Chances are you frequent The Cardboard Republic for more than these brief Monday forays into the world of Magic: the Gathering. Actually, chances are you probably frequent the site in spite of this series. We aren’t a Magic-centric website by...
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I’m a bit of a nostalgic person in general, let alone a nostalgic Magic player. I, like many people, have a natural tendency to look back through the sands of history, either reminiscing on positive memories during good times, or...
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You’re sitting around with your regular group of friends for a game of Commander, and things are off to a great start. There’s frivolity, trash talking, and griping about mana all around you as players build up and smack one...
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If there’s one lesson I’ve learned after playing Magic for over 20 years, it is to never underestimate how often people get some rule wrong even after encountering it multiple times. Jokes are made routinely about the rules to Magic:...
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There’s an old (and rather worn out) joke in the Magic community that the 5 most powerful cards in the game are the five basic lands. This little gem is supposed to highlight the fact that without land, it’s very...
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Back during the early days of Magic, a host of rules existed that would never be attempted today. Among those was the batch system. Long before The Stack, there existed a convoluted process of resolving the order of cards. This...
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Sonic has his spin dash. Harry Potter has is disarming spell. Walker has his roundhouse kick. Mr. Spock has his neck pinch. While they all come from various genres and mediums, all of these characters have one thing in common:...
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It’s well established that when the game of Magic was first envisioned Richard Garfield’s plan was for a card game between two players, and for many years, the overwhelming majority of cards were created, tweaked, and adjusted to match that...
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From a nostalgia standpoint, I am admittedly a bit of a grumpy old timey Magic player. I was not fan of the modern card frame when they introduced it in 8th Edition, and although I got used to the new...
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Back in September, the Commander Rules Committee announced the end of the “Banned as Commander” category. While it was an easily understood distinction, being legendary creatures deemed acceptable in decks but too dangerous to helm them, it was also a...
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