With so many great commander options are being printed these days, the biggest challenge for a new precon deck is to stand out. Newer players want a strong identity to latch onto and guide their early card choices, while veterans want unique themes that let them approach deckbuilding and gameplay with fresh eyes. The Bloomburrow Commander decks answer this call ... Read More...

Family Matters is the Jeskai Commander Precon from Bloomburrow. It features the main set mechanic Offspring, and encourages you to go deep on tokens while growing your Commander. Find out how to bolster this build with our $50 Budget Upgrade Guide. Bloomburrow Commander has four Commander decks: Animated Army, Family Matters, Peace Offering and Squirreled Away. Today we’re going to ... Read More...

Bloomburrow releases on August 2nd and with it comes four new commander preconstructed decks. As Card Kingdom’s resident rodent lover, I’m very excited to take a look at the Golgari Squirreled Away deck. This deck looks to generate tons of tokens and mana to overwhelm your opponent. In this article I’m going to review the deck’s contents and suggest some ... Read More...

Commander Staples are staples for a reason: they’re widely played, powerful and are a good choice for the average deck. They aren’t necessarily best-in-slot for your deck, though. Kristen shares some tips and truths about how to refine your decks further. What if I told you that you don’t actually want to be running Swords to Plowshares in your build? ... Read More...

If you ask “why is ‘bear’ accepted Magic slang for a 2/2 creature?”, the answer is simple. Grizzly Bears was printed as a vanilla 2/2 in Limited Edition Alpha and set the precedent for describing similar low-complexity combat creatures. But maybe that answer isn’t good enough, and you ask: “no, I mean why would that term be the one to ... Read More...

Bloomburrow releases on August 2nd and it’s set on a brand new plane with the same name. It’s a world filled with anthropomorphic animals. Unlike other animal people we’ve seen in the past (like Viashinos or Loxodon) the residents of Bloomburrow are the same size as their animal species would be in our own world.  THE CALAMITY BEASTS ARE COMING! ... Read More...

Sometimes the best way to get rid of something is to take it. Kristen has rounded up some of the best ways to take from your opponent’s boards. Theft effects can be the best options for some colors to deal with problem permanents. The Sheldon Menery Secret Lair is dispatching at the moment, and while reflecting on all of what ... Read More...