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Exploring the Realms Between Mastery and Discovery My previous articles have talked a lot about my move from the United States to the UK and, now that I have lived here for almost three years, I’ve started thinking more about how my current draft crew came together. When I arrived, there was not a group…
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Choosing experiences instead of cubes. For the last fifteen years, my professional life has taken me around the world, walking into rooms with between five and twelve people and helping them solve problems for five to eight hours at a time. Sometimes these rooms contain C-Level executives who want the thirty-thousand-foot view of their business…
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Lessons from surfing, cube hosting, and the small acts of courage that build communities. Before I returned to turning cardboard sideways, I was learning a lot from other hobbies that would transfer perfectly to my future cube curation habit (obsession). When I moved to Los Angeles in 2010, the first thing I did was drive…
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This past year I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how my relationship with this game has changed and how I’ve grown because of it. The game itself has stayed remarkably familiar. What changed was how I belonged to it. When I came back to Magic through Old School in 2020, I thought I…
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This game has been my hobby now for more than 30 years. I often wonder why I keep coming back again and again to this game. I’ve learned countless other games. I like many other types of activities from running and skiing to cooking and programming. And yet, this game has been a recurring passion.…
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My path to lichdom has been a long and winding one. I’d been in search of an exciting, casual deck that creates fun games for both players regardless of the outcome. I surveyed people informally on discord on what were their favorite ways to lose a game. Games are always more fun when you’re winning,…
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I turned 40 this year, and thought it would be fun to review and take stock of my Magic journey. Some players have stated a collecting goal of owning all 40 dual lands by the time they turn 40. I don’t have 40 duals. I don’t intend to. I have 29 (30 total since I…
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Like many players of a certain age, my journey into Magic: The Gathering began with a 4th Edition starter deck. I’ll never forget cracking open that first pack and seeing this hideous floating mouth – Leviathan. Ever since, that’s been the era I knew and loved best. Creatures were clunky, removal was weak, and board…
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We got 9 wizards back together to chase the Weatherlight to the plane of Rath. It had been a while since we had gotten together to cube and everyone was so appreciative and enjoyed getting back together. This really is a great group and I appreciate whenever I get to see them. We’d drafted this…
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Hi all, I’ve got another short write-up and a few pictures from a cubing session. This was an unsleeved white and old bordered cube. The criteria is that every card in it has to be available in white border and the older border. That’s it. So it’s an eclectic mix from revised to 7th edition,…
