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Managing Complexity on Kamigawa
March 8, 2022
8 min to read
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty manages to squeeze more text onto its cards than any other set, and yet it works.
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Mechanics in Review: Ikoria
March 1, 2022
8 min to read
Mechanics in Review goes back to spring 2020, a time many of us would rather have forgotten, but like Companion, we’re still living with.
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Design of a Card: Ecologist’s Terrarium
February 22, 2022
4 min to read
The latest descendent of Braidwood Sextant humbly impresses by doing things we’ve seen hundreds of times before in a never before seen package.
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Design of a Card: Moon-Circuit Hacker
February 15, 2022
6 min to read
Moon-Circuit Hacker is powerful, nuanced, and a microcosm of current Magic’s strengths and weaknesses.
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Design Callbacks in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
February 8, 2022
13 min to read
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is chock full of mechanics hiding in plain sight without their identifying keywords.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Kaldheim
February 1, 2022
8 min to read
We finish out our series on all the new premier mechanics of 2021 with the set that started it all: Kaldheim.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Strixhaven
January 25, 2022
7 min to read
There’re Lessons to be Learned as examine the inner workings of Magecraft.
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Design of a Card: Key to the Archive
January 11, 2022
7 min to read
Zach finally got to play with Arena’s newest mechanic—spellbooks—thanks to Arena Cube.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Crimson Vow
January 4, 2022
7 min to read
Blood, Training, and Cleave go under the spotlight.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
December 21, 2021
9 min to read
Opinions range all over the map—or is it a dungeon—in this reconsideration of the summer set’s mechanics.
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Design of a Card: Fleeting Spirit
December 14, 2021
7 min to read
Fleeting Spirit is a member of a tiny club of powerful, defensive 3/1s for two. We break down what makes them tick.