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Historically Speaking — Merfolk and Mayans, Oh My!

Historically Speaking — Merfolk and Mayans, Oh My!

by
Charles Allison
Charles Allison
Welcome back to Historically Speaking! We’ve covered vampires, cat-people and the distinct possibility of bat-gods in previous articles. Today we proceed to examine the probable cultural influences and aesthetics of the green and blue faction of Ixalan—the River Heralds, those jade-encrusted merfolk who guard the path to the Golden City (more on that later—in a […]
Ultra Budget Brews — Ixalan

Ultra Budget Brews — Ixalan

by
Andrew Cummings
Andrew Cummings
Hello and welcome back to Ultra Budget Brews, the column that plays EDH decks unsleeved like a godless savage, because sleeves are more expensive than the actual cards being played. I could use the previous sentence to segue into a joke about 'protection', but I'd want to find a gif for that and as I […]