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The 10 Cards to Pick Up from Lord of the Rings for your Commander Collection

Marcy: It's been a few weeks since the release of the Lord of the Rings set into Magic the Gathering, and boy, did almost everyone seem to get this set wrong. What first seemed to be a Universes Beyond set...

Unstable Mutation: Elven Council

The Elven Council deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks in the Lord of the Rings set. It's a Simic (Green and Blue) color identity deck with a heavy Elf theme and minor voting and big creature sub-themes...

Unstable Mutation: The Hosts of Mordor

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...

Unstable Mutation: Food and Fellowship

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....

Unstable Mutation: Riders of Rohan

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...

Ruleshammer 40k: The 10th Edition Commentary Has An Answer For That!

Welcome to Ruleshammer! This week I take a look at a few of the frequently asked questions that actually have answers in the massive 18-page Rules Commentary, plus a few bonus ones I'm throwing in! There's a lot to cover....

Commander Focus: Toshiro’s Reign of Terror

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...

Ruleshammer 40k 10th Edition – Things to Note in Early Games

Welcome to Ruleshammer! This week my first notes and musings on 10th edition. Things I think you should look out for in early games.  A Brief note about Cover and Line of Sight Arguably some of the largest changes to the...

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

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....

Lore Explainer – The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth

The upcoming Magic: The Gathering set The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth is all based around the foundational fantasy texts. But that does mean the texts - Wizards of the Coast are basing these cards on the books not...