Tales of Middle-earth proved how well Magic can adapt itself to capture the identity of other blockbuster media products through its design. As with the Warhammer 40,000 Commander decks last year, Wizards of the Coast bet a lot on their ability to draw in new and returning players from among fans of the source material. It’s a confident move; Magic ... Read More...

The next Regional Championship Qualifier season begins in just a month or so and will use the Modern format for the first time. While many are still competing in Pioneer, it’s important to start looking ahead. Modern is also a format that many haven’t touched, so figuring out which deck to buy can be an incredibly daunting decision given the ... Read More...

While Commander’s grassroots origins make it different from many other Magic formats, it still has a ban list like the rest of them. However, since Commander is not a format with tons of tournament data to back up banning certain cards, some players are unsure why certain offenders end up on the list. Today, we’re going to look at Sylvan ... Read More...

Commander Masters presale on cardkingdom.com starts today! The joke for a while has been that every supplemental set is just meant to add cards to Commander, but this set is explicitly meant to do exactly that! Featuring a ton of reprints (including new art treatments) and four Commander decks each with 10 new-to-Magic cards, we’ve gathered everything we know about ... Read More...

Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle-earth hasn’t been around Magic Online for long, but there are already plenty of Modern results to look at from recent challenges and the showcase.  The decks we’re looking at today are all from the finals of either kind of event. And while that’s not a direct indicator of how good the decks are, ... Read More...

Mentor is a combat-focused creature-based triggered ability. When a creature with it attacks, you put a +1/+1 counter on another attacking creature that has less power. That’s pretty much the basics – if a Mentor creature attacks with a smaller creature, the smaller creature gets bigger. Multiple instances of the mechanic on a single creature would trigger separately, but that’s ... Read More...

When you think of Fog effects, you think Turbofog. You think grindy, dull games. But do Fogs have a bad reputation and should you be playing one in Commander? Kristen has the lowdown. When you think of Magic, one of the core elements that comes to mind is combat. It’s where most of the decisions are made, and it’s where ... Read More...