tabletop
Magic: The Gathering’s imperfect Avatar Beginner Box turned my spouse into The Enemy
Confident first steps with no path offered into the wider trading card game.
culture
More reunion than Gathering: Final Fantasy and MTG's shared history
Dungeons & Dragons & Wizardry, Oh My!
culture
The house that crossovers built rests on a shaky foundation
Universe Beyond go brrrrrrrrrr.
tabletop
Oh fuck, it’s actually good, isn’t it?
An autobiographical history of Magic: The Gathering.
Rascal Radio
Special: Final Fantasy - Magic: The Gathering, feat. Ash Parrish and Emma Partlow
You wouldn't suplex a train, would you?
culture
Hasbro’s “cautious” approach to tariffs depends on more licensed Magic: The Gathering and potential layoffs
Final Fantasy’s crossover is already a best-selling set, but Hasbro’s CEO still warned of price hikes and workforce reduction.
culture
EDH Brackets won’t solve Magic: The Gathering’s social problem
Tools are nice, but you can’t foster community with checklists.
tabletop
Digital Commander would make Hasbro a ton of money and be objectively terrible
When fun gets in the way of financials
Rascal Radio
Rascal crawls into your ears, screams about games
Resident anklebiters finally unlock aural journalism.
Public Articles
Magic: The Gathering buried monumental shifts under a pile of speedbikes, Sephiroth, and… Spongebob?
A new Foundation for this branded house of cards.
tabletop
Look how they massacred my boy, Archenemy
This reheated sequel is a horror show for all the wrong reasons
tabletop
Finance bros and harassment force MTG’s biggest player-owned format into corporate hands
Wizards of the Coast’s game designers assume control of Commander, for better and worse.
tabletop
Manufacturing consent in Hasbro’s toy factory
You are not immune to propaganda, but you can watch it happen in real time.
tabletop
Economics have subsumed the joy of trading card games into cold, hard value
There are no winners after money takes precedence.
tabletop
MTG Foundations monetizes decades-old Magic: The Gathering on-ramps
The free thing was good, but what if it cost money?
tabletop
Wizards of the Coast appoints World of Warcraft veteran John Hight as president
Hight’s decades of video game experience fits the analog company’s dubious digital aspirations.