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Zoe • February 5, 2026

SEATTLE, WA — Chaos and calamity struck a typically peaceful community potluck Wednesday evening when a food fight erupted amongst a group of local magic players confounded by the interaction of a 7-layer dip. What began as a simple question about how to eat the dip quickly escalated to insults,…

Joe DeNoon • February 4, 2026

OREGON TERRITORY – The Magic community mourns the loss of a format this week, after Pioneer died of dysentery. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce that the Pioneer format passed away from dysentery last night,” Wizards of the Coast said on social media today,…

Naomi Krause • January 30, 2026

PHYREXIA MINNESOTA – Americans are up in arms today after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a Magic player who had nothing but an untapped Mountain on their person. According to officials, the kinda sorta law enforcement agent heroically murdered the hellbent player in cold blood because he had…

K. Wilder Newyear • January 26, 2026

GURNEE, IL — A fervor has fallen over local game store Riverside Comics and Games, as local Pokemon Shiny Hunter and newfound TCG collector Miguel Norton had gone to extraordinary lengths to try and open a foil card. “I’ve seen some weird superstition and gamesmanship over the years for people…

Zoe • January 22, 2026

HEARTHHULL — Seedship Scientists studying local Lorewyn flora have made a shocking announcement in a paper published in Magical Nature. A new invasive species of turtle was discovered wreaking havoc on the local wildlife. Lys Alana representatives have refused to comment on the matter,…

Jon Ruggiero • January 12, 2026

Mount Pleasant, WI – Confusion and anger plague local residents after “the world’s most powerful” AI datacenter was recently built within the city, which has caused a massive drain on many of the town’s resources. The need for cooling at the Microsoft’s auspiciously-named Fairwater datacenter has gotten so severe that…

K. Wilder Newyear • January 7, 2026

BROOKLYN, NY — The Magic: the Gathering world has been abuzz since last week, following growing speculation your deck’s favorite card is about to be traded.  “I’ve been in this deck for many years, but I don’t feel I have the titles to show for it. I only have so…

Joe DeNoon • December 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Rejecting demands from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Hasbro will continue to sell the iconic Battleship board game with a full rulebook included. This latest clash between the Trump administration and the private sector began after Arizona’s senior Senator Mark Kelly “humiliated”…

Zoe • December 11, 2025

EVERYWHERE, THE INTERNET — This past week yet another phenomenon happened in the greater Magic: The Gathering news cycle. Mere hours after releasing their planned second chapter for Lorwyn Eclipsed, a multiversal sized shadow was cast over the set’s moment when the first round of Marvel Super Heroes…