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 Disney Publishing recently unveiled the brand new 36-page publication for its youngest comic readers. Available on newsstands and by subscription, kids can now join forces with their favorite Avengers: Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and The Incredible Hulk. Inside every issue there are action-packed comics and a never-ending cast of villains ready for battle. Inviting families to bring home the “Mighty Marvel Universe,” the magazine features brain teasing puzzles, cool activities, cut-outs, plus an exclusive poster of the Invincible Iron Man.

WHAT’S INSIDE THE MAGAZINE?

Amazing Comics: All-new adventures of familiar Marvel Super Heroes.

Pull-Out Posters: Hang up full-color posters of the Avengers of the Marvel Universe.

Mighty Marvel Fun: Games, puzzles, cutouts, quizzes, Super Hero IQs, collectible bios plus loads of other fun pages.

ABOUT DISNEY MAGAZINES

 From the magic of Disney Princess and Disney Fairies to the exciting world of Disney·Pixar Cars, Disney Publishing Worldwide’s Global Magazine division publishes a kaleidoscopic range of children’s content with approximately 250 titles in 72 countries around the world. For kids, Disney’s Standard Character titles are by far the most popular, including Topolino, Le Journal de Mickey and Donald Duck, with content targeting boys, girls, and tweens through familiar franchises, including Toy Story, Winnie the Pooh, and Cars.

A Prerelease Story.
 Where: Area 51 Gaming and Collectibles
              130 N. Main Street, Ste. #130
              Grapevine, Tx 76051

Area 51 Gaming and Collectibles       http://www.area51gac.com/
              

I haven’t been to a magic tournament in about 13 years, nor any kind of gaming tournament in 5 years.  So I wasn’t sure I was ready for a prerelease event.  When you think of magic players and gaming shops it’s not a great image you get. There are bad players in any game, and bad shops everywhere, but I had a really good experience at area 51, every player I played or talked to between rounds was friendly and in a generally good mood. The staff was friendly and helpful, the owner ran all 3 magic events they had this weekend, and the worst thing I can say about the guy is he is a Saints fan.

In my 6 packs I didn’t draw anything extraordinary.  I picked up some good rares and uncommons but I didn’t draw enough common help in any one color, so I went with the colors that had the most support, white and blue.  I could have used white/black/red, but it was a toss up. I went 2 and 3 on the day, each round was a best of 3 and I will say this rusty and never being at a prerelease I never lost 2 matches in a row. The new set has a lot of new cards that are really good at an event like this for new players and vets alike. It was a great chance to get new cards and relearn the rules to magic in a good environment.

Angels, angels, angels, the new set is full of them, and they are OP. Along with the new soul bound effect which can be amazing if used correctly, which I didn’t always and the return of the archangel yes now you can get her in foil, ooohh shiny. It’s a good set a bit slow, but the miracle mechanic helps with that a lot. I would suggest this set to new or returning players.

So in my overall opinion the set was good, The players were good, and the location was good. It was a good day and most importantly I had fun. That’s the biggest thing it’s a game if you don’t have fun it’s not worth it, and if someone ruins your fun it’s really not worth it. I will go back to area 51, which says a lot because of how I feel about most shops. I will write more later a deck list of what I played if asked.

-Layfield

Erin and the Hellvault

Opening the Hellvault

Some players

More players

Wizards of the Coast  announced the Magic: The Gathering 2013 product line-up featuring the Magic: The Gathering 2013 Core Set for the paper trading card game (TCG) and the Duels of the Planeswalkers® 2013 video game for iPad®, Xbox LIVE® Arcade, Steam® and PlayStation® Network platforms. Both the Magic 2013 Core Set and Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 will launch this summer* and will call on players to face a greater challenge by battling Magic’s ultimate evil mastermind, the dragon Planeswalker Nicol Bolas!

“We’re excited to make Magic: The Gathering even more accessible to our growing player base by adding iPad to the suite of platforms that Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 will be available on this summer,” said Worth Wollpert, Director of Digital Games for Magic: The Gathering at Wizards of the Coast. “Given that the original Duels and Duels 2012 have been downloaded well over 2 million times combined since its launch in June 2009, our customers are clearly enjoying what we’ve done with the game to this point, and we’re thrilled to be able to offer both new and existing Magic™ fans exciting content and game play options on a world-class tablet platform that many of our customers have been asking for.”

 Hot on the heels of the widely successful Duels of the Planeswalkers franchise, Duels of the Planeswalkers 20131 will introduce 10 new decks, optional manual mana tapping, and other exciting features when it launches on iPad®, Xbox LIVE® Arcade, Steam® and PlayStation® Network.