Hipsters Presents
From the Mending to War of the Spark — How We Got to Phyrexia: All Will Be One, Part 2 of 2
January 20, 2023
5 min to read
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
January 17, 2023
5 min to read
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
December 19, 2022
6 min to read
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
October 26, 2022
8 min to read
Experience the original story of the Brothers’ War through the flavor text of lands and artifacts from Magic: The Gathering’s first expansion set.
Magic and Meaning
Excavating Antiquities: A Brothers’ War Companion, Part 1
October 19, 2022
9 min to read
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
September 21, 2022
11 min to read
A more serious top 10 approaches.
Flavor Is Function
Stranger Gates
August 24, 2022
12 min to read
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
July 18, 2022
9 min to read
Explore seven cards from Oegends that most obviously reference stories from the Bible.
Hipsters Presents
Baldur’s Gate: A Story in Cards
June 8, 2022
8 min to read
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
May 16, 2022
8 min to read
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
February 23, 2022
10 min to read
Jacob explores the terms for sacred spaces in Japanese religion as they appear on the plane of Kamigawa.