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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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Connive: The Remodeling of Explore
April 12, 2022
5 min to read
Connive is in dialogue with Explore, a powerful yet contentious mechanic.
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Design Callbacks in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
February 8, 2022
14 min to read
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is chock full of mechanics hiding in plain sight without their identifying keywords.
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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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Evaluating Exploit, Part 2
December 7, 2021
16 min to read
We complete our deep dive in Exploit, exposing exactly what extinguishes its expected potential.
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Evaluating Exploit, Part 1
November 30, 2021
14 min to read
Exploit underperforms in Crimson Vow, which raises the question: why?
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First Look at Crimson Vow’s Mechanics
November 2, 2021
8 min to read
With Crimson Vow releasing next week, we analyze every mechanic in the set.
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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.