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My 10 Favorite Magic Stories of 2023 (And 5 Non-Magic Ones)
All short stories published this year, Magic ones ranked only on release date. Let’s go. #10: A Hollow Body by Aysha U. Farah Phyrexian creations of creations of creations of…. #9: Inevitable Resolutions by Seanan McGuire Fallen friends and fighting over the nuclear briefcase. Even the devil is there! #8 Alone by Miguel Lopez A simple tale of Teferi returning home (to an out-of-time place via time travel explosions). #7 A Man of Parts by Reinhardt Suarez Known bastard Tezzeret finally gets his time to shine, cashing a paycheck for Phyrexian labor. #6 Mother, Son, and Story by K. Arsenault Rivera This was the invasion moment for me. Should she have been? No, but alas. #5 The Adventures of Rankle, Master of Love by Jenna Helland Strongest entry in the March side stories. Unsurprising from the web fiction veteran. #4 One and the Same by Alison Lührs In some circles, casually mentioning this story has a chance to start a multi-day posting frenzy. #3 Grave Secrets by Cullen Bunn The final BOOM! Magic spinoff entry indulges in the wildly rewarding connections that this comic line perfected. #2 Pure of Heart by K. Arsenault Rivera The longer I sit with this one, the more I’m convinced it is actually the best set opener ever. #1 LCI Episode 6 by Valerie Valdes Yes, this set story made me love Quint and the ending cemented it. But also, Aclazotz fans stay winning. #5 The Tough Part by Allegra Hyde Charming, funny, and grim in a believably small way that will fill you with dread. #4 System Collapse by Martha Wells Everyone I know seems to be reading Murderbot already, but just in case: Start reading Murderbot. #3 This Is Salvaged by Vauhini Vara Like watching a trainwreck in slow motion, but with an…
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June Updates: Story Timeline Published Order and More
Sometimes you just have to give the people what they want. Or in this case, give Marc Watson what he wants. So now there is a Story Timeline: Published Order | Magic Origins to Present. Will I answer all requests I come across when namesearching the site on socials? No, but this one seemed overdue for how useful it is. This “reading order” timeline also leaves a lot of room to explore. Just as the card community has its aspiring collectors, the story community has aspiring story completionists who would really love to read everything from Alpha’s Introduction to present. Meanwhile, a Story Timeline: In Multiverse with A.R. year markings and links to pivotal stories would have wider fan appeal. Anyways, onto the less interesting updates: On the horizon for July: Cary
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Planeswalker’s Guides &
Art Books
All of the Magic: The Gathering Planeswalker’s Guides and art books, all in one place.
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The Planes of Planechase:
March of the Machine Commander
After nearly a decade away, Planechase has returned with brand new plane cards in March of the Machine Commander! We’ve visited quite a few worlds in the Multiverse since the last installment of Planechase product. Thankfully, there’s enough cards to spotlight everything from the Phyrexian present to recent visits to the truly obscure past. Just as with predecessor sets, the plane cards featured do not necessarily reflect their current state. In fact, there are some other horizontally formatted cards in the main set that do just that for many of the planes seen here. Let’s get planeswalking to some new locations! The Caldaia, Capenna Home to the industrial laborers of New Capenna, the Caldaia is the working heart of the city. It has the forges, warehouses, and factories, as well as the family that built the city into the miles-high magnificence that it is. You don’t get to have hundreds of buildings of steel and glass or transportation infrastructure weaving through boroughs without the strength and speed of the Riveteers workforce coming into play. For more, check out Planeswalker’s Guide to Streets of New Capenna. Enigma Ridges, Echoir Echoir is a plane originally visited by Dack Fayden in his pursuit of the Planeswalker Sifa Grent during The Spell Thief—the second comic series of four in IDW’s original Magic run. Unfortunately for the greatest thief in the Multiverse, the Titan who lived on Echoir was very eager to add a Planeswalker to his collection of curiosities. (Spoilers: Dack did find a way to escape.) Although we didn’t get to peek beyond the Titan’s castle home during the comic story, Enigma Ridges gives us a glimpse at a pair of bridge-like mountain ranges to tease a much stranger nature on the plane. Esper, Alara As the only shard of Alara that went…
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March of the Machine Updates
It’s time for the finale to the New Phyrexia story! With 18 total stories releasing across 11 days, I have quite the cataloging spree in store for me. The goal is to aim for same-day addition to the story search, however MTGStory.com will likely remain the most up-to-date for those only looking to read new stories. After all, this site is best for the obscure worlds, old characters, and deep cut lore references. And with March of the Machine spanning the Multiverse itself, it’s hard not to be excited by the potential. This all to say: Happy set story day! Cary
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New Book and Comic Pages
One of the unique issues with listing novels, novellas, and newer comics in the story catalog is deciding where to direct people to and how to be most helpful. Up until 2019, I kept a pretty unwieldy page featuring a massive table that acted as a link hub for old books and comics. Multiple columns for purchase options, some ebooks, others physical only. It wasn’t perfect, but it did work. The page ranked third among the most visited pages on the site—ugly, dense, and yet somehow actually helpful. It turns out that people like having all of the books and comics listed in a single place. So how can it be spruced up? By not overloading visitors with information to sift through. Individualized book pages aim to provide some basic information—the title, author, date of publishing, and a short description blurb—along with reviews and places to purchase. Check out Apocalypse’s book page for a quick taste or dive into the Magic: The Gathering Book Portal to explore more. It’s a small change. Few of the books listed are relevant considering we’ve returned to the era of free web fiction. The BOOM! comics remain excellent! But I’m not trying to sell you on anything, and this site will not use referral links (see the About page for more). This is just some spring cleaning to close the gap for curious would-be readers. Cary
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Logo Redesign
Needed some change. The very first logo I designed for my site was the perfect melding of book and Planeswalker symbol, but it was instead used for The Vorthos Cast as that project held priority (and rightly so). The second logo I designed was a unique diamond image which sacrificed half of its available space for the shape and featured a tilted “L”. For those unfamiliar, “L” is not the first letter of the site name. The third logo was a recent coal-flame attempt, inspired by Leshrac’s depiction in the Armada comics, however it appeared too generic no matter the tweaking and retooling. A unique flame shape is also hard to scale and logos featuring flames are decently overused—most notably by Curse, who is associated with game wikis. This new design is by no means a masterpiece. It solves my long-standing desire for bookmark inclusion and visibility at favicon scale, but in an odd way. The color palette is a favorite though since I landed on it and finalized the art before realizing it reminds me of Vow of the Disciple from Destiny 2. The only pitfalls I really wanted to avoid were screaming “Magic card” or “five colors” or echoing an iconic set symbol. I do love the vibe though and that is more than enough for me. Cary
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