Reality Fracture has been in the wild long enough to shake up the metagame and Magic: The Gathering number crunchers are already figuring out which decks are rising to the top after the first few Standard tournaments of the Reality Fracture era.

Top Standard Decks of the Week and Most Played Reality Fracture Cards

Reality Fracture dropped a ton of powerful new cards into the Standard metagame for Magic: The Gathering and players have already been busy incorporating them into new and existing archetypes.

The first handful of big Standard tournaments have come and gone since Reality Fracture was released and Frank Karsten has updated his top archetypes and most-played cards list for the first big Reality Fracture shakeup.

Here is a look at the top decks after the first week of Standard tournaments during the Reality Fracture era:

• Izzet Spellementals
• Dimir Midrange
• Jund Sacrifice
• Orzhov Life Gain
• Boros Dragons
• Four-Color Control
• Mono-Green Landfall
• Azorius Artifacts
• Azorius Control
• Izzet Prowess
• Rakdos Lizards
• Golgari Midrange
• Abzan Life Gain
• Dimir Excruciator
• Azorius Momo
• Sultai Reanimator
• Jeskai Control
• Boros Mobilize
• Izzet Aggro
• Boros Dwarves

One of the biggest changes from two weeks ago is that Boros Dragons has become much more popular and powerful. According to Karsten’s analysis, “It’s well-positioned against that breakout deck because Clarion Conqueror prevents Jund Sacrifice players from activating the sacrifice abilities on their artifacts and creatures.”

Orzhov Life Gain, Izzet Prowess, and Rakdos Lizards all grew in popularity after the Reality Fracture launch, as well.

Thanks to the popularity of those archetypes, these cards have emerged as the most-played cards from Reality Fracture so far:

• Pompous Battlemage
• Ajani Resolute
• Master of Barbs
• Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• Liliana the Faultless
• Stingerquill Charm
• The Theorist, Jace Beleren
• Seasoned Cryomancer
• Shipwreck Marsh
• Enlightened Confidant
• Ingris Stingerquill
• Deserted Beach
• Vraska, the Cutting Glare
• Simulacrum Shaper
• Way of the Pyromancer
• Terminal Criticism
• Chandra, Chill of Compliance
• Haunted Ridge
• Stingcaster Mage
• Ajani Unrelenting
• Countersculpt
• Way of the Paradox
• Tarmogoyf
• Theorix Charm
• Dark Matter Manipulator

Reality Fracture is still fairly new, so players should expect more shakeups to occur in the coming weeks as players adjust to the new metagame and develop counter strategies.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Magic: The Gathering news and updates as the Reality Fracture season continues.

Magic: The Gathering is available now at local game shops and digitally through Magic Arena.

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Dungeons and Dragons: World of Warcraft is taking on the ambitious task of bringing every WoW class and subclass to life in the TTRPG and Shamans have a particularly interesting and surprising starting class.

How to use The Barbarian Class to Play a shaman in Dungeons and Dragons

Shamans are a very popular class in World of Warcraft and they are also one of the WoW classes that does not have a clear parallel in the core Dungeons and Dragons list of classes. Rather than introducing a brand-new class to support the Shaman players, Dungeons and Dragons opted to make some interesting tweaks to the Barbarian features.

For those unfamiliar with the WoW class, Shamans wield elemental magic with brutality and precision, bringing order to nature’s most chaotic forces. Shamans primarily channel their magic through totems planted into the ground that provide benefits to nearby allies.

So, in order to make Shamans work in D&D, the team needed to figure out how to bring Totems to life in the TTRPG experience.

World of Warcraft Shamans use the Barbarian class from the Player’s Handbook. Each Shaman gains a new Totems feature in place of the Barbarian’s Primal Knowledge feature; the Shaman can plant these totems in the ground as a Bonus Action to grant nearby allies temporary Immunity to certain conditions or to hinder enemies by sapping their Speed. These effects last a short time, but a Shaman can simply place another totem on their next turn.

To support the Shaman specialization paths, players will use a new subclass, an updated one, and the existing Path of the World Tree.

• Elemental. Elemental Shamans will select the new Path of the Elements subclass and use the raw powers of the universe to deal extra damage to a nearby enemy as a Bonus action, resist elemental damage, cast some elemental utility spells, and hinder an enemy’s lethality.
• Enhancement. Enhancement Shamans use the updated Path of the Spiritual Guardian subclass to imbue their strikes with additional effects, take damage on behalf of nearby allies, and dabble in Divination magic.
• Restoration. A Shaman who specializes in Restoration magic embraces the Path of the World Tree and its power to empower allies and pull them out of danger.

When the full gameplay expansion book arrives, it will be very interesting to dive into the full rules and see the various effects of the Totems and the specific features included in the new Path of the Elements subclass.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Dungeons and Dragons news and updates as the next gameplay expansion release date approaches.

Dungeons and Dragons is available now at local game shops and digitally through D&D Beyond, Roll20, and similar online services. The Dungeons and Dragons: World of Warcraft gameplay expansion releases November 17, 2026.

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KPop Demon Hunters fans and Magic: The Gathering collectors are coming together for a very special Secret Lair drop that brings Rumi and the rest of the cast to the collectible card game this fall.

Secret Lair x KPop Demon Hunters: How It’s Done Release Details

Magic: The Gathering collectors can’t get a chance to give their wallets a break lately. Secret Lair has a massive Superdrop planned for October 12 that is delivering a ton of tempting limited-edition alternate art cards to the shop.

The upcoming Secret Lair Corn Maze Superdrop not only includes Marvel: Zombies and Jim Hensen’s The Labyrinth inspired products, but it also finally delivers the girls of HUNTR/X to the world of Magic: The Gathering.

Here is a full breakdown of every card in the Secret Lair x KPop Demon Hunters: How It’s Done drop:

• 1x Dawn’s Truce
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Demonic Counsel
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Underworld Breach

Shoppers will be able to pickup the Non-foil $29.99 USD or the Foil release for $39.99 USD when the full Secret Lair Corn Maze Superdrop goes on sale next week.

Some KPop Demon Hunters are still holding out hope for a full Universes Beyond set themed around the popular animated film, but for now the seven cards in the Secret Lair drop will have to scratch that itch.

As always, shoppers should keep in mind that Secret Lair drops tend to sell out very quickly, so fans who are hoping to secure these products should try to act quickly as soon as they appear in the shop on October 12.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Magic: The Gathering news and updates.

Magic: The Gathering is available now at local game shops and digitally through Magic Arena. The Secret Lair Corn Maze Superdrop products go on sale October 12, 2026.

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Magic: The Gathering players who love a chaotic Commander experience can celebrate MagicCon from home with their friends with the upcoming Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2026 drop.

Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2026 Contents and Price

Magic: The Gathering players who are will to drop a few hundred dollars have the chance to pick up a Mystery Booster Commander Edition box and host a chaos draft with their local pod. The upcoming release is going on sale in just a few weeks and players will want to act quickly when it drops before the supply sells out.

Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2026 will be available on October 19, 2026, for $249.99 while supplies last at MagicSecretLair.com and limited to two (2) per customer.

Each copy of Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2026 costs $249.99 and includes:

• 1x Mystery Booster Commander Edition box
• 1x Secret Gallery: Atlanta Foil Edition Secret Lair drop
• 4x Festival in a Box promo cards

Each box of Mystery Booster Commander Edition contains 24 boosters. Each booster contains the following:

• 20 Magic: The Gathering cards
  • 3 White common or uncommon cards
  • 3 Blue common or uncommon cards
  • 3 Black common or uncommon cards
  • 3 Red common or uncommon cards
  • 3 Green common or uncommon cards
  • 1 Reprint wildcard of any rarity
  • 1 Rare or mythic rare reprinted commander
  • 1 Non-foil (95.25%) or traditional foil (4.75%) new-to-Magic commander
  • 1 Non-foil or traditional foil card
    • A non-foil (43.3%) or traditional foil (2%) common or uncommon Future Sight frame card
    • A non-foil (52%) or traditional foil (2.4%) rare or mythic rare Future Sight frame card
    • A traditional foil acorn-stamp card (less than 1%)
  • 1 Playtest card

The cards in the booster box are mashup of reprints from throughout Magic’s history that were hand-selected for the ultimate Commander Draft experience. Players will find playtest cards, Future Sight frame cards, and new-to-Magic commanders.

These types of limited-edition drops are usually very popular and tend to sell out quickly as they are posted, so shoppers who are seriously interested should be sure to lock in their purchase right at launch for the best chance to securing the product.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Magic: The Gathering news and updates.

Magic: The Gathering is available now at local game shops and digitally through Magic Arena. The Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2026 will be available on October 19, 2026.

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Magic: The Gathering is making a handful of big changes to booster packs in 2027 that will remove some less popular slots and give collectors a new God Pack distribution to chase down.

Magic: The Gathering Is Adding God Packs and Removing Less Popular Less Slots

Magic: The Gathering just announced some major incoming changes to Play and Collectors Boosters that are going to be arriving in 2027.

Starting with Nauctis: The Sunken Realm and continuing with each Magic Multiverse set going forward (with Universes Beyond sets expected in 2028), 1 in every 1,000 Booster Packs will contain 14 rare or mythic rare cards.

• 1 God Pack celebration card
• 10 Non-foil rare and/or mythic rare cards
• 2 Non-foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare cards
• 2 Traditional foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare cards

Additionally, God Packs in Collector Boosters ramp up the excitement even more, with a distribution of 1 in every 300 Collector Boosters.

• 1 God Pack celebration card
• 1 Foil land
• 3 Foil default frame rare and/or mythic rare cards
• 3 Non-foil Booster Fun rare and/or mythic rare cards

The addition of God Packs is very exciting for collectors, but those aren’t the only changes coming to Play and Collectors boosters next year.

Wizards of the Coast is removing foil common and uncommon cards from Booster Packs, and we’re no longer guaranteeing a foil card in every pack. Feedback from players has consistently been that these have lost the luster they might have once had. If you do open a foil card in a Booster Pack, it will be a rare or mythic rare card.

Similarly, Collector Boosters will be removing two commons and one uncommon from the foil slots, and those three cards will not be replaced. The common and uncommon cards were the least-exciting parts of these opening experiences and were often passed over. The team is still keeping some number of foil common and uncommon cards in Collector Boosters, as they won’t be available in Booster Packs.

Be sure to check back soon for lots more Magic: The Gathering news and updates.

Magic: The Gathering is available now at local game shops and digitally through Magic Arena.

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