Inscryption goes through so much effort to present the argument between flavorful design and mechanical purity, and does an exceptionally good job at convincing you that the former has more soul, is more compelling, and often leads to better mechanical design in the first place. After all, the first third which stands in for flavor, pomp, and presentation also ends up having the most satisfying and rewarding mechanics.

The middle third is a bit of a slog as it contains the most rigid and low-powered tcg gameplay, but I have a hard time even holding that against the game. When something impacts you deep enough, in-the-moment flaws like that become irrelevant. I think Leshy understood that.

I think Inscryption is the highest effort defense of the Kamigawa block I've ever seen.

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Played on Linux through Proton. Will keep posting this until there's an option to choose.