List of Making Magic articles: 2002–2010

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List of Making Magic articles

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 piegreen ★★★★★
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 piewhite ★★★★★
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 pieblue ★★★★★
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 pieblack ★★★★★
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 piered ★★★★★
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 piegreen-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 piered-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 pieblack-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 piewhite ★★★★
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

  1. Mark later commented that it deserved three stars.
  2. Stylized as a forum message board
  3. Guest written by Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar
  4. Guest written by Aaron Forsythe
  5. Guest written by Chris Millar
  6. 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