In their update article for May, Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) announced three new Draft formats for players looking to try something other than Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. A themed Chaos Draft and two Spotlight Cubes will be coming to Magic Online this month, and here's the lowdown on these special Draft formats and what else to expect from MTGO over the next few weeks.
Fans of Magic: The Gathering eager to get this quarantine over with and head to their local game stores for some paper matches will have to wait longer than originally anticipated. Unfortunately, Wizards of the Coast announced recently through their Wizards Play Network (WPN) that they've extended the suspension of in-store play until June 1st. They cited the safety of the Magic community in the face of COVID-19 as the reason for extending the suspension.
Hasbro announced yesterday that revenues for Magic: The Gathering "were up significantly in the first quarter" of 2020. The company, which owns Magic's publisher Wizards of the Coast, attributed this success to strong sales from the release of sets Theros: Beyond Death and Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. This increase in revenue also comes in spite of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Magic: the Gathering Arena players looking for another excellent Daily Deal will be disappointed today, as a bug has rendered that section of the game's shop inaccessible. Arena's Twitter account announced early on April 29 that they were investigating an issue with the Daily Deals page. The developers added that had disabled the page until they found a fix.
New evidence has surfaced that fuels speculation that hit game Apex Legends may be making the leap to next-gen with a port to the new PS5 and Xbox Series X.
ELEAGUE Showdown is launching a second season of Magic: The Gathering Arena coverage on its Twitch channel this April, featuring star players and analysts.
Magic: the Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC) announced that three Japanese-language exclusive Godzilla Series Monster cards from the latest set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths will not be available in English and French Collectors Boosters due to an internal printing error.
The creators of Magic: the Gathering announced on Twitter that the new card Gyruda, Doom of Depths is now banned in all formats exclusively on Magic: the Gathering Online. This comes after the platform's developers discovered that the card did not interact as intended with enchantment Leyline of the Void.
Magic: The Gathering has released the April patch notes for the latest version of Magic: The Gathering Arena. This newest version's release coincides with the debut of new Standard-legal set Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths on the digital platforms. The patch delivers a range of much-awaited features and quality-of-life improvements that gamers have been requesting for ages and we've got the highlights of the notes ready for you to check out below.
