Helper Cards

The Project:

In my work on Magic and other games, many opportunities have arisen to provide card-sized objects to help players understand certain game mechanics. Below is a sample of helper cards that have appeared in booster sets and fixed-deck products.

My Role:

For each of these examples, I was the vision-holder for creation of the helper card(s), writing the text and collaborating with creative teams for iconography as necessary.

The most significant of these objects in terms of its impact is easily the helper card for the “Ring Tempts You” mechanic from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth. I successfully lobbied for the creation of this object to ensure that players would have an easy reference tool at prereleases and around commander tables. I collaborated closely with game design to ensure the helper card text clearly and simply explained this complex mechanic without oversimplification.

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