Winston Draft 101

Winston Draft 101

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This Wednesday is Valentine’s Day, which often means one thing for partnered Magic players: Two-Headed Giant tournaments. But what if you and your sweetie would rather have a low-key night in than go out to the card shop? Fortunately, there are plenty of other fun formats made for two players, including one of our personal favorites, Winston Draft! Winston Draft …

Color Identity Search Filter

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Card Kingdom‘s Advance Search feature has been instrumental in helping our customers build and refine decks, and today, we’re rolling out a new search filter that will make building Commander decks even easier. In addition to searching for cards by color, Card Kingdom customers can now search for cards by color identity. Commander.net defines color identity as “[a card’s] color …

Battle Deck League Livestream

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Back in October, we ran a Battle Deck League for Card Kingdom employees, and the idea sparked plenty of conversations online. We expected that customers would want to know how they could run Battle Deck Leagues in their own communities, but there was one comment we heard a surprising number of times: “Why didn’t you livestream League games?” Truth be …

Unstable Commander Livestream

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Last week, four Card Kingdom employees ventured into the unknown and played a truly unforgettable game of Commander. Un-Commander, that is! Representing four of Unstable‘s five factions, our players sleeved up some silver-bordered cards and battled it out to see which of Bablovia’s leaders would reign supreme. Crossbreed Labs Aaron, the CK Blog’s resident Commander expert, brought Dr. Julius Jumblemorph …

Battle Deck League

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As you can probably guess, we play quite a bit of Magic here at Card Kingdom. We do plenty of product testing each month, but we also use Magic as a way to relax, unwind, and bond with our coworkers. Our Fulfillment and Overstock employees frequently congregate in Café Mox for after-work Drafts or Commander matches, and lunchtime pick-up games …

Unstable Preview Cards!

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Greetings, Agents. It’s come to our attention that some of you may have missed our top secret transmission yesterday, so we’re releasing this classified information for your eyes only. Definitely don’t share this file with your friends, or on social media. (Just kidding. Go right ahead.) Preorder Clocknapper, Suspicious Nanny, and more Unstable cards from CardKingdom.com! Story by Terra Clarke …

Card Kingdom Affiliates: Good Luck High Five

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It’s been a busy few months here on the CK Blog! Today, we’ll be picking up where we left off in our Card Kingdom Affiliates series to tell you about one of our favorite podcasts: Good Luck High Five! GLHF began in 2013 as Magic the Amateuring, a podcast for new Magic players hosted by Maria Bartholdi and Meghan Wolff. …

Top 10 Creepy Magic Cards for Halloween

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Halloween is finally here! Time to jump into an Innistrad draft on Magic Online, carve Magic-themed pumpkins with friends, and marvel at some of the game’s most hair-raising pieces of art. We’ve compiled a list of the ten creepiest Magic cards, based on their art and flavor text, and while fear is subjective, we think this list captures the breadth …

New Battle Decks: October 2017

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After restocking some fan-favorite Battle Decks last month, we’re back with a new batch of battle-ready brews! In honor of Ixalan, we’re releasing a record-breaking FOUR Battle Decks this month, each representing one of the plane’s four iconic tribes. First up, we have Raiding Party: an aggressive black and red deck full of wily pirates. Many creatures in this crew …

Rookie Decks

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Two years ago, we launched our in-house product line with Battle Decks: a series of casual 60-card decks. Battle Decks were created for enfranchised players looking to play some fun games of Magic on a budget, and we soon realized that there was a need for a separate, beginner-friendly product. We wanted to create a teaching tool for new and …