The Felidar Guardian is back just in time for the holidays! In this issue, our editorial team reports on a mysterious incident in a Ravnican toy store. Plus, read op-eds from Ugin, Teysa Karlov, and Liliana Vess!
Best Magic Card Designs of 2018
Brad: As 2018 comes to a close and we unwrap booster packs for draft, let’s take a moment to review the past year’s Magic: The Gathering cards from a design perspective. After much deliberation, I decided on a list of Top Five Designed Cards, with one card from each of Rivals of Ixalan, Battlebond, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Commander 2018 …
Krenko’s Way: D&D on Ravnica
We’re all about Magic: The Gathering here at Card Kingdom, but many members of our staff love other games as well. On November 29th, we hosted a Dungeons & Dragons one-shot stream set on the plane of Ravnica, using an adventure from the new Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica. In this session, four members of the Card Kingdom team band together …
The Art of Avoiding a T-Rex
Jurassic Park is one of my sister’s favorite movies. While it is an amazing film, we only had one TV, so I’ve seen this movie more than most people. However, it wasn’t until recently that I realized the film has lessons that can be applied to Magic. Building up to your game plan while avoiding being eaten is difficult. Luckily, …
How to Spend Your Card Kingdom Gift Card
A Card Kingdom gift card is a better present than fruitcake – it’s easier to use and tastes better. Let’s say you’ve been a busy adult, making ends meet and beginnings sweet, and you haven’t had a chance to pay attention to your beloved Commander format this year. Then – bam! One of your frie-latives listens and gets you a …
Playtesting Brawl with Magic R&D’s Melissa DeTora
Thanks to having a government holiday off that Wizards of the Coast employees do not, I had the opportunity to travel all the way (three miles) to Wizards headquarters and talk to R&D’s Melissa DeTora about Brawl’s development and gameplay. We talked for over an hour and got on plenty of tangents (entirely my bad), but she had fantastic insights …
Top 5 Magic Story Moments of 2018
This year has been a momentous one in the history of Magic Story. We saw some intense shifts in characters we’ve known for decades. We met new, exciting characters and received insights into the most and least powerful denizens of the Multiverse. Given the many stories we’ve seen this year, it’s hard to pick just a few that are memorable. …
Free Pin With Purchase
Our Black Friday-Cyber Monday promotion may be over, but we have one more gift for customers who shop on CardKingdom.com this holiday season. Five more gifts, in fact! Each week in December, we’ll include a free enamel pin in each order of $60 or more, while supplies last. These five collectible pins are based on our “Rookie” mana symbols, and …
The Compassionate Liliana Vess
Liliana Vess is one of the most complex characters in the Multiverse. She’s a deathless Planeswalker who controls the dead; eternally youthful, but centuries old. And while she may be powerful and self-possessed, she owes a debt to the darkest demons in the Multiverse – and to one particular dragon. The Gatewatch arc marks a transformation for Liliana: she’s no …
Designer Draft: Lumeria Draft Archetypes
Editor’s Note: This article is about draft archetypes from the set Lumeria: The Infinite City, released in December 2018. For info on Lumeria: The Great Divide, click here. Lumeria is the first in Card Kingdom’s new Designer Draft product line: a group of unique draft products I’m creating with the help of Chris VanMeter. I’m an amateur Magic designer and …