The complete beginner’s guide to DanDan (Forgetful Fish): the two-player format where both players share one 80-card deck, Islands are a liability, and ten copies of a 1993 fish decide everything.
Post-Amsterdam news roundup: Kamigawa: Titanbreach is confirmed as a Kamigawa vs. Ikoria invasion, Nauctis is fully undersea, 2027 gets three crossover sets, and the charity Secret Lair is live now.
The Hobbit’s MagicCon debut revealed a smaller, cozier set arriving August 14, the new Storied mechanic, and the headline: The One Ring is being reprinted.
Reality Fracture lands October 2, ending the story arc running since 2023: Jace, The Theorist, attempts to rewrite the Multiverse, the Echoverse debuts, and the five original Lorwyn planeswalkers unite.
MagicCon Amsterdam’s Preview Panel named all three 2027 in-universe sets — Nauctis: The Sunken Realm, Kamigawa: Titanbreach, and Zhalfir — plus Mystery Booster: Commander, a Stardew Valley Secret Lair, and four MagicCons.
Festival in a Box: Amsterdam went on sale at $199.99 — a Mystery Booster 2 display plus exclusive Secret Lair drop. A dad does the honest value math on who should actually buy it.
Buried in the Star Trek First Look: all ten shock lands are being reprinted and will stay Standard-legal. Why this is the year’s best budget news — and why you shouldn’t buy shocks yet.
The Star Trek First Look revealed Kirk and Janeway mythics, actor autograph cards, Borg artifact creatures, and Picard and Spock precons. A lifelong Trek dad reacts to the 60th-anniversary set.
Everything a total beginner needs to play Commander with the five Starter Commander Decks: format basics from zero, a full walkthrough of all five decks, who should pilot what, and which deck wins the family pod.
July 10 qualifiers, the Arena summer sale on the 14th, MagicCon Amsterdam and Hobbit spoilers on the 17th–19th, and the charity Secret Lair on the 20th — a dad’s survival calendar for Magic’s wildest two weeks.
