This past weekend Wizards of the Coast held a huge tournament: the first Arena Championship. It featured some of the best players in the world — with names like Shōta Yasooka and Sam Rolph — who battled it out for $200,000 dollars in prizes. When looking at the event from the outside, it had everything needed to be a spectacle ... Read More...

Some fringe formats thrive off individual expression, or playing the most powerful cards in Magic, or both. Anyway, here’s Chris with Dandân. Many fringe formats of Magic center around either a creature with evocative abilities and lore (Momir Vig) or a group of linked creatures so emblematic of an aspect of the game that they can’t be ignored (The Elder ... Read More...

UNFINITY is really capturing the attention of the player base at the moment, though it seems to be extremely polarizing. Its detractors have been critical of the set’s mixed-legality, as UNFINITY marks the first time an Un-set has contributed new cards to the Eternal legal card pool of Magic. However, is this really such a big change in philosophy? The ... Read More...

Overload exists on instants and sorceries, and is actually two static abilities. The first says that as you go to cast the spell, you may instead pay the overload cost. The second says that if you do that, you then replace all instances of the word “target” on the card with “each.” If don’t pay the overload cost, the spell ... Read More...

Celestine, the Living Saint comes in the Forces of the Imperium Warhammer 40k Commander Deck. She’s also a really exciting mono-white Commander option, so let’s take a look at what she can do. CELESTINE MONO WHITE REANIMATOR Celestine brings back creatures from your graveyard to the battlefield on your end step. The price? You need to gain some life. Thankfully ... Read More...

Modern Tier List: September 2022 Welcome back for the September 2022 edition of Card Kingdom’s Modern Tier List! In September, we have all of the normal MTGO challenges, a Modern Showcase on MTGO and the Grand Open Qualifier in Paris.  Dominaria United has settled in now, and we’re beginning to see Modern shift along with those new additions. This has ... Read More...

The new Warhammer 40k Commander decks are here, and for fans of the tabletop game, there’s an epic crossover to be found. For entrenched Magic players, though, there are also new cards to brew with. But what’s worth picking up? Let’s explore 10 cards worth checking out. TOXICRENE Toxicrene has one interesting design. Four mana for a 2/4 reach Deathtouch ... Read More...