Team Power 9 Pro member Roberto Gonzales is hosting Power 9 Pro’s first ever tournament in Rio Rancho, New Mexico at the Inquisitive Coffee and Gaming. The tournament will be held on Valentine’s Day (Saturday, February 14), because we know that Magic is your true love! Registration starts at 9AM and the tournament starts at [...]

The mothership has posted the visual spoiler for Conflux.  The artwork is very cool.  (Not as cool as it would be with 4-5 Rebecca Guay pieces, but I digress).  Check it out here.

Paragon of the Amesha – 2W Creature – Human Knight (Uncommon) First strike {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Until end of turn, Paragon of the Amesha gets +3/+3, gains flying and lifelink, and becomes an Angel in addition to its other creature types. 2/2 Let’s see.  Another first strike gray ogre, so it’s playable at worst.  If you happen [...]

Well, as you can see above, our beloved artist Rebecca Guay is again scorned by the plane of Alara.  It’s a shame, as other high-fantasy type artists such as Volkan Baga have, in my estimation, quite a complimentary aesthetic to that of Guay. The orb, by the way, can be found here.  I’ll be busy [...]

Court Homunculus – W Artifact Creature – Homunculus (Common) Court homunculus gets +1/+1 if you control another artifact. 1/1 At best, he’s non-legendary Isamaru.  At worst, he’s eager cadet that dies to naturalize.  I’m thinking he’s a bit player in a very narrow archetype.  Not seeing him doing a lot outside of 40-card formats.  Neat creature [...]

Gleam of Resistance – 4W Instant (Common) Creatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. Basic landcycling {1}{W} I like it.  A scary effect in white which should win you a game or two at the pre-release.  The landcycling cycle is very very good this time around.  There’s a few more [...]

In the past, I’ve done “snap judgment” first impressions of spoiled cards as they appear on the interweb.  I got a late start on the Conflux spoiler, but here’s my first impressions of the initial 27 cards spoiled by mtgsalvation.  After each card, I give my impression along with (usually) some indication of how likely [...]

shezam. it’s saved to my server here (it’s a zipfile) so you can now have it as your desktop image. thanks to mtg realm for letting me know it was there.