Bloodbraid Elf, Anathemancer, Zealous Persecution, Soul Manipulation along with old favorites Kitchen Finks and Boggart Ram-Gang make this a regionals that is filled with either aggro or anti-aggro. Either you are going to be playing those cards or you are not going to be enjoying how the field is looking for you. The Regional championships [...]

I know it’s a week late, but I’m sure you all had fun at last week’s Alara Reborn Prerelease. I got to my sealed pool and was amazed by all the juicy Naya goodness that awaited me. I had both Spell and Spearbreaker Behemoths, as well as a total of eight removal spells. Needless to [...]

Ardent Plea – 1WU Enchantment (Uncommon) Exalted Cascade Illus. Chippy #1/145 Well, on Friday Tom LaPille revealed here that 3cc will be the lowest casting cost for a card with Cascade.  I also like the “vanilla” feel of this exalted card.  Will this see play flipping knight of the white orchid, or wizened cenn, etc.?  [...]

Here’s the next 15 cards, along with my initial thoughts within ~15 seconds of seeing the card. Filigree Angel – 5WWU Artifact Creature – Angel (Rare) Flying When Filigree Angel comes into play, you gain 3 life for each artifact you control. 4/4 Illus. Richard Whitters #6/145 My first thought here is that this is [...]

top 8 magic (brian david-marshall) had the opportunity to preview Glory of Warfare, a rare from Alara Reborn. it was great that he spent quite a bit of time thinking about where the card might fit in the meta, pointing out its utility confined to standard and potentially block.  his main focus for placing WoG [...]

The elephant in the room is the gold theme, and love it or hate it, it’s what they’re running with in this very Legions-esque end to “Invasion, III”.  Some people have been talking about logistical problems like sorting the cards or describing the hybrid-and-third-colored type gold cards, but I think things will work out just [...]

As a special incentive to all those interested in the Dragon’s Egg, Power 9 Pro is running a promotion from March 22 through April 15, 2009. We’re also psyched about the Alara Reborn release on April 30 and want to make sure you gear up so you can show up at the Launch party like [...]