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Travis’s Magical Tin of Black Cards
June 20, 2023
4 min to read
Kyle receives a gift from fellow Hipster contributor Travis. A mysterious tin filled with the stuff of nightmares.
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The Feelbadism of Discard
June 6, 2023
4 min to read
It feels bad to play against discard decks. That much is obvious. Kyle delves deeper into the reasons why it feels that way.
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Unmasking Volrath: The Density of Lore
May 23, 2023
4 min to read
Kyle atones for his sins and dives deep into the lore of the Rathi Evincar himself, Volrath the Shapechanger.
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The Horror of rk post
May 9, 2023
4 min to read
Kyle’s continuing exploration of the color black in Magic brings him to one of the game’s masters of the dark arts: rk post.
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Cut That Out, Liliana
April 24, 2023
3 min to read
What’s in a name? What’s in a planeswalker’s abilities? Kyle takes a quick but deep dive into the powerhouse that is Liliana of the Veil.
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A Disturbed Love Letter to The Rack
April 10, 2023
4 min to read
Kyle loves The Rack. Not in the way you think. Maybe in the way you think. On second thought I don’t want to know how you think.
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Tourach, Discard Daddy
March 27, 2023
4 min to read
Kyle’s continuing journey around Magic’s color of greed brings us to Tourach, the OG discard daddy.
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Can You Suspend Yourself?
March 13, 2023
4 min to read
Kyle finds three Magic cards in a box of childhood treasures, predating their foray into Magic. What does it mean for the adult he’s become?
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The Humor of Black Cards, Part Two
February 27, 2023
6 min to read
Kyle returns to share more humor from Magic’s color of greed, power, and authority. There’s got to be something comical there, right?
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The Humor of Black Cards, Part One
February 13, 2023
7 min to read
When you think of Magic’s illustrious history of Black cards maybe comedy isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, until now.
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Gray Merchant of Asphodel
January 30, 2023
6 min to read
Kyle explores Devotion to Black through the perspective of one of Magic’s most iconic creatures to bear that mechanic.