Welcome back to week four of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It has been 65 days since my last summoning. In some ways that number feels more like 482 days, as the pandemic rages on. We are slowly reaching the point...
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Welcome back to week four of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It has been 58 days since my last summoning, and as this number inches ever so much higher with each passing day, I nevertheless understand the luxury scenario that puts...
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Welcome back to week three of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It has been 51 days since my last summoning and while this is a paltry figure compared to the real-life numbers afflicting millions, it is nevertheless a number that has...
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Welcome back to week two of Monday Magic: COVID Edition. It has been 44 days since my last summoning and nearly twice as long since I tinkered with any of my personal decks. These facts are minuscule compared to the...
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Like most tabletop gaming, Magic – at least my preferential version of it anyway – is very much a social enterprise. Not only does it serve as a worthwhile excuse to get together and play with others whose company you...
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As with any established franchise, the longer it remains around, the more robust it becomes as a subject. Beyond merely the people who participate in it first-hand, any tenured topic will eventually blossom into all sorts of secondary fields of...
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Of all the completely revolutionary aspects that came with the rise of the internet, few things were transformed more than the dissemination of information. The internet was always conceived as a means of sharing information and material with one another,...
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Superstition has been a mainstay of the human condition since before civilization as we know it existed. From the very moments we were able to think at a higher level than our primate ancestors, humans have continually sought to explain...
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For many people of a certain age, there is a specific fondness for the computer game Oregon Trail. An educational game disguised as a fun, challenging experience, this was a game all about survival. Reflecting the real life emigration of...
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Among the many areas multiplayer Magic strays from the fundamental tenants of the classic duel are those of patience and nuance. When your sole focus is to kill your only opponent before they do you, there rarely is a need...
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