Unearth is a graveyard mechanic from Shards of Alara block found exclusively on creatures. It’s essentially creature Flashback; a way for you to get a one-shot use out of the creature from the graveyard. When a creature with Unearth is in your graveyard, you may, at sorcery speed, pay it’s Unearth cost. You then return the creature to the battlefield, …
Exalted is one of the most enduring combat mechanics to come out in a while. It literally exalts one of your creatures per combat. Exalted is a combat mechanic that can appear on any permanent type. It triggers when a creature you control attacks alone. That creature will get +1/+1 until the end of the turn for each instance of …
It’s preview season for Double Masters 2022! Courtesy of Wizards of the Coast, we have a couple of free preview cards to show off! Or, if you want to see them in a slightly more silly way, head over to our TikTok. We have two cards from the new set for you today, one that’s probably a little more Limited …
Initiative essentially functions as a variation of Monarch. For someone to initially take the Initiative, someone has to play a card that grants it. Once the initiative is in the game, just like Monarch, it remains in the game until the game ends, and only one player at a time can have the initiative. When you take the initiative, or …
If you are looking for cards to power up your deck, new artwork for your favorite spells, or a premium draft experience, look no further than Double Masters 2022! Magic: The Gathering‘s next set arrives on July 8, 2022. We’ve already had a taste of what this set will bring, and more previews are on their way starting Thursday, June …
Background is a subtype of Enchantments, and flavorfully represents a Commander’s backstory — or at least an aspect of it. They do function as normal enchantments, so if they are in a deck they can be drawn and cast normally, although as they specifically only affect Commanders, it’s very unlikely you’ll ever encounter one in any other format. But the …
Welcome one and all to News of the Realm! Here’s what we and our friends had going on for the week leading up to June 3rd, 2022. The Professor Shuffled Up and Played with Cedric Phillips and Patrick Sullivan, explained magnets to Kyle Hill, looked at the dangerous worlds of MTG, and looked at the best new Commanders from Baldur’s …
To the Card Kingdom community: Many of you have seen news online of an ongoing unionization campaign for Card Kingdom employees. Until this point, we have been cautious when releasing information—there are rigorous legal requirements that ensure businesses uphold every employee’s right to free speech and organizing that we want to follow closely. We also want to honor our employees’ …
Myriad is a creature-based multiplayer mechainc. I mean, you could play it in a 1-vs-1 game, but it wouldn’t do a whole lot of anything. Here’s why: When a creature with Myriad attacks, for each opponent other than the one you attacked, you create a token copy of the myriad creature that enters the battlefield tapped and attacking those opponents. …
Devour is a mechanic that flavorfully does exactly what it says on the tin, and makes some truly huge threats as a result. Devour appears solely on creature cards, and represents some monster getting larger as it, well, devours other creatures. When a creature with Devour would enter the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. If you do, …
