Considering how great The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth turned out, you’re likely ready to draft this set “There and Back Again” once you reach the Undying Lands. To do this, the most organic and cost-effective approach may well be to build an LTR set Cube.  In case you haven’t heard of a Cube before, it’s a draft ... Read More...

The Hosts of Mordor Commander precon is marshaled and ready for an upgrade! Let Tom teach you how to be the best dark lord you can be as we review the deck and suggest new cards to add. I’d like to think I’m a fun and friendly presence in most Commander games but I also relish when it’s my turn ... Read More...

Elven Council puts a strategic spin on politics and planning, and Jason is here to teach players how to embrace their inner, immortal wisdom in this Commander precon upgrade guide. Commander players love politics (or they really hate it). Usually this meta-mechanic plays out through the form of deal-making or negotiations, but turning to the council codifies this process into ... Read More...

Afterlife is a triggered ability that appears on creatures, and triggers on those creatures’s death. It’s always written with a number after it (so, Afterlife N), and it means that when the creature with it dies, you create N 1/1 white and black Spirit creature tokens with flying. And that’sreally it. Multiple instances of it on a single creature would ... Read More...

Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth is loaded with legendary creature cards that represent Tolkien’s characters, and many of these make for interesting and powerful Commanders. One of these notable The Lord of the Rings figures, and one who deserves this deck tech, is Shelob, Child of Ungoliant. At one point in the story, this massive spider manages ... Read More...

Green is a powerful and fun color to play in Commander. If you’re looking to enhance your collection and start building more green decks, this article is for you. Here are 20 essential green Commander cards – the cards you’ll be happy to add to any green deck. Green is often cited as the color that gets the biggest share ... Read More...

Food and Fellowship is one of four new Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth precons and is led by a couple of iconic hobbits, Sam and Frodo. This deck is all about lifegain in the form of tokens and we’re taking a look at how to upgrade this precon as well as what new cards this precon has to ... Read More...