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Jester’s ReCap 12: Democracy in Action, Judge Attacks, Bans

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Hello again Magic Community, It's time a for another Jester's ReCap, the article where I break down all things happening with Magic from memory, for folks who are only sort of paying attention. I like to kee... Read More...

Jester’s ReCap 11 – Predicting the Future

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Hello again Magic Community, It’s the New Year and with the Mothership taking the Holidays off, the New Year’s hangovers potentially still quite fresh, and the news slowed to a dribble, it was mighty temptin... Read More...

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Hello again, Magic Community and welcome back to Jester’s ReCap: Magic: The Gathering’s Island of Misfit News. I hope you had a fantastic Christmas, though statistically most of you didn’t. I’m sure there was g... Read More...

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Hello Magic Community, Welcome back to Jester's ReCap, the mythic foil of Magic...ehh. OK, the playable uncommon of Magic news. No? OK, a place to hear about all the latest Magic news that I write up with th... Read More...

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Hello Magic Community! Welcome to Jester's ReCap, the articles where I break down the latest happenings in the MTG Universe for you in the laziest way possible. Magic: The Gathering is tough to keep up with,... Read More...

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Hello Magic Community! Welcome to Jester's ReCap, the series where I go over the latest MTG news from the top of my head without any research or reading or anything that counts as work. This week is pretty m... Read More...

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