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• Coimbra and China win in Rome

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  Andre Coimbra of Portugal defeated David Reitbauer to become the 2009 World Champion of Magic. It was an epic battle between Jund and Naya style decks, with Naya coming out on top. Andre is a long time pro, and has been in the Top 8 of Worlds before four years ago in 2005. He has two GP 2nd places to his name. ...
  3 days ago

• Wizards Finally Confirms ‘Rise of the Eldrazi’ is Real

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  Today we have finally gotten Wizards’ confirmation that ‘Rise of the Eldrazi’ is real. 100% this time. They confirmed it in the Magic Arcana section of their site, as has become their standard practice for new product announcements. Unfortunately Wizards’ thunder was stolen two weeks ago when a member of ...
  1 week ago

• Sad News – John Booth Passes

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  We just received the very sad news from Alan Watson.  He sent a bulletin note from John and Tammy Calvert: We just heard from Norm Nielsen that John Booth passed away last Wednesday. In January when we were in California, Bill McIlhany and his wife drove us to see John and his daughter. We met Dr Ragatz there and ...
  1 week ago

• Cyril Tayama-Street Illusionist Supremo

  
  emmagem.com — Authority: 427
  Yup, if you are into all things magic, this November 19th 9pm at AXN channe l  tune into Cyril:Simply Magic ! Sony Ericsson, the main sponsor of this AXN original production, took the opportunity to also celebrate the launch of its Aino, Satio and Yari phones which are equipped with high quality cyber shot ...
  1 week ago

• Duels of the Planeswalkers coming to PC & PS3 in 2010

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  Today on their website Wizards of the Coast announced that the wildly popular Duels of the Planeswalker Xbox Arcade game will be expanding to the PC and the Playstation 3 in 2010. This isn’t too big of a surprise as the game proved startlingly popular on the Xbox, racking up over 300,000 downloads in the first few ...
  2 weeks ago

• Steve Dacri’s Tribute to Carl Ballantine

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  Steve Dacri wrote a wonderful tribute to Carl Ballantine. He graciously gave permission for Inside Magic to re-publish here for our readers. Whilst we were formatting the essay, we began to get a lump in our throat and by the end, we were in tears but with a smile.  We really miss The World’s Greatest ...
  2 weeks ago

• Carl Ballantine Passes

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  We were in Las Vegas last week and did not have access to anything that could be used to communicate with the outside world.  Consequently, we were unable to pass along the very sad news that Inside Magic Favorite and Hero Carl Ballantine (stage name of Meyer Kessler) died in his sleep last Tuesday. He was 92. Mr. ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Prosper,’ Zendikar’s 3rd Set is ‘Rise of the Eldrazi’

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  To many of us this isn’t going to be news, ‘Rise of the Eldrazi’ (shortened to ‘RoE’) had been discovered at the same time as ‘Worldwake’ but it took a while longer to be accepted as the name for the third set of Zendikar. Well today, the set logo as well as the expansion symbol arrived on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Singapore Magic in the Media

  
  BACKSTAGE BUSINESS: The Art, Science & Business of Showbiz by J C Sum — Authority: 124
  Over the last 2 weeks, Ning & I were constantly greeted by strangers who said they saw us on TV. While, people do generally acknowledge us with recognition when we are in a public place, we were a bit confused because the last time we were on TV was on Ch 8 and Star World earlier in the year. Then, we realized ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wizards announces Deck Builder’s Toolkit

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  Following in the style of the Fat packs, Wizards announced today the ‘ Deck Builder’s Toolkit ‘ to be released on May 21, 2010 which will contain: 100 Basic Lands 125 “semi-random game cards” 4 Booster packs from recent Magic the Gathering sets A card storage box An insert with advice and tips This ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chicago’s Answer to Magic Castle

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  Kevin Pang of The Chicago Tribune tells us about the Windy City’s new magic enclave and suggests it may be a competitor to the iconic Magic Castle. Heresy, we murmur.  Still, we were born and reared in Chicago just a few blocks from the old Edgewater Presbyterian Church on Bryn Mawr Avenue.  It was just up the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Wizards + Sony create Magic the Gathering – Tactics

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  A few months ago the USPTO showed a new trademark registered by Wizards, ‘Magic the Gathering – Tactics’ and it was believed to be a new video game. Today’s announcement is just that. The following was discovered by ‘canadian_idiot’ on the MTGSalvation forums by viewing the page source of the Arcana page ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pity the Dead on Halloween: Houdini Not Amused

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  Discover Magazine ’s Phil Plait worked with Justin Robert Young, Andrew Mayne and the folks at the James Randi Educational Foundation attempted to communicate with Harry Houdini during the foundation’s Halloween Seance. Poor Houdini.  He works hard his whole life, from circus worker, to neck-tie cutter, to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Wizards Hoping to Crash Webserver

  
  ManaNation.com — Authority: 476
  Mondays’ site update saw the now well known “Announcing” image in the Arcana section of Wizards.com. But instead of just being an announcement, it is a notice to visit the site again at noon EST, or 9am PST for the real announcement. Whatever the reason for the “scheduled” announcement, it seems likely to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Runes of Magic patches in ‘Storming of the Acropolis’

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 457
  Today brings patch 2.1.2 to Runes of Magic , which is also being called Storming of the Acropolis. The biggest addition is of course a new dungeon in the form of the Naga Acropolis, which is crawling with elite henchmen. This is a particularly hard challenge meant for grouped players wholl eventually earn the ...
  4 weeks ago

• October 26 News Update:

  
  Neko Magic: Anime & Figures — Authority: 144
  Stat:Sorry guys, I forgot to post our Nekomagic monthly news until today. Since it’s almost the end of October, the stats here can’t repesent the real stat of Nekomagic in September anymore. =/As of this moment, Nekomagic.com is ranked 156,505 (was 116,736 last month). We dropped... **This is a content summary ...
  4 weeks ago

• Chicago’s Answer to Magic Castle

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  Kevin Pang of The Chicago Tribune tells us about the Windy City’s new magic enclave and suggests it may be a competitor to the iconic Magic Castle. Heresy, we murmur.  Still, we were born and reared in Chicago just a few blocks from the old Edgewater Presbyterian Church on Bryn Mawr Avenue.  It was just up the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Magician Jonathan Pendragon to Stand Trial on Felony Charges

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge John Trice ruled Friday that Jonathan Yarbrough – whose stage name is Jonathan Pendragon – must stand trial on felony charges of assault with a firearm, making criminal threats and other charges that could result in a decade in jail. His wife of 33 years Charlotte ...
  4 weeks ago

• Swine Flu Kid Show Magic

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  We were trying to figure out why our bookings had fallen off dramatically. We still have our Yellow Pages ad, the newspaper classified and display ads, our radio blitz, and even a 15 second spot on local cable news. In fact, our advertising expenses have only increased this year over last but the number of shows per ...
  4 weeks ago

• Jonathon Bryce to escape from Corn Burial

  
  Inside Magic — Authority: 110
  Jonathon Bryce will be performing a different kind of burial escape this Saturday in Shakopee, Minnesota. Anyone can escape from beneath 128 cubic yards of packed soil, cement, or even ice. Mr. Bryce is going to escape from corn. According to the Pioneer Press , the 30-year-old Escape Artist wanted a ...
  4 weeks ago

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