Bricks and Cantrips

Bricks and Cantrips

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Card game design nerd. Dissecting your favorite card game like Magic, Slay the Spire, and Hearthstone to see what makes them tick. New post every Saturday at bricksandcantrips.com

15 Followers 57 Following 25 Posts Joined Feb 2026
19 hours ago
Kav Landseeker, a Magic the Gathering card

Today in common Magic cards, Kav Landseeker.

An on-rate body at 4/3 with menace for 4 mana, and has a fun mini game with a time sensitive Lander token.

The art matches up with the Lander mechanic and you get this awesome flavor of seeking terra nova every time you play it.

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1 day ago

can you make a sticky plasma grenade like halo?

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1 day ago
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 is out, and it delivers more slay-the-spirey goodness.

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2 days ago

Seems fine. Your game has bombs, right?

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2 days ago
A display of a blue/black faeries draft deck in Magic the Gathering

Ended up in Blue/Black Faeries (not bad) with a record of 2-1, beating the top seed to prevent any 3-0 victors at our pod

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2 days ago

Awww yiss, it’s Friday Night Magic 😎

Doing a Lorwyn Eclipsed draft at my local game store!

Hoping I can get an open goblin lane, but anything can happen!

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3 days ago

Lol! Good on you.

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3 days ago

quick, what’s one GDC memory you want to share?

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5 days ago
Void Form, a Slay the Spire 2 card

And just like that, got my first Regent win in Slay the Spire 2 ✨

This card is bonkers

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5 days ago

Been playing some Slay the Spire 2. Just like in Slay the Spire 1, I can win pretty easily with The Silent, get to Act 3 with The Ironclad, and whiff with any other class 😅 Anyone have tips for The Necrobinder?

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5 days ago

Some other tokens in white too. I think Foundations is a great core set and a good limited environment.

It was also the first time in a while that Green was not the de facto best color, so you got some fun back and forth spell slinging

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5 days ago
Cat Collector, a Magic the Gathering card

I played a lot! Not sure sacrifice was a fully supported archetype, but Hungry Ghoul, Arbiter of Woe, Eaten Alive, High Society Hunter, and Vampire Gourmand all had aristocrat effects, and you had Burglar Rat and Infestation Sage as nice sac fodder.

There was also a cat lady that made cat tokens :)

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5 days ago

but were they hungry zombies? 🤔

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5 days ago

hell yeah dude

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5 days ago

This is a very cool card. Would play

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6 days ago
Hungry Ghoul, a Magic the Gathering card

If you know a better creature to sacrifice to Hungry Ghoul, I'd like to hear it!

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6 days ago

Agreed! Huge flavor win

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6 days ago

Looks like a great time! Hope to make it out to SF for Day of the Dev ’27!

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1 week ago
Helpful Hunter, a Magic the Gathering card.

Always was happy to see a Helpful Hunter in a Foundations pack when drafting. A 1/1 that draws a card is always a good rate, and also played well with WB sacrifice.

One time, I even got a cat tribal deck with Arahbo, the First Fang, Banner of Kinship, and five copies of Helpful Hunter 😸

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1 week ago
Sinister Concoctions Magic the Gathering card

Question for my limited MTG players — would this card make the cut for your deck?

You’re losing card advantage, but the cost otherwise is cheap.

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1 week ago
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 predeces...

Slay the Spire 2 released in early access on Thursday.

I haven't played it yet. Here are my thoughts about our expectations for a sequel to one of the best games of the 2010's.

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1 week ago
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A friend pointed me towards Sorcery TCG. The art is so evocative. Might investigate further

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1 week ago
Amped Raptor - Magic the Gathering card from Modern Horizons 3

Doing a little research -- anyone have any favorite dinosaur cards in Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Hearthstone, etc.?

I have a Jeskai energy commander deck and am a fan of this fella

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2 weeks ago
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 D...

Check out our latest post where we show you a common Magic The Gathering card that lets you turn your cultist follower into an unholy demon 😈

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2 weeks ago
About Bricks and Cantrips - A deep dive into card game design

Hello Bluesky!

We're a blog about game design in card games. Come give us a read if you like games!

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