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Magic: The Gathering Is Getting A Pro League
Briefly: 32 top players will get the change to win a combined $US10 ($14) million in prizes, publisher Wizards of the Coast announced yesterday. Their contracts will be for $US75,000 ($103,766), directly addressing concerns Magic pros had about earning sub-par money. Some top players might even come out of retirement, like streamer Janne “Savjz” Mikkonen.
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A D&D Supplement That Makes Your Game More Like Ocean’s Eleven
Wizards of the Coast recently released Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, which asks players to experience a heist, but if you want to play through lots of different heists and capers, you’re sort of out of luck. Here’s To Crime: A Guide to Capers and Heists is all about entertaining those who love crime.
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Ravnica Got Me Into Magic, And Now We’re Going Back
Magic: The Gathering is a card game, but the storytelling and world-building that goes into informing those cards is basically unmatched across the world of games. They announced this week that the game is going back to the world of Ravnica, and it took me down a nostalgia hole.
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Arena Is Magic: The Gathering’s Answer To Hearthstone
Revealed yesterday via live stream, Magic: The Gathering Arena is a new way to play Wizards of the Coast’s trading card game online. Built with streaming and spectating in mind, it’s much prettier than tired old Magic Online, which it totally isn’t replacing.
