For all of its complicated rules, nearly unlimited card interactions, and ever-increasing card pool to choose from, the game of Magic has maintained its remarkably simple premise since the beginning: kill your opponent by any means necessary. While the tools...
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Earlier this month, Magic: the Gathering had its birthday. The first week in August marks the release of Alpha, the very first Magic cards – 22 years ago. For a game that continually releases new content and expansions, that milestone...
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History is made from the collective exploits of all the people who have come before us, their contributions adding to the totality of human civilization. From inventions and breakthroughs, to despots and atrocities, to those simply trying to get by,...
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I have been known to use a clever turn of phrase now and then. I’ve also been known to have many more that aren’t so clever. I’m also a big fan of puns, juxtapositions, irony, and all sorts of other...
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The rapid progress of technology today is, quite literally, awe-inspiring. Beyond simply living in an era where whole new paradigms on how to perform various duties at work and at home are regularly being rolled out, the sheer volume and speed...
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Keywords. These days, it seems both the players and designers of Magic have a fascination with keywords. Whether this is for purposes of rules clarity, set flavor, or simply because someone figured out a card is more salable with them,...
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Magic has no shortage of ways it can be played, whether it’s sanctioned competitive formats like Modern or Legacy, Wizard-created formats like Archenemy, or the myriad fan-made possibilities like Horde or, well, Commander. No one format of play is inherently...
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There are a number of central truths repeated ad nausea with just about every collectible card game, and one of the most important of these is that a CCG must continually improve upon itself to stay relevant. A CCG needs...
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Welcome back viewers to another edition of “Why Can’t My Color Do Everything I Want?” This week, one player complains that their color of choice lacks the capability of handling…something. That inability to solve or remove said problem recently cost...
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With Magic Origins spoiler season about to kick off in earnest, several aspects of it have already been discussed at length around the various Magic-centric water coolers. For some, talk has centered largely around the five creatures-turned-planeswalkers, or ‘flipwalkers’ as...
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