Threads of Fate
I can remember my younger self contemplating the existence of the so-called red string of fate. The general idea is that there was someone interconnected to you that was decided by birth. Aside from basic survival (hard enough as it…
More Standard Sets Please
Okay, I would want to say that I don’t particularly dislike any particular design, but that would be essentially lying to myself. I find most sets designed today fall into one or two designs: standard and gacha. These aren’t real…
Series Review – Frieren
Frieren, a shortened form of its true name, Frieren at the Funeral or Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, is a manga written by Kanehito Yamada and drawn by Tsukasa Abe. Serialized in mid 2020, the series has been gaining traction, even…
Exodia Decks: Fun in Design / Rough in Practice
Many of my friends have become obsessed with building and playing these so-called Exodia decks. Exodia decks often come with very flashy finishers that assemble some kind of absolute death, but on the flip-side, there is a bit of a…
The Awkward 1/1 Inclusion
1/1s have always been a little awkward to slot into decks. Primarily, one of the main concerns is the lack of and precious resource known as stock. In the modern metagame, where turns are precious and the amount of soul…