Modern Moderation - HUGE Arena Additions, Less Direct-To-Modern, Too Many Releases Drama & More!
Release Date: 08/21/2025
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The End Step of 2025 - Year-End Recap, Best Sellers, Arena Direct Drama & Much More!
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Lorwyn E-Clips - Teaser Time, Brawl Goes Big, Flavor Text Increasing & Much More!
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Boomer Aang Basics - World Champ Takeback Drama, New Marvel Cards, New Digital CCG Announced & More!
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Mythics & Monsters - Secret Lair Re-Do, Buy-A-Box Now-A-Dead, $3K Passes & Much More
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Vivi Gets Entombed - B&R Updates, WotC Prefers TCGPlayer, Monster Hunter Inbound & More!
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TOP 10 - Avatar Cards!
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Lessons Earned - Avatar Favorites, MaRo Celebrates 30 Years, New Secret Lair Solution & More!
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Our Cabbages! - Avatar Previews, Financials Killing It, Cube Drama, Low Turnout & More!
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Limited Adjustments - Bracket Updates, Draft Champs, A:TLA Teasers, & more!
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First Pick Commander Brackets Beta Update Gather the Townsfolk 2027 Magic Limited Championship Free CommandFest Las Vegas Entry for Locals Avatar Teasers Desperate Ravings Blake Addresses Survey thing The Finisher Wizards of the Coast has revealed a new Secret Lair drop: Secret Lair Countdown Kit: An Encyclopedia of Magic. This is as good of an excuse as any to reprint 26 cards that don’t have a home anywhere else, so it got me thinking: what other types of...
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First Pick
Arena Anthologies:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-august-18-2025#Anthologies
Gather the Townsfolk
Less Direct to Modern Sets?
https://mtgrocks.com/direct-to-modern-mtg/
Avatar Roundup
Beginner Box:
Barrier to Entry:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT69mgJN6/
Better-Than-Official Art:
Most Cards Previewed This Early:
https://bsky.app/profile/castanearie.bsky.social/post/3lwker2bkpc2t
Desperate Ravings
Release Density:
https://bsky.app/profile/rhysticstudies.bsky.social/post/3lwmbxvwia22t
https://bsky.app/profile/cardsbyprox.com/post/3lwos2yymb223
https://bsky.app/profile/vorthosjay.bsky.social/post/3lwovt2fbj22k
WotC Squashes “Single Print Run” Rumors:
https://bsky.app/profile/tomrmarks.bsky.social/post/3lwp5asqzbs22
Steel City Spectacular
https://mtgdecks.net/Commander/steel-city-spectacular-20k-cedh-main-event-tournament-208416
Red Zone
Vivi not getting banned in Standard?
The Finisher
As we noted earlier, MaRo posted this week about pulling back the reins on straight-to-Modern sets, which is perhaps calling to an end a trilogy of sorts. Now, most movie franchises are calling it quits after the third, and we all know the Rule of Three, so tell me: what trilogy are you rooting to conclude next?