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The Northern Hemisphere celebrates the end of winter today, but every player can be grateful that we've left Combo Winter far behind us. At the end of 1998, Urza's Saga spawned oppressive, T1-win combo decks dominating every format. Many players quit the game entirely!

Two weeks ago, we asked for your help finding a specific map of Aerona. Thanks to @ethanfleischer.bsky.social, we found it in TopDeck #7, secured a copy, debound it, and scanned it in... and found that it belongs to a little-discussed casual gameplay variant!

If playing with a Cube seems interesting, but the scope of creating one is intimidating, consider grabbing a list online! As with more traditional formats, you can netdeck a budget build, like the very popular Pauper Cube: 450 commons, at about $0.50 USD per card! #mtgcube

Mike Loconto, who'd been enjoying liquid refreshments at the reception of PT New York, went up to Richard Garfield and told him that he'd be handing him the trophy on Sunday. True to his promise, on February 18, 1996 - 30 years ago today - Loconto became Magic's first ever Pro Tour champion.

恭喜發財 ! Welcome to the Year of the Horse. Celebrate the Lunar New Year with your favorite Magic horse, from Nightmare in Alpha to Calamity in OTJ and everything in between! #MagicTheGathering

30 years ago today, the first "Black Lotus Pro Tour" kicked off. 239 of the best #MTG players had passed the rigorous qualifying process: they'd successfully managed to get through the overloaded #WoTC Customer Service phone lines. Consequently, New York 1996 was known as "Pro Tour Speed Dial".

Hungary has held #MTG National Championships annually for the last 30 years, not letting silly little issues like #WoTC cancelling Nationals - twice - stop them. Even better, they kept records of every Top 8! If you don't speak Hungarian, don't worry: we've got all the details. #FridayNightMagic

On this day in 2022, @theasianavenger.bsky.social became a denizen of Kamigawa. Read about Crim's debut in Kamigawa: A Visual Novel, on the MTG Wiki. mtg.wiki/page/Kamigaw... #MagicTheGathering #NEO #Kamigawa

We have a winner!

For those not familiar, this is similar map included with the 12-month Magic: The Gathering calendar from 1997. It doesn't have the regions outlined nor the WUBRG color shading.

Readers, we have a challenge! We want to source this map of Aerona and get a better photo/scan. We know it is • Different from the 1997 calendar • Printed 2000 or before • Maybe from a magazine? Not Duelist; possibly TopDeck 6, 7, 9, or 11 Can you help us track this down? mtg.wiki/page/File:Ma...

Cole Swannack was 12 years old when he became New Zealand National Champion. He was 13 years old when he faced Raphaël Lévy in a Round 17 "win-and-in" at the 2002 Magic World Championships. After three close games Lévy took the match. Cole finished in 17th place. #FridayNightMagic #WaitangiDay #NZ

Curious about what casual #MTG looked like in the early days? The decks from the 1997 "Shandalar" video game can provide some insight. The Warlock, for instance, includes the classic Dark Ritual and Hypnotic Specter combo, while the Enchantress can clear the way by placing Lure on a Cockatrice.

This month's Events Guide is thin while we wait for news from @magic.wizards.com. The #MTGxTMNT publishing failure cut off spoiler season, so expect the rest of the cards... someday. And UB = no story; sorry Vorthos. We're also expecting a Commander Format Panel update "by the end of February". 🤷‍♂️

One year ago today, we forked MTG Wiki from its previous hosting. We've had a busy year, averaging more than 200 edits per day!

This weekend, the Pro Tour will return to Richmond, Virginia, for the second time. The first event that the city hosted, Pro Tour Dominaria in 2018, saw seven players reach the Top 8 by playing aggressive red decks. Will we see history repeating at Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed? #FridayNightMagic

Looking for inspiration for a new deck? Then consider these musical numbers from a collaboration #MTGArena did with Post Malone in 2022! Brawl players could have a lot of fun in the casual queue with the stock decklists, but they could also be the basis of a fantastic new paper Commander deck too.

Cubes don't have to be a collection of the most powerful cards from Magic's history, they can be anything their designers can imagine. Completely novel drafting experiences can be created around some of the most unlikely cards imaginable: such as the classic zero-mana flier Ornithopter. #mtgcube

Today is release day for Lorwyn Eclipsed! #MTGLorwyn Among the cards you might pull tonight at #FridayNightMagic is Formidable Speaker, the Player Spotlight card for 2023's World Champion, Jean-Emmanuel Depraz! @jedepraz.bsky.social mtg.wiki/page/Jean-Em...

It's time for my Lorwyn Eclipsed Legends thread! Let's start at the top of the order, with Ashling! Ashling has become the emblematic character of Lorwyn, and as a result has the most cards at five! Her original Shadowmoor transformation turned her into the Destroyer, but that wasn't the end...

We've heard from several parties that today's post missed the mark. The goal was to engage curiosity about a well-known artwork to draw readers to an article that covers the artist in detail, not to make light of her political activity. We'll keep your feedback in mind going forward.

Did you know: when Terese Nielsen illustrated the iconic Force of Will, she believed that she was making art for a "bad, cool-looking red magic shaman", rather than a blue card? #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Terese_...

It's not easy being queen! Learn all about Oko's sister, Maralen, and who she was before she ruled over Lorwyn-Shadowmoor (and before she became the face of your new elf/faerie commander deck) 🧝‍♀️ ! mtg.wiki/page/Maralen

I did not expect the artist articles to be so detailed. This is amazing.

Lorwyn Eclipsed includes a surprise return artist: Margaret Organ-Kean, last seen in 1997's Tempest! #MTGLorwyn

Lorwyn Eclipsed has 13 Kindred cards: two cycles, two reprints, one artifact. The OG Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block had 49! Despite scoring 9 on the Storm Scale and "fundamental" problems, R&D has chosen to use the type "sparingly"—we also saw it in MH3, M3C, and DSC! #MTGLorwyn mtg.wiki/page/Kindred

Did you know: until 2010, earlier versions of Magic's Reprint Policy carved out exceptions for reprinting tournament-legal cards from the Reserved List? #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Reserve...

Know Before You Go (To FNM) A clachan, a kithkin village, isn't pronounced "claw chan". It varies with dialect, but it's close to clackin' or "clock in", except that the "ch" often makes the sound at the end of "loch", rather than a hard "k".

Many named mechanics from the original Lorwyn—Shadowmoor megablock were poorly received and won't be returning in #MTGLorwyn. Champion, which gives you powerful creatures at a low cost, IS returning—but it's in the name, rather than a keyword!

Today is the start of preview season for Lorwyn Eclipsed! #MTGLorwyn #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Lorwyn_... The preview stream starts in one hour: youtu.be/TG1mJ7zpi10

We should also note that we're expecting some #MTGLorwyn side stories... some day? Wizards wasn't very clear on when to expect them, but whenever they show up, we'll have the details! mtg.wiki/page/Magic_S...

Here's your Event Guide for January! On Monday, we start previews for Lorwyn Eclipsed, which releases in three weeks! On the pro play front, we'll have Magic Spotlight: The Avatar next week, and end the month with the #MTGLorwyn Pro Tour! mtg.wiki/page/Lorwyn_...

Happy New Year! If you're looking for a resolution, why not commit to joining mtg.wiki as an editor? Request an account here! mtg.wiki/page/Special...

It's the final day of the year, and you know what that means: Happy birthday to the best little brother in the Multiverse! [citation needed] mtg.wiki/page/Mishra #MTG #MagicTheGathering

Did you know: the first artist to participate in the Secret Lair Drop Artist Series has not had new artwork published for Magic since 2022? #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Seb_McK...

Merry Christmas! Since 2006, Wizards of the Coast has distributed exclusive holiday cards to their employees and business partners. The 20025 card is Cheer, an Elemental with Evoke—a combination that evokes next month's Lorwyn Eclipsed! #MTGLorwyn #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Holiday...

'Tis the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature is stirring, not even this mouse, ... because he got banned in Standard. Naughty list! You can find current ban info in a lot of places. MTG Wiki has a timeline of every ban in the game's history! mtg.wiki/page/Banned_...

Looking forward to it! Once this is in place, our articles for mechanics and creature types will include color pie breakdowns, updated regularly, to show how frequently they appear in each color.

Did you know: Magic's first art director intentionally gave the early artists almost no actual direction? #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Jesper_...

Did you know: the person who wrote the first version of Magic's Tournament Rules also helped Mark Rosewater get hired by Wizards of the Coast? #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Steve_B...

Did you know: one of the 25 artists for Alpha also painted a celebration card for Richard Garfield's second marriage—but otherwise contributed almost no artwork to Magic for more than 20 years? #MagicTheGathering mtg.wiki/page/Drew_Tu...

Another major achievement for the Wiki, we now have over 9000 articles and we're still growing! If you have a passion for any aspect of Magic and have the time to write and cite, we'd love to have you contribute. No matter how big or small, all edits are welcome!

Happy anniversary to us! Today, MTG Wiki is 20 years old! From our start at @mtgsalvation.bsky.social to today, hosted by @scryfall.com, we've been here to serve the community for a long time. Here's a summary of our work this last year, and some thoughts looking ahead! reddit.com/r/magicTCG/c...

No, that's not a typo; Morcant isn't a prefect. The elves of #MTGLorwyn historically organized themselves into castes based on their physical beauty. High Perfect Morcant is the highest member of the highest caste, above mere Faultless, Immaculate, and Exquisite elves. mtg.wiki/page/Elf#Lor...

There's a lot of background to #MTGLorwyn, and the original set came out 18 long years ago! (or roughly 44 years ago, in the Argivian Reckoning) For the broad strokes, read about Oona, former queen of the fae! Maralen probably wasn't just seeing things in yesterday's story... mtg.wiki/page/Oona

This is an excellent point. On those occasions that Magic's story is graced by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, we often get bonus authorial insight from her blog! Thanks @rivalrowan.bsky.social!

#MTGLorwyn stories are here! Catch 'em fresh at DailyMTG, and we'll have the details across the Wiki soon. magic.wizards.com/story mtg.wiki/page/Magic_S... @magic.wizards.com takes an annual two-week holiday vacation. When they get back next month, it's spoiler time, plus more side stories!

Congratulations to Seth Manfield! We don't have any snazzy trophies to award, but we've already got the news immortalized in his article. This is Manfield's second World Champion title—he also won in 2015! #MTGWorlds mtg.wiki/page/Seth_Ma...

At #MTGWorlds, our competitors are playing for glory and the coveted World Championship trophy! Feast your eyes on our new trophy design inspired by the ever iconic Black Lotus. ✨ Check out all the action 👉 Twitch.tv/Magic