I'm pulling away from the curb because I drop my son off at college.

We all know what that means. It's time another drive to work.

Okay, so today, so I do interviews all the time, and there's a common question I get asked in interviews,

which is why is magic such an amazing game? Like, what is...

What about it makes it so...

such a good game?

And so I've answered this question infinite times,

and the reality is there's not one answer.

I think there's a mix of things.

But anyway, I thought I would spend a whole podcast

explaining, from my personal point of view

why magic is an amazing game.

Okay.

Now, like I said, the reason the question is a tricky one answer and why it's actually a good

podcast topic is it's a complex answer.

I think when Richard made magic, he did a whole bunch of good things.

First, let me talk a little bit about the Golden Trifecta, which I've talked about before,

and I have podcasts in each of these topics.

I think there's three genius ideas that Richard had when he created the game, so let's walk through those very quickly.

The idea of a trading card game.

So the core of this is the idea that your game doesn't,

the players of your game don't need to be using the same resources.

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