The the first paper Pro Tour (and qualifier) for Pioneer is coming, and we got official confirmation this week that Wizards is working towards adding the format to Magic Arena with the help of the Explorer format
Lastly, in terms of community buzz, Altered s YouTube presence has taken off fast, averaging around 300,000 views across its top 10 most-watched long-form videos in 2025, putting it just slightly ahead of even Magic: The Gathering
Modern Horizons Sets: Premium Power and Price Considerations Modern Horizons 2 and Modern Horizons 3 introduced powerful new cards and Set Boosters as a premium product option
Craft Rules Craft is an activated ability that allows a player to exile cards from their graveyard and/or permanents they control to exile the permanent with the craft ability and return it onto the battlefield transformed
Yawgmoth's Will is one of the most broken Magic cards ever printed, and even though Magus of the Will is slower and more expensive, having redundancy with the effect is super exciting
Remember: back in 2015, cards like Force of Negation, Force of Vigor, Assassin's Trophy, Fatal Push, Karn, the Great Creator, Counterspell, and friends didn't exist (or weren't legal in Modern), and decks were much, much slower and fairer, giving Birthing Pod a leg up on the metagame thanks to the consistency it offered
