Prerelease dates are not driven by preview windows, it's the other way around. #wotcstaff

The holidays are the reason we're running the test here. I do see why that paragraph leads to other conclusions. #wotcstaff

The final Friday is always the full CIG. #wotcstaff

I'm seeing a lot of takes on why Lorwyn Eclipsed preview season is short. It's pretty simple: It's because of the holidays. A normal 2-week preview season would have started Dec. 29 or 30, when our offices are (rightfully) closed. Enjoy your holidays and we'll see you Jan. 5 #wotcstaff

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For the final WeeklyMTG of 2025, Blake is throwing a #MTGxMarvel party as a gift to himself. You can come too.

Join Blake, and special guests @wachelreeks.com and Gabriel Luna at 10AM Pacific over at twitch.tv/Magic!

The GOAT. #wotcstaff

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#MTGxATLA has already made its mark on Standard, so today on WeeklyMTG we'll be battling with some decks brought to life by the latest set. See you in about 15! twitch.tv/magic #WOTCstaff

Sorry everyone, WeeklyMTG is canceled today due to some last-minute, totally unforeseen issues unrelated to my completely foreseeable birthday. We'll see you next week! #WOTCstaff

10 Minutes!

Tomorrow we'll of course be discussing today's B&R announcement on WeeklyMTG, with guests @carmparens.bsky.social & @thequietfish.bsky.social. Drop your top questions here and we'll answer as many as we can on-air. #WOTCstaff

New B&R article just dropped. Lots of stuff to talk about on the tabletop and digital fronts, as well as some notes from @thequietfish.bsky.social on updates to design heuristics.

Link to the full article below!

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My mistake. It goes up Friday.

My mistake. It goes up Friday.

My mistake. It goes up Friday.

I don’t talk much about my wife’s charity work, but Boyer Children’s Clinic is near and dear to our hearts. Help out an amazing cause and donate to get some cool stuff you may recognize: boyercc2025.ggo.bid/bidding/pack... #WOTCstaff

A book cover reading MAGIC THE GATHERING | STRIXHAVEN | OMENS OF CHAOS, showing a blonde woman in a school uniform, standing inside a dome of magic. The author credit is given as SEANAN MCGUIRE, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR. At the top of the image is a banner reading "Coming February 17, 2026."

So why do I keep going on and on about OMENS OF CHAOS? A couple of reasons.

A book cover reading MAGIC THE GATHERING | STRIXHAVEN | OMENS OF CHAOS, showing a blonde woman in a school uniform, standing inside a dome of magic. The author credit is given as SEANAN MCGUIRE, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR. At the top of the image is a banner reading "Coming February 17, 2026."

Hey. Just wanted to remind y'all that this is coming. Look. Look! I convinced Wizards of the Coast to let me write a print MAGIC THE GATHERING novel!

Announcing the 2027 Magic Limited Championship October 21, 2025 Wizards of the Coast It's time for high stakes, massive prizes, and a competition that brings Limited to the center stage. It's everything a Limited aficionado could dream of—and then some. Today, we're announcing a special event and supporting tournament structure for 2026–27. Start memorizing your pack 1, pick 1s; it's time for the Magic Limited Championship! What Is the Magic Limited Championship? The upcoming Magic Limited Championship is a special tournament that puts the focus on Limited, supported by events across the world that will let the best Limited players qualify for this high-level Limited extravaganza. The Magic Limited Championship will take place in 2027, with qualifying events held in 2026. This is a new and exciting initiative, but for now we're announcing just this event and its qualifying path. It's not a new series. The Magic Limited Championship will take place in 2027, with the exact date and location to be announced. It will be an exciting, Limited-filled three-day tournament with structures similar to the Pro Tour. But, you know, Limited formats only. Keep an eye on Magic.gg and our social media channels for more information about this event as we get closer.

Announcing the 2027 Magic Limited Championship #mtg #MagicLimitedChampionship

The upcoming Magic Limited Championship is a special tournament that puts the focus on Limited. The MLC will take place in 2027. 3 days, $500k prize pool, Top 8 to Worlds

It's super fun and there are a bunch of ways to build it. It's currently my favorite deck. #wotcstaff

I hear you, and keeping and/or restoring trust is a big thing I'm focused on. That said, there's a difference between "here's how things are for the foreseeable future" and "here's how things are forever." We shouldn't ever say the second one. We say the first one all the time.

Without specifics, I couldn't speak to it specifically. But I can say that as long as I've been here we've not stopped working with someone just because they said something negative. We've stopped for other reasons, but we don't make them public because we're not out to badmouth people.

I get that frustration. It sounds like it's still for you, but I hear you. Part of the reason we expanded to 3 year Standard was to let people play their decks. Are you regularly RCQing? FNM? What's your Standard play experience of choice?

If you already don't trust me, how can I answer that question? Or any question? I'd love to engage and discuss, but I feel at a disadvantage when the lead in is that you don't trust what I say.

I read that differently, but I also know Mark personally, so that certainly colors my read.

Totally! My MTG motto is much the same--we all start from a place about being passionate about Magic. That's an awesome place to start from. We should be so lucky to have that in common. #wotcstaff

I'll respond! I get that coming away with that ick, but that's just not how our processes work here. Fishing for a predetermined answer doesn't help us at all and isn't how we discuss or review data internally. You ever discuss data with a room of Magic players? It's that.

I very much don't think anyone said they were whining by anyone working for WotC. If anyone did say that, I'd like to know, because that's not cool (or accurate).

No...I'm saying we are looking at the full ecosystem and players see their slice. They're different views. Both can be true that a local scene is suffering but the full ecosystem is not. No one here is lying. It's not one or the other.

And we've heard that. But we also know exactly how many Standard events are run with how many players play across the full ecosystem. And it's up. Squaring that feedback and that data is something we spend a lot of time on.

If we're coming off as dismissive, that sucks and we should do better. That said, two things can be true--many players may not like a thing, AND they may be in the minority to a point we continue down a path they don't like. That doesn't feel good for anyone.