The Top 20 Cards in Avatar Jumpstart
Avatar: The Last Airbender, the latest Universes Beyond set, releases November 21. Avatar’s product lineup includes a Jumpstart set, replete with 64 brand-new cards legal in Eternal formats. Which of those cards are hits? Join us as we look at the Top 20 Cards from Avatar: The Last Airbender Jumpstart. AVATAR JUMPSTART Before we get stuck into the list proper, ... Read More...
5 Five-Drops I Can’t Stop Playing in Commander
Five-drops are the new Seven-drops. There, I said it. If you want a high impact card in Commander now, and you’re not prepared to cheat it out via reanimation, rituals, treasure, mana dorks or blitzing? Well, you’re going to have to look at cards that are a little less mana than the seven and eight mana creatures of yore. Five-drops ... Read More...
Sefris, Dungeon Master: an All-Creature, All-Action Control Deck
I write more than a few blogs on this site where I discuss deckbuilding and strategy for Commander. But I rarely focus on my own personal decks as an example for others to follow. The way I see it, every Commander player has different priorities: I build my decks based on an idea I think is cool, and I tailor ... Read More...
Avatar’s Allies Will Change Ally Decks Forever
Avatar: The Last Airbender releases on November 21st and the presale is underway here at Card Kingdom. We’re also in the second and final week of preview season, and while the set has really cool and innovative new mechanics like the various forms of elemental bending, there’s also a major recurring theme in the set that is very notable – ... Read More...
7 Underrated Cards to Power Up a Shrines Deck
Shrines decks are one of the more popular enchantress options, providing focus in deckbuilding. Whether you’re on Go-Shintai of Life’s Origin or Hei Bai, Forest Guardian, here are seven underrated cards that power up a Shrines deck. ANNIE JOINS UP This one might have passed you by if you weren’t huge on Outlaws of Thunder Junction, but Annie Joins Up ... Read More...
Magic the Gathering’s Avatar Brings Powerful New Shrines to Commander
Shrines decks have been popular ever since Go-Shintai of Life’s Origin was printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Now, with Avatar: The Last Airbender, Shrines decks are getting a much needed boost with some powerful new cards. The Shrines in the Avatar set are, much like before, Legendary Enchantments with a subtype of Shrine. Some of the previous Shrine cards have ... Read More...
The Origins of Horror in Magic: the Gathering
In terms of aesthetics, Magic has perhaps the broadest range of any tabletop game. And it gets broader all the time. From its high fantasy roots, traveling to different sets and planes have allowed us to see science fiction, westerns, classic mythology, magitek, cyberpunk, fairytales and even other pop culture IPs through Magic’s cardboard lens. But by far the most ... Read More...