Jacob Torbeck

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Hipsters Presents

From the Mending to War of the Spark — How We Got to Phyrexia: All Will Be One, Part 2 of 2

Wondering how our heroes ended up on Phyrexia up to their necks in poisonous glistening oils? Jacob’s got you covered.

Hipsters Presents

From the Mending to War of the Spark — How We Got to Phyrexia: All Will Be One, Part 1 of 2

Wondering how our heroes ended up on Phyrexia up to their necks in poisonous glistening oils? Jacob’s got you covered.

Magic and Meaning

Review: Magic the Gathering – The Visual Guide by Jay Annelli

Jacob provides a review on the most recent visual guide book to come out.

Magic and Meaning

Excavating Antiquities: A Brothers’ War Companion, Part 2

Experience the original story of the Brothers’ War through the flavor text of lands and artifacts from Magic: The Gathering’s first expansion set.

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Magic and Meaning

Excavating Antiquities: A Brothers’ War Companion, Part 1

How do we piece together the history of The Brothers’ War from the flavor text of Antiquities cards?

Magic and Meaning

Top 10 Magic Churches Through Which To Work Out My Real World Feelings About Religion

A more serious top 10 approaches.

Flavor Is Function

Stranger Gates

Jacob builds a Commander deck around the Stranger Things Secret Lair. Warning: plot spoilers for the show inside.

Magic and Meaning

Legends, the Bible, and Worldbuilding Through Allusion

Explore seven cards from Oegends that most obviously reference stories from the Bible.

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Baldur’s Gate: A Story in Cards

Want to understand the backstory from Baldur’s Gate as you crack your new Commander Legends packs? Read our synopsis here!

Magic and Meaning

The Splendor of Nightlife

What the splendor of nightlife shows us, of course, is at best a shadow of the real.

Magic and Meaning

What’s in a Name? A Glossary of Sacred Spaces in Kamigawa

Jacob explores the terms for sacred spaces in Japanese religion as they appear on the plane of Kamigawa.