Commander Spotlight: Keep Watch

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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Previewing: Mini Express

Humans have many unique qualities: we’re insatiably curious, highly intrepid, and capable of excessive creativity when the need or inspiration strikes. Like a lot of animals though, we’re also highly social creatures, as evidenced by both the course of history...
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Commander Spotlight: Boros Battleshaper

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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Commander Spotlight: Archetype of Endurance

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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Commander Spotlight: Tamiyo’s Journal

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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The Laurels: Best Tactician Games Of 2019

The Cardboard Republic has rolled out the annual Laurels of the Republic awards, celebrating the best new games released in 2019 for each of the gamer archetypes. What follows are the finalists for one of those groups. The greatest moment...
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Commander Spotlight: Journey to Eternity

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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