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 …
Best Holiday Gifts for MTG Players
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
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
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 …
What is a Mystery Booster?
For the past few weeks, people around the Magic community have been asking: What’s in a Mystery Booster? This past Thursday at MagicFest Richmond, we finally found out what’s inside those mysterious black booster packs. In case you missed it, here are the details. What’s in the Pack? Each Mystery Booster contains fifteen cards, just like a normal booster pack. …
2020 Commander Products
You might have heard that 2020 is going to be “The Year of Commander.” Whoever said that isn’t wrong. If you’re a fan of the format, next year is going to make you pay attention, as there will be a large amount of Commander product coming our way. If you missed last week’s announcement, we’re here to share what’s in …
Throne of Eldraine Brawl Decks
We’ve had Brawl on the brain this week at Card Kingdom, and for good reason: the format is getting an official product from Wizards of the Coast. With the release of Throne of Eldraine, Wizards has produced four preconstructed Brawl decks, including cards that won’t be available in Throne of Eldraine Draft Boosters. If you’re an MTG Arena player, you …
Throne of Eldraine
Throne of Eldraine is finally here, and we can’t get enough of Magic‘s fairy tale plane. If you’re looking for more info on this set, read on! Theme After a year on the futuristic city-plane of Ravnica, we’ll be journeying to a brand-new, high fantasy-inspired plane called Eldraine. According to Mark Rosewater, Eldraine’s design was inspired by Arthurian legends and …
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 …
Card Kingdom Designer Draft
Editor’s note: Lumeria boxes sold out during our Holiday 2018 promotion, but perhaps the mystical city will one day return… Last week, we launched our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide and debuted three brand-new Card Kingdom products. Today, we wanted to tell you more about one of those products – our Designer Draft. What is Designer Draft? Designer Draft is a …