What’s in Our Magic Bags: A Glimpse at Our Team’s Magic the Gathering Essentials
Ever wonder what secrets our Card Kingdom employees are packing in their Magic bags? It’s more than just cards, it’s a treasure trove of strategy as well as a personal statement. We peeked inside the bags of two of our employees, Rachael and Kevin, to see what they pack for a day of spellslinging at their LGS or pod. Rachael: ... Read More...
Marvel’s Spider-Man Draft Guide
Welcome readers, to the official Card Kingdom guide to Marvel’s Spider-Man Draft! Also known as Through the Omenpaths, Part 1 Draft for anyone on MTG Arena! This is a unique and weird set design with equally unique and weird changes to its default draft rules. If you want a rundown of the Pick-Two format and how it might affect your ... Read More...
5 Spookiest Commanders To Play With This October
It’s October 1st, so spooky season is officially upon us! Forget Christmastime, for me Halloween is definitely the most wonderful time of the year. It’s always nice to do festive things during this spookiest of all months, and that can even extend to Magic. I love this time of year so much that I always do Halloween-themed MTG Top 10s ... Read More...
10 Cards that Make Me Want to Build Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
MagicCon Atlanta saw the biggest Magic preview panels of the year. We got to see the roadmap for 2026, which features a variety of sets, and the roadmap for some of the Secret Lair products coming soon. One SLD is the Playstation Superdrop, which will go up for sale on October 27. The Ghost of Tsushima drop, which features Jin ... Read More...
What’s the Perfect Number of Commander Decks?
When you play Commander, you end up having way more decks than when you play other formats. How many is too many? What’s the right number for you? Let’s figure it out. WHY IS IT SO EASY TO KEEP BREWING COMMANDER DECKS? The first question we need to answer to figure out how many decks to have in your roster ... Read More...
5 Underrated Commander Cards From Shadowmoor
Lorwyn Eclipsed releases early next year, and it’ll be our first full-scale return to the plane since the original Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block which was released from 2007 to 2008. Lorwyn is a unique plane, because it transforms into Shadowmoor every several hundred years and vice versa. While Lorwyn is an idyllic world where it’s always daytime, Shadowmoor is the exact opposite ... Read More...
Stone Cold Stunner – Hylda Tap-Down in Commander
As a Commander player, I’m very picky about what decks I build. I’m on the record on this blog about the keys to a fun deck: identity, ownership, and potential to win. The third one is more negotiable, since I enjoy having decks in different power brackets, but the first two are absolutely essential. I need a deck that does ... Read More...