Drawing Live
The Elusive White Whale
October 15, 2019
11 min to read
Why has white been so bad in Limited for so long?
Finding Friendship and Fellowship
October 8, 2019
4 min to read
With more and more play moving online, how does one make friends through Magic?
The Designs of Eldraine
October 1, 2019
13 min to read
The land of fairy tales and knights is full of exciting, bizarre, and fascinating card designs.
The Archetypes of Eldraine
September 24, 2019
26 min to read
With Throne of Eldraine prerelease looming large, here’s the guide to every archetype in the set.
Telling Stories with Cards, Part 3
September 17, 2019
8 min to read
What storytelling innovation did Ice Age, Invasion, Ravnica, Amonkhet, and Magic Origins each introduce?
Telling Stories with Cards, Part 2
September 10, 2019
9 min to read
Magic has been telling stories on single cards for a long time, and then Innistrad came along.
Telling Stories with Cards, Part 1
September 3, 2019
6 min to read
Part one of a three-part series of the history of narrative design in Magic!
Reviewing the State of Design 2019
August 27, 2019
8 min to read
What does Rosewater’s State of Design tell us? What can we infer?
The Hill Giant Birthday
August 20, 2019
5 min to read
Zach turns 33, the palindrome year between 22 and 44, and takes the time to reflect.
Design of a Card: Apex Altisaur
August 13, 2019
5 min to read
The always-angry, easily-enraged Apex Altisaurs has more secrets looming behind its massive frame than one would expect.
The Magic Moment
August 7, 2019
7 min to read
Magic is difficult to learn because it can be hard to appreciate from the outside. Perhaps some tricks from demoing other games can help bridge this gap.