For anyone learning Magic: The Gathering, one of the toughest lessons is learning what cards are good. Card evaluation is tested in every Magic format. Draft and Sealed require quick decisions on what cards provide the best value, while Constructed places an emphasis on deep synergy and the ability to read the metagame. In Limited, bad cards can be overly expensive spells or narrow spells with a high set-up cost. Bad Constructed cards generally have underpowered stats or don’t immediately affect the battlefield upon resolution.

Balance changes made within the Teamfight Tactics 12.2 update left several comps at top-tier status while creating room for new ones to emerge.  Patch 12.2 applied slight nerfs to Talon and Shaco with little to no effect on their playability within Syndicate and Imperial comps with Assassins. Attack damage comps continue to reign supreme with Ability power builds taking a back seat. Hextech trait Augments continue to improve within Patch 12.

Enchantments are reaching new heights in Magic: The Gathering with the cycle of Kaldheim Aura Runes.  Two new enchantment types were introduced to Magic within the Kaldheim set: Rune and Shard. Runes are an evolved version of auras, able to enchant either a creature or Equipment. Each of the five Runes in the KHM cycle represents a Magic color and draws a card upon entering the battlefield, creating new opportunities for Constellation builds.

Final Fantasy XIV fans can prepare for a new lengthy grind in the latest expansion Endwalker for the new gear released alongside the Pandaemonium raids with patch 6.01 earlier today. Players can earn up to one Unsung gear token per raid, totaling four tokens. The last raid, The Fourth Circle, also rewards one guaranteed blade that can be traded for Discal Tomestones when the Tomestones of Astronomy will be introduced in two weeks.

Voting has closed, and all that is left to do is tally the votes and announce winners for QTCinderella’s Streamer Awards this weekend. With 27 different awards going out, the in-person show is being streamed live on Saturday night, and according to the hostess herself, the event will cost her around $200,000 to pull off. https://twitter.com/StreamerAwards/status/1495854683566780416?s=20&t=464hfyc0uycadkzw4XA6BA The broadcast itself will start on Saturday at 7pm CT and be on QTCinderella’s personal Twitch channel.

The MCC is finally back and it’s scheduled to go live on May 29. The last iteration of the event took place in late 2020 and Noxcrew has been on a break since then. This wasn’t an ordinary cool-off period, however, since the crew spent the time to fix all the bugs and implement new game modes that will make the MCC more challenging than ever. While last season’s victors will look forward to proving that their success wasn’t a fluke, new challengers are likely to join the fray.

While running has always been a function available to players in Fortnite, now traveling has gotten even faster with the tactical sprint function introduced during Chapter 3, Season 2. Sprinting is the fastest way of getting around on foot in the game, however, it does come at a cost. While you are sprinting you won’t be able to fire your weapon as it unequips everything until you’re back at a slower pace.

Pokémon Go is more fun to play when you team up with your friends or other nearby trainers to go on various adventures. Starting with the pandemic, however, it became harder for players to meet up and take down raid bosses due to safety reasons. But Niantic didn’t let it impact the gameplay experience. Right around April 2020, the developer introduced Remote Raid Passes, allowing players to join raids from the comfort of their homes.

Genji is reformed—at peace. Though his body was destroyed in a confrontation with Hanzo, his older brother, the Overwatch team put him back together. He lives now as a cyborg: Genji is a living weapon with enhanced speed, agility, and strength. It wasn’t until he met the omnic monk, and Overwatch hero, Zenyatta that he accepted his uniqueness as a gift. Free from what held him back before, Genji is stronger than ever.

One of the new features coming to the next installment of the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield 2042, is the ability to customize your weapons on the fly. This feature lets you swap out optics, magazines, grips, and barrel attachments. An optic attachment that should provide plenty of use is the hybrid optic, or the Maul Hybrid 1.5-3X. This optic lets you switch between a 3X zoomed-in reticle and a 1.5X red dot reticle.