It’s the season when we as writers often take a step back and review the most exciting beats of the year just gone. But from a Standard perspective, it feels like most of the year was just a buildup to the excitement of the last few months. The first rotation in years has been exactly the kind of watershed players …
All of the Commanders in today’s article bring something satisfying and unique to the table. They have really interesting text boxes, which makes them really bloody cool. Here are the Top 10 Coolest Commanders of 2024. “Cool”. What is it? Well, it’s entirely subjective, I can tell you that. There’s no two people in the world who would come up …
As the year heads to a close, Kristen looks back at the year’s new Commander offerings, and shares a countdown of the Top 20 Commander Cards of 2024. Did your faves make the cut? 2024 has been a heck of a year for Magic, and by extension, for Commander. This year we got 2059 new cards legal in the format, …
Invasion is one of the most important sets in Magic history. Released in 2000, it represents both a very important moment in the history of Magic design, and an equally important moment in Magic lore. In the story, Invasion and its Block (the subsequent sets Planeshift and Apocalypse) was the culmination of several years of Magic story. The Phyrexian invasion …
As 2024 comes to a close, Kristen takes stock of the year’s sets. Was Foundations the best Magic set of the year? It was a big year for Magic in 2024, and we experienced a slew of products, whether Standard-legal, or legal for Modern or Commander. In total, we saw five sets enter Standard: There were also five more “major” …
2024 approaches its end, which means one thing – the holidays are coming! It’s a time of gift giving, and sometimes figuring what gift to give those Magic players in your friends and family can be daunting. Well never fear, for as we do every year, Card Kingdom has compiled a 2024 Holiday Gift Guide! With multiple sections and categories …
Getting someone (or yourself) into Magic can be a daunting task – Magic has been around a long time and has a reputation as a complicated game with tons of rules. And while that may be absolutely true, that doesn’t mean it needs to be hard to learn! There’s a lot of products designed specifically to ease people into the …
Getting gift for newer Magic players can be hard enough – but what about the players that have been playing for decades? Players who know the in and outs of the game, who have been keeping up with every set release and supplemental product. It’s then that you have to get creative, and it’s then that we open the vault …
Ah, Supplies. Often not strictly necessary to play Magic, but they make the experience of playing so much nicer and smoother. We’ve collected a wide range of our favorite accessories in our Gift Guide, and we’ll run down a few highlights here. Protect Your Cards First things first, you have to protect the cards you play with. Yes, you can …
As the name implies, Foundations aims to redefine and reaffirm the “default” gameplay and ideas of Magic. This modern take on a Core Set definitely seems like a Constructed-first product – understandable, given Standard players will be living in its shadow until 2029! But that also implies that Foundations sealed product will have a long run in stores, and that …
