Wizards of the Coast recently announced a production delay affecting select Strixhaven products. In a statement on April 1st, Wizards stated that Strixhaven Draft Boosters and Japanese-language Set Boosters would be delayed in North America. Card Kingdom is still assessing the impact this delay will have on Strixhaven preorders, but wanted to share this information with our customers as soon ... Read More...

Strixhaven: School of Mages preview season is in full swing. And on top of the usual excitement for preview season, players are also looking forward to the new Mystical Archive. Mystical Archive is a set list of instants and sorceries with alternate art that fill a land slot in each Strixhaven booster pack. It includes powerful and iconic spells from ... Read More...

If you’ve found yourself on this page, chances are you’d like to know exactly what cards are banned in Commander. Below we have a rundown of what cards are banned in Commander, followed up by some explanations of why we think they’re banned. Last Updated 04/22/25: Gifts Ungiven, Sway of the Stars, Braids, Cabal Minion, Coalition Victory and Panoptic Mirror ... Read More...

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Magic: The Gathering is a game with a storied past. When you go to your local game store (again, eventually), you’re liable to hear people who have been playing the game for a decade or more discussing old decks in hushed voices. Stories of Caw Blade, Hypergenesis, and ANT fill the room.  But there’s one deck that always rises above ... Read More...

Since as far back in Magic design as Ravnica: City of Guilds, WotC has embraced using powerful legendary creatures to anchor the identity of a set’s signature archetypes or factions. This habit has only been reinforced by the mechanical need to support these factions in the Commander format. So as soon as it became clear that Strixhaven: School of Mages ... Read More...

Back in the early days of Magic, creatures were much weaker than they used to be. Creatures had fewer abilities, and they were much smaller relative to their mana cost. Of course, creatures still had useful abilities that gave them an edge over other creatures in combat. And while some of those abilities haven’t been printed on cards in quite ... Read More...