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2023’s Most Popular Cube Cards by the Numbers
We don’t have any qualitative awards for new Magic cards. Even with the category becoming much less competitive, Quintorius Kand has no chance of winning the award for “Best New Planeswalker” since no such trophy exists. But we do have numbers at our disposal to help recap the year and quantitatively understand just how impactful…
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The Numbers That Killed Draft Boosters
A year ago, each new premiere expansion for Magic: the Gathering hit shelves via roughly a dozen unique products, including four distinct types of booster packs. Starting with Murders at Karlov Manor early next year, that number drops to two. What happened?
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The Basic Lands That Won The Magic World Championship 2023
The 29thMagic: the Gathering World Championship, the game’s most prestigious tournament, recently wrapped in Las Vegas with French pro Jean-Emmanuel Depraz claiming the top prize and the promise of a card bearing his likeness in the future. During the Standard portion of the event, many of the game’s top players displayed their preferences by which…
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MtG and “Doctor Who” Have Little Overlap – But That’s a Good Thing
Doctor Who is coming to Magic: the Gathering, but some statistics suggest that’s not the best pairing. Is there more to these numbers than meets the eye?
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The Basic Lands That Won Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings
Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings wrapped up yesterday in Barcelona, with first-time PT attendee Jake Beardsley taking home the top prize Rakdos Scam may have been the top deck, but what were the top basic lands that brought players victory in Barcelona?
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Calculating Magic’s Most-Hyped Cards
The hype around the most recent Magic: the Gathering expansion, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, has been unprecedented. But what are the most hyped spoilers across the game’s 30 year history?
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Ranking the Showcase Treatments – with Math!
March of the Machine has become an instant classic, hailed as one of the best draft formats of all time by one of Magic’s most successful limited players. While the companion/expansion set March of the Machine: Aftermath has not fared nearly as well in the public consciousness, one of the more celebrated elements of the…
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What Everyone Missed at Pro Tour: March of the Machine
Much has been said about Pro Tour: March of the Machine, but one critical element has gone all but undiscussed: which basics were the best players running?
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Trivia by the Numbers: March of the Machine Pt. 2
Previously, we discussed the first half of March of the Machine’s notable accomplishments as a Magic expansion via number-related trivia. Today, we’ll finish off the remainder of our 16 funnest stats from #MTGMOM
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INFOGRAPHIC: A Timeline of Magic’s Most Powerful Creature
What’s the most powerful creature in all of Magic: the Gathering? While the 30 years of the game has invited players to engage in myriad debates on the topic, the notion that a 2/1 monkey or a similarly-statted human with flash tops the list can seem fanciful when there is an objective measure of a…
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How Many “March of the Machine” Cards Are From Each Plane?
Which Magic planes got the most representation in the multiverse-spanning March of the Machine? Cardboard by the Numbers finds out.
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The Most-Represented Real-World Countries in Magic: the Gathering
Between Secret Lair drops, promos, Universes Beyond releases, and most notably, the Portal expansion that took place during the semi-fictionalized Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, Magic: the Gathering has visited our real world on many occasions. But what’s the most-represented modern-day country in the game of Magic?
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Minecraft’s History with Magic
Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time, so it only follows that the team behind Magic: the Gathering would be interested in collaborations, crossovers, and references. The latest Magic expansion features the latter of those, but this is not the first time the two IP have teamed up!
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Belligerent Yearling and the History of 3-Power Red 2-Drops
This weekend’s spoilers for the upcoming Magic: the Gathering expansion The Lost Caverns of Ixalan have been exciting, but one little dinosaur has shown some impressive precedent: Belligerent Yearling. Join us as we go through the history of the game’s 3-power red creatures to show how incredible this dino actually is.
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The No Good & The Forgotten: Notable Exclusions at CubeCon 2023
CubeCon is almost upon us! This year’s gala has been sold out for quite some time, but as the biggest physical event of the year dedicated to Magic: the Gathering’s greatest format, CubeCon makes for a fascinating punctuation mark on the year’s theory crafting and evolution. The 48 Cube lists included in the main event,…
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What are the bonus cards in the Summer Superdrop 2023 Secret Lair?
In its nearly three year history, Secret Lair has become a key area of interest for Magic: the Gathering’s corporate owner, Wizards of the Coast, representing the company’s attempt to capture some of the secondary market revenue previously exclusive to local game stores and individuals looking to recoup on their hobby. However, to not completely…
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The Most Popular Guild Cards in Cube: Azorius
So with precious few slots, which cards do Cube curators pick the most for each color pair? With 291 blue-and-white cards (known as Azorius in Magic parlance) printed over the game’s 30-year history, how do you narrow that down to only a handful, representing everything you want out of a draft experience? Here’s what we…