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Last updated on May 27, 2026 Ad Nauseam | Illustration by Jeremy Jarvis Magic was too scary was something I heard a number of times in my game design classes from students when I asked them about their earliest experience with TCGs

Quoting the Comprehensive Rules: 704.5q If a permanent has +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters on it, then pairs of a +1/+1 and -1/-1 counter are removed from it as a state-based action. Whenever you add a positive or negative counter to a creature, you first remove the opposite counter the creature may have

That makes vintage cards, especially 1st Edition runs, exponentially scarcer by comparison

Seasons Past can get us back an entire game-plan to play over multiple turns, and really lends itself to enabling huge bounce-backs

Lets get down to brass, er, titanium tacks