I have fallen in love with MTG over the last year, so much so that I am permanently booked out on Fridays for Friday Night Magic. Thus far, the main sets have been a lot of fun to play, but not every theme has clicked with me. I loved the fairy tales in Eldraine and the dinos in Ixalan, but cowboys and detectives are a bit meh. Good thing they were fun as hell to play. Bloomburrow, on the other hand, has had my eye since the announcement. To say I was amped to start playing this bad boy would…
Author: Blair Loveday
I have been dabbling with Flesh and Blood more and more and keep discovering how excellent this game is. After checking out Round the Table and finding it the best way to start playing FAB, I wanted to try out the new Blitz Deck collection that has come with the latest set, Part the Mistveil. The question is, is it worth checking out? What comes in the Part the Mistveil Blitz Deck Collection? The box comes with all three Part the Mistveil Blitz Decks, three standard booster packs, a rubber playmat, and all in a cardboard box that can store…
Flesh and Blood is named after Legend Story Studios desire for the game to be played in the flesh. This is why they support local game stores so much. So it’s only a wee bit poetic that after Part The Mistveil which was their attempt to break into the Japanese market, is followed up by a win from a LGS owner based in Osaka. https://youtu.be/sWM_frHMeoI Flesh and Blood’s Pro Tour Amsterdam saw over 1000 players flock to the Amsterdam RAI this weekend to play at one of the largest TCG events in Europe this year and Flesh and Blood’s marquee…
To say I have been amped for the new MTG set Bloomburrow is an understatement. I mean, mice and rabbits armed to the teeth with swords and bows – what more could one ask for? Well, naturally, I headed down to Bea DnD for some pre-release action to check it out ahead of launch, and then I headed down twice more. You may already guess how I am feeling about this set so far. What the heck is a pre-release event? If you’re new, this is a weird part of TCGs that is kind of counterintuitive, but it’s actually a…
It has happened. Aotearoa and Australia have caught up to the rest of the world in Lorcana. With the fourth set, Ursula’s Return, now out, we can watch and enjoy the cadence of new Lorcana sets as they release worldwide. But while we wait for Shimmering Skies, is Ursula’s Return worth checking out? Ursula is back! From where? https://youtu.be/HRXBcvg8JGA Based on the story trailer, it seems like Bruno Madrigal has done some magic and brought back Ursula. Or he is corrupted by Ursula? I dunno; it’s hard to tell what the dang Lorcana story is from a YouTube trailer and…
A44 Games from our hometown Wellington is at it again! This time they have dropped their latest souls-lite game, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. To say it looks awesome is an understatement. And yes I am biased, so I may need to get another writer to review it. Anyway, check out the trailer: https://youtu.be/RUVkGaAW-8w You can pick up Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn on Xbox, PlayStation, or PC NOW!!!
If you are living in Australia or Aotearoa, then the last few weeks have changed a lot in the Lorcana space. We went from enviously not having access to the cards to getting a set every couple of weeks. Well, the third set, Into the Inklands, isn’t available; it’s a massive step up for Disney Lorcana. What are the Inklands, and how do we get in there? https://youtu.be/9W6FyW66zkY Annoyingly, the story of Lorcana is hard as hell to follow. After Rise of the Floodborn, the story isn’t being published on Ravensburger’s website anymore. There is a trailer and some flavour…
My obsession for the last year has become Magic: The Gathering. Testing it out for Lord of the Rings, then diving headfirst into the Wilds of Eldraine, it has come to control the bulk of my Friday nights. My old obsession, video games, has started to crossover with the excellent Fallout Commander decks. Now Assassin’s Creed has come to MTG, and it’s kind of a weird way to check it out. How can you buy the set? https://youtu.be/IzHR-vsMXW0 Going into this, I was expecting to check out some dope Commander decks. I mean, with the breadth of Assassin’s Creed games…
I have become a big fan of the Magic: The Gathering Starter Kits. After picking up the Lord of the Rings Starter Kit and then the 2023 Starter Kit late last year, they have become a staple in my house. When we want to play a long game of MTG, we grab a couple Commander Decks. If we want to jam a quick game, we grab a couple of Starter Kit decks. Well, the latest Universe Beyond set has brought us Assassin’s Creed, and with it a new Starter Kit. So naturally, I was excited to check this one out.…
Since I started my TCG journey with MTG last year, I quickly discovered that sealed and draft events are my favourite ways to play. From prerelease events where you get packs and build a deck to booster drafts where you open packs and pass them around, taking the cards you want, it’s so fun. Make your deck and play against people who made theirs. Well, now that Lorcana is releasing in Aotearoa and Australia hot and fast, these game options are popping up. So I took the opportunity to go down to Bea DnD to play a sealed event to…