Column by Scott Thorne
January 19, 2020
This week, Scott Thorne offers his take on the major announcements of the week involving Renegade Game Studios, Fantasy Flight Games, and Wizards of the Coast.
No Advanced Warnings for Bans; Also, Oko Gets Banned Again
December 17, 2019
Wizards of the Coast revealed that it will no longer schedule Banned and Restricted Announcements, but instead, make changes to formats on Mondays with no set dates or prior warning.
Making An Effort To Balance The New Format
December 2, 2019
Wizards of the Coast continues to ban its way through the Magic: The Gathering Pioneer format as they added three more cards to their Banned and Restricted List.
Column by Scott Thorne
November 4, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne delivers a quick note from the "Fun with Amazon Pricing" department, and then, goes on to analyze the reasons Wizards of the Coast created the Pioneer format.
'Commander Legends', Commander Collection: Green', and 'Ikoria' and 'Zendikar Rising' Commander Decks
October 31, 2019
Wizards of the Coast unveiled four new products for Magic: The Gathering aimed at Commander players which will release throughout the coming year.
Introduces New Class
August 20, 2019
The volume will introduce the artificer class, which fuses technology and magic, as the first new Dungeons & Dragons class since the Player's Handbook.
WPN Members to Hold More Qualifiers
August 19, 2019
The goal of the new circuit is to allow WPN members to run more events and reduce the barriers to hosting them.
Column by Scott Thorne
May 13, 2019
This week, Scott Thorne examines the coming changes to the WPN.
Scalable Support, New Metrics
March 18, 2019
Wizards of the Coast is replacing its current four-level system with a simpler two-level system and scalable prize support for Magic: The Gathering.
With $10 Million 2019 Prize Pool
December 7, 2018
Wizards of the Coast is ending its Magic Pro Tour and launching a new program incorporating esports and MTG Arena , with a prize pool of $10 million.
