Good Morning Magic: “Is First Strike Going Away?”

WotC released two pieces of Magic design content this week; the ONE handoff document by MaRo is interesting from a process perspective, but that set appears to have basically been a design slam dunk and this only covers preliminary (‘Vision’) design, so there’s little back-and-forth to observe and learn from.

Gavin’s video is perhaps more interesting, if only because first strike has been such an interesting part of Magic throughout its lifetime — perhaps one of the easiest core mechanics to teach and one with far-reaching, head-scratching effects.