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These two cards seem great. One is a burn spell with a (whatever that M19 Aven Windscout variant draft was called) attached and the other is an instant-speed draw three. I like both of these!

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Yeah it was a metaphor. Australia was basically Britain’s Prison Realm.

Yes. Australia was a penal colony for Great Britain during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Instead of throwing people in jail, they just sent them to Australia instead.

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Exactly! I think the Omenpaths represent the opening of the multiverse and the broadening of horizons for its inhabitants (both literally and metaphorically). I think that's part of the reason why we're going to so many weird settings: Omenpaths are letting everything feel more connected even...

I agree. I think the game is very fun, but mostly because the artistic portion is so good that the experience as a whole becomes enjoyable. The art style, the music, and the story are all well-done and make the gameplay feel very immersive.

I think that may be a little bit of an overly-cynical take. WOTC usually plays things pretty safe as a company, so the idea that they would make a bunch of risky sets in short succession just to push other people's IP that is in no way guaranteed to succeed seems a bit far-fetched. What seems...

I'm not necessarily sure I would call most of these pushed; they're just all high-quality. I don't think any of these cards are pushing the envelope on what a Magic card can be or do, but they're close enough to the border that they're way more interesting than average. The set almost has a...

Spellbook Vendor costs 1W— it’s actually a good card!!

Oh gotcha. I thought you were talking about the mechanic and not the card itself. I’d be willing to bet money that this is the work of Casual Play Design. Ruining cards is their favorite pastime!

I think the point of Bargain is to shorten the text for all of the cards using this additional cost and to make the theme more flavorful, since it’s a main mechanic of the set. Especially because they can make cards that care about when you Bargain now.

Rat Rabblemaster is nice. Questing Druid is another Quirion Dryad for Miracle-Gro//Invasion Block Nostalgia gamers (boy, has it been a good year for Invasion Block Nostalgia gamers). Beseech the Mirror is another copy of Siege Rhino for the 34 Rhinos deck.

Oops, looks like someone got a hold of a few Promo packs before spoiler season and now we have some cards to look at: So, I guess this set should have been called “Glue Cards of Eldraine,” because between the Bargain and Celebration mechanics, “card type matters” themes are going to be...

You seem like the type of person who would really enjoy the game Papers, Please! I just bought the game the other day and I’m having fun with it!

Expanding on this a bit, in Modern and Legacy, you get to play four copies of Fatal Push. As a result, you don't really need Ulcerate on top of that because push in conjunction with a fetchland mana base can basically kill everything you'd want with your one-mana removal spell. In Cube, even if...

I'm starting to think that the main reason why people are so upset about Horizons sets and Universes Beyond is because of the extra costs they can incur for players. I don't think anyone would have a problem with most of these cards and sets existing if it didn't cost them anything monetarily...

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To be fair, you have to have a very high level of Kenergy to understand the positive impact of Modern Horizons. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Mark Rosewater’s nihilistic...