As 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 moreI’m no Lord of the Rings buff, but even I know elves and Tolkien is a match made in Middle-earth heaven. Yes, I know, another elf precon. We’ve been down this road before. But never have the elves of Magic been so… democratic.
Read moreLord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth has arrived, and I’m sure many of you have your eyes on at least one of the four exceptional Commander precons. Let’s head to The Shire for a banquet of Food tokens and extra life!
Read moreToday I’m working with the new Riders of Rohan precon from the Tales of Middle-earth Commander set, so we should all come out as Tolkien experts in the end. I’m upgrading this human-centric deck to make it more viable at the average casual...
Read moreFans of Lord of the Rings have a perfect opportunity to also become fans of MTG. The release of LotR-thematic Commander decks are meant to provide a ready-to-play deck and a great Commander experience.
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.
Read moreThere’s nothing in all the various fantasy warzones across the Multiverse that quite compares to the thunderous charge of knights beating their way across the battlefield. One of Magic’s newest legendary knight commanders, Sidar Jabari of...
Read moreI was kinda disappointed when I first saw Goro-Goro and Satoru. I felt like card focused more on Goro-Goro and his love of dragons, and not nearly enough on Satoru and his ninja reckoners.
Read moreI’ve written a few of these Commander deck guides by now. But I’ve always written about decks I already owned. This time, I’ve taken a commander and built this decklist from scratch.
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