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Did you know that if you create a page on @mtg.wiki for a player who is popular with people on Bluesky that heaps of people will share it and that will build awareness and even might lead to new people who want to start writing about Pro Players creating wiki accounts to do that? Cool, right?

mtg.wikiJesse RobkinJesse Robkin is an American professional player, filmmaker, and head writer for the Tolarian Community College Youtube channel.[1]
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30 years ago this week, Swedish teenager Olle Råde became the third Pro Tour Champion. His deck has been described as the worst to ever win a Pro Tour. However, it was actually a clever meta choice; his Spiders and Insects were resistant to the Ice Age block's best removal spells. #FridayNightMagic

mtg.wiki1996 Pro Tour ColumbusThe third Pro Tour event in the 1996 season was held on July 16 and 17, 1996. The location was the annual Origins convention in Columbus Ohio. The format was Ice Age and Alliances constructed. It was…
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Did you know: The Monkey subtype disappeared from the game for over a decade? From 2005 to 2016, the subtype Ape encompassed all monkey and ape species (except humans). Cards from this period which depict monkeys now have updated subtypes in Oracle—with one exception. mtg.wiki/page/Monkey

mtg.wikiMonkeyMonkey is a creature type used for depictions of the animals commonly called monkeys[2][3] and of fantastical and artificial monkey-like creatures. Monkeys are distinguished from apes&...
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One edge case was "Clue" and "Investigate". Although investigate is technically a distinct mechanic from Clue tokens, they're intertwined enough that we agreed they ought to share an article. The new page explains why Clue-creating cards only sometimes use the investigate keyword. mtg.wiki/page/Clue

mtg.wikiClueClue is a predefined token and artifact type. Clue tokens are colorless artifacts with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card".[2] The investigate keyword action creates a Clue token and does no...
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Scryfall team = best team 🫶

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A new footer link has appeared on @scryfall.com! scryfall.com/team This page gives you a behind-the-curtain look at the awesome people that make Scryfall and @mtg.wiki work. Look, mom! I'm on the internet!

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The second ever Pro Tour was held 30 years ago this week in Long Beach. It would be the first to use a limited format: Fourth Edition and Homelands Booster Draft! Shawn "Hammer" Regnier, a former professional arm-wrestler, took victory by reanimating his opponent's Shivan Dragon. #FridayNightMagic

mtg.wiki1996 Pro Tour Los AngelesThe second Pro Tour event was held from May 3 to 5, 1996 in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3] It was the first to use a Limited format: Fourth Edition and Homelands Booster draft. The winner was…
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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!

mtg.wikiCombo WinterCombo Winter refers to the (Northern Hemisphere) winter at the end of 1998, following the release of Urza's Saga in October of that year. Urza's Saga included several powerful cards that enabled…
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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!

mtg.wikiConquer DominariaConquer Dominaria is a casual Magic variant published in TopDeck magazine. It was designed by David Noonan, with additional credits to Daneen McDermott and Chris Toepker.[1] Despite the title,…
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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

mtg.wikiThe Pauper CubeThe Pauper Cube is a 450 card Cube originally designed by Adam Styborski, but now maintained by a players' committee[1]. It is singleton and adherers to (common-only) Pauper format legality.
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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.

mtg.wikiMichael LocontoMichael "Mike" Loconto is a former Magic: The Gathering player. As a social worker from Grafton, Massachussets, he won the first ever Pro Tour (New York 1996).[1]
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While Michael Loconto was relatively unknown outside the New England area, his grand final opponent was anything but. Bertrand Lestrée was one of the biggest names in early Magic, having been the 1994 French National Champion and the runner-up at the 1994 World Championships.

mtg.wikiBertrand LestréeBertrand Lestrée is a French former professional player and inaugural National Champion. One of the game's early stars, Lestrée was a pre-tournament favorite to win the first ever Worlds, the 1994…
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New York was the breakout event for Necropotence. A Swedish team realised that the recent restriction of Black Vice in Type 2 meant that this "bad" Ice Age rare was now actually quite powerful. Their new deck sent shock-waves across the tournament hall, and gave Leon Lindbäck a third place finish.

mtg.wikiLeon LindbäckLeon Lindbäck is a Swedish former professional Magic player. He was runner up in the 1995 Swedish National Championships, and 1996 Swedish Champion. Lindbäck is best known for his third place finish…
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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

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Starting in 2021, Wizards of the Coast releases a series of promo cards to celebrate the lunar new year. The cards are exclusively distributed in the Asia-Pacific region. This year celebrates the horse across four cards, one token, and one full art land. mtg.wiki/page/Lunar_N...

mtg.wikiLunar New Year promoLunar New Year promos are promotional Magic: The Gatherings given out since 2021 by Wizards of the Coast in the APAC region. They celebrate Chinese New Year, and are distributed to local game stores…
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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

mtg.wikiHungarian National ChampionshipsNational Championship tournaments were held annually in Hungary from 1996 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Hungarian Champion and headed the…
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Crim wasn't the only real-world reference to make it into Kamigawa: A Visual Novel. Can you guess who these other cameos belong to?

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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.

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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...

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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

mtg.wikiCole SwannackCole Swannack is a former professional player who became New Zealand National Champion at the age of 12.[1] He went on to finish a respectable 17th at the 2002 World Championships, being chosen for…
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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.

mtg.wikiMagic: The Gathering (MicroProse) Preconstructed DecksThe 1997 Magic: The Gathering game produced by MicroProse (which also referred to as Shandalar) included a number of preconstructed decks played by its enemy characters. Additionally, in the game's…
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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". 🤷‍♂️

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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!

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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

mtg.wikiPro Tour DominariaPro Tour Dominaria was the third Pro Tour of the 2017–18 season. It took place on 1–3 June 2018 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The event was dominated by red-based aggressive decks featuring…
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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.

mtg.wikiPost Malone’s Arena ConcertA special phantom preconstructed Historic Brawl event was held on Magic: The Gathering Arena from October 20 to 24, 2022 in association with the Musician Post Malone.[1] While billed as a "concert,"…
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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

mtg.wiki100 Ornithopters100 Ornithopters is a 360 card Cube designed by Andy Mangold, one of the hosts of the Cube focused Lucky Paper Radio podcast. As its name suggests, it consists of 100 copies of the artifact creature…

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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...

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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.

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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_...

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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_...

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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

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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

mtg.wikiKindredKindred is a card type first introduced as tribal in Future Sight and expanded upon in the Lorwyn block.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The creature and kindred card types share the same set of subtypes. Thus, the...