[Something To Ponder] Magic: the Gathering is not immersive

Hi everybody! Welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. I hope you all have had a great weekend, and are enjoying the new cards made available in Throne of Eldraine. Today I want to step away from the usual deck techs, and talk about something else that makes Magic: the Gathering great, and my concern that it doesn’t seem to matter anymore. Magic: the Gathering has many different parts to each of the cards in the game. When looking at the front of a card you will notice many different things immediately before reading the whole card. This will range from

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Strictly Vorthos – The Lore of Ravnica

Howdy folks! It’s Joe again and we have something special. We did one of these for Dominaria prior to its release. At our editor’s request, we’re doing a Ravnica Lore Dive! Guilty as charged – Editor Ravnica is a popular plane, and it’s history is very storied and interesting. We’re going to be doing a brief overview/timeline of the plane’s major historical events and a fun little overview of each of the Guilds within the plane. Let’s hop to it shall we? The Erstwhile Prior to the Guildpact, prior to much of Ravnica’s actual history, there was a race of

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Strictly Vorthos – C18 and Lore!

Howdy folks! It’s Joe again, and this week we’re gonna be talking about some of the lore behind some of the characters receiving cards for the very first time in Commander 2018! Let’s dive right in, shall we? Tawnos, Urza’s Apprentice A former toymaker who became embroiled in a war that was not his own, Tawnos was a brilliant artificer who became the apprentice of Urza during his time in Kroog. Tawno’s myriad creations were often based on living creatures, taking cues from nature to improve his machines. Tawnos was also a trusted companion of Urza’s wife, Kayla bin-Kroog, and he

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Strictly Vorthos – The Elder Dragon War

Howdy folks and welcome back to another peek into the history and lore of Magic: The Gathering! This week we’re going to be looking as much as we possibly can into the Elder Dragon War and the major players from it. There isn’t much concrete information yet about the War itself, but with M19 giving us even more backstory on these massive dragons, we’ve got a little bit more to go on now! The Birthing of Dragons The original Elder Dragons were birthed from the Ur-Dragon, falling from the tempest storms upon an unknown plane (largely assumed to be the plane of

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