Whenever a new set comes out, the first aspects about it are dissected at length by the community. We want to know more story background about the new plane we’re visiting, or the conditions of an old plane we’re headed...
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It always seems like the more involved you get with any community, the more cyclical certain events become. Perhaps it’s that the same events occur at a regular schedule and feature the same faces. Or perhaps it’s listening to the...
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As it has been stated innumerable times here and elsewhere, no Magic card is created in a vacuum. Each and every card is meticulously designed, developed, curated, and tested for its inclusion in any given set release, from the most...
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Magic is a game of percentages. Like any system that leverages math, probability, and statistics to gauge your best course of action, beneath the exquisite artwork and involved storyline lies a game with an extensive latticework of number-crunching that will...
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Today is an ode to many things. It is an ode to meticulous research. To continuity. To the powerful forces of nostalgia. To the desire to always be pressing forward. To the clear devotion many fans have for a hobby...
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At some point in their early Magic-playing lives, most people will learn about some of the game’s most basic creature abilities. These are the ones which largely showed up in the first few sets and have continued to make an...
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There’s an old mindset among the more alpha Magic players that casual Magic play is a less sophisticated approach, requiring less skill and less focus in order to succeed. Which, when compared to the stringent and often constricting deck building...
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When it comes to organizing and processing a group of, well, anything, you need to have a method. Whether it’s cataloging your collection of Norwegian reindeer stuffed animals or trying to corral a busload of unruly, fidgety preteens to ensure...
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Editor’s Note: While we don’t normally stop the presses for Monday Magic on this holiday, we are away this weekend. In the meantime, enjoy last year’s Columbus Day article, which somehow remains as true as ever… Today in the United...
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Despite all entreaties to the contrary there are certain cards that, no matter how much you try to make a case for, simply never make the cut in Commander decks. We’re not speaking of the chaff that appears in any...
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