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Daniel Clayton - January 15, 2015

To Ban or Not to Ban that is the Question

To Ban or Not to Ban that is the Question By Daniel Clayton – the Will of the Floral Spuzzem Shuffling Up If you look at most of the formats that are currently (except draft, but draft’s special), one thing you... Read More
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Bruce Gray - January 14, 2015

Fate Reforged Reviews: Top 10 cards for Casual Magic

Fate Reforged Previews: Top 10 cards for Casual Magic by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters                 Fate Reforged is right around the corner and the anticipation in the Magic Community is mounting.  So many SWEET treats! But with any... Read More
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Bruce Gray - January 12, 2015

Crack a pack MTG Khans of Tarkir with Bruce (8th) #19

Crack a pack MTG Khans of Tarkir with Bruce (8th) #19 By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Well, I’m back after having spent a lovely holiday season with my family.  Santa was very generous to my little guy and... Read More
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Gregoire Thibault - January 10, 2015

Fate Reforged Promos

Fate Reforged Promos (link to Fate Reforged full spoiler list)   Launch event January 23–25, 2015 Sandsteppe Mastodon is not the most exciting promo card. Especially being such a high casting cost Green creature. It`s an elephant that stops fliers though, that`s... Read More
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Bruce Gray - January 9, 2015

A look at Fate Reforged Spoilers and New MTG Brews

A look at Fate Reforged Spoilers and New MTG Brews By  Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters  Well…HAPPY NEW YEARS magic players! Fate Reforged spoilers have started and dear LORD am I excited.  We have only started to see the... Read More
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Bruce Gray - December 23, 2014

Crack a pack MTG Khans of Tarkir with Bruce #18 (7th)

Crack a pack MTG Khans of Tarkir with Bruce #18 (7th) By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Well Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are enjoying the time with your friends and family…and maybe opening a few cool new... Read More
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Bruce Gray - December 15, 2014

Trading Up [ MTG trading ]

Trading Up by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters If you are anything like me, you have entirely too many cards.  You likely don’t intend on having that many cards and limit your purchasing to those cards you do... Read More
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Gregoire Thibault - December 7, 2014

Modern Masters 2015 Edition

  Announcing Modern Masters 2015 Edition Wizard announced it’s next installment of Modern Masters 2015 to be released May 22, 2015. The set will take players back to some of the more remarkable Magic the Gathering planes such as Zendikar, Mirrodin,... Read More
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Bruce Gray - December 1, 2014

Crack a Pack MTG Khans of Tarkir with Bruce (6th)

Crack a Pack MTG Khans of Tarkir with Bruce #17 (6th KTK) By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Well, I’m back at it trying to work through some pick selections and I’ve got another crack a pack MTG with... Read More
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Bruce Gray - November 27, 2014

Further Deep Thoughts on… Drafting Khans of Tarkir

Further Deep Thoughts on… Drafting Khans of Tarkir By Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters As someone who really enjoys playing Limited games of Magic I was pretty excited to have a relatively free weekend not all that long ago... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - November 25, 2014

Jeskai Stoneblade by Brian Braun-Dunn (1st at Grand Prix New Jersey Le...

Champion’s Deck  Jeskai Stoneblade by Brian Braun-Dunn 1st at Grand Prix New Jersey Legacy on Nov. 16th 2014 It was a daily double last weekend with Treasure Cruise decks winning both this and the Modern GP in Madrid. Despite... Read More
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Gregoire Thibault - November 20, 2014

Stoke the Flames FNM Promo December 2014

  Stoke the Flames FNM promo December 2014   December’s stoke the flames fnm promo is very exciting, the new art is epic and full of details. The dragon form in the flames looks killer with the three mages “Convoking” the Stoke... Read More