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Magic: The Gathering (MTG) has maintained an incredibly engaged player base since its release in 1993. It was the first of what we now call trading card games (TCGs). MTG’s collectable, playable card game format has been the blueprint for other successful TCGs, like Pokémon TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh. In 2020, MTG began introducing IP crossover […]

Is There a Way Out Without Violence? Dissecting the Symbols in Dread.jpg’s Artwork   This artwork posted by Dread.jpg on Instagram has over 6000 likes, and 60 comments- most of which simply read “No”.  Through the lens of semiotics, signs can be broken down into the ‘signifier’- the form which the sign takes- and the