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Long-form, from the field guide
13 pieces so far — Curio archives, set explainers, beginner guides, and the occasional take. The things worth more than a bullet point in the directory.
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Sorcery Threshold and Sites, Explained
Threshold isn't mana. It's a permanent floor your Sites unlock and don't spend. The single concept MTG converts need to flip in their head.
beginner mechanics mtg - guide
How to Play Sorcery Online, Explained
The Tabletop Simulator mod, how to install it, how to import a Curiosa deck, and where to find opponents — written down for once.
beginner online-play tabletop-simulator - guide
Curio Cards in Sorcery: Contested Realm, Explained
What Curios are, why the publisher won't acknowledge them, how the community catalogued them, and how each set's pool differs. The canonical primer.
curios collecting overview - guide
Sorcery vs Magic: The Gathering, Explained
What's actually different about Sorcery if you already play Magic — the grid, the sites, threshold as a floor, no rotation, and what it costs.
beginner mtg comparison - guide
How to Identify Authentic Sorcery Cards
Hand-painted art, black-core stock, a tightly-controlled foil pattern — Sorcery's authenticity signals, in one primer. For buyers in the secondary market.
authentication collecting - guide
Every Sorcery Avatar, Explained
All ~28 playable Avatars across Alpha through Gothic — what each does, who it's for, how to pick your first one. Organized by element.
avatars mechanics beginner - guide
Every Curio in Gothic, Documented (So Far)
Seven Curios catalogued from the December 2025 set. Fallen Angel is the marquee — Scott Kirschner's parallel commission to Brom's standard print.
curios gothic - guide
Why Dragonlord Has No Curios
Sorcery's mini-set has no Curios — and the structural reason why says something about how the publisher seeds them in the first place.
curios dragonlord - guide
Every Curio in Arthurian Legends, Documented
Twenty-four Curios in Sorcery's first standalone expansion — and the first themed subseries (the Gilded knights) in the chase pool.
curios arthurian-legends - guide
Every Curio in Beta, Documented
Eighteen variant prints in the first retail Sorcery set — mirrored art, foil hybrids, typo'd cards. Catalogued by collectors; the publisher won't.
curios beta - guide
Every Curio in Alpha, Documented
Eighteen cards the publisher won't acknowledge, reconstructed by collectors. Mostly pre-production sketches and abandoned mechanics, pre-Kickstarter.
curios alpha - guide
Curiosa.io, the Official Sorcery Deckbuilder, Explained
How a fan-built tool became the publisher's official platform — and the one place every Sorcery player ends up sooner or later.
tools beginner - guide
Every Sorcery: Contested Realm Set, Explained
A plain-English tour of every set released so far — Alpha, Beta, Arthurian Legends, Dragonlord, and Gothic — and what each added.
beginner overview