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 …
The Best Way to Enjoy Archenemy Commander
The Commander precons for Duskmourn: House of Horror were always going to be an exciting prospect just for the powerful new cards and scary movie flavor. But Wizards had an extra–sneaky jump scare in store for us with these decks: a revival of the 1v3 Archenemy format! Archenemy is one of the more exciting ideas Wizards has put together for …
Duskmourn Commander Set Review
It’s time for the Duskmourn Commander Set Review. This review will consider what’s hot from the set. If you’re a fan of 80’s horror, then you’ve come to the right place. You can check in any time you like, but it’s very hard to leave. You can find other recent Commander set reviews here: As per usual, this Set Review …
Duskmourn Commander Precon Highlights
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 Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide
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 Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide
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 – Duskmourn Commander Precon Upgrade Guide
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
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
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 …
Rooms Rumination: Unlocking Duskmourn’s Split-Card Design
The unveiling of new set mechanics is always my favorite part of spoiler season, since their quality has a huge impact on how we perceive that expansion. The new rules need enough flavor and novelty value to turn heads, but also to be balanced, and offer interesting play patterns that can hold up over the next 2-3 years of Standard. …