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Tales of Middle-earth is an expansive set, but there’s also a set of four Commander Precons. Across those decks are a bunch of brand new Commander legal cards, so today we’re going to look at the cream of Farmer Maggot’s crop. What are the highlights from each Tales of Middle-earth Commander Precon? THE BEST CARDS FROM… NOT THE PRECONS? OK, …
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is just one week away, which means it’s time to get to brewing decks for Modern! As an incredibly wide format, this set offers many powerful options to build around and opportunities to improve existing archetypes. Mono White Legends White Aggro has been a staple of lower power formats for years. Looking …
Kristen GregoryKristen is Card Kingdom’s Head Writer and a member of the Commander Format Panel. Formerly a competitive Pokémon TCG grinder, she has been playing Magic since Shadows Over Innistrad, which in her opinion, was a great set to start with. When she’s not taking names with Equipment and Aggro strategies in Commander, she loves to play any form of …
Of all the new Magic cards spoiled from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, the most eye-catching is The One Ring itself. Potent, mechanically unique and with a mind-bogglingly valuable serialized Elvish printing to be found… who wouldn’t be tempted by such a treasure?! All I’m saying is if my cousin was as annoying as Deagol, I’d probably …
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth brings us the newest Magic mechanic “The Ring Tempts You.” Naturally, once players saw the ring tempts you in stages on a track that exists outside the game, comparisons to the Initiative mechanic started flowing. Is being tempted by the ring going to be as format defining in Modern as taking the …
For most Magic sets, the proportion of players that care about the flavor of the cards is relatively low compared to those who seek to evaluate them for their gameplay potential — but for Tales of Middle-earth, that’s very much not the case. Lord of the Rings is a cultural classic, and for every Magic player who loves those stories, …
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is our first Universes Beyond set that goes straight to Modern. Since it’s unprecedented, players have wondered since its original announcement how it would pan out in the format. Well, today we’re taking a look at three cards that could change up the format and open new styles of decks. Stern Scolding …
Tales of Middle-earth is Magic: the Gathering’s premier The Lord of the Rings expansion set. As a fresh adaptation of the books, it’s not beholden to Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy, and we’re excited to see moments and characters missing from the previous adaptation. Join us as we delve into the lore and get hyped for Tales of Middle-earth moments we …
The Lord of the Rings is upon us, with previews starting next week and Card Kingdom’s presale already live! We know a bit about Tales of Middle-earth at this point, but today I’m going to make some predictions for what we might see as previews progress. Normally, I also make some story predictions. But, well…we kind of already know the …
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is the latest adventure into Universes Beyond, and the first one to receive a full Magic: The Gathering set. At the same time, this is also the first time Card Kingdom plans to ship sealed preorders early, on June 16, giving players a head start at exploring everything Middle-earth has to offer. …
