Zendikar is widely considered to be the most exciting new set since Time Spiral and certainly when paired with the excitement and success of Magic 2010 it is without question that we are in a new and interesting age of Magic: The Gathering. Well with Worldwake on it's way it is certainly time to start reevaluating the upper limit of our ability to be excited as some of the cards they have revealed are downright thrilling ... and that's just the cards they've revealed! Building on Zendikar's deceptively powerful Landfall as well as the tribal mechanics that permeate through the sets and the introduction of the Sliver/Rebels/Mercenaries style creatures known (and feared) as Allies it certainly seems that there is ample reason to be excited about where Magic: The Gathering is headed. With the announcement that the third set of Zendikar block will also be the size of a Base Set instead of an Expansion Set certainly also seems to indicate that the Ladies and Gentleman at Wizards of the Coast are going to try and see just how much they can play around with preconceived notions of what we've come to expect when it comes to M:TG. Worldwake includes new variations on Landfall as well as interesting new cards in every color as well as perhaps the first immediately competitively playable Legendary Rare. The PreRelease is this weekend (1/30 & 1/31) and with 6 Sealed events, One 2 Headed Giant event, and Booster Drafts all weekend long on the docket it certainly seems like it might be time to head out to Saint Charles and get a good long look at the newest addition to the Magic Family. For More Details on start times and pricing either click on the Events Calendar link to your right or CLICK HERE. What follows is just a sampling of the cards that will make their debut next weekend:  

After the success of our last auction we decided that perhaps it was best to give us all a little time to recharge and to let the holidays get past us before we kicked off another of our perennial chances for you to clean out your shelves of material that you have finally realized that you'll never play or perhaps you just want a chance to get some store credit for that new game you've been eying. With all the new material either already on the shelf or coming up soon it's certainly time to start thinking about getting rid of some of the old for the new. But then again perhaps you love the old ... well then our auctions are still for you. Come in and enjoy the treasures that others have decided are trash (or at least aren't their cup of tea any longer). Still looking to fill in some of the holes from your 3rd Edition D&D library? Perhaps now is the time to get your hands on a well loved copy of the book you've been looking for all along. Then again maybe you've decided it's time to go ahead and get that second Warhammer Fantasy Army you've been wanting (I know Scott B. from Saint Charles is going to be looking for some Dwarves in the auction, perhaps you have the Dwarves he's looking for!), or maybe you've finally decided that getting rid of all those Magic The Gathering Cards that have been cluttering up your closet is a good idea ... Well then get thee to a Fantasy Shop my friend! From Thursday the 14th til Tuesday the 19th we will be taking all comers and considering all items (though please do make them related to the material that we carry as we will auction most anything you bring in as far as gaming goes but you're likely to get a better result from RPG's, Board Games, Card Games, and Miniatures Games than you will most anything else). So make sure to put it on your calendar ... or go to our Events Calendar and add all the Fantasy Shop Events to your Google Calendar by clicking the Google Calendar button at the bottom of the page!

Signing Off.