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Design

A collection of 9 posts

MTG Flavor Bible: Khans of Tarkir
Design

MTG Flavor Bible: Khans of Tarkir

Elizabeth Rice kicks off a new series investigating the world-building and flavor of Magic's many planes. First stop: Tarkir!

  • Elizabeth Rice
    Elizabeth Rice
10 min read
Building Praetor Pre-Cons
commander

Building Praetor Pre-Cons

Five Praetors, Five EDH Decks, Which One Will Conquer?

  • Elizabeth Rice
    Elizabeth Rice
13 min read
The Game Night Cube — Designing Accessible Magic: The Gathering Sets That Are Fun for Everyone
Cube

The Game Night Cube — Designing Accessible Magic: The Gathering Sets That Are Fun for Everyone

James Paterson discusses his design guidelines for making a “board game” cube, a unique play experience that prioritizes accessibility and flavor as much as it does gameplay.

  • James Paterson
    James Paterson
12 min read
Deadly Designs: Put a Ring On It
Design

Deadly Designs: Put a Ring On It

Markus Leben applies bottom-up design against the Oblivion Ring bug, and comes up with some interesting new cards along the way.

  • Markus Leben
    Markus Leben
7 min read
UMA: 20 Interactions You Won't Want to Miss
Design

UMA: 20 Interactions You Won't Want to Miss

Lord Tupperware's take on our upcoming limited format. Some interactions you might not want to miss!

  • Ethan Saks
    Ethan Saks
7 min read
Deadly Designs: Guessing at Ravnica Allegiance Mechanics
Design

Deadly Designs: Guessing at Ravnica Allegiance Mechanics

Markus Leben takes a look at potentially returning mechanics in Ravnica Allegiance, and dreams up some new mechanics for each of the five guilds.

  • Markus Leben
    Markus Leben
13 min read
Deadly Designs: Mean, Median, and Modal
Design

Deadly Designs: Mean, Median, and Modal

Markus Leben returns with a thorough examination of modal spells, even though ones you normally would not consider to be modal.

  • Markus Leben
    Markus Leben
11 min read
Unified Cube Theory: Guilds of Ravnica
Cube

Unified Cube Theory: Guilds of Ravnica

Introducing Jordan Smith, new columnist covering the cube format. Today, he looks into Guilds of Ravnica.

  • Jordan Smith
    Jordan Smith
7 min read
Deadly Designs: Modern
Modern

Deadly Designs: Modern

Introducing Markus Leben as our monthly columnist looking at card design and Magic theory.

  • Markus Leben
    Markus Leben
8 min read
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