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The Magic Minute — Planeswalker Cards

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: In episode 4 you discovered that you were a planeswalker, a special kind of powerful wizard that is able to travel between planes of the multiverse. There are other planeswalkers besides yourself.

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The Magic Minute — Tokens

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: When is a Magic card not a Magic card?

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The Magic Minute — Premium Cards

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: When you open a booster pack, you have a chance of finding a premium magic card.

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The Magic Minute — The Paper It’s Printed On

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: The paper used in printing magic cards is no ordinary paper.

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The Magic Minute — The Back Side of Magic

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: Every magic card has a few things physically in common. The most obvious thing that each card has in common is the card backing.

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The Magic Minute – Booster Packs

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: Magic cards can be purchased in several types of packaging, but the most common form is the booster pack.

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The Magic Minute — Magic Card Rarity

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: Magic cards are printed in four different rarities, common, uncommon, rare and mythic rare.

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The Magic Minute — Triggers & Triggered Abilities

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: Triggered abilities are abilities that have an effect when something happens. As the name implies, there is something that triggers the effect.

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CASUAL 60: That Grand, Green Graveyard Groove!

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Confession time: I think Theros block is super cool, but I feel the majority of its coolness comes from its flavor implementation, rather than from its mechanics. Still, it does have a mechanic called MONSTROSITY so it would be criminal not to build a deck around it.

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The Magic Minute — Activated Abilities

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: activated abilities, as the name implies are conditions or effects that may be activated by a player.

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The Magic Minute — Card Evaluation and Abilities

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: Card evaluation does not stop with the vanilla test. Many cards have rules text that affect the game. This rules text is known as the card’s ability.

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The Magic Minute: Card Evaluation and the Vanilla Test

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On this edition of The Magic Minute: In Magic, vanilla is the term that refers to the base characteristics of a card. If a card has no special mechanics or abilities, it’s said to be vanilla.