Was Foundations the Best Set of the Year?

Foundations Was the Best Set of the Year… and it Wasn’t Close

Kristen GregoryCommander, Design

As 2024 comes to a close, Kristen takes stock of the year’s sets. Was Foundations the best Magic set of the year? It was a big year for Magic in 2024, and we experienced a slew of products, whether Standard-legal, or legal for Modern or Commander.  In total, we saw five sets enter Standard: There were also five more “major” …

DSK Draft Guide

The Duskmourn: House of Horror Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

Duskmourn: House of Horror represents a departure from previous Magic design in many ways, setting new expectations for lore, aesthetics, mechanics, and color pie divisions. So of course, the Limited environment you’ll find within the shifting walls of this insidious House is just as strange and daunting as everything else about it! It would be all too easy to stumble …

Duskmourn Commander Precon Highlights

Duskmourn Commander Precon Highlights

Kristen GregoryCommander

Duskmourn Commander releases on September 27, and with it comes four new precons complete with Archenemy cards. Death Toll, Endless Punishment, Jump Scare!, and Miracle Worker offer 40 new cards. What are the highlights? What new cards are worth checking out? GETTING STUCK IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE Our new Commanders for the set feature a mix of intrepid rescuers, wily …

Death Toll

Death Toll Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Tom AndersonCommander

We’re counting down to the release of Duskmourn, an expansion that seems to pack as many thrills and unexpected turns as the horror movies which inspired it. The set’s mechanics, its color pie, its arch-villain, even the modern-day aesthetic all feel new and uncertain, and the spoiler season has hit us with more than a few jump scares… Now, the …

Endless Punishment

Endless Punishment Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Kristen GregoryCommander

Endless Punishment is the Rakdos precon from Duskmourn. It features a RB version of the set’s infamous demon Valgavoth, and encourages you to bring your group slug game. Find out how to turn up the heat with our $50 Budget Upgrade Guide.  Duskmourn Commander has four Commander decks: Death Toll, Endless Punishment, Jump Scare and Miracle Worker. Today we’ll check …

Miracle Worker

Miracle Worker – Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Chris CornejoCommander

I’m pleased to say that Duskmourn: House of Horror is happily horrifying! There are tons of good cards that are all going to hit your wallet pretty hard. The Commander precon decks offer a quick way to get battling with the full Duskmourn flavor, and we’re here today to look at the Miracle Worker deck. And figure out how to …

Jump Scare Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Jump Scare – Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide

Jacob LacknerCommander

Duskmourn: House of Horror releases on September 27th. And that also means we got some spooky Commander precons. I’ve already written about how great Manifest Dread is going to be in Duskmourn Limited, and in this article I’m writing about the Jump Scare! precon, which is all about manifesting dread and startling your opponents by turning your face-down permanents into …

13 Reasons Why Duskmourn’s Horror Hits the Spot

Kristen GregoryDesign

13. UNLUCKY FOR SOME It’s great when we get numberplay in spooky Magic sets, and Duskmourn doesn’t fail to disappoint. We’ve got the “unlucky” land cycle debuting here. They enter tapped unless a player has 13 or less life, which is going to happen pretty quickly, actually.  The artwork on each evokes classic horror tropes and locations, which results in …