This Week in Magic: Friday, March 7th

Posted on March 7, 2025

Magic: the Gathering - Marvel's Spider-Man First Look

Coming seemingly out of nowhere, we got our very first look at the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Marvel's Spider-Man set this past weekend. Six cards were shown off, showing off an upcoming Scene Box set similar to those previously seen with Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings - Tales of Middle-earth. Early details over set symbols, set codes, and product images were also shown off, given players a brief look of what to expect from the highly anticipated release.

Check out all the details in the official Collecting Magic: the Gathering - Marvel's Spider-Man article that dropped on the mothership following the reveal.

CoolStuffCon and CommandFests Announced

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This Tuesday, Wizards of the Coast revealed that CommandFests were officially coming back! Only two events were revealed thus far, with the only United States event initially revealed being held by the one and only CoolStuffInc! Not only is CoolStuffInc back as an event organizer for CommandFest, but they've rebranded and expanded to have the event now be CoolStuffCon. This allows the events to no longer focus solely on Commander play but also allows them to host tournaments for the more competitively minded players, with RCQs and a cEDH $5k tournament announced thus far. Four additional events were later announced on Thursday, with the only other US event being held in Worcester, MA in July.

Check out all the details for the event right here!

Aetherdrift Alchemy released on MTG Arena

As has become a tradition, a few weeks have passed since the release of Aetherdrift which means it's time for a set of all new digital exclusive Alchemy cards to hit MTG Arena! The latest Alchemy set hit the client this week with 30 new cards for players to make use of. Some players were a little critical of the higher than normal number of cards that could be printed in paper, noting how this seems to go somewhat against the digital only design space Alchemy sets are meant to represent. Nevertheless, this new release should provide a bit of spice to those fans of Alchemy, Historic, and Timeless.

Check out the full image gallery for the set here, and also find the Spellbook lists here.

Decklist of the Week

Jund Broodscale Combo | Pauper | Paige Smith, 1st Place Upstate NY Pauper Open

Sorceries (7)
3 Duress
4 Malevolent Rumble

Enchantments (5)
1 Makeshift Munitions
4 Sadistic Glee

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This week's decklist is...me! I played in the 72 player Inaugural Upstate NY Pauper Open this past weekend and won the whole thing with Jund Broodscale Combo. This deck wins by utilzing the A+B combo of Basking Broodscale and Sadistic Glee to create infinitely large creatures, infinite mana, and even infinite damage with Makeshift Munitions and Nadier's Nightblade. It was great getting to represent Pauper as a member of the Pauper Format Panel and interact with players from throughout New York State (and even a bit beyond). This event continues a growing trend of larger paper Pauper events happening in the region, with similar sized events happening in Binghamton, Philadelphia, and NYC - among others. I'm already looking forward to the next one!

Paige Smith

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