happy all hallow's eve, fellow humans 🎃🕯️

FROM THE VAULT: TWENTY released at local game stores to celebrate Magic's then 20th anniversary 9 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days ago today. The set contained 20 cards—all of which were historically relevant to high-level competitive play. It originally retailed for $39.99..

LSV took top spot at Pro Tour Berlin exactly 14yrs ago today! In that Extended event, six of the Top 8 players piloted Elves. When the Final eventually came, it was LVS's Elves against Matej Zatlkaj's. That match was over in just 3 games & Luis entered the ranks of PT champion!

I love discovering old art easter eggs & i've just learned about this one: Nils Hamm illustrated RETURN TO RAVNICA's Coursers' Accord. It depicted a pair of Centaur. In the following set—GATECRASH—he reused those same Centaur from Coursers' Accord for "Illness in the Ranks".

Magic Players Magicians 🤝 Obsessed with keeping things in sleeves

Released 14 years ago today, Jace & Chandra clashed in the first Planeswalker vs Planeswalker Duel Deck product! Duel Decks featuring a Planeswalker battle would go on to be integral during the lifespan of the Duel Deck series releasing one each year until 2016 (9 in total).

Twitter Blue accounts are the "create a copy... except it's not legendary" of twitter account

what other card names do you think would make for a good crayon name & what color is it?

The first wave of Magic: The Gathering's FALLEN EMPIRES began hitting US retailers 28 years ago today! While the expansion itself is often remembered as overprinted; it innovated gameplay with the first sac lands, consistent creature types & heavy token/counter-based effects.

Happy Thanksgiving from me & InQuest Magazine (c. 1998)

A lot of old WOTC articles have been erased last year. Not even available with Wayback machine. They were still accessible last summer. The MTG history have been flushed out of the Internet Mark Rosewater Brian David-Marshall Aaron Forsythe

While I don't really post on here much anymore, I still mine the past for Magic history. In doing so, I recently had the pleasure of podcasting with Wizards' first in-house lawyer—Brian Lewis. We chat about the reserved list origins, counterfeiting, the TCG patent & much more:

Was at SkullStore in Toronto, Ontario this week. It’s a fascinating place & got an amazing tour by the resident Magician Jim (illusionist, not card game player) One of my fav things was that there was the mtg card “Meteorite” next to a bunch of purchasable actual meteorites!

interested in some very early Magic history? check out my new podcast I speak to the 1st-ever finalist from the 1st Magic tournament ever held Gen Con ‘93. We talk day 1 impressions, the tourney & his time w/ MTG since 📺:  youtu.be/_bs1sRR1x-8 🎧:  tinyurl.com/TBPNRS021