Murders at Karlov Manor Commander Set Review

Murders at Karlov Manor Commander Set Review

Kristen GregoryCommander

Welcome to the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander Set Review, our first of 2024. We return to Ravnica once more, this time to solve some crimes. But do the new cards solve any issues in Commander? Let’s collect the evidence to find out.  You can find other recent Commander set reviews here: MURDERS AT KARLOV MANOR: WHITE Aurelia’s Vindicator comes …

Revenant Recon Precon Upgrade Guide

Revenant Recon Precon Upgrade Guide

Chris CornejoCommander

Murders at Karlov Manor comes with four new Commander decks to check out. With strong new cards and reprints of classic staples, each precon is shaping up to be great. Revenant Recon is the blue/black precon, and this heavily surveil focused list has plenty of room for upgrades.   Revenant Recon: New Commanders  Before we get into how to improve the …

Murders at Karlov Manor Precon Deck Deep Clue Sea Upgrade Guide

Murders at Karlov Manor: Deep Clue Sea Precon Upgrade Guide

Jacob LacknerCommander

Murders at Karlov Manor has four new Commander Precons. This time around, they each focus on a particular mechanic. Deep Clue Sea is a Bant deck that is all about leveraging your clue tokens for serious value. In this article, I’ll review the new cards that appear in the deck and suggest some budget upgrades. INVESTIGATING THE NEW COMMANDERS This …

Deadly Disguise Precon Upgrade Guide

Deadly Disguise Precon Upgrade Guide

Tom AndersonCommander

Murder mysteries and vast, magic-soaked cityscapes are two great tastes that go great together, which is why the Murders at Karlov Manor Commander precons explore how different tropes from the whodunit and film noir genres fit into the beloved setting of Ravnica. And while Deadly Disguise is all about playing cards face-down to obscure your true plans, our upgrade guide …

Reviewing Ravnica: Clue Edition Cards

What’s In Ravnica: Clue Edition?

Kristen GregoryCommander, Products

Ravnica: Clue Edition (or Ravnica: Cluedo Edition, for the Europeans) is a new ancillary product releasing alongside Murders at Karlov Manor. It adds a fun new gameplay variant wherein players play a game of Clue while playing multiplayer Magic. Of course, it also comes with new cards. So, what’s in the box? WHAT’S IN RAVNICA: CLUE EDITION? Ravnica: Clue Edition …

5 Underrated Commander Cards from Prophecy

5 Underrated Commander Cards from Prophecy

Jacob LacknerCommander

Prophecy often makes the shortlist of “Worst Magic sets ever,” and I’m not here to tell you that that title is entirely undeserved. When it comes to 60-card formats, the set hasn’t done a whole lot. Prophecy was considered weak when the set was released and it hasn’t done anything over the last quarter century to change that. When it …

Enjoying Companions in Commander

Enjoying Companions in Commander

Tom AndersonCommander

It feels a little strange to say that Commander players are overlooking the Ikoria companions. After all, very few cards in Magic history have ever felt the spotlight so brightly as that ten-card cycle! In their heyday, they inspired such unprecedented moves as the first balance-motivated ban in Vintage, a card being preemptively banned in Commander prior to release, and …

The Best Commander Reprints in Ravnica Remastered

The Best Commander Reprints in Ravnica Remastered

Kristen GregoryCommander

Ravnica Remastered releases Friday, January 12, and with it comes what’s shaping up to be a draft date to put in the Calendar. Maybe you’re more interested in the reprints, though – so let’s run through some of the highlights.  RAVNICA REMASTERED REPRINTS A LOT OF CARDS Much like Bruvac’s extensive scroll, the list of reprints in this set is …

Whay are the Power 9 (Except Timetwister) Banned in Commander?

Why are The Power 9 (Except Timetwister) Banned in Commander?

Jacob LacknerCommander

While Commander’s grassroots origins make it different from many other Magic formats, it still has a ban list like the rest of them. However, since Commander is not a format with tons of tournament data to back up banning certain cards, some players are unsure why certain offenders end up on the list.  Over the last year, I’ve been making …