J.R.R. Tolkien wanted to use Frodo Baggins to teach the world a few lessons. It doesn’t matter how tiny you think you are, you can make a difference in this world. No one is invincible, and the worst enemy is that which is unseen.
Read moreLord of the Rings has come to MTG, and today we’ll cover one of the most exciting commanders from Middle-earth to aid humanity. I’m talking about none other than [REPLACE CARD]Éowyn, Shieldmaiden[/REPLACE], a commander perfect for a human EDH...
Read moreGaladriel of Lothlórien is one of the multiple scry payoffs The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, and itsets us up with to build around scrying in Commander. I’m convinced it’s the best of the bunch by a country mile.
Read moreSméagol is well known for being the nicer half of the pair of minds inhabiting the body of a tortured hobbit. Today, we’re delving into the kinder half of his psyche with a $25 self-sacrifice landfall deck all about the temptations of the ring...
Read moreThe Lord of the Rings’ first venture into the world of Magic: The Gathering brought with it every classic character from the novels, including heroes, villains, and ents. So many ents. Today we’re building around one of the most recognizable...
Read moreSauron, Lord of the Rings helms the Hosts of Mordor preconstructed deck to great success. What if you don’t want all the mess of the precon, and instead want a powered-up Sauron deck that packs a lot more punch? This, then, is the perfect deck...
Read moreLet’s dive into a Commander deck with the primary object of delivering justice to these new wraiths and finding a home to play nine copies of the mythical Nazgûl in Commander.
Read moreAs one of the most important characters in Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins obviously gets a lot of focus in this set, making it possible to create a deck that largely follows his journey across Middle-earth. That’s what I’ve tried to do with...
Read moreEvery Commander player knows the joy of playing with a group hug player. That one person who serenades the table and gives out gifts with Zedruu the Greathearted or Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis, spreading joy with extra cards and mana from things...
Read moreEvery so often, tucked away in the 99 of a Commander precon, is an alternate commander that’s actually better than the deck’s face card. We got another example of this with the LotR Commander decks: Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant.
Read moreWizards decided to do their own thing with Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. They signaled this pretty early on by previewing an interesting new commander that was notably left out of the movies, Tom Bombadil.
Read moreYou know exactly what you need to do if you pull Shelob, Child of Ungoliant: pull all the best spiders from across the multiverse to assemble a deadly Commander deck.
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