Monday 30 May 2022

What is Standard?

Recently we have had a few new MTG players and they have wanted to know what is Standard? So thought we should have a quick look at what sets are legal in this format.

PLAY RULES/MODIFIERS

Standard games are one-on-one with a 60 card minimum for the main deck (up to 15 card sideboard). Winner is determined either by best of one, or best of three games. These games should last standard length for a game (about 20 minutes on average, 50 minutes for best of three).

Standard is a dynamic format where you build decks and play using cards in your collection from recently released Magic sets. Evolving gameplay and fresh strategies make it one of the most fun and popular ways to play Magic.

What Sets Are Legal in Standard?
  • Streets of New Capenna
    
  • Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
    
  • Innistrad: Crimson Vow
    
  • Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
    
  • Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
    
  • Strixhaven
    
  • Kaldheim
    
  • Zendikar Rising

Releasing Soon!



On the world of Moroch, Imperial forces make desperate preparations to withstand the coming of heretic invaders. The frontier world is being braced as part of vast defensive strategies in an attempt to hold the Nachmund Gauntlet – a solitary route through the madness of the Great Rift. Yet the taint of Chaos is already upon Moroch, and it runs deep – traitors amongst the Imperial forces' ranks rise to strike from within. Few can be spared from the preparations for the looming war to hunt down these heretic cells, and now all that stands between the Militarum Traitoris warbands of Blooded and their total victory is an elite Phobos Strike Team of deadly Space Marines.

Kill Team: Moroch is the third full expansion box for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, the ultimate sci-fi skirmish game. It is released on Saturday 4th. It includes miniatures for two complete new kill teams, the covert Adeptus Astartes Phobos Strike Team, and the heretical traitor guardsmen of the Blooded – as well as transfers, a double-sided game board, a full set of terrain, and a new rule manual featuring missions, background material, and full rosters for both the two Kill Teams and Moroch itself.
In this box you'll find:

1x 96 page Kill Team: Moroch Rules manual: take the fight to the corrupted world of Moroch, a key defensive point in the Nachmund Gauntlet, with background material for this stronghold world and the forces that clash over it. This manual also includes new rules, datacards, and background tables for the Phobo Strike Team and Blooded kill teams, as well as additional killzone rules and Shadow Operations missions set on this war-torn planet.

23x Citadel miniatures: Two full kill teams, including miniatures available for the first time in this box, each featuring a wide array of customisation and alternate assembly options. Extra components allow for deep personalisation of your kill team, and many models can be assembled as multiple different kinds of operative.

Phobos Strike Team:
- 10 Primaris Space Marines which can be built as Infiltrators or Incursors, with an extra sprue of upgrades and a mine marker – customise your kill team to complete your mission
- Extra components to build specialists like the Commsman, Helix Adept, Saboteur, Voxbreaker, Marksman, Minelayer, and Veteran
- Full transfer sheet with over 270 markings and emblems

Blooded Kill Team:
- 12 Blooded warriors to tear down the rotting edifice of the Imperium. 10 of these miniatures are available for the first time in this boxed set, and are accompanied by a Traitor Enforcer and a Traitor Ogryn, previously found in Blackstone Fortress: Traitor Command
- Includes components to build specialists like the Brimstone Grenadier, Butcher, Trench Sweeper, Flenser, Corpseman, Sharpshooter, and more

8x Fronteris terrain pieces: Recreate the rugged, mass-produced fortifications of Moroch on your tabletop. This assemblage of modular terrain pieces can be configured in any number of ways to create a varied killzone for your kill teams to sneak around and clash over, and is fully compatible with a wide range of other terrain kits. It includes:
- 1x Landing Pad
- 1x Vox-Antenna
- 1x Auspex Shrine
- 1x STC Hab-Bunker
- 1x Stockades with Doors
- 3x Stockades

1x Double-sided Fronteris game board: Battle over the war-torn outposts of Moroch on this double-sided 30" x 22" folding cardboard game board.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel paints.

You'll need a copy of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Core Book to make full use of this supplement.

Thursday 19 May 2022

Gift Vouchers

 


Available for any amount and redeemable on any products in our range. Vouchers are vaild for 3 years.

Wednesday 18 May 2022

New to MTG?

The Midnight Hunt Welcome Boosters are Free!!!


They are given away for free to new players to show off the coolest aspects of the game.

The Welcome Booster contains ten cards. Each Welcome Booster is exactly the same and contains a sample of legendary creatures, planeswalkers, rares, foils, showcase cards, and more. 

The pack contains...
1 x Plains in foil
1 x Dawnhart Rejuvenator in showcase frame and foil.
1 x Drownyard Amalgam in foil
1 x Commander's Sphere 
1 x Bladestitched Skaab 
1 x Ardent Elementalist 
1 x Arlinn, Voice of the Pack Planeswalker 
1 x Triskaidekaphobia which is rare card
1 x Rally the Ranks which is rare card
1 x Skyfire Phoenix which is a rare card

In addition, a MTG Arena code card in the Welcome Booster provides a code for the Wild Wizardry deck in MTG Arena.

Along with this pack we will give you a free spin down life counter.

Free Warhammer 40k Space Marine!

Starting from Saturday 21st May 2022, we will be giving away some Warhammer 40k Space Marine models.


These are available for anyone that wants one, and are limited to one per customer. They are really easy to assembly and are a great starting point to building an army or a first painting project. 

In addition to giving these models away we are also offering people the opportunity to come in and paint the model. We have the tools you need to cut out the model, glue it together and paint it, all you will need is a paint brush. You are welcome to come in and paint at anytime we have space but will have some dedicated hours for this in the coming weeks.

When you have finished your model there will be a chance for you to enter our 'Best Painted Space Marine' competition coming in the summer holidays.

Commander Nights

I have decided to make a our Commander Nights a little bit more interesting. Starting from tomorrow night players will have the option to take part in our new 'achievement card' bingo game.

The achievement cards have 16 different tasks that players can try and complete whilst playing games of MTG commander. The tasks are themed on the most recent MTG sets which are Streets of New Capenna and Kamigawa Neon Dynasty. 

When a player completes a task then they simply put a cross through that box on the sheet. If a player completes 4 boxes in a row (either vertical, horizontal or diagonal) they show the card to me and I will issue them with a special foil promo Mind Stone card. Players can only get a maximum of two of these cards.

The promo's don't end there however. If a player manages to complete 10 or more boxes then they can again show me the card and I will give them a copy of the foil promo card Swiftfoot Boots. 


Our Commander Nights run every Thursday from 7pm until 10pm, they are completely free but are limited to a maximum of 10 players. You can secure your place by either joining in the conversations on our Discord server or booking a space on our website ... https://www.kdgames.co.uk/bookings-checkout/thursday-night-commander/book?category=d4f465a0-a7ab-49bd-ba3e-6f20cc8f931a&referral=service_list_widget


Tuesday 17 May 2022

Magic the Gathering Promo Cards for July

Love Your Local Game Store Promo Returns


The Love Your Local Game Store Promotion is returning! Starting July 1, we can hand out the foil retro-frame promo Sol Ring for purchases of Magic product over £30.  


July 2022 Store Championships Promos

Speaking of promos, later this summer players will have the chance to show their mettle and secure brag-worthy promos with the July 2022 Store Championship. The event can be run between July 9 and July 17, format and times will be announced closer to the time.



Store Championship uses Swiss rounds cutting to a top 8, and we'll have three different types of promos to hand out: the Participation Promo Flame Slash, the Top 8 Promo Archmage's Charm, and the First Place Promo Dark Confidant.

Monday 16 May 2022

Coming soon!

2022 Starter Kit Arrives June 3


The 2022 Starter Kit is ideal for any pair of new Magic players, as it give new comers the opportunity to dive into their first game in-person and continue the fun online with redeemable Magic: The Gathering Arena code cards. 

Starter Kits are being refreshed for 2022 and will collect cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, Innistrad: Crimson Vow, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, and Streets of New Capenna.

The 2022 Starter Kits contain the following:Two ready-to-play, 60-card decks

One foil face card in each deck

Two Magic Arena code redemption cards

Rules and World-of-Magic Rulebook


Friday 13 May 2022

League is back!!!

League used to be a regular feature following a release of a new set. The last one that I remember running was for Guilds of Ravnica and was at our old shop. It was great fun to play and provided another way to enjoy the cards from the new set. From tomorrow, league is back! Not quite as it was originally but should be an enjoyable format.


How it works:- You get 3 draft packs of your choice to build your minimum 30 card deck when you start the event.

- You may play as many other players entered in the league as you want once per week.

- Each week you may purchase an additional pack to add to your pool and power up your deck.

- Each 3 game losses you take you may purchase an additional pack to add to your pool and power up your deck. You may do this once each week.

- The league lasts 4 weeks.

- All match results and trades are recorded on eventlink and your deck must remain in the store until the event is finished.

- Players can earn one promo card per week which is ...


- Players can join the league in any week and in addition to purchasing the initial pool of 3 pack and purchase an additional pack for each week they have missed.

If you want to join in with our fun MTG League then come along this Saturday at 2pm and get started,