Kaladesh Story Spoilers

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

In our spare time over the last few days we've been exploring the brave new world of Magic: the Gathering standard constructed.  As Kaladesh officially releases this very weekend and Magic Origins / Dragons of Tarkir rotate out, we fully expect to see many weird 'n' wonderful inventions at Friday Night Magic at our local gaming store, OMG! Games, here in Barrie, Ontario.  Leading in popularity it seems is Chandra, Torch of Defiance and Smuggler's Copter.

In fact, we think we'll be seeing many Copters -

To that end, may we suggest for your Side Board some copies of Fragmentize and/ or Natural State ?

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Anywhoos, onto today's spoilers - specifically Kaladesh Story spoilers.  SPOILER ALERT - Do not read on if you do not wish to discover the storyline of events unfolding on Kaladesh (and Aether Revolt).
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Still with us?  Alright then - to catch up on all the great stories to date, pop on over to the WotC page here.  At the time of this post, we have been treated to six episodes.

Posted to Reddit, Tumblr and elsewhere are storyline clips from the new Magic Duels game, updated with Kaladesh.  The new release adds 167 NEW unique earnable cards, NEW Story Quests, and NEW Skill Quests.  Here are the clips posted - 

We are definitely looking forward to the upcoming Kaladesh story episodes.  We've got questions that only the details of the stories will provide.  Kudos to the Wizards of the Coast team for yet again developing a great story background.

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MTG Thursday Miscellany

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Happy Thursday MTG peeps,

Tonight at midnight, the newest Magic: the Gathering set, Eldrtich Moon finally goes on sale.  Although some large 'big box' store chains may have ignored the 'street date' by a day or two, a large number of local gaming stores are open late after midnight to run booster drafts or just sell new product.  We'll be popping by our local gaming store, OMG! Games here in Barrie, Ontario to pick up our customary Fat Pack and perhaps a few singles and hopefully scrap together a list for tomorrow's Eldritch Moon Launch for Friday Night Magic.  Participating stores with have that lovely Identity Thief launch promo for gamers.

Anywhoos, on to today's miscellaneous round-up of Magic: the Gathering related notes -

First up - 
Eldritch Moon / is available now on Xbox One, iOS, and PC via Steam in a new update.  Magic Duels gamers can now play through the conclusion of the Innistrad story in a new campaign, and collect over 120 new cards for your favorite decks. Take on the darkness with eldritch abominations, shambling zombies, and the return of the Gatewatch

Second / finally,
We missed a post to MTG Realm yesterday.  Wednesdays we usually talk about that day's Magic short story posted to the mothersite.  The story, titled 'Battle of Thraben', penned by Nik Davidson, sets the stage for the final showdown between the 'Gatewatch' Planeswalkers and was pretty damn awesome.  

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Magic Duels - Origins Spoiler

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Happy Tuesday MTG peeps,

The other day, IGN had posted a rather nice game play trailer video for the Magic Duels digital game, which is due to be release very soon.  Of particular interest to the spoiler nutters in the Magic: the Gathering Community is that there may be some cards within the digital game which gets a printing within the next and last core set, Magic Origins.  Before we get into the nitty-gritty, here's that trailer we speak of -

With careful examination we can float out the following new cards which we would expect to see in Magic Origins -

Chandra's Ignition, 3RR
Sorcery, Rare
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.
In the moment before her execution, she realized what it meant to be a pyromancer, to be alive, to be Chandra.

Ravaging Blaze, XRR
Instant, Uncommon
Ravaging Blaze deals X damage to target creature.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, Ravaging Blaze also deals X damage to that creature's controller.

Displacement Wave, XUU
Sorcery, Uncommon
Return all nonland permanents with converted mana cost X or less to their owners' hands.

Now - some of the marketing - 

Magic Duels is the best way to start playing Magic, offering endless free gameplay, regular content updates, unlockable cards, and many exciting multiplayer modes—including the return of Two-Headed Giant! 

Take your place among more than 20 million Magic players worldwide when Magic Duels launches in July 2015 on iPad, Xbox One, and PC via Steam, with PlayStation 4 coming later this year.

Play the world's best strategy game free on your favorite digital platform. Arm yourself with a deck of dazzling spells and fearsome creatures, then win battles and unlock even more powerful cards to add to your collection.

Challenge some of the brightest minds in the world of Magic. Take on friends, online opponents, and thousands of AI foes.


Explore Magic's all-new Origins campaign and walk in the footsteps of five iconic Planeswalkers as you uncover their never-before-told stories.
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