The Obliterator

Power and Toughness

Mattcaster Mage

“I can’t go on, I’ll go on.” – Samuel Beckett “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” – Plutarch […]

Arting Around

Hipsters’ Favorites Part One

In attempting to find things to write about for Arting Around I asked, at Hunter’s suggestion, the Hipsters’ regular contributors […]

Power and Toughness

The Age of Modern: The Gathering

These were the big Modern weeks at Twenty Sided Store. There have been Modern tournaments two consecutive Sundays and lots […]

Arting Around

Deathmark

Looking at art can be demanding stuff. Four years of Cooper Union earned me a BFA. I know how to […]

Card Kingdom

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Power and Toughness

Technologic

“We outnumber them! Charge! Charge! Hey, where’d you guys go? Retreat! Retreat!” (from Withdraw) Pro Tour Gatecrash was on my […]

Arting Around

The Void

The narrative that flows through Magic: The Gathering isn’t good. It’s more or less generic hero mythology. The characters and […]

Power and Toughness

Cognitive Dissonance

There was a blizzard and it shut down any hopes of going to the two local PTQs, emptied my interest […]

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Tiepolo and the Legion Loyalist

This week I’m going to take a look at Legion Loyalist. He’s a 1/1 goblin that does a bunch of […]

Power and Toughness

Gruul, BS, and the American Way

Just kidding about the American Way, nationalism is silly. Kadar and I are stoked and leave our studios plenty early […]

Arting Around

Llanowar Elves and What I Think of Them and Their Relatives

On the Hipsters writers’ Google Group I’m whining about how none of the (two) Magic: The Gathering illustrators I contacted […]

Power and Toughness

Gatecrash Prerelease, Modern Shake-Ups, and a GoPro

It’s an odd week to write about Magic: The Gathering if one is hoping to be a creative voice in […]