List of Making Magic articles: 2002–2010
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This list includes all Making Magic articles published from 2002 to 2010. Star ratings are self-assigned by Mark Rosewater in his "And Counting" series.
2002
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-01-02 | "In the Beginning" | Magicthegathering.com | ★★ | |
| 2002-01-07 | "A Nightmare to Remember" | Set overview | Torment | ★★★ |
| 2002-01-14 | "Make it Black" | Set overview | Torment | ★★★ |
| 2002-01-21 | "Finding a Good Mechanic" | Keyword mechanics | ★★★ | |
| 2002-01-28 | "When Cards Go Bad" | Bad cards | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-02-04 | "Here's Looking at You Squid" | Set overview | Odyssey block | ★★★★ |
| 2002-02-11 | "Split Decisions" | Split cards | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-02-18 | "Enemy Mine" | Color hosers | ★★★ | |
| 2002-02-25 | "Rare, but Well Done" | Bad cards | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-03-04 | "Designing under the Influence" | History of design | Legends | ★ |
| 2002-03-11 | "Timmy, Johnny, and Spike" (prelude) | Psychographic profiles | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-03-18 | "The Write Stuff" | Flavor text | ★★ | |
| 2002-03-25 | "Add Text to Flavor" | Flavor text | ★★★ | |
| 2002-04-01 | "All in One Basket" | April Fools | ||
| 2002-04-01 | "Tweak in Review" | Land destruction | ★★ | |
| 2002-04-08 | "With Trends like These" | You Make the Card | ★ | |
| 2002-04-15 | "Some Enchanted Card Type" | Auras | ★★★ | |
| 2002-04-22 | "R&D R&R" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★ | |
| 2002-04-29 | "Wishes Come True" | Set overview | Judgment | ★★ |
| 2002-05-06 | "Phantom of the Soap Opera" | Set overview | Judgment | ★★ |
| 2002-05-13 | "Through the Riftstone" | Set overview | Judgment | ★ |
| 2002-05-20 | "Keeping It Simple" | Simplicity | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-05-27 | "Tokens of My Affection" | Tokens | ★★★ | |
| 2002-06-03 | "Day of Judgment" | Card-by-card stories | Judgment | ★★ |
| 2002-06-10 | "Common Courtesy" | Commons | ★★★ | |
| 2002-06-17 | "I've Got Mail" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2002-06-24 | "The Game of Life" | Life gain | ★★ | |
| 2002-07-01 | "No Two See the Same Game" | Player misconceptions | ★★★ | |
| 2002-07-08 | "Zen and the Art of Cycle Maintenance" | Cycles | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-07-15 | "Playing to Type 1" | Vintage | ★★★ | |
| 2002-07-22 | "Squirrel of My Dreams" | Squirrels | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-07-29 | "When Bad Things Happen to Good Cards" | Rotation | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-08-05 | "It Happened One Nights" | History of design | Arabian Nights | ★★★ |
| 2002-08-12 | "Codename of the Game" | Codenames | ★★★ | |
| 2002-08-19 | "Free Play" | Free spells | ★★ | |
| 2002-08-26 | "When They Were Young" | Card-by-card stories | Tempest, Urza's Destiny, Odyssey | ★★★ |
| 2002-09-02 | "Alpha Mail" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2002-09-09 | "Wait, There's Morph" | Set overview | Onslaught | ★★★★ |
| 2002-09-16 | "Cycling Cycling" | Set overview | Onslaught | ★★★★ |
| 2002-09-23 | "Tribal's In Your Court" | Set overview | Onslaught | ★★ |
| 2002-09-30 | "The Leak That Was" | Leaks | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-10-07 | "Mons Made Me Do It" | Goblins | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-10-14 | "Creature Feature" | Typal | Onslaught | ★★★ |
| 2002-10-21 | "It's Not Easy Being Green" | Color pie – green | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-10-28 | "Take This Job and Love It" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-11-04 | "To Infinity and Beyond" | Infinite combos | ★★ | |
| 2002-11-11 | "Mistakes? I've Made a Few" | Design mistakes | ★★★ | |
| 2002-11-18 | "Beast of Show" | Creature types | ★★★ | |
| 2002-11-25 | "Getting in the Game" | Player feedback | ★★★★ | |
| 2002-12-02 | "There's Always Two Maro" | Maro | ★★★★★ | |
| 2002-12-09 | "Mail Bonding" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2002-12-16 | "In a Teapot" | Card-by-card stories | Tempest | ★★★ |
2003
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-01-06 | "Trigger Happy" | Set overview | Legions | ★★★ |
| 2003-01-13 | "Phage against the Machines" | Set overview | Legions | ★★★ |
| 2003-01-20 | "Lions and Tigers and Bears" | Set overview | Legions | ★★★★ |
| 2003-01-27 | "Frames of Reference" | Card frames | ★★★★★ | |
| 2003-02-03 | "The Great White Way" | Color pie – white | ★★★★★ | |
| 2003-02-10 | "A Day in the Life" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★★★ | |
| 2003-02-17 | "Banned on the Run" | Banned and restricted cards | ★★★ | |
| 2003-02-24 | "Bursting with Flavor" | Flavor | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-03-03 | "I CC: Dead People" | Zombies | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-03-10 | "Inquiring Minds Want to Know, Part 1" | Mailbag | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-03-17 | "Danger, Will Robinson" | Card draw | ★★ | |
| 2003-03-24 | "Inquiring Minds Want to Know, Part 2" | Mailbag | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-03-31 | "This Land Is My Land" | Nonbasic lands | ★★★ | |
| 2003-04-07 | "Rules of the Game" | Design principles | ★★★★★ | |
| 2003-04-14 | "Jamuraa, the Merrier" | Set overview | Mirage | ★★★★ |
| 2003-04-21 | "Design 101" | Design 100s | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-04-28 | "Dragon Racing" | Set overview | Scourge | ★★ |
| 2003-05-05 | "Birth of a Notion" | Set overview | Scourge | ★★★ |
| 2003-05-12 | "The Bigger, The Better" | Set overview | Scourge | ★ |
| 2003-05-19 | "Keyword to the Rise" | Keyword mechanics | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-05-26 | "Soldiers of Fortune" | Soldiers | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-06-02 | "Format Matters" | Formats | ★★★ | |
| 2003-06-09 | "Top Down and Goal" | Top-down design | ★★★ | |
| 2003-06-16 | "R&D-lightful" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★ | |
| 2003-06-23 | "Instant Winners" | Instants | ★★★ | |
| 2003-06-30 | "You Make the Card, Too" | You Make the Card | ★★ | |
| 2003-07-07 | "Good to the Core" | Set overview | Eighth Edition | ★★★ |
| 2003-07-14 | "Let's Start at the Very Beginning" | Set overview | Eighth Edition | ★★ |
| 2003-07-21 | "Small Change" | Set overview | Eighth Edition | ★★ |
| 2003-07-28 | "Magic Moments" | Mark as a player | ★★★ | |
| 2003-08-04 | "In the Bag" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2003-08-11 | "True Blue" | Color pie – blue | ★★★★★ | |
| 2003-08-18 | "The Value of Pie" | Color pie | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-08-25 | "The Making of a Legend" | Card-by-card stories (legendary creatures) | ★★ | |
| 2003-09-01 | "Someday My Imprint Will Come" | Set overview | Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2003-09-08 | "Equip of the Iceberg" | Set overview | Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2003-09-15 | "A Mind Is a Wonderful Thing to Waste" | Mindslaver | Mirrodin | ★★★★★ |
| 2003-09-22 | "Bacon Bits" | Set overview | Mirrodin | ★★★ |
| 2003-09-29 | "Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto" | Artifact creatures | Mirrodin | ★★ |
| 2003-10-06 | "Come Together" | Linear vs. modular mechanics | Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2003-10-13 | "One for All" (supplement) | Brain teaser | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-10-20 | "Dear Diary" | Welding Jar | Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2003-10-27 | "Afraid So" | Designing for fright | ★★ | |
| 2003-11-03 | "Baby Stories" | Card-by-card stories | Mirrodin | ★★★ |
| 2003-11-10 | "Make No Mistake" | Design mistakes | ★★★★ | |
| 2003-11-17 | "Up, Up and Away" | Flying | ★ | |
| 2003-11-24 | "One Hundred and Counting" | And Counting | ★★★ | |
| 2003-12-01 | "The Baby and the Bathwater" | Abandoned Mechanics | ★★ | |
| 2003-12-08 | "Red Letter Day" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2003-12-15 | "Type 1, Take 2" | Vintage | ★★ |
2004
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-01-05 | "Enter… the Matrix" | Set overview | Darksteel | ★★★ |
| 2004-01-12 | "Arcbound to Happen" | Set overview | Darksteel | ★★★★ |
| 2004-01-19 | "To Affinity and Beyond" | Set overview | Darksteel | ★★ |
| 2004-01-26 | "Special Delivery" | Mark's family | ★★★★★ | |
| 2004-02-02 | "In the Black" | Color pie – black | ★★★★★ | |
| 2004-02-09 | "Free Association" (prelude) | ★[a] | ||
| 2004-02-16 | "Talk to Me" | Player feedback | ★★ | |
| 2004-02-23 | "Starting Over" | Mulligans | ★★★ | |
| 2004-03-01 | "Time Heals All Wounds" | Fiction | ★★★★★ | |
| 2004-03-08 | "Sliver Me Timbers" | Slivers | ★★★ | |
| 2004-03-15 | "Loose Ends" | ★★★ | ||
| 2004-03-22 | "A Cycling Built for Two" | Cycling | ★★★ | |
| 2004-03-29 | "Say What" | Player feedback | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-04-01 | "Ach! Hans, run! It's Unhinged!" | Unhinged | ★★★★★ | |
| 2004-04-05 | "Unhinged or No?" | Unhinged | ★★★ | |
| 2004-04-12 | "Write Away" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2004-04-19 | "Slow and Steady" | Sorceries | ★★★ | |
| 2004-04-26 | "Collecting My Thoughts" | Collectibility | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-05-03 | "Dawn of a New Day" | Set overview | Fifth Dawn | ★★★ |
| 2004-05-12 | "Here Comes the Sunburst" | Set overview | Fifth Dawn | ★★ |
| 2004-05-17 | "Scry Me a River" | Set overview | Fifth Dawn | ★★★ |
| 2004-05-24 | "Cog Wild" | Set overview | Fifth Dawn | ★★★★ |
| 2004-05-31 | "Gimme a Break" | Breaking rules | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-06-07 | "Myr Myr, Off the Wall" | Myr | ★★★ | |
| 2004-06-14 | "Head Games" | Card-by-card stories | Fifth Dawn | ★★★★★ |
| 2004-06-21 | "Que Serra Serra" | Serra Angel | ★★★ | |
| 2004-06-28 | "Adventures of Letter Man" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2004-07-05 | "Where Have All The Demons Gone?" | Demons | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-07-12 | "Design 102" | Design 100s | ★★★★★ | |
| 2004-07-19 | "Seeing Red" | Color pie – red | ★★★★★ | |
| 2004-07-26 | "On Tour, Part 1" | Organized play | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-08-02 | "Ice Guys Finish First" | Ice Age | ★★★ | |
| 2004-08-09 | "On Tour, Part 2" | Organized play | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-08-16 | "Putting the Un in Fun" | Set overview | Unglued | ★★★★ |
| 2003-08-23 | "Odds and Ends" | ★ | ||
| 2003-08-30 | "Now with Added Flavor" | Set overview | Champions of Kamigawa | ★★ |
| 2004-09-06 | "Arcane and Able" | Set overview | Champions of Kamigawa | ★★ |
| 2004-09-13 | "Splice of Life" | Set overview | Champions of Kamigawa | ★★★ |
| 2004-09-20 | "Flipping Out" | Set overview | Champions of Kamigawa | ★★★ |
| 2004-09-27 | "Combo Platter" | Combos | ★★★ | |
| 2004-10-04 | "Change for the Better" | Changes to Magic | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-10-11 | "That's the Spirit" | Card-by-card stories (Spirits) | ★★ | |
| 2004-10-18 | "Elegance" | Elegance | ★★★★★ or ★ | |
| 2004-10-25 | "Top Ten of the Morning" | ★★★ | ||
| 2004-11-01 | "An Elegant Response" | Elegance | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-11-08 | "The Un Starts Now" | Set overview | Unhinged | ★★★ |
| 2004-11-15 | "Un and Games" | Set overview | Unhinged | ★★★★ |
| 2004-11-22 | "Having Un" | Card-by-card stories | Unhinged | ★★★ |
| 2004-11-29 | "Mining the Past" | Trivia quiz | Unhinged | ★★★ |
| 2004-12-06 | "Up and Down" | Bad cards | ★★★★ | |
| 2004-12-13 | "Walk Softly and Carry a Big Acrostic" | Trivia puzzle | ★★★★ |
2005
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-10 | "When Ninjas Attack" | Set overview | Betrayers of Kamigawa | ★★ |
| 2005-01-17 | "Flip Service" | Set overview | Betrayers of Kamigawa | ★★ |
| 2005-01-24 | "A Few Words from R&D" | Words with R&D | ★★★ | |
| 2005-01-31 | "Ninjas & Pirates & Myr… Oh My!" | Creative Team | ★★★ | |
| 2005-02-07 | "Thread Rover" | Player feedback | ★★★ | |
| 2005-02-14 | "Land of the Rising Fun" | ★★★ | ||
| 2005-02-21 | "Design of the Times" | Alpha | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-02-28 | "Just the Arifacts Ma'am" | Artifacts | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-03-07 | "Topical Blend #1 – To Err Is Human" (prelude) | Topical Blend | ★★★★★ | |
| 2005-03-14 | "Feeling the Draft" | Booster Draft | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-03-21 | "The Troubled One" | Color pie | ★★★ | |
| 2005-03-28 | "Counter Intelligence" | Counterspells | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-04-04 | "The Answer Lies Within" | FAQ | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-04-11 | "Discard Tricks" | Discard spells | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-04-18 | "Fun Fun Fun" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2005-04-25 | "By Any Other Name" | ★★★ | ||
| 2005-05-02 | "Today and Tomorrow" | ★ | ||
| 2005-05-09 | "Epic Struggles" (prelude) | Set overview | Saviors of Kamigawa | ★★ |
| 2005-05-16 | "The Sun'll Come Out to Maro" | Set overview | Saviors of Kamigawa | ★★★ |
| 2005-05-23 | "Choosing a Channel" | Set overview | Saviors of Kamigawa | ★★ |
| 2005-06-06 | "One with One with Nothing" | One with Nothing | Saviors of Kamigawa | ★★★ |
| 2005-06-13 | "Saving Space" | Conservation | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-06-20 | "Decking the Hall" | Hall of Fame nominations | ★★ | |
| 2005-06-27 | "It's a Long Story" (prelude) | Hall of Fame nominations | ★★★ | |
| 2005-06-27 | "We've Got Beatdown" | Aggro decks | ★ | |
| 2005-07-11 | "Hanging with Roy G. Biv" | ★★★ | ||
| 2005-07-18 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Truth" | Bad cards | ★★★★★ | |
| 2005-07-25 | "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" | Core sets | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-08-01 | "Once More with Feeling" | Repetition | ★★★★★ | |
| 2005-08-08 | "Body Snatchers of the Invasion" | Set overview | Invasion | ★★ |
| 2005-08-15 | "By the Letter" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2005-08-22 | "Equipment to Be" | Equipment | ★★★ | |
| 2005-08-29 | "State of Design 2005" | State of Design | ★★★★★ | |
| 2005-09-05 | "City Planning, Part I" | Set overview | Ravnica: City of Guilds | ★★★★ |
| 2005-09-12 | "City Planning, Part II" | Set overview | Ravnica: City of Guilds | ★★★★ |
| 2005-09-19 | "City Planning, Part III" | Set overview | Ravnica: City of Guilds | ★★★★ |
| 2005-09-26 | "+1/+1 for the Road" | Counters and tokens | ★★★ | |
| 2005-10-03 | "Group Think" | Color pie – green-white | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-10-10 | "Twenty Questions" | Mark's career | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-10-24 | "Life and Death" | Color pie – black-green | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-10-31 | "Two Hundred and Counting" | And Counting | ★★★ | |
| 2005-11-07 | "Pretty Sneaky Sis" | Color pie – blue-black | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-11-14 | "Midas Touch" | Multicolor | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-11-21 | "Thirty-Two Short Columns About Dwarves"" | Dwarves | ★★★★★ | |
| 2005-11-28 | "A Different Worlds" | Mark's career | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-12-05 | "Disorderly Conduct" | Color pie – red-white | ★★★★ | |
| 2005-12-12 | "Topical Blend #2"[b] (prelude) | Topical Blend | ★★★★★ |
2006
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-09 | "If You Guild It, They Will Come" | Set overview | Guildpact | ★★★ |
| 2006-01-16 | "Just the Ten of Us" | Set overview | Guildpact | ★★★ |
| 2006-01-23 | "Now I Know My ABC's" | Set overview | Guildpact | ★★★ |
| 2006-01-23 | "Aaaargh!!!" | Color pie – red-green | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-02-06 | "Back Issues" | Controversies | ★★★ | |
| 2006-02-13 | "Interview with Some Vampires" | Vampires | ★★★ | |
| 2006-02-20 | "Life Lessons, Part I" | Life Lessons | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-02-27 | "Creative Differences" | Color pie – blue-red | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-03-06 | "Life Lessons, Part II" | Life Lessons | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-03-13 | "Topical Blend #2a: Celebrating Larry" (prelude)[c] | Topical Blend | ||
| 2006-03-20 | "Timmy, Johnny and Spike Revisited" (prelude) | Psychographic profiles | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-03-27 | "Playing by Their Own Rules" | Color pie – white-black | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-04-03 | "Direct Mail" | Mailbag | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-04-10 | "Seeds of Dissension" | Set overview | Dissension | ★★★ |
| 2006-04-17 | "Split (Odds &) Ends" | Set overview | Dissension | ★★★ |
| 2006-04-24 | "In the Cards" | Card-by-card stories | Dissension | ★★★ |
| 2006-05-01 | "Slow and Steady" | Color pie – white-blue | Dissension | ★★★★ |
| 2006-05-08 | "Dissension Design Documented"[d] | Set overview | Dissension | |
| 2006-05-19 | "It's About Time" | Instants and sorceries | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-05-26 | "Improving Upon Nature" | Color pie – green-blue | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-06-05 | "As Good As It Gets" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2006-06-12 | "Angels Among Us" | Akroma, Angel of Wrath | ★★★ | |
| 2006-06-19 | "Law and Order" | Rancor Elf lawsuit | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-06-26 | "There's No Business Like Snow Business" | Set overview | Coldsnap | ★★★ |
| 2006-07-03 | "Of Ice and Men" | Set overview | Ice Age, Alliances | ★★ |
| 2006-07-10 | "Feeling a Draft" | Set overview | Coldsnap | ★★★ |
| 2006-07-17 | "Snow: Mana Mystery" | Snow costs | Coldsnap | ★★★★ |
| 2006-07-24 | "Talking Tech" | History of design | Ice Age block | ★★★★ |
| 2006-07-31 | "Cantrip Down Memory Lane" | Cantrips | ★★★ | |
| 2006-08-07 | "80,000 Words" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-08-14 | "Hedonism with Attitude" | Color pie – black-red | ★★★★ | |
| 2006-08-21 | "State of Design 2006" | State of Design | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-08-28 | "Beginning at the End" | ★★ | ||
| 2006-09-04 | "Blast from the Past" | Set overview | Time Spiral | ★★★ |
| 2006-09-11 | "Needing a Little Time" | Set overview | Time Spiral | ★★★ |
| 2006-09-18 | "Plenty of Time" | Set overview | Time Spiral | ★★★ |
| 2006-09-25 | "Purple Reign" | Timeshifted cards | Time Spiral | ★★★ |
| 2006-10-02 | "Timeshifting into Gear" | Timeshifted cards | Time Spiral | ★★★★ |
| 2006-10-09 | "Tests of Endurance" | Great Designer Search | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-10-11 | "The Great Designer Search Multiple Choice Answers" | Great Designer Search | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-10-16 | "Between a Grok and a Hard Place" | Grokking | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-10-23 | "American Pie" | Color pie – reprinting color breaks | Time Spiral | ★★★★ |
| 2006-10-30 | "We're Off To See The Wizards" | Wizards | Time Spiral | ★★★ |
| 2006-11-06 | "Design 103" | Design 100s | ★★★★★ | |
| 2006-11-13 | "Name Dropping" | Card-by-card stories | Time Spiral | ★★★ |
| 2006-11-20 | "On the Stack" | The stack | ★★★ | |
| 2006-12-04 | "Making 'Making Magic'" | ★★★ | ||
| 2006-12-11 | "Hidden treasures" | ★★★ |
2007
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-08 | "Chaos Theory" | Set overview | Planar Chaos | ★★★ |
| 2007-01-15 | "Utter Chaos" | Set overview | Planar Chaos | ★★ |
| 2007-01-22 | "The Great Mix-Up, Part I" | Set overview | Planar Chaos | ★★★ |
| 2007-01-29 | "The Timeshifts They Are a Changing" | Timeshifted cards | Planar Chaos | ★★★ |
| 2007-02-05 | "The Great Mix-Up, Part II" | Set overview | Planar Chaos | ★★★ |
| 2007-02-12 | "When the Going Gets Bluff" | Mark's career | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-02-19 | "Breaking Rules" | Breaking rules | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-02-26 | "Nights of the Round Table" (prelude) | Set overview | Arabian Nights | ★★★★★ |
| 2007-03-05 | "Tales of a Runner" | Mark's career | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-03-12 | "You Can Say That Again" | Echo | ★★★ | |
| 2007-03-19 | "Myth-Understandings" | Player misconceptions | ★★★ | |
| 2007-03-26 | "Fatty, Fatty, Two by Four" | Psychographic profiles | ★★★★★ | |
| 2007-04-02 | "Connect the Dots" | Creativity | ★★★★★ | |
| 2007-04-09 | "The Future Is Now, Part I" | Set overview | Future Sight | ★★★★ |
| 2007-04-16 | "The Future Is Now, Part I" | Set overview | Future Sight | ★★★★ |
| 2007-04-23 | "The Future Is Now, Part I" | Set overview | Future Sight | ★★★★ |
| 2007-04-30 | "Timeshift After Timeshift" | Timeshifted cards | Future Sight | ★★★ |
| 2007-05-07 | "Melvin and Vorthos" | Aesthetic profiles | ★★★★★ | |
| 2007-05-14 | "The Scrying Game" | Set overview | Future Sight | ★★★ |
| 2007-05-21 | "Design Language" | Psychographic and aesthetic profiles | ★★★★★ | |
| 2007-06-04 | "Dear Maro" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2007-06-11 | "Here's the Kicker" | Kicker | ★★★ | |
| 2007-06-18 | "Keyword Play" | Keywords | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-06-25 | "Enchantment for the Better Things, Part I" | Card-by-card stories (Enchantments) | ★★★ | |
| 2007-07-02 | "Enchantment for the Better Things, Part II" | Card-by-card stories (Enchantments) | ★★★ | |
| 2007-07-09 | "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" | Sealed Deck | ★★★ | |
| 2007-07-16 | "Two Plus Two" | Block structure announcement | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-07-23 | "The X Files" | ★★★ | ||
| 2007-07-30 | "What's the Problem?" | Puzzle | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-08-06 | "Everything Old Is New Again" | Reuse | ★★★ | |
| 2007-08-13 | "State of Design 2007" | State of Design | Coldsnap, Time Spiral block | ★★★★★ |
| 2007-08-20 | "Onslaught Machine" | Card-by-card stories | Onslaught | ★★★ |
| 2007-08-27 | "Topical Blend #3: Sessions" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2007-09-10 | "A Lorwyn / Lorwyn Situation" | Set overview | Lorwyn | ★★ |
| 2007-09-17 | "Lorwyn at All Costs" | Set overview | Lorwyn | ★★★ |
| 2007-09-24 | "Lorwyn One for the Team" | Set overview | Lorwyn | ★★★ |
| 2007-10-01 | "And the Rest" | Set overview | Lorwyn | ★★★ |
| 2007-10-08 | "Before and After" | Set overview | Lorwyn | ★★★★ |
| 2007-10-15 | "Three Hundred and Counting" | And Counting | ★★★ | |
| 2007-10-22 | "Kith and Kin" | Kithkin | Lorwyn | ★★★ |
| 2007-10-29 | "All-Star Trek" | Organized play | ★★★ | |
| 2007-11-05 | "Planeswalk on the Wild Side, Part I" | Planeswalkers | Lorwyn | ★★★★ |
| 2007-11-12 | "Planeswalk on the Wild Side, Part II" | Planeswalkers | Lorwyn | ★★★★ |
| 2007-11-19 | "The Times They Are A Changeling" | Changeling | Lorwyn | ★★★★ |
| 2007-11-26 | "What Do You Know, Part I" | Trivia | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-12-03 | "The Weather(light) Report" | Storyline | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-12-10 | "What Do You Know, Part II" | Trivia | ★★★★ | |
| 2007-12-17 | "Seeing the Forst for the Treefolk" | Mark as a player | ★★★ |
2008
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-07 | "Class Is in Session" | Set overview | Morningtide | ★★★ |
| 2008-01-14 | "But Wait, There's More" | Set overview | Morningtide | ★★★ |
| 2008-01-21 | "The Amazing Race/Class" | Race/class model | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-01-28 | "War(ior) Stories" | Card-by-card stories (Warriors) | ★★★ | |
| 2008-02-04 | "The Space Between The Notes" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2008-02-11 | "+1/+1 Size Fits All" | +1/+1 counters | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-02-18 | "Innovate Is Enough (Or Is It?)" | Innovation | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-02-25 | "Rogue Operative" | Mark's career | ★★★ | |
| 2008-03-03 | "Assume the Acquisition" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2008-03-10 | "They Might Be Giants" | Giants | ★★★ | |
| 2008-03-17 | "Building Blocks" | Function vs. form | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-03-24 | "Shaman You" | Color distribution of mechanics | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-03-31 | "Shadowmoor Than Meets The Eye, Part I" | Set overview | Shadowmoor | ★★★★ |
| 2008-04-07 | "Shadowmoor Than Meets The Eye, Part II" | Set overview | Shadowmoor | ★★★★ |
| 2008-04-14 | "Shadowmoor Than Meets The Eye, Part III" | Set overview | Shadowmoor | ★★★★ |
| 2008-04-21 | "Shadowmoor More More" | Card-by-card stories | Shadowmoor | ★★★ |
| 2008-04-28 | "Mix & Match, Part I" | Hybrid | Shadowmoor | ★★ |
| 2008-05-05 | "Mix & Match, Part II" | Hybrid | Shadowmoor | ★★ |
| 2008-05-12 | "-1/-1 Singular Sensation" | Breaking Rules | Shadowmoor | ★★★★ |
| 2008-05-19 | "The Evil That Designers Do" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2008-06-02 | "The Year of Living Changerously" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2008-06-09 | "IM Legend" | Color pie | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-06-16 | "Stating the Obvious" | Meeting expectations | Eventide | ★★★★ |
| 2008-06-23 | "A Merfolk's Tale" | Merfolk | ★★★ | |
| 2008-06-30 | "Breaking Eventide" | Set overview | Eventide | ★★★ |
| 2008-07-07 | "Eventide Pool" | Set overview | Eventide | ★★★ |
| 2008-07-14 | "Every Card Has a Story" | Card-by-card stories | Eventide | ★★★ |
| 2008-07-21 | "Don't Shoot the Messenger[e]" | |||
| 2008-07-28 | "Ability Word To Your Mother" | Ability words | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-08-04 | "After Party" | Color pie | ★ | |
| 2008-08-11 | "In the Mailbag" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2008-08-18 | "To Thine Own Elf Be True" | Card-by-card stories (Elves) | ★★★ | |
| 2008-09-01 | "State of Design 2008" | State of Design | Lorwyn block, Shadowmoor block | ★★★★★ |
| 2008-09-08 | "Between a Rock and a Shard Place" | Set overview | Shards of Alara | ★★★ |
| 2008-09-15 | "Shard Candy" | Set overview | Shards of Alara | ★★★ |
| 2008-09-22 | "Shard Tricks" | Set overview | Shards of Alara | ★★★★ |
| 2008-09-29 | "Cards of Alara" | Card-by-card stories | Shards of Alara | ★★★ |
| 2008-10-06 | "Peace, Love and Understanding" | Color pie – white | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-10-13 | "Cosmic Encounter, Part I" | Mark's family | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-10-20 | "Looking Out For Number One" | Color pie – black | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-10-27 | "Cosmic Encounter, Part II" | Mark's family | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-11-03 | "Searching Within" | Color pie – green | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-11-10 | "Design Seminars: The 10 Mental Locks" | Design Seminars | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-11-17 | "Striving for Perfection" | Color pie – blue | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-11-24 | "80,000 Words (with Director Commentary)" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-12-01 | "Following Your Heart" | Color pie – red | ★★★★ | |
| 2008-12-08 | "80,000 Words (with Director Commentary), Part II" | Working at Wizards of the Coast | ★★★★★ | |
| 2008-12-15 | "Reprints Charming" | Reprints | ★★★★ |
2009
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-05 | "Resolutions" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2009-01-12 | "Nuts & Bolts #1: Card Codes" | Nuts & Bolts | ★★★ | |
| 2009-01-19 | "When Worlds Collide, Part I" | Set overview | Conflux | ★★★ |
| 2009-01-26 | "When Worlds Collide, Part II" | Set overview | Conflux | ★★★ |
| 2009-02-02 | "Party of Five" | Trivia (five-color cards) | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-02-09 | "Whatever Happened to Barry's Land?" | Barry's Land | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-02-16 | "25 Random Things About Magic" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2009-02-23 | "Cycling Round The Track" | Cycling | ★★★ | |
| 2009-03-02 | "Magic Design Seminar: Looking Within" | Design Seminars | ★★★★★ | |
| 2009-03-09 | "Designing for Timmy" | Psychographic profiles | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-03-16 | "Looking for a Good Mechanic" | Mechanics | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-03-23 | "Mana with All the Fixin's" | Mana fixing | ★★★ | |
| 2009-03-30 | "Other People's Shoes" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2009-04-06 | "If I Had a Nicol…" | Storyline | ★★★★★ | |
| 2009-04-13 | "Solid Gold" | Set overview | Alara Reborn | ★★★ |
| 2009-04-20 | "Goldfingers" | Set overview | Alara Reborn | ★★★ |
| 2009-04-27 | "An Outside View" | Card-by-card stories | Alara Reborn | ★★★ |
| 2009-05-04 | "Kind Acts of Randomness" | Randomness | ★★★★★ | |
| 2009-05-11 | "All That Twitters Is Not Gold" | Hybrid | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-05-18 | "Golden Oldies" | Card-by-card stories (multicolor) | ★★★ | |
| 2009-06-01 | "Once Upon a Time" | Mark as a player | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-06-08 | "Tweet Talk" | Mailbag | ★★★ | |
| 2009-06-15 | "A View From the Top" | Top-down design | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-06-22 | "Magic Lessons" | Mana burn | Magic 2010 | ★★★★ |
| 2009-06-29 | "Resonate Eight Days a Week" | Set overview | Magic 2010 | ★★★★ |
| 2009-07-06 | "Drop and Give Me 2010" | Set overview | Magic 2010 | ★★★ |
| 2009-07-13 | "Feeling Blue" | Set overview | Magic 2010 | ★★★★ |
| 2009-07-20 | "The Silver Lining" | Card-by-card stories (silver-bordered) | ★★★ | |
| 2009-07-27 | "Decisions, Decisions, Part I" | Designing for decisions | ★★★ | |
| 2009-08-03 | "Designing for Johnny" | Psychographic profiles | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-08-10 | "Decisions, Decisions, Part II" | Designing for decisions | ★★★ | |
| 2009-08-17 | "In My Day" | Changes to Magic | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-08-24 | "State of Design 2009" | State of Design | Alara block, Magic 2010, Zendikar block | ★★★★★ |
| 2009-08-31 | "Planechasing Your Dream" | Set overview | Planechase | ★★★ |
| 2009-09-07 | "Achieving Zendikar, Part I" | Set overview | Zendikar | ★★★★ |
| 2009-09-14 | "Achieving Zendikar, Part II" | Set overview | Zendikar | ★★★★ |
| 2009-09-21 | "Achieving Zendikar, Part III" | Set overview | Zendikar | ★★★★ |
| 2009-09-28 | "Four Hundred and Counting" | And Counting | ★★★ | |
| 2009-10-05 | "Leading a Horse to Water" | Design mistakes | Odyssey, Zendikar | ★★★★★ |
| 2009-10-12 | "Zendikar Talk" | Card-by-card stories | Zendikar | ★★★★ |
| 2009-10-19 | "Care for a Bite?" | Vampires | Zendikar | ★★★★ |
| 2009-10-26 | "Land of the Lost" | Unused mechanics | Zendikar | ★★★★ |
| 2009-11-02 | "True Allies" | Allies | Zendikar | ★★★ |
| 2009-11-09 | "Maro on Maro, Part I" | Self-interview | ★★★★★ | |
| 2009-11-16 | "Around the Worlds in Fifteen Years" | Organized play | ★★★ | |
| 2009-11-23 | "Maro on Maro, Part II" | Self-interview | ★★★★★ | |
| 2009-11-30 | "Designing for Spike" | Psychographic profiles | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-12-07 | "Playing with Blocks" | Zendikar block | ★★★★ | |
| 2009-12-14 | "The Revenge fo Mons" | Goblins | ★★★★★ |
2010
| Date | Article | Topic | Set(s) | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-04 | "Disney Magic" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2010-01-11 | "Milling, About" | Mill | ★★★ | |
| 2010-01-18 | "And the Land Played On" | Set overview | Worldwake | ★★★ |
| 2010-01-25 | "A Multikick in the Seat of the Pants" | Set overview | Worldwake | ★★★ |
| 2010-02-01 | "Worldwake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Card-by-card stories | Worldwake | ★★★ |
| 2010-02-08 | "All Together Now" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2010-02-15 | "Nuts & Bolts: Design Skeleton" | Nuts & Bolts | ★★★★★ | |
| 2010-02-22 | "Spin-Off to See the Wizards" | Spin-off mechanics | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-03-01 | "Fun-Off, Part 1" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2010-03-08 | "Raiders of the Lost Cabinet" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2010-03-15 | "Fun-Off, Part 2" | ★★★★ | ||
| 2010-03-22 | "Working Draft" | Booster Draft | ★★★ | |
| 2010-03-29 | "On the Rise, Part I" | Set overview | Rise of the Eldrazi | ★★★ |
| 2010-04-05 | "On the Rise, Part II" | Set overview | Rise of the Eldrazi | ★★★ |
| 2010-04-12 | "On the Rise, Part III" | Set overview | Rise of the Eldrazi | ★★★★ |
| 2010-04-19 | "To Eldrazi and Back" | Card-by-card stories | Rise of the Eldrazi | ★★★ |
| 2010-04-26 | "You Had Me At Eldrazi" | Bio-dome | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-05-03 | "The Ten Principles for Good Design, Part I" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2010-05-10 | "Level Headed" | Level up | Rise of the Eldrazi | ★★★★ |
| 2010-05-17 | "The Ten Principles for Good Design, Part II" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2010-05-24 | "On the Rebound" | Rebound | Rise of the Eldrazi | ★★★ |
| 2010-06-07 | "Disadvantaged" | Auras | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-06-14 | "From the Heart" | Set overview | Archenemy | ★★★ |
| 2010-06-21 | "My Rogue's Gallery" | ★★★ | ||
| 2010-06-28 | "Magic Goes To Eleven" | Set overview | Magic 2011 | ★★★ |
| 2010-07-05 | "Eleven Sent" | Set overview | Magic 2011 | ★★★ |
| 2010-07-12 | "Know How, Part 1" | Question Mark Mailbags | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-07-19 | "The Multiplay's The Thing" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2010-07-26 | "Know How, Part 2" | Question Mark Mailbags | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-08-02 | "Feedback to Basics" | Player feedback | ★★★ | |
| 2010-08-09 | "Playing with Memories"[f] | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2010-08-16 | "Gimme a Hand" | Opening hands | ★★★ | |
| 2010-08-23 | "Making Memories" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2010-08-30 | "Thank You Sir, May I Have Another" | Great Designer Search 2 | ★★★ | |
| 2010-09-06 | "Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 1" | Set overview | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2010-09-13 | "Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 2" | Set overview | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2010-09-20 | "Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 3" | Set overview | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2010-09-27 | "State of Design 2010" | State of Design | Zendikar block, Archenemy, Scars of Mirrodin block | ★★★★★ |
| 2010-10-04 | "Proliferate Crazy Nights" | Proliferate | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★★ |
| 2010-10-11 | "A Different World" | Designing worlds | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-10-18 | "I Want to Threshold Your Hand (Or Possibly My Artifacts)" | Metalcraft | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★ |
| 2010-10-25 | "A Few Multiple-Choice Words" | Great Designer Search 2 | ★★★★★ | |
| 2010-11-01 | "The Power of Passion" | ★★★★★ | ||
| 2010-11-08 | "Essay What" | Great Designer Search 2 | ★★★★ | |
| 2010-11-15 | "Feel the Burn" | Direct damage | ★★ | |
| 2010-11-22 | "That's Going To Leave Scars, Part 1" | Card-by-card stories | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★ |
| 2010-11-29 | "Imprints Charming" | Rarity of mechanics | ★★★ | |
| 2010-12-06 | "That's Going To Leave Scars, Part 2" | Card-by-card stories | Scars of Mirrodin | ★★★ |
| 2010-12-13 | "The Darksteel Returns" | Indestructible | ★★★ |
Notes
- ↑ Mark later commented that it deserved three stars.
- ↑ Stylized as a forum message board
- ↑ Guest written by Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar
- ↑ Guest written by Aaron Forsythe
- ↑ Guest written by Chris Millar
- ↑ A brand-new article, deceptively labeled as a rerun and retroactively inserted into the magicthegathering.com archives with the false date December 30, 2000
References
- Mark Rosewater (November 24, 2003). "One Hundred and Counting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Mark Rosewater (October 31, 2005). "Two Hundred and Counting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Mark Rosewater (October 15, 2007). "Three Hundred and Counting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Mark Rosewater (September 28, 2009). "Four Hundred and Counting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023.
- Mark Rosewater (August 8, 2011). "Five Hundred and Counting". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014.