Recently I ran down what I believed were the top five Dominaria United cards for Modern, but now that we have a week of tournaments under our belt, I’d like to take a look at the early standouts. It takes a lot for most Standard sets to put multiple cards into decks as a four of in Modern, yet Dominaria …
Modern Deck Spotlight: Sept. 2022
I wanted to try something different from my normal longer, more in-depth pieces focusing on one deck, so welcome to Card Kingdom’s first Modern Deck Spotlight. The goal of this series is to introduce new or interesting decks from the past weekend of high level play, just to help familiarize players with decks they may not have seen before. Last …
Dominaria United: Top Five Cards for Modern
All of the sweet new Dominaria United cards will become legal on Sept. 9, and as always, I’m keeping a close eye on the spoilers to see if anything can impact the Modern landscape. The good news is we’re in business! Unlike some recent Standard release sets that contained little more than sideboard cards or fringe roleplayers, Dominaria United has …
Five cards to watch from Dominaria United
Preview season for the fall set is in full swing, and the player base is rejoicing as new, exciting Dominaria United cards are revealed. Today we’re going over some of the ones to keep your eye on with the set coming out in just a few short weeks. Founding the Third Path This saga is a card with interesting ramifications. …
Examining Efficiency in Modern Magic
Magic has such a wide vocabulary associated with it that words begin to mean different things to different people. “Efficiency” is one such word, and its meaning has changed over the lifespan of Modern. The technical definition of efficiency is, “the ratio of the useful work performed by a machine or in a process to the total energy expended or …
Modern Deck Guide: Temur Creativity
Indomitable Creativity has shown up a few times, in a few different versions, during the last year or so of Modern’s history. The shells change, but the core game plan has stayed the same: control the board, then use Indomitable Creativity to generate a huge mana advantage. Previous versions of Creativity chose Serra’s Emissary and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn as …
Modern Meta Developments Post Modern Horizons 2
Did you play Modern around the release of Modern Horizons 2 but have since taken a break? If so, good news — today we are going over how the meta game and classic modern decks have evolved in the last few months so you’re not surprised when going to your Regional Championship Qualifier. If you have kept up to date, …
A Winner’s MTG Mentality: Preparing for Tournaments
As the Regional Championship Qualifier season gets into full swing, many people will be playing in more competitive MTG tournaments than they have in a long time. As players return to paper Magic, it is important that they come back with the right mentality. Like anything else in life that involves competition, if you want to win, you’ll need to …
Expressive Iteration’s domination of Magic formats
Expressive Iteration is in every top deck in every format it’s legal in. If you go and check the data, Standard, Modern and Legacy are all run by the best card draw spell printed since Treasure Cruise. Pioneer, a format where Treasure Cruise is legal, recently banned Expressive Iteration. So, how is this little uncommon that didn’t even get noticed …
3 Decks to Beat Four-Color Yorion
It is no secret that since the banning of Lurrus of the Dream-Den, Four-Color Yorion has carved out its spot as the best deck in Modern. Yes, yes, I know the metagame percentage of Izzet Murktide, but Four-Color has an artificially low play rate due to its high price on Magic Online. Tournament data suggests that Four-Color Yorion performs much …