One of the easiest and more amusing telltale signs of whether you’re interacting with a Magic player of 15 plus years is to simply show them a card from the first five years of the game and see how they...
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It’s been stated several times here before, but there are certain tactics and play styles that generally go over poorly with the casual multiplayer community. Overly abusive combos, routinely targeting the same person from one game to the next, and...
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Originating as a series chronicling David Gordon’s return to the Legend of the Five Rings CCG after a several year absence, Dave of the Five Rings continues on as he examines the current and future of the iconic world of...
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Time and again we run into arguments over what specific colors can and can’t have access to. Like clockwork, the Magic community goes through a cyclical, repetitive conversation every few months over what, precisely, is within each color’s toolbox of...
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Editor’s Note: We’re off today in celebration of the US holiday. Enjoy this Monday Magic article, which was originally published in September 2013.. The topic of land in Commander is always an interesting one. Depending on the individual player and/or...
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As part of our August Spotlight on Who Goes There?, we strive to inform readers of little extra tidbits surrounding the game. Games are made by people, and one of those tidbits we enjoy is learning a little bit more about...
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Not every Magic card is destined to be super complex, unique, or even all that interesting. Based on the volume of cards that Magic releases every year, the game would rapidly destabilize in its appeal to casual and non-rotating Eternal...
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No matter how many new games get shown off at a convention, even one with as many shiny new options to captivate your free time, there is always a contingent of gamers who can’t help but continually look past them...
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Researching can be hard, even if that research is for cards in a game that you use to entertain yourself during your free time. Research is time consuming and can take you down many different avenues of information that you...
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Gen Con may cast a heavy spotlight on the physical games as the primary focus of the event, but it’s hardly the only notable thing that occurs there, as you’d expect when 60,000 people descend on one city at the...
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