Rich Stein

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Hipsters Presents

Celebrating 25 Years of Magic the Gathering at HasCon

Take a look at the 25th Anniversary Celebration and learn a bit about our journey to HasCon

What We Learned

Five Years of Hipsters of the Coast

Time flies when your’e having fun and it’s time to celebrate Hipsters of the Coast producing content for five whole years!

What We Learned

3 Lessons Learned From the Comments Section of that Brian DeMars Article on Gamer Language

Brian DeMars wrote about gamer language and the comment section was a dumpster fire of the worst your LGS has to offer. Let’s dive in!

Preview Season

A (Commander) Planeswalker’s Guide to Ixalan’s Warring Factions

Learn more about the factions of Ixalan and their predecessors across the multiverse

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Breaking News

How an Uncut Foil Sheet of Ixalan Rares and Mythics Was Leaked

Over the summer, blurry photos of a full uncut sheet of Ixalan Rares and Mythic Rares were leaked to the public. Now learn the story behind the theft!

What We Learned

WESG 2017 Will Add Female Competitors to their Events, Should Wizards do the Same for the Pro Tour?

The big eSports announcement this week is that the WESG 2017 circuit will allow female competitors in their own CS:GO and Hearthstone brackets

Paths to the Pro Tour

Standard RPTQ Top 8 Metagame Analysis

Last weekend’s RPTQ Top 8 decks are now available!

What We Learned

Will Magic Get the Hearthstone Treatment on Twitch?

Twitch has rolled out some fantastic features for fans of Hearthstone, but what have they done for Magic and will we ever get any goodies as well?

What We Learned

The Most Punchable Villains in the Multiverse

It’s time to answer the torch-burning question on everyone’s mind: Which of the multiverse’s villains are the most punchable?

What We Learned

The Magic Story Needs More of the Gatewatch

The problem with the Gatewatch isn’t that they were given too much focus in the story, it’s that they simply didn’t have enough story. Hear me out…

Paths to the Pro Tour

Grand Prix Minnesota Recap

Grand Prix Minnesota, the first event of the 2017-18 Pro Tour season as well as the first event of the Ixalan Cycle is now in the books. Get caught up here!