Ertai's Lament
Mercadian Masques: Rebel’s Call Review (Part 1 of 2)
“Just like all of you,” wrote Mark Rosewater back in 2005 in response to a volume of mail about Saviors of Kamigawa, “R&D learns about the game as time goes on. And part of the learning process is the occasional mistake.” In this case, the mistake was about keywords- particularly the keyword sweep which he conceded should never have been keyworded in the first place. This was precisely the opposite problem that had plagued Mercadian Masques five years prior.
Read more Mercadian Masques: Disrupter Review (Part 2 of 2)
It’s our first run-out with Mercadian Masques decks as Sam readies herself to challenge Disrupter with the Red/Green Deepwood Menace. For a set long derided for its percieved ‘lack of mechanics,’ will the decks offer something new?
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Mercadian Masques: Disrupter Review (Part 1 of 2)
What’s in a name, asked Juliet, in a line that would become nearly as famous as the play itself. Young lovers divided by their warring families, the temptation to cast aside the burden of names must surely have called to Romeo and Juliet. “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” Had this ended well for them, this might have instead found itself a member of Shakespeare’s lesser works. Instead, a reconciliation is only found once the “star-cross’d lovers” have died, each by their own hands. As it happens, a desire to put aside the baggage of name didn’t end so well for Wizards, either.