It's rare to see a Magic: the Gathering mechanic with a downside in 2026, making the Blight mechanic from Lorwyn Eclipsed highly unusual.

At Summer Game Fest, I got to play (and get schooled by) the man who turned Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith, Terra, Yuna and others into Magic cards. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and ...

While many a Magic: The Gathering player have found themselves exhausted by the sheer rapidity with which the game continues to release new products, head designer Mark Rosewater says that the ...

With each collaborative expansion for Magic: The Gathering, the game gets new and interesting cards from third-party universes that bring new gameplay opportunities on the backs of new cards. They ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

Magic: The Gathering is having an even bigger moment than usual this year, thanks to a lot of attention around its splashy crossovers and its rapid rollout of sets. But with that attention, there’s ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

As I sit across from Gavin Verhey, principal Magic: The Gathering game designer and set design lead for Final Fantasy, I'm daunted by the task of playing someone who literally oversaw the development ...