Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Reveals First Magic Cards Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Magic Recently, we got a good look at the first revealed cards from The Lord of the Rings ' collaboration with Magic
The Structure of Magic: The Gathering | Marvel's Spider-Man Our initial design for the set looked like this: 100 Cards No commons No draft format Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander, with a focus on Commander Glenn Jones as the lead designer with me as the "strong second" But what we ended up making was this: 188 Cards (a new draftable Magic set size) Designed for Pick-Two Draft (a new Limited format) Legal in all formats Corey Bowen as the lead designer with me as the "strong second" How we got from there to here was more of a journey than most sets go through
At its most broken, the Baron Von Count deck is probably an Ad Nauseam Storm combo deck a la Maralen of the Mornsong, where one player will die as a result of the Counts ability, and the rest will fall to Grapeshot or Tendrils of Agony (none of which is particularly problematic for me, by the way)
A flash-able walker of the planes is strong since they cannot be attacked by foes for a full round, and you can still user her ability once
These decks are the perfect on-ramp for new Commander players, and they feature new cards that longtime players will want for their tribal creature decks
