Modern Recap January 2023

Modern Tournament Recap: Jan 20223

Michael RappModern, Strategy

The weekend of Jan. 13 brought us the most competitive Modern tournaments than we’ve seen in a long time. SCG Con New Jersey had both $20,000 and $5,000 tournaments while the LMS Open Qualifier took place in Trieste and the NRG Champs closed things out. Naturally, each high level Modern tournament offers worthwhile results to parse through.  Modern is in …

New Techs in Modern Decks

New Tech in Modern Decks

Mason ClarkModern

One interesting part of non-rotating formats in Magic is that players learn how the wide array of cards start to work together in new and exciting ways over time, which allows for strategies to crop up using cards that have been available for a long time. This doesn’t happen often, but players have recently discovered a handful of new, viable …

Our Favorite Modern Decks of 2022

Our favorite Modern decks of 2022

Michael RappModern

As 2022 comes to a close I wanted to take a look back at the year that was. One of my favorite things to do is find the brightest spots in the year, and for Magic that means going back to my favorite Modern decks from the past year.  Everyone, myself included, likes decks for different reasons. Whether it involved …

The return of creature decks to Modern

The Return of Creature Decks to Modern

Mason ClarkModern, Strategy

Modern, as a format, has always been propped up by a “you can do whatever you want” mentality. However, during the last year, Yorion made playing creature decks in Modern incredibly difficult due to cards like Solitude, Fury, Prismatic Ending and Unholy Heat.  The good news for creature fans in Modern is that many of these cards are on the …

Modern Tier List November 2022

Modern Tier List: Nov. 2022

Michael RappModern

Welcome back for the Nov. 2022 update to the Card Kingdom Modern Tier list! This month was a bit slow for Modern tournaments, as both SCG Philadelphia and all of the Regional Championships played Pioneer. However, we still have some solid, online data to look at for November. The Brothers’ War has been out for a couple of weeks, and …

The Brothers' War Modern Preview Highlights

The Brothers’ War: Modern Preview Highlights

Michael RappModern

The Brothers’ War is around the corner, and a new set preview always comes with cards that have the potential to impact Modern. From what we’ve seen so far, The Brother’s War is heavily artifact focused, which almost always lands a couple cards into older formats, especially with Karn, the Great Creator and Urza’s Saga running around. Of course, there …