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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Today is brought to you by the card , an inexpensive tricolor enchantment from the Invasion block. Yet what makes the card pertinent has little to do with what the card does and more about what it personally stands for....
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