Today's article travels back to the first set from everyone's favorite Shinto-inspired block that we're almost certainly never going to visit ever again: Champions of Kamigawa. This set introduced some much-beloved creature types like monk, samurai, and advisor. The set also introduced some legendarily bad mechanics: Arcane and Splice onto Arcane, Spirits and Soulshift. While those […]
Dig Through Time — Champions of Kamigawa
April 11, 2017 by
Dean Gootee 
Dig Through Time — Odyssey Block
March 27, 2017 by
Dean Gootee
For today's Dig Through Time, let's delve back to 2001-2002 for Odyssey block. This block was composed of Odyssey, Torment, and Judgment, and gave us the mechanics flashback, threshold and madness. In case you hadn't noticed, I love using the graveyard as a resource, and this block introduced lots of really fun graveyard interactions. Flashback […]
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Dig Through Time — Ravnica Block
February 28, 2017 by
Dean Gootee
This installment of Dig Through Time digs all the way back to 2006 and one of my favorite blocks of all time: Ravnica! As you may know, Ravnica is the block that introduced us to guilds, and the guild names that we all still use today. The block includes Ravnica: City of Guilds, Dissension, and […]
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Dig Through Time — Mercadian Masques
February 14, 2017 by
Dean Gootee
Today's Dig Through Time brings you some of my top card picks from 1999's Mercadian Masques. This set is unique because it didn't introduce new mechanics but new creature types: Mercenary, Rebel, and Spellshaper. I won't talk about Mercenaries or Rebels, because they're a touch too parasitic; however, Spellshapers, I believe, don't get the credit they deserve. While […]
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Dig Through Time — Invasion
January 20, 2017 by
Dean Gootee
Hello there, I'm Dean Gootee and welcome to the Dig Through Time series! Like so many readers I started playing Magic: The Gathering at a friend’s kitchen table. I had dabbled a bit in school, but it wasn't until Scars of Mirrodin block that I was hooked. I quickly discovered that my favorite part of the game was pouring through […]
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