Time and again, the most cherished part of what lets Magic: the Gathering continue to enthrall players after more than two decades is how well it makes each color feel wholly unique. Whether you’re picking up a deck for the...
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Conspiracy: Take the Crown has only begun to widely circulate, with players exploring all that this drafting-focused set has to offer. Yet thanks to a surprising spoiler season, full of unforeseen reprints and a bevy of eye-catching new cards, the...
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If you’ve followed this series long enough, dear reader, you’ll have picked up on a number of topics that recur from time to time. Call them biases, preferences, or simply the mere tangent-laden ramblings of a Magic player who has...
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When the card first appeared in Magic all those years ago, there was little thought that one day the idea of temporarily exiling something would become an entire deck concept, let alone a powerful series of multi-functional cards. ‘Flicker’ and...
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Note: As we’re still away at the mega gaming convention marathon known as Gen Con 2016, we today’s Monday Magic is the first in a four part article series on the etiquette of playing Commander and a repudiation of the...
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It’s been mentioned here and there over the course of this series the idea that Magic players typically favor one or two colors. Whether it’s the flavor that color offers or the style of gameplay that color represents (or both), there...
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It’s common Magic lore that the closest the game has ever come to unraveling was during the Urza block, when an understaffed R&D team and a trio of underdeveloped sets caused massive headaches on multiple fronts. The theme of the...
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Like many veteran players, I’ve tinkered with custom cards and concepts for years. In my many years since I started playing, I’ve run the gamut from jotting down interesting card ideas to merely sitting around and speculating on the future...
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“Surprise! The threat to Innistrad is Emrakul!” said no one who pays attention to Magic: the Gathering’s storytelling narrative. As a long, long, long term fan of the game, I have to admit that I’ve developed a very love-hate relationship...
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There’s a debate that always happens whenever the lottery starts creeping up into stupid amounts of winnable cash: if you happened to win, would you rather take the lump sum payout or have it distributed out over a number of...
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