Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver is one of two new planeswalker characters introduced in the Theros set. Ashiok is a blue/black planeswalker costing three mana to cast one of which must be blue and another black. Ashiok enters the battlefield with three loyalty counters and has three abilities. Any planeswalkers costing three mana deserves a second look…
The finals are almost upon us! One more qualifying round and we will be done! After today the prize pool stands at 71 packs. We had fourteen players this months, with things divided into two tables of seven. This worked out as one of the top 8 didn’t show today, so all the top 8..
This is the third version of Elspeth, the others being Elspeth, Knight-Errant and Elspeth Tirel. Elspeth Knight-Errant is one of the best planeswalkers for multiplayer (or duel, for that matter) making the card expensive to acquire. Elspeth, Sun’s Champion seems similar to Elspeth Knight-Errant. Elspeth, Sun’s Champion costs six mana to cast, two of which..
Theros is Magic: the Gathering’s latest set, and this one takes its inspoiration from classical Greek mythology. Gods, heroes and monsters all feature in this set. Multiplayer fans will find plenty to interest them in this set, and even tribal fans have a card or two to like. There are four new set mechanics in..
Also appearing in the Magic 2014 set is the fourth iteration of Garruk. This time sees the green planeswalker at his most expensive, as Garruk, Caller of Beasts requires six mana to cast, two of which must be green. He enters the battlefield with four loyalty counters and has three abilities. Six-mana planeswalkers need powerful..
This month sees an early club meeting on September 15, which is the earliest in a month the third Sunday can fall. Come along for our great assortment of tabletop games. The club library has been restocked with the games that were sent down to PAX, and are ready to be used and borrowed again…
Will it be fourth time lucky for the Planeswalker Chandra. Her original version was quite good. The third was strong. The less said about the second the better. The fourth is… interesting. Chandra, Pyromaster costs four mana to cast, two of which must be red. She enters the battlefield with four loyalty counters and has..
Fifteen players turn up for round 8 of 11, and were divided into two tables. On table 1, Eddie claimed victory for the second month in a row, this time by crashing through the other opponents for the win. He also picked up three achievements on his way to victory. Steve T picked up one..
The Winter Retreat melee challenge will be played again on the Sunday at this year’s Winter Retreat. This is not connected to the grand melee league and anyone is welcome to enter. There is always one table regardless of how many players we have. Last year we had 17 players and things got quite crazy!..
Wizards of the Coast have made a couple of important rules changes to Magic: the Gathering that will have an effect on games played in our Grand Melee League. The changes in question apply from July 13, so our July round of the league will be played with these rules. The main changes affect legendary..
