What I want to explore here is the economy. But despite the name, that is not Eternal. I also miss true power: Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Black Lotus. I’d love to see a modern take on old school, with Armageddon and Winter Orb, Mind Twist and Moat.

But like modern Magic, Eternal can’t surprise and twist its premises. A little control and a little combo is good but mostly men need to be fighting, or players won’t be happy. Players want to play their cards, cast their spells, fight with creatures. I want players’ hands, lands, colors, decks, spells, creatures, right to attack and so forth all up for grabs. The game is great, and there’s lots of little things I’m really happy about. Things seem copied from Hearthstone or Magic that feel like they don’t belong. I feel like there’s a better way to do social. The Eternal community takes its names for the colors and color pairs seriously, as opposed to winking every time they say ‘time’ and ‘primal’ instead of white and blue. The changes to the color pie don’t work for me. And in contrast to Magic: The Gathering Online, it works. Which is nice.ĭo I have quibbles? Of course I have quibbles! I hate the move to 75 card constructed decks instead of 60. Like Hearthstone, it looks crisp and good, plays light and fun.

And it does all of that on a phone, with a good free play experience. Eternal gives you the core Magic game play, things like mana bases and Magic-style attacking and blocking and even a stack.

Magic: The Gathering is the best game of all time. The game Eternal (that is my referral link), created by Magic professionals including lead designer Patrick Chapin, is modern Magic: The Gathering, with some simplifications and tweaks, on a phone, with a Hearthstone interface and economy.

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