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Satoru Umezawa – A Magic the Gathering Card Review

With Magic returning to the plane of Kamigawa in 2022, it was obvious that we’d be getting more Ninjas. But, probably no one expected Satoru Umezawa, a Legendary Creature being printed at rare, to do what it does. Ninjas have…

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Araumi of the Dead Tide – A Magic the Gathering Commander Review

With the release of Commander Legends, Magic the Gathering has entered a brave new world where Legendary Creatures printed at uncommon can make a dramatic impact on the competitive game. Sure, we’ve had legendary creatures printed at the uncommon rarity…

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Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa – A Magic the Gathering Card Review

Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa is a White Dragon Spirit creature from Magic the Gathering’s Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set. While its Red counterpart, Atsushi the Blazing Sky, is certainly flashier, Kyodai has its own interesting attributes. It has both Flash and…

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Kaito Shizuki – A Magic the Gathering Card Review

From the Magic the Gathering trading card set that brought you an infinite mana combo Dragon, we have a Ninja Planeswalker in Kaito Shizuki! Admittedly, Atsushi the Blazing Sky is a pretty powerful card with the right support in Commander,…

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Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos – A Magic the Gathering Card Review

With the first spoilers of the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set, Magic the Gathering fans were given three cards to chew on over the Christmas holiday. Two of these were mythic rares, one of which would be an easily abused Dragon…

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Dust Stalker – A Magic the Gathering Card Review

Battle for Zendikar is a set chock full of aggressive creatures, most of them Eldrazi. While quite a few have gone on to competitive success, one that hasn’t quite found his place is a 5/3 for 4 mana, Dust Stalker….

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Dorothea, Vengeful Victim – A Magic the Gathering Review

The Disturb mechanic in Magic the Gathering was introduced in the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt set. It’s kind of neat to have Spirits that you can recast from your graveyard, essentially getting two uses out of them. The downside is that…

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Chandra, Dressed to Kill – A Magic the Gathering Card Review

With the release of the Innistrad: Crimson Vow set, Magic the Gathering fans were excited to see the return of the ever-popular planeswalker Chandra Nalaar to a regular Magic set for the first time since War of the Spark. She…

Sky Scourge Invicil – A Yugioh Card Review

Sky Scourge Invicil is a neat super rare YuGiOh card from the Trading Card Game’s wildly popular Force of the Breaker set. It was never worth a ton of money, but it was included in some Counter Fairy sideboards (back…

The Day the Knuckleball Died – RIP Tim Wakefield

October First was the day that the knuckleball died. On this date in the year 2023 the world lost a great man in Tim Wakefield, one whom baseball purists should remember forever. The modern sorcerer of this elusive pitch, Tim…