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Unstable Mutation: Deep Clue Sea Upgrade (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)

The Deep Clue Sea deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks released alongside the Murders at Karlov Manor set. It's a Bant (Green, White, and Blue) color identity deck with a heavy investigating and Detective theme.   Upgrading the Deck This...

Bringing Timmy, Johnny, and Spike to Wargaming, Part 2: Meet Dylan, Chase, and Innes

Welcome back to our three-part series on player psychographics in Wargaming. In our first installment, we talked about the problem with the casual/competitive framework of segmenting players and the concept of Psychographics and how they apply to games. To...

Bringing Timmy, Johnny, and Spike to Wargaming, Part 1: Player Psychographics

We take a deep dive into player motivations for wargames and talk about how Magic's psychographics might serve as a framework for looking at the Warhammer player base.

Unstable Mutation: Deadly Disguise Upgrade (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)

Hello and welcome goon hammerers. Today we'll kick off the Unstable Mutation series for Murders at Karlov Manor Commander with my favorite deck of the set: Deadly Disguise. The main focus of this deck is the return of a...

Murders at Karlov Manor Review, Part 4 of 4: Monocolor Cards

Magic's newest expansion takes us back to Ravnica once again, to a party at Karlov manor and the body of Zegana, former leader of the Simic guild. A new set means new cards, and we're continuing our review with...

Murders at Karlov Manor Review, Part 3 of 4: Colorless Cards

Magic's newest expansion takes us back to Ravnica once again, to a party at Karlov manor and the body of Zegana, former leader of the Simic guild. A new set means new cards, and we're continuing our review with...

Murders at Karlov Manor Review, Part 2 of 4: Multicolor Cards

Magic's newest expansion takes us back to Ravnica once again, to a party at Karlov manor and the body of Zegana, former leader of the Simic guild. A new set means new cards, and we're kicking off our review...

Murders at Karlov Manor Review, Part 1 of 4: The Mechanics

2024 is here with a jam pack schedule of product. Your first opportunity is a mystery themed set and a return to Ravnica. Mysteries and murder mysteries in particular are perennially cultural favorites, though they seem slightly out of...

Commander Focus: Our Favorite Preconstructed Decks of 2023

Hi everyone! 2023 was an exciting year for Magic players, as we got a pretty stunning variety of sets throughout the months. While there was definitely some mixed reception from set-to-set, it's safe to say that there were a...

Goonhammer’s Magic: the Gathering 2024 Release Preview

The 2024 release schedule is unsurprisingly aggressive, with six Major releases announced, spread out over the year. A very basic analysis of 2023 would tell you that 55 separate Secret Lairs were released, and given the upward trend in...