The Best Holiday Gifts for Commander Players

The Best Holiday Gifts for Commander Players: 2023

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The holidays are all about giving, but sometimes it’s hard to shop for Magic players! This is especially true for friends and family who may not be familiar with Magic’s most popular format themselves. The good news is Card Kingdom has you covered this year, because we know exactly what gifts to get for the Commander players in your life …

The Best Holiday Gifts for All Magic Players

The Best Holiday Gifts for All Magic Players: 2023

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The holidays are all about giving, but sometimes it’s hard to shop for Magic players! This is especially true for friends and family who may not be familiar with the popular game themselves. The good news is Card Kingdom has you covered this year, because we know exactly what gifts to get for the Magic players in your life this …

2023 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

2023 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

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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 2023 shipping deadlines for our major postal carriers to help you plan your holiday …

What IS Regenerate?!

Regenerate – MTG Mechanics Explained

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Regenerate is odd. A formerly evergreen way to protect a creature that is often telegraphed to your opponent, with old removal spells designed specifically to counteract it and a lot of confusion around how it actually functions (especially for newer players), let’s unravel this a bit, shall we? Regenerate is a replacement effect that can be put on a permanent …

What IS Convert?!

Convert – MTG Mechanics Explained

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All right, this is tricky. Ready? Convert is exactly the same as Transform. Exactly, in every way. This is purely a cosmetic change for trademark reasons. On all packaging and written material, Hasbro (who owns both Transformers and Magic) calls the act of a Transformer changing its form “converting” so as not to confuse the act with the brand name. …

What IS More Than Meets the Eye?!

More Than Meets the Eye – MTG Mechanics Explained

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Outside of the aptly named Modal Double-Faced Cards, when you cast a double faced card you have to cast the “face-up” side of the card, and then the card will have some kind of mechanic involved that will later let you use the other side of the card in one way or another. The Transformers Universes Beyond cards have a …

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Early Shipping Guide

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Early Shipping Guide

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Update (11/02): Wizards of the Coast has announced production issues for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Collector Boosters. As a result, we are unable to ship preorders of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Collector Boosters within the timeline below. No preorders containing Collector Boosters will be cancelled, and we will fulfill them as soon as we have the product in hand. Our expectation is we …

What IS Doctor's Companion?!

Doctor’s Companion – MTG Mechanics Explained

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Doctor’s Companion is from the Doctor Who Universes Beyond Commander Decks, and is a very Commander-centric mechanic. Appearing on select Legendary creatures, if one of them is your Commander, Doctor’s Companion allows you to have two Commanders as long as the other creature is the Doctor. Each iteration of the Doctor has Doctor on their type line, as well as …

What IS Time Travel?!

Time Travel – MTG Mechanics Explained

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Time Travel is a mechanic from the Doctor Who Universes Beyond Commander decks, and works with Time counters. When you Time Travel, for each permanent you control or each card Suspended in exile with a time counter on it that you own, you may add or remove a single time counter from that object. And that’s it! It’s like a …

What is Living Metal

Living Metal – MTG Mechanics Explained

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Ready for Living Metal? It’s pretty quick, so pay attention. Living Metal is a static ability that appears on the Vehicle side of Transformers Universes Beyond cards. On your turn, a vehicle you control with this mechanic is an artifact creature in addition to its other types. That means it doesn’t need to be crewed to act as a creature …