Bricks and Cantrips A deep dive into card game design

Designing Dinosaur Cards

Dinosaurs are awesome! Let’s take a look at the design of some dinosaur cards, and see if we can’t come up with some new ones of our own.

Gigantosaurus Full Art

Slay the Spire 2 -- A Sequel that Keeps the Wheel Spinning

Slay the Spire 2 is out, and it’s already a hit. Let’s talk about how Mega Crit made a worthy followup to arguably the best roguelike deckbuilder of all time.

Slay the Spire 2 Heroes

The Great Expectations of Slay the Spire 2

Slay the Spire 2 came out on Thursday. I haven’t played it at all.

Before I do, I wanted to share my thoughts about what Slay the Spire 2 has to accomplish to live up to the reputation of its predecessor. Can the sequel live up to the hype of the original Slay the Spire?

Slay the Spire 2 Banner

A Shiny Copper - Ecstatic Awakener

Welcome to A Shiny Copper, where we look at cards at common rarity that have a great design.

Let’s take a look at one of my favorite common cards in Magic the Gathering – Ecstatic Awakener // Awoken Demon.

Ecstatic Awakener Awoken Demon

Don't Repeat, but Rhyme - Cycles

Cycles are a collection of cards that share a similar space and design, but differ in faction or identity. They can be used to highlight deck identity and tell players what factions get access to what abilities.

Players can also use pattern recognition to identify the cycle, which can be a little spark of joy.

Primeval Titan Sun Titan Frost Titan
Inferno Titan Grave Titan