A History of Un-Cards

Bradley RoseDesign, Products

You’re at Gen Con at a Magic: The Gathering prerelease. The head judge of the event is dressed in a chicken suit. You might think this is some kind of joke. You’re exactly right. It’s… 1998 — Unglued For the first time, Magic cards are printed with a silver border. Each card with this silver lining tells you, “I don’t …

Unsanctioned

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What do you call the wackiest Magic format you can play at your kitchen table? Unsanctioned, of course! What is Unsanctioned? Unsanctioned is a new box set for Magic: The Gathering, but it’s a bit different from what you might expect. It features silver-bordered Magic cards not legal in regular tournament play, and which bend and challenge the rules of …

The Lands of Theros Beyond Death

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Lands are the backbone of every Magic: The Gathering deck. We couldn’t cast our spells without them, and the quality and quantity of non-basic lands will often dictate how ambitious we can be in our deck-building. We even get sentimental about basic lands — who doesn’t have a favorite piece of basic land art? With Theros Beyond Death around the …

Theros Beyond Death

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We’ve finally returned to Theros, Magic’s Ancient Greek-inspired plane. Theros Beyond Death is here, and we have all the info you need to get started. First off, check out the official trailer from Wizards of the Coast: Missed the original Theros block? Check out our Intro to Theros and get caught up on the story. Order Theros Beyond Death from …

The CK-Files: Lumeria

Justin TreadwayDesign, Products

Welcome to another edition of the CK-Files! Today we’re going to go behind the scenes of Lumeria: The Great Divide! As part of our daily duties as designers, we keep a detailed log of our design work. At the end of each day, before we hang up our hard hats and punch out, we all take some time to write …

Lumeria: The Disappearance of Cricket Street

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Day 1 On Tuesday morning, just before dawn, Cricket Street vanished. Telna stared at the grey, pearlescent wall in front of her and put down her basket of breakfast rolls. She stretched out a hand and touched the barrier. It was real, smooth, and cold. And it shouldn’t be here. She glanced around and, yes, this was the arched entrance …

Making Lumeria: The Great Divide

Adam KleshDesign, Products

The story of Lumeria begins in 2017. In a brainstorming session, I suggested we make our own masters set, but with inexpensive cards that we could sell at a reasonable price. A few months later, Chris VanMeter approached me about getting a list together. The first Lumeria set was focused on two-color pairs and finding archetypes within those pairs. With …

Top gifts for all levels of magic players

Best Holiday Gifts for MTG Players

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Shopping for the Magic players in your life can be a challenge, especially if you aren’t familiar with the game yourself. With tens of thousands of cards in print – plus countless strategies and ways to play – the options can be overwhelming. This holiday season, Card Kingdom is taking the guesswork out of holiday shopping with our curated Gift …

Gifts for New Magic: The Gathering Players

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If you’ve just started playing Magic: The Gathering, making your first purchase can be daunting. You have tens of thousands of cards at your fingertips every time you shop online – which can make for some difficult decisions. When you aren’t sure what kinds of cards or decks you like yet, how can you decide what to purchase? We’ve produced …

Lumeria: The Great Divide

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Last year, our Product Design team embarked on an ambitious new project: to curate a draftable “set” from existing Magic cards. We called it a Designer Draft, and it was incredibly successful — boxes of Lumeria: The Infinite City sold out the weekend of release, and we’ve received positive feedback about the product from the Magic community at large. This …