The holiday season isn’t far away, and many shoppers are getting a head start to beat the rush. Between carrier delays and supply chain disruptions, packages are expected to take longer in transit this holiday season. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of shipping deadlines for our major postal carriers to help you plan your holiday shopping. …
Just in time for spooky season, we’re covering a mechanic that will make your creatures scary-big: bloodthirst! What is Bloodthirst? Bloodthirst works a little differently than most combat-focused mechanics. Instead of rewarding you for dealing damage with a specific creature, bloodthirst makes your creatures bigger if other creatures have dealt damage first. Bloodthist is always written as “Bloodthirst X.” If …
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Halloween is coming up, and it’s time for a spooky episode of Commander Kingdom. We’ve invited Olivia Gobert-Hicks, Serge Yager, and ManaCurves to sling some spells with us, and we’ll also be showing off an exclusive preview of our annual Trick or Treat event. Sign up for our email list to learn more about this special treat! In the meantime, …
Ever wish you could exchange a card in your hand for another card in your deck? Now you can with transmute! What is Transmute? The transmute ability comes into play whenever you have a card with transmute in your hand. At sorcery speed (in your main phase with nothing on the stack), you may pay the transmute cost and discard …
Today, we’ll review the most controversial graveyard mechanic in Magic: The Gathering: Dredge! What is Dredge? Dredge may be a powerful mechanic, but it’s actually pretty simple in practice. If a card with dredge is in your graveyard, and you would draw a card for any reason, you may instead return the card with dredge to your hand by putting …
Do you like saving mana on casting your spells? How about utilizing your creatures the turn they come into play? Today, we take a look at a Magic mechanic that allows your creatures to help you pay for your spells: convoke! What is Convoke? Convoke was first introduced in Ravnica: City of Guilds in 2005. As the signature mechanic of …
It wouldn’t be an Innistrad set without fun graveyard mechanics, and Midnight Hunt has a new one called disturb. If you’ve ever wished you could give a creature spell flashback, then these are the cards for you. What is Disturb? Disturb appears on double-faced creature cards, and it works from the graveyard. If you’re casting the creature normally or otherwise …
This week, we conclude our look at Kamigawa block mechanics with one of the more popular and enduring of them all. What is Ninjutsu? Ninjutsu is one of those rare mechanics that only works when the card is in your hand. When you attack with a creature and it isn’t blocked, you may pay the ninjutsu cost of a card …
Fall is almost here, and it’s a time of transition here on Commander Kingdom. Benjamin Wheeler‘s three-month stint on the show is coming to an end, and the CAG’s Olivia Gobert-Hicks will be joining us through the end of the year. We’re also joined this month by Shivam Bhatt, CAG member and host of the Casual Magic podcast. Watch a …
