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Gleaning from Three Masters 25 Commons
February 27, 2018
6 min to read
Dark Ritual, Pillage, and Balduvian Horde are all in Masters 25. What do they all have in common? What do they say about Masters 25 Limited? Find out here!
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All Large Set Limited
February 6, 2018
7 min to read
Large set Limited will soon be the only way to draft. This should be cause for unconstrained rejoicing. Zach’s not so sure, but he explains why you should be cautiously optimistic.
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Great Designer Training: Design Critique
December 21, 2017
10 min to read
Hundreds of custom cards were submitted for for week two of Great Designer Training. Here’s a select bunch of them with commentary.
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Great Designer Training: GDS3 Preamble
December 5, 2017
5 min to read
The Great Designer Search 3 is coming! This week, we’re introducing a new series, Great Designer Training, where we help YOU prepare for GDS3!
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Where Has All the Magic Gone?
November 28, 2017
5 min to read
Zach took a month off of Limited for the first time ever. What’s wrong with Magic and Ixalan?
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There and Gone in an Instant
November 21, 2017
6 min to read
Iconic Masters is here, as are four other products this month! Iconic Masters seems to be failing on arrival. Here’s why, and what Magic can do to prevent this.
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Perniciously Powerful Energy
November 7, 2017
7 min to read
Energy is the most powerful mechanic in Standard. Here’s why, and why Energy’s dominance was nearly unavoidable.
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We’ve Been Here Before
October 10, 2017
8 min to read
Zach thinks the Ixalan Limited format kind of bad. Why is this so? Why is this a development problem? And what’s the deal with Explore?
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Dan Burdick And The Infinite Universe Of Play Design
September 26, 2017
30 min to read
Sam interviews Dan Burdick, the lead of Wizards R&D’s new Play Design team.
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The Power of Exploring
September 19, 2017
6 min to read
Explore is one of the most nuanced mechanics in a while. It’s devilishly simple, obviously powerful, yet difficult to evaluate. Here’s why.
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First Glance at Ixalan Design
August 29, 2017
6 min to read
Ixalan spoiler season has begun with a bang! With six mechanics, Zach evaluates them for complexity creep.