The Funniest New Magic Cards and How to Break Them
Who says you can’t teach an old game new tricks? Magic might be almost old enough to run for president, but in the last few years it has been evolving and exploring new horizons at a blistering pace. Recent sets have embraced tropes and genres from space opera to cyberpunk to westerns to noir detective fiction and modern cinematic horror. ... Read More...
Is Lizard, Connors’s Curse The New Oko, Thief of Crowns?
Spider-Man releases on September 26th, and by now we’ve known all the cards in the set for quite awhile. In this week’s article, I wanted to discuss one card that I think is being overlooked – and it’s a card that I think it would be dangerous to ignore. Lizard, Connors’s Curse comes with an impressive 4-mana 5/5 trampling body, ... Read More...
How Many Spider-Man Cards Are Actually Good in Commander?
It’s time for a Commander set review of Marvel’s Spider-Man. Just how many of the cards are worth your attention? How many are worth considering if you’re not all-in on playing a Spider Hero or Villain deck? You can find other recent set reviews here: Card Kingdom’s set review only cares about broadly relevant cards, because we want to maximize ... Read More...
White Still Needs More Card Draw (And It’s Not Why You Think)
There’s something that’s been on my mind lately, and it’s white card draw. I promise that this article isn’t about beating a dead horse. Quite the opposite, in fact – I do believe that white is now “fixed” in the sense it has more card draw options. There’s just a deeper issue here about deckbuilding. WHITE CAN DRAW ALL THE ... Read More...
How 2 Understand Pick-2 Draft
It may not be as exciting as seeing all your favorite comic-book characters come to Magic, but Marvel’s Spider-Man is also the harbinger of some big shifts in how we play Limited. Wizards has made it clear the set has been designed to be drafted with “Pick-Two” rules, where players get to take two cards instead of one each time ... Read More...
Which Commanders Benefit the Most From Spider-Man?
Marvel’s Spider-Man releases on September 26th, and as of last week we now know every single card in the set. While the set unfortunately doesn’t feature any Commander precons, the set does have several great cards for Commander, and offers a significant power up for many EDH decks. In this article, I’ll take a look at some the Commanders that ... Read More...
How Cool is The Magic Spider-Man Set for 90s Kids?
If you’re anything like me, you grew up watching the Spider-Man and X-Men cartoons in the 90s. What does the new Magic Universes Beyond Spider-Man set offer to us aging Millenials, after our next hit of nostalgia? Growing up in the 90s was a time I cherish. The internet remained tethered to the blocky, boxy computer that took up an ... Read More...