Richard Garfield, who helped create Magic: The Gathering, is no longer working on Valve’s troubled card game Artifact. The designer confirmed in a recent interview that he was one of the contractors laid off by Valve. “We weren’t surprised by the layoff considering how rocky the launch was,” he said.

The closed beta for Valve’s digital card game Artifact has been delayed to November 19. PC Gamer reports that this announcement was delivered via email to those who had previously signed up for the beta. The game is still slated for release to the public on November 28.

Artifact, Valve’s Dota card game, is coming November 28 for PC, Mac, and Linux. Let us never forget its fan reaction.