Is Gifting a Card in Commander Meaningless?!

Is Bloomburrow’s Gifting a Card a Balanced Design?

Kristen GregoryCommander, Design

The Gift mechanic debuted in Bloomburrow. Whether it was gifting a tapped fish or gifting a card, the options for interesting decision points on ostensibly modal cards is a nice way of repackaging Kicker. But is it balanced? And for what formats?  THE GIFTS OF BLOOMBURROW Today I want to determine the most “costly” of the gift effects, and then …

Bloomburrow Draft Guide

Bloomburrow Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

Bloomburrow was one of the most hotly-anticipated sets I can remember from the very first announcement, and the product itself hasn’t disappointed. The fuzzy critters who inhabit the land known as Valley are cute – but not always so cuddly! This set has fierce field mice and resolute rabbits dicing it up with spooky squirrels and rowdy raccoons, and that’s …

Bloomburrow Commander Set Review

Bloomburrow Commander Set Review

Kristen GregoryCommander

It’s Bloomburrow Commander Set Review time, baby! If you love all things fauna, with lashings of Beatrix Potter and Redwall homage, then Bloomburrow is for you. You can find other recent Commander set reviews here: Like usual, we’re not concerned with niche picks for typal decks. We’re analyzing how good these cards are more broadly, for brewing and collecting. Let’s …

Bloomburrow Commander Precon Highlights

Bloomburrow Commander Precon Highlights

Kristen GregoryCommander

Bloomburrow releases on July 26, and with it comes four new Precon Commander decks: Animated Army, Family Matters, Peace Offering and Squirreled Away. What are the highlight cards from the precons? What new cards are worth checking out?  EMBARKING ON A JOURNEY TO BLOOMBURROW It seems fitting we start with Flubs, the Fool, the Buy-a-Box promo for Bloomburrow. Flubs is …

Peace Offering Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Peace Offering Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Chris CornejoCommander

Bloomburrow brings with it four new Commander Precon decks, and today we’re focusing on Peace Offering, a rather curious idea for a precon. Not because it’s lackluster or anything like that, but rather because the archetype it embraces, Group Hug, is one of the most tricky and political archetypes to pilot. That said, the pieces are definitely already here for …

Animated Army Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Animated Army Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Tom AndersonCommander

With so many great commander options are being printed these days, the biggest challenge for a new precon deck is to stand out. Newer players want a strong identity to latch onto and guide their early card choices, while veterans want unique themes that let them approach deckbuilding and gameplay with fresh eyes. The Bloomburrow Commander decks answer this call …

Family Matter Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Family Matters Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Kristen GregoryCommander

Family Matters is the Jeskai Commander Precon from Bloomburrow. It features the main set mechanic Offspring, and encourages you to go deep on tokens while growing your Commander. Find out how to bolster this build with our $50 Budget Upgrade Guide. Bloomburrow Commander has four Commander decks: Animated Army, Family Matters, Peace Offering and Squirreled Away. Today we’re going to …

Squirreled Away Bloomburrow Precon Commander Upgrade Guide

Squirreled Away Bloomburrow Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Jacob LacknerCommander

Bloomburrow releases on August 2nd and with it comes four new commander preconstructed decks. As Card Kingdom’s resident rodent lover, I’m very excited to take a look at the Golgari Squirreled Away deck. This deck looks to generate tons of tokens and mana to overwhelm your opponent. In this article I’m going to review the deck’s contents and suggest some …