Category: Infographic
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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 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 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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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 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…
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Most Popular Commander by State – Summer 2023
We can argue all day about what the song of the summer is, but a much more challenging endeavor is to understand who the Magic: the Gathering commander of the summer would be. We use Google Search data to find out!
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The Best-Selling Basic Lands of the 2023
We are in the Golden Age of Basic Lands. But which ones are players actually buying and using the most?
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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?