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Mechanics in Review: Dominaria
August 16, 2022
7 min to read
With Dominaria Uniting later this week, nit’s time to look back at the mechanics of 2018’s Dominaria.
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Mechanics in Review: Streets of New Capenna
July 26, 2022
10 min to read
It’s time for the verdict on Streets of New Capenna’s mechanics. How do the five families’ strategies measure up?
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Mechanics in Review: Kamigawa Neon Dynasty
May 24, 2022
7 min to read
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty asked a simple yet shocking question: what if ALL of its new mechanics are workhorse mechanics?
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Mechanics in Review: Ikoria
March 1, 2022
8 min to read
Mechanics in Review goes back to spring 2020, a time many of us would rather have forgotten, but like Companion, we’re still living with.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Kaldheim
February 1, 2022
8 min to read
We finish out our series on all the new premier mechanics of 2021 with the set that started it all: Kaldheim.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Strixhaven
January 25, 2022
7 min to read
There’re Lessons to be Learned as examine the inner workings of Magecraft.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Crimson Vow
January 4, 2022
7 min to read
Blood, Training, and Cleave go under the spotlight.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
December 21, 2021
9 min to read
Opinions range all over the map—or is it a dungeon—in this reconsideration of the summer set’s mechanics.
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2021 Mechanics in Review—Midnight Hunt
October 26, 2021
9 min to read
We begin a review of the many new mechanics introduced to Magic: the Gathering in 2021.
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2019-2020 Mechanics in Review
August 11, 2020
10 min to read
The last year featured some of the most surprising, delightful, dangerous, and disappointing mechanics ever.