDB breaks down the twelve core planes of Modern-legal sets and matches cards you might see at SCG Baltimore to their worlds!
The Self-Hating Mage: Looking Back At Baral, Chief Of Compliance
Baral, Chief of Compliance was one of Magic’s nastiest, most complicated villains in years! JDB examines the self-hating mage’s story and what made him so compelling.
The Amonkhet Flavor Review
A new set means it’s time for another of JDB’s patented flavor reviews! Which artwork got his thumbs-up? Which flavor text earned his ire? And has he changed his mind about the Invocations?
Masterpiece Meditation
The Amonkhet Invocations are the latest cards in the Masterpiece Series! JDB examines what came before and gives his no-holds-barred take on these additions!
Reintroducing…Nicol Bolas
Don’t call it a comeback! One of Magic’s biggest baddies and craftiest chessmasters is set to take center stage in Amonkhet. JDB has your (re)introduction to the notorious Nicol Bolas!
Full-Art Cards In Focus
Most Magic cards have separate art and text boxes, which makes rule-breaking full-art cards all the more exciting! JDB explores the history of full-art cards from the beloved Unglued basic lands to upcoming set Amonkhet!
The Gatewatch Era, So Far
Has Magic entered a new era of storytelling? JDB thinks so, and today he’s serving up a crash course on the game’s past lore as he explores where the game’s plot might go next and why!
The Doctor, The Monkey, And The Pirate Queen
When a doctor’s fever-dream proves all too real, he finds himself the prisoner of an adolescent pirate queen and her goggles-wearing monkey.
Aether Revolt Flavor Review
SCG’s resident Vorthos expert is back, and he has a new set to examine! Which artists made their Magic debuts in Aether Revolt? What flavor text echoes a moment in India’s history? And whose revolution is it, anyway?
A Footsoldier’s Confession
A footsoldier captured by renegades admits his role in a war crime, the burning of Bunarat Village. Yet he will not make a full confession…
A Tile In The Mosaic
Kaladesh has many more stories than Wizards of the Coast can tell! Today JDB imagines what life might be like for one lonely Dwarf on the streets of Ghirapur!