Top 5 MTG Holiday Gifts: 2020

Holiday shopping season has begun, and we’re stocking our virtual shelves here at Card Kingdom with tons of gifts for Magic players! Whether you’re looking for new cards or upgraded gear this holiday season, we’ve got you covered. We’ve pulled together a list of our favorite new products — including new Magic sets, accessories, and Card Kingdom exclusives. Don’t forget ... Read More...

Casual Commander’s Most Underrated Abilities

Today, Kristen takes us through what she believes are the most underrated abilities in casual Commander.  When I think of casual Commander, I think of creatures. Creatures are the bread and butter of casual builds, and a lot of games with this ethos end when a player uses combat damage as the win condition — even when those decks have ... Read More...

How GW Heliod Won the MOCS

Last weekend, we saw Michael Jacob (aka DarkestMage) win the Magic Online Championship Series. The MOCS is perhaps the single most difficult Magic tournament in any given year, and his win is an impressive feat.  While the MOCS is a multi-format tournament, Modern made up the lion’s share of total rounds, with four rounds during the Swiss and two more ... Read More...

Evaluating Commander Legends Design

Nine years ago, Commander (2011) broke new ground by introducing new cards in a Magic deck product. With the release of Commander Legends, we’re seeing a similarly large milestone. Designing Commander Legends is a unique puzzle to solve. It inherits Commander’s problem of naturally-slow games, and the drafting portion of Limited is tough to combine with Commander’s color identity restrictions. ... Read More...

Historic Ladder Tier List: Kaladesh Remastered Edition

It’s been a few months since we last checked in on Historic. In that time, many cards have entered the format, but not a lot has changed. The releases of Kaladesh Remastered and Zendikar Rising have added a couple new archetypes to Historic, but they’ve mainly strengthened existing decks. Cards like the fast lands, modal DFC lands, Forsaken Monument, and ... Read More...

Lines in the Sand: Angle-Shooting in Magic

For all that we Magic players love to think analytically and break things down, there are still some hugely impactful blind spots in community discussion of the game. This week’s Magic Online Championships thrust one into the spotlight, as a controversial finish to Oliver Tiu vs. Michael Jacob led to fiery online debate about cheating, “angle-shooting” and the moral grey ... Read More...

Brewing with Rebbec, Architect of Ascension

Commander Legends has a bunch of great options when it comes to new commanders. So many, in fact, that there are 1300 new combinations of partner pairings alone. It’s going to be a while before we can talk about all of them, but today, I’d love to start with one of the cards that interests me the most: Rebbec, Architect ... Read More...