Newest updates
The latest reporting, ordered by source publication time. Times may be approximate.
- Wizards prices Atlanta Festival in a Box at $249.99 for an Oct. 19 Secret Lair sale, bringing a full 24-pack Mystery Booster Commander Edition box to a wide Magic release; two per customer, while supplies last.
- Wizards adds God Packs to 2027 Multiverse sets at 1 per 1,000 Booster Packs and 1 per 300 Collector Boosters, removes guaranteed common and uncommon foils, and says prices will not change.
- SCG CON Los Angeles hosts a $100,000 Modern Regional Championship October 10–11, with $20,000 for the winner and Pro Tour and World Championship invitations at stake.
- Japan’s OCG will get Rarity Collection -Climax Scene Edition- on Feb. 27, 2027, with 80 cards, six new cards and finale-themed reprints
- Cooperativa’s Chilean exclusive reveals Rally of War, a 3-cost Fury Spell that plays three 1-Might Unit tokens onto a chosen occupied enemy battlefield; Radiance launches worldwide Oct. 23
- Jace, Arcane Strategist listings rise 422% to $6.06 for the War of the Spark printing as Reality Fracture drives Jace Commander demand; MTG Rocks says the spike may fade.
- Creator Pedrovic posts English text for all four Radiance Evelynn cards: In Control scores an extra point when you hold its battlefield with a facedown card.
- Reality Fracture’s Pompous Battlemage pairs a Prowess one-drop with a Prepared rummage spell; MTG Rocks reports a Pioneer Challenge win and early Standard and Modern play.
- Pokémon TCG Live’s 30THCONTINUES code gives each account three 30th Celebration Illustration Rares—Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos—plus a T-shirt until Nov. 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. PDT
- MTG Rocks reports near-mint foil Aminatou, the Fateshifter listings at $22.19 shipped, up from $3.08 on September 10 as Jace’s Reality Fracture deck boosts demand.
- Javier D wins the 765-player Murcia Riftbound Showdown Series, defeating X2Y1 Zotta 2–1 in the final after both posted 12–1–1 Swiss records.
- Four unannounced Radiance cards surface in Chinese with Riot’s UNRELEASED watermark, including a spell that splits 5 damage across units at one battlefield; Riot has not confirmed them.
- Riftbound Zone introduces Wardeye, a free Chrome and Edge extension that labels cards in Riftbound Twitch streams locally without sending video off the viewer’s computer.
- PSA graded 23,914 Riftbound cards in September, up 125% from August’s 10,610 as the first World Championship season approaches, Riftbound Zone reports.
- A Jund Modern Sacrifice brew goes 5–0 in a Magic Online League by recurring Darklight Phoenixes, with a reported opening hand able to return three Phoenixes on turn two.
- Riot reveals Radiance’s Ultimate Rare as Packed Amphitheater, a battlefield that gives Champion units there +1 Might; its rare treatment averages one per 4,000 booster packs across the print run.
- Magic’s NYCC-only Roadshow: So Salty Secret Lair contains five traditional-foil reprints with new art, including Expropriate and Winter Orb; Wizards has not announced its price.
- MTG Rocks tied Raffine, Scheming Seer’s reported 233% price run-up to The Ur-Sphinx demand; its $7.06 October 2 listing was a snapshot, not a current price, as a Zeta Set reprint looms.
- Authorized Radiance preview Iridescent Avian exhausts to give a unit a lasting +1 Might buff, or +2 Might for the turn if it is already buffed.
- Riftbound director Dave Guskin says Riot is printing Origins as fast as possible and aims to keep it on shelves until rotation, but does not promise boxes will return to new-set prices.
- Reality Fracture upgrades help Rakdos Lizards reach the top four of a Magic Online Standard Challenge, with Master of Barbs amplifying its damage triggers; MTG Rocks says it is too early to call a breakout.
- Yuchen Liu becomes the first player to win consecutive China Regional Championships, taking his latest title with Modern Esper Goryo’s Vengeance after a May Standard win.
- Wizards sets a Magic panel for October 9 at New York Comic Con and a Nauctis: The Sunken Realm first-look panel for November 13 at MagicCon Atlanta.
- Pokémon Japan adds October store dates for its free beginner TCG sessions, where newcomers can borrow a Starter Set ex and learn rules; casual play is available at some stores.
- Riftbound Zone finds incorrect gallery data for 41 Radiance cards, including 10 wrong colours, 10 wrong types and Kai’Sa’s Might; the card images disagree with the data panels.
- MTG Arena adds 32 evergreen quests tied to in-store play, including a Draft Token for attending three in-person Booster Drafts and a Rare Wildcard for three Standard events.
- A reported Radiance preview says Jarvan IV, Martial Paragon lets you play Deploy Gear during showdowns and channels an exhausted rune when it conquers a battlefield where you have Deploy Gear.
- Wizards schedules a second 24-hour Zeta Set order window for December 9 and promises to fulfill every order placed then; relaunch orders are estimated to ship in the second half of 2027.
- IGN’s Radiance reveal gives Mordekaiser, Iron Revenant a once-per-turn Reaction that exhausts it to banish a unit or Gear from your trash for one Power usable only on units and Gear.
- TCGRate’s Oct. 4 TCGplayer tracker lists Oath of Teferi’s Commander Masters copy at $10.29 and Dominaria copy at $7.03, leaving Oct. 1’s $3.16 listing stale.
- A reported Radiance battlefield, Black Market, lets each player pay two runes to draw a card once per turn, even when they do not control it; Riot has not confirmed the preview.
- Radiance’s Hunters’ Circle reportedly discounts each player’s first unit or Gear played directly there on their turn by one Energy, but not units moved there.
- Aspiringspike’s Abzan Germinate Recruits brew goes 5–0 in a Magic Online Modern League, using Nourishing Shoal and Autochthon Wurm to make fifteen 2/2 tokens.
- Radiance’s reported Akali, Brash gains Energy and flexible Power on her first move each turn; her second banishes your top card, which you can play at full cost through your next Ending Phase.
- Riot publishes 33 Best-Of decklists from the Los Angeles Regional; Kennen led Day 2 conversion at 38.2%, while post-ban analysis ranks Irelia and Master Yi among Vendetta’s strongest choices.
- Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Deluxe Pack: Mega launches with four-card packs guaranteed to contain a Pokémon ex; it reissues every ♦♦♦♦ card from Mega Rising through Ruler of the Skies.
- An Izzet Madness list goes 5–0 in a Magic Online Pauper League by pairing Sneaky Snacker with Terror threats; one league result does not establish a new top deck.
- SCG CON schedules seven January–June 2027 stops featuring Magic, from Minneapolis to Hartford, but says main-event details and formats will follow.
- SCG CON schedules seven January–June 2027 stops featuring Pokémon, from Minneapolis to Hartford, but has not announced main-event details.
- SCG CON includes Riftbound at seven January–June 2027 stops, from Minneapolis to Hartford, but has not announced formats or main-event details.
- MTG Rocks reports higher asking prices for The Chain Veil, Nicol Bolas and Chandra staples amid Reality Fracture Commander interest; the listings are not confirmed sales.
- Corn Maze Superdrop brings eight drops, including Labyrinth, KPop Demon Hunters and Marvel: Zombies, on October 12 at $29.99 nonfoil or $39.99 foil; Wizards says more KPop drops are planned.
- Pokémon TCG Pocket plans public deck search and unlimited rentals in late October, while retiring theme decks and step-up battles and making their first-time rewards unobtainable.
- Reality Fracture’s October 2 tabletop release has passed, while its best-of-one Sealed Arena Direct runs through October 11; seven wins can earn a Collector Booster box, while supplies last.
- Radiance’s $34.99 Seraphine–Evelynn Showdown product includes two 56-card decks and two boosters; Pre-Rift attendees can receive a Heimerdinger, Academy Instructor promo while supplies last.
- A Faker-signed, Beckett Black Label 10 Galio, Indefatigable sold for $90,000 in a Fanatics Collect auction after 36 bids, Riftbound Zone reports.
- DSG Prismaticism wins the Los Angeles Regional Qualifier with Rengar, beating Irelia for a second Regional title; sources count 2,370 event entrants and 1,962 Day 1 players.
- BIanche finishes first in the 503-player Bristol Showdown Series at 8–0–1 after nine rounds; runner-up Infern has the same record.
- Pokémon Team Masters debuts at KINTEX in Seoul on January 23–24, 2027, accepting seven card languages; team structure and qualification details remain unannounced.
- Pokémon corrects its 30th-anniversary promo image: Greninja ex’s logo is on the left in packs distributed since September 16, and no right-logo version exists.
- Wizards’ $149.99 Odds and Ends Yennett decklist remains a reference, but its September 28–29 24-hour Secret Lair order window has closed; no new sale is confirmed.
- Tomasz Chałupka wins Frankfurt’s 2,793-player Regional and Edmund Khoo takes Brisbane’s 817-player event as Pokémon’s 2027 season opens.
- Radiance adds six Heartsteel Overnumber cards, numbered 178/167–183/167, alongside nine Legend Overnumbers; all are part of the October 23 set.
- Riot’s Oct. 5 Radiance update reveals music-themed Alt Art Runes and prize tiers for Summoner Skirmishes on Nov. 9 and Dec. 14; each Champion also gets a playmat.
- Riftbound Zone reports Radiance purchase-drawing emails began October 5; selected buyers have 24 hours to order a $119.99 booster display or $34.99 Showdown Decks, plus shipping.
- Pokémon Center Japan schedules nine region-themed Collection File Premium binders for October 16 at ¥2,420 each, with ¥700 refills; no international release is confirmed.
- Keiyo Watanabe wins Yokohama’s 5,000-player Champions League with Mega Excadrill ex; his group’s 18–1 record came in practice, not the tournament.
- Sirius takes preorders for Star Trek Magic accessories, including $54.99 oversized Enterprise and Klingon spindown dice; the line does not change the Beginner Box cancellation.
- Riot schedules 2027 Riftbound Regionals in Madrid on February 5–7 and Philadelphia on February 12–14, followed by the game’s first Continental in Dallas on March 26–28.
- Serebii’s official Mega Evolution—Delta Reign preview shows a standard Zarude and an Azurill Illustration Rare ahead of the western set’s November 6 release.