Magic: The Gathering’s original art director says one of its most famous expansions was a protest against the Satanic Panic: ‘I was getting really tired of the judgmental, holier-than-thou attitude coming from a lot of conservative so-called Christians’
Back in August 1994, not long after Doom had pulled PC gaming blinking into the spotlight, Magic: The Gathering released a small expansion named The Dark. Comprising just 119 cards, the set was unique for how it upended the traditional depiction of Magic’s mana colours. Most notably, it radically reinterpreted White mana cards—normally presented as…
