122. Magic: The Gathering
From The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast by Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel
March 4, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
The hosts discuss the approachability of deckbuilding in Magic: The Gathering and how to highlight specific cards.
Do keywords make deckbuilding approachable? How do you spotlight certain cards? Charlie, Trevor, and Ananda tap their lands for mana in Magic: The Gathering.
People in this episode
Hosts: Charlie, Trevor, Ananda
Topics covered
- deckbuilding
- card spotlighting
- Magic: The Gathering
- game mechanics
- keywords
Keywords
- deckbuilding
- Magic: The Gathering
- card games
- game design
- keywords
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Magic: The Gathering
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