Get ready It’s time to visit your Local Game Show, presented by Card Kingdom! Join us for the first episode of Local Game Show – our new game show about Magic: The Gathering, hosted by Sam Tang! Four special guests from the Magic community will compete in an hour of party games, including trivia, improv, and more. Who are these ... Read More...

When the Command Zone reviewed the Nature’s Vengeance Commander 2018 deck, they asked what Thantis, the Warweaver was good for. Egotistically interpreting this as a deckbuilding challenge, I think Thantis is sweet and will make for intriguing gameplay – she’s way more than the sum of her parts. Framework The tricky bit with figuring out Thantis is that we’ve seen ... Read More...

Five Five is the number of legendary Krakens, Leviathans, Octopi, and Serpents that existed in Magic before Commander 2018’s release. Now, sleeper hit Arixmethes is makin’ waves as the sixth in Magic’s roster of legendary sea monsters. It was awkward building a deck around creatures of the deep and not being able to invite Kiora, the Master of the Depths ... Read More...

Winning isn’t the same thing as getting better. In fact, sometimes they might be diametrically opposed. “But Chantelle,” you may ask, “how do I know if I’m getting better if I’m not winning?” I think this is best answered by an anecdote – one about me as a young planeswalker (and by “young” I mean “just a few short months ... Read More...

If you’re new to Commander, a preconstructed deck is a great way of comprehending and entering the format cheaply.  But where do you go from there? How do you build one on your own? To answer that, I’m taking a look at how Wizards of the Coast built the first six years of Commander preconstructs – 29 decks in all ... Read More...

(Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to feature new products.) Commander is probably the biggest format in Magic: The Gathering these days, so there’s probably a good chance the player in your life has a deck or two. It’s also true that no Commander player’s collection is ever complete, which means you can easily find a great gift for them this ... Read More...

Our Card Kingdom family keeps on growing, and this month, we welcomed a new affiliate: The Loregoyfs! Each week, this trio of Magic lore experts – including CK Blog contributor Michelle Rapp – acts out and analyzes the latest installment of the official Magic Story. Come for the Nicol Bolas impressions; stay for the hilarious fake ad breaks! Since The ... Read More...