The Definitive Guide to The Lore in Mystery Booster: Commander Edition

At MagicCon: Amsterdam we got tons of information about the next year plus of Magic – including lots of new sets. Of these, the one that is the most exciting for Commander players has got to be Mystery Booster Commander Edition. It’s set to release on November 9th, and like previous incarnations of Mystery Booster, this will be available at ... Read More...

3 New Mystery Booster Commanders You Should Try Building

Mystery Booster Commander Edition is on the horizon, and it brings with it a whole Smörgåsbord of new Commander options. There are dozens to choose from, but these are the ones that have us putting our brewing caps on. Here are three new Mystery Booster Commanders you could have a lot of fun with. MYSTERY BOOSTER COMMANDER EDITION  Myster Booster ... Read More...

Huge New Bans Rewrite Standard in Off-Season Intervention

Wizard of the Coast has caught players off-guard recently, banning several pivotal cards to improve the Standard metagame for upcoming tournaments. This regularly scheduled update to the Banned and Restricted list was announced through magic.wizards.com on August 10th. An accompanying interview with the Play Design team was posted to the Magic YouTube channel the next day, expounding on the reasoning ... Read More...

How Bilbo and His Key Unlock a Legendary Artifact Deck

It feels like this whole spoiler season, excitement for The Hobbit has been slightly chilled by the looming shadow of The One Ring. Tolkien may have dreamt up Bilbo’s adventures as a lighthearted children’s story, but once you understand the epic events it presages it’s impossible to read with the same innocent whimsy. Likewise, if The Hobbit had been Magic’s ... Read More...

It’s Time to Build Rakdos Dragons

Dragons are enduringly popular in Commander and are one of Magic’s most beloved creature types. While Ur-Dragon and Miirym remain the mainstay decks for the archetype, I think it’s high time we all took a look at red-black – or Rakdos – Dragons. There’s a lot of gold in them there hills.  Let’s kick things off with the cards that ... Read More...

5 Coolest Commanders in The Hobbit

Magic: the Gathering | The Hobbit releases on August 14th. While this set doesn’t feature any Commander decks but it does feature 63 brand new legendary creatures that you can find in both Play Boosters and Collector Boosters. In this article, I want to take a look at the 5 that I’m most excited to build decks for. BELLADONNA TOOK ... Read More...

The Hobbit Commander Set Review

The Hobbit, the smash follow up to Tales of Middle-earth releases August 14, with prereleases running from August 7. It’s time to check out the set and separate the wheat from the chaff with our Commander Set Review.  You can find other recent set reviews here: Card Kingdom’s Set Reviews focus on the cards that bring the most value to ... Read More...