Drawing Live
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.
Teach Games Masterfully
July 30, 2019
7 min to read
Here’s what you need to know to teach anyone any game.
The Designs of Core Set 2020
July 16, 2019
14 min to read
Core Set 2020 is chock full of notable designs, so join us as we dive into twenty of them!
How to Draft Elementals
July 9, 2019
7 min to read
Elementals are back in Core 2020 and spread across three distinct color pairs. Here’s how to draft all of them.