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Unstable Mutation: The Hosts of Mordor

B Phillip York - July 27, 2023

The Hosts of Mordor is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks in the Lord of the Rings set. It's a Grixis (Red/Blue/Black) color identity deck with a theme of "expensive cards" and a sub-theme of amass. The deck also...

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Unstable Mutation: Food and Fellowship

B Phillip York - July 20, 2023

Food and Fellowship is one of 4 Commander preconstructed decks for the Lord of the Rings set. The deck is Abzan (Green, White, and Black), with themes of Hobbits, Food, Tree-Ents, and Eagles. Which is a lot of themes....

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Unstable Mutation: Riders of Rohan

B Phillip York - July 13, 2023

Riders of Rohan is a Jeskai Knights go wide deck with 20 new cards from the Lord of the Rings set. Eowyn and Aragorn are the default Commanders. First I'll review the possibilities of the new cards, then discuss...

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Commander Focus: Toshiro’s Reign of Terror

FromTheShire - July 6, 2023

This week I'm back with another slight tweak of one of my personal decks, that skews extremely heavily into the Commander's theme. This deck tries to punish opponents for swinging at us and somewhat lock down creatures, drawing cards...

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Review, Part 4 of 4: The Colorless Cards

FromTheShire - June 22, 2023

For the first time since the announcement of Universes Beyond, we have a fully draftable, Modern legal set on our hands. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth explores and re-imagines the book version of Tolkien's fantasy epic....

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Review, Part 3 of 4: The Monocolor Cards

FromTheShire - June 15, 2023

For the first time since the announcement of Universes Beyond, we have a fully draftable, Modern legal set on our hands. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth explores and re-imagines the book version of Tolkien's fantasy epic....

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Review, Part 2 of 4: The Multicolor Cards

FromTheShire - June 13, 2023

For the first time since the announcement of Universes Beyond, we have a fully draftable, Modern legal set on our hands. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth explores and re-imagines the book version of Tolkien's fantasy epic....

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Review, Part 1 of 4: The Mechanics

FromTheShire - June 8, 2023

Magic's newest expansion takes us beyond the planes of the multiverse and into the crossover universes to visit the world of the Lord of the Rings. A new set means new mechanics, and we've got some good ones as well...

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Commander Focus: The Goonhammer Ranger Review – Part 2

Will "Loxi" Angarella - June 1, 2023

Hi everyone! Welcome back to another adventure into Dungeon's and Dragons most neglected cla...I mean... Lord of the Rings' most prestigious venture! If you missed the first part, check it out here, where I explain the full details of...

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Commander Focus: The Goonhammer Ranger Review – Part 1

Will "Loxi" Angarella - May 25, 2023

Howdy everyone! When you last saw me, I was doing a review of all of the rings across the multiverse to see what would be worthy of bearing (check that out here if you missed it). With Middle Earth...