Common knowledge among those who pay attention to
Magic design is that the most-played format isn't really a format: It's "kitchen table" or "cards I own", where casual
Magic players assemble decks from the cards they have on hand and slam them against each other. However, there hasn't been much of a discussion about what it actually
means to design for kitchen table
Magic. Let's take this opportunity to explore the implications of truly casual
Magic formats and what that means for design teams.
