Like many games with loads of decisions to make, not every act you take playthroughs need be an all-upside one. It seems contrary at the onset, but there are plenty of occasions where putting a moderate amount of difficult decisions...
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It makes sense that Magic: the Gathering has to continually find ways to keep the game from becoming even more of the unwieldy lumbering behemoth than it already is. For a game this old, its requisite parts are legion. There...
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Originating as a series chronicling David Gordon’s return to the Legend of the Five Rings CCG after a several year absence, Dave of the Five Rings continues on as he examines the current and future of the iconic world of...
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There is a truism about Magic: the Gathering that most new players inevitably come to grips with, a fact which seems completely baffling at first but then becomes grudgingly understandable thereafter: Not every card is designed to be the best...
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Traveling can be a scary thing to a lot of people, especially if it’s to a place outside of your own neighborhood. This means being immersed in a part of the country or part of the world that isn’t filled...
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Despite being a subgenre that’s existed for several decades, co-op games have to occasionally re-prove themselves as to be somehow to be worthy of a player’s time. Part of this is because there is a small but vocal part of...
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Play Magic: the Gathering long enough, and you’re bound to hear the same cyclical arguments crop up now and again. Complaints about inconsistent mana dictating the outcome of the game. Complaints about a particular card, combo, or mechanic being unbalanced...
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Conventions can be a strange thing to encapsulate, regardless of their size, audience, or industry. They can be small and intimate, a gathering of individuals coming together over a shared interest, whose focus is primarily on the human experience of...
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Editor’s Note: Due to a scheduling error and convention travels, this week’s Monday Magic article wasn’t able to go up this morning. However, since there is (again) an uptick in confusion over the EDH B&R list, enjoy this still ever-timely...
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As we’ve moved past the 250 article mark and towards other numbers beyond, this week I thought I’d share a bit of a behind the scenes look at exactly how the process of the weekly card selection is chosen. Because...
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