Well, here we are. Today is sort of an auspicious article posting because it happens to coincide with several overlapping moments in the importance of this series, and to some degree, here at the CR as a whole. It’s a...
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One of the trademark elements to a game is that it’s played the same regardless of where you are or who are you playing with. That stability is essential for a game to be culturally shared with one another over...
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Editor’s Note: We’re off today in celebration of the holiday. In the meantime, and in light of our pending break, we thought it only appropriate to share the EDH article that started the Monday Magic series – which laments several...
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Over the course of this series, the one question I’ve gotten more than any other is about how I go about picking the specific cards to spotlight. I’ve mentioned this in passing in a past article or two but never...
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As a tabletop game, Magic: the Gathering is one of extensive renown and tenure, by all accounts a massively successful game for nearly 30 years. It invented what we now think of as a collectible card game and pretty much...
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Ok, we’re doing it. We’re finally doing it. I have had this particular card on my EDH to-do list quite literally for years now. Actually, it’s been on my never-dwindling short list pretty much since the beginning of this series....
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Today’s topic once again revolves around the thought of generating strategic 2-for-1 advantages. But wait, you, perceptive reader might say, didn’t you already mention this angle as recently as last week? To which I might reply sheepishly that yes, it’s...
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Having been a functioning person in modern society over the last couple years, it’s practically inescapable for you to not have come across stories about how the pandemic affected the global supply chain. It impacted serious, important goods. It impacted...
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There’s an age-old argument in realm of successfully propagated intellectual property. That is, when you have an IP reach a certain level of success and cultural fandom, does the IP’s owners retain the sole authority to make major changes to...
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The longer you interact within any niche community, particularly a community where its body politic is either continually being rejuvenated by an influx of new members or outright replacing them in a revolving door fashion, and you’re inevitably going to...
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