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Card Kingdom orders may be subject to temporary shipping and processing delays as we get caught up from the Streets of New Capenna release. While it is great to see so many people checking out the new Magic set, the popularity took even us by surprise! This may create longer order processing times of ~4 days. While we expect any delays …

Connive – MTG Keywords Explained

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Connive appears on creature cards and is a triggered ability. Whenever a creature connives, you draw a card and discard a card – and if the card you discarded was a nonland card, that creature gets a +1/+1 counter. Sometimes, connive will be written as connive X, where X will be some variable or number, like on Raffine. In that …

News of the Realm – 4/29/22

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With News of the Realm, we take a quick look at everything that went on at Card Kingdom, with our friends, and in the Magic world this week!  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 April 29th, 2022. The Professor talked Arena with …

Blitz – MTG Keywords Explained

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Blitz appears on creature cards, and acts as an alternative cost. When you cast a creature for its blitz cost, three things happen: The first is that it gains Haste, which is simple enough. Second, it gains “When this creature dies, draw a card.” And the third is that the creature gains a trigger that makes you sacrifice it at …

News of the Realm – 4/22/22

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With News of the Realm, we take a quick look at everything that went on at Card Kingdom, with our friends, and in the Magic world this week!  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 April 22nd, 2022. The Professor listed his top …

Wither – MTG Keywords Explained

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Wither, from the back half of the Lorwyn block, is a pretty scary mechanic that leaves a lasting effect.  Wither is a static ability that can appear on any card type. When a card with Wither deals damage to a creature, it deals that damage in the form of -1/-1 counters. Essentially, Wither is a way for damage to stick …

News of the Realm – 4/15/22

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With News of the Realm, we take a quick look at everything that went on at Card Kingdom, with our friends, and in the Magic world this week!  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 April 15th, 2022. The Professor talked about the …

Persist – MTG Keywords Explained

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Persist is from Lorwyn block, and has proven to have an impact that reverberates throughout Magic to this day.  Persist appears on creatures. When a creature with it dies (goes from the battlefield to the graveyard), if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, it comes back to the battlefield under its owner’s control with a -1/-1 counter on it.  …

News of the Realm – 4/8/2022

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With News of the Realm, we take a quick look at everything that went on at Card Kingdom, with our friends, and in the Magic world this week!  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 April 8th, 2022. The Professor gave us 5 …

Conspire – MTG Keywords Explained

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Conspire is a creature-based mechanic from Lorwyn block that appears exclusively on Instants and Sorceries. You read that all correctly, none of that was a typo.  Conspire lets you copy a spell that has it, as long as you control two creatures that share a color with that spell. When you cast a spell with Conspire, as you pay costs, …