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The Art of Making **it
Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson are two artists from Providence, Rhode Island. Their lives, to me, seem bound to a singular credo: keep making **it.
Dec 31, 2025
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Falling for a Failure | A Retrospective of Fallen Empires
Fallen Empires was an abject failure that should’ve killed Magic dead. 31 years have passed. We're all still here.
Nov 28, 2025
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The Speedrunner | A History of Legacy’s Fastest Deck
This essay is about the history of Oops All Spells, the players who made it, and the players who love to hate it.
Sep 20, 2025
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Rhystic Studies x Stitcher's Supply
A new initiative
Sep 12, 2025
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A Postscript to Lantern Control
I'm still thinking about the zugzwang machine
Aug 12, 2025
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The Edge | A Distant Locus of a Dying Star
In a parallel space between chaos and oblivion, two opposing faiths are warring over the fate of a dying star.
Jul 28, 2025
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Impressions of a Monolith | On Magic's Adaptation of Final Fantasy
I have never played a Final Fantasy game. So I changed that.
Jul 14, 2025
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The Rules Text is Irrelevant
On Magic’s aggressive shift toward premium collectibility
Jun 26, 2025
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