Final Fantasy Scions and Spellcraft Upgrade & Review

Kristen GregoryCommander

Scions and Spellecraft is the white blue and black precon from Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy. It features a slew of spellslinging action from the cast of Final Fantasy XIV, the popular online MMORPG game that has been going for just as many years. This deck is a soft control deck that cares about Wizards and casting spells. For this $50 …

Final Fantasy Revival Trance Upgrade & Review

Tom AndersonCommander

Magic: The Gathering —FINAL FANTASY is such an awesome opportunity for both fans of the classic RPGs and Magic’s designers (some of whom are the same people). The sprawling Final Fantasy franchise is one of the deepest wells of inspiration you could ask for in a Universes Beyond set, with so many beloved games and characters to draw from.  But …

Final Fantasy Limit Break Upgrade & Review

Kristen GregoryCommander

Limit Break is the red green and white precon from Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy. It features characters and moments from beloved title Final Fantasy VII, such as Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, Barrett, and Yuffie – and, of course – Sephiroth. Limit Break is all about attacking, with a focus on hitting power 7. It also cares a lot about equipment. For …

Combo Breakdown: Dragonstorm Dragon Storm!

Card KingdomCommander, Strategy

Why settle for infinite when you can go bigger? This Dragonstorm combo doesn’t just go infinite, it floods the board with dragons, drowns you in mana, and exiles your entire deck to cast at will! This Combo Breakdown is brought to you by the team at Card Kingdom! The Combo Begin the combo with Jeska’s Will and Reiterate in your …

Red-White Commander Decks Are Getting Hooked Up with Final Fantasy

Kristen GregoryCommander

Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy previews began in earnest at the weekend, with the PAX East Debut Showcase providing us plenty of cards to gush over. Among the cards previewed were a number of saucy adds for RW Equipment decks. As a Boros Equipment enthusiast in Commander, I have some thoughts. BOROS EQUIPMENT STRATEGIES IN FINAL FANTASY We saw Cloud, Planet’s …

What is a Game Changer in Magic’s Commander Format?

Kristen GregoryCommander

If you’ve been playing Commander you might have heard of the term Game Changer. But what is a Game Changer exactly? And why those cards specifically? Let’s explore the concept and some examples. THE COMMANDER BANLIST Commander is the most popular multiplayer variant of Magic: the Gathering. Like all formats, it has a banlist. That list contains a number of …

5 Underrated Sagas for Commander

Jacob LacknerCommander, Products, Strategy

Saga is an Enchantment subtype that was originally introduced in 2018’s Dominaria. Flavorfully, they represent episodic stories that are told chapter-by-chapter. Mechanically, this means that Sagas stick around for a few turns granting you an effect every turn, until the story is complete, at which point they get sacrificed. I have been thinking a lot about Sagas because in the …

Everything in Magic is Now a Titan

Kristen GregoryCommander, Modern, Pioneer, Strategy

Debuting in 2011, the Titan Cycle that includes Sun Titan and Primeval Titan would be a milestone moment for Magic: powerful creatures that do something when they enter the battlefield and when they attack. Since their inception, the shift in design toward creature-based Magic and to steadily increasing the power of those creatures sees us revisit that powerful “Enters or …