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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...

The Cards to Pick Up From Ravnica Remastered for Commander

Ravnica Remastered is a ... well it's a masters set but only of cards from expansions that took place on Ravnica. Ravnica is the most commonly visited plane aside from Dominaria, the guild concept seems to have really taken...

Unstable Mutation: Blood Rites Upgrade (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)

Hi everyone! We're wrapping up coverage for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander decks with the last set up upgrades for the preconstructed decklists. For our final deck, we have Blood Rites, which hones in on the Vampire explorers...

Unstable Mutation: The Ten Best Cards to Upgrade Your Ahoy Mateys Pirate Deck for Commander

Ahoy, Mateys (sorry) and welcome to our look at the, uh, Ahoy Mateys deck from the Ixalan precons. This is a precon with a particular tribal theme, that being Pirates, but instead of a simple tribal aggro deck, there...

Unstable Mutation: Explorers of the Deep Upgrade (Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)

Hi everyone! Today, we're going to be discussing one of the new preconstructed Commander decks to release with Lost Caverns of Ixalan: Explorers of the Deep. Right off the cuff, this deck is honestly a really solid release. It's...

Unstable Mutation: Veloci-Ramp-Tor Upgrade (Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)

The Veloci-Ramp-Tor deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks released alongside the Lost Caverns of Ixalan set. It's a Naya (Red, Green, and White) color identity deck with a heavy Dinosaur theme out of the box. The deck...

Unstable Mutation: Enduring Enchantments (Commander Masters Commander Upgrade)

I don't know why but enchantress decks fascinate me. I think it's the idea of playing permanents that are sort of orthogonal to standard creature based utility and winning builds. Especially if you are able to leverage enchantments' ability...