You're about to be his favorite person for the next 12 months.
Every month, a wax-sealed envelope arrives in his mailbox — snail mail club style. Inside: a handwritten-style letter about the game he loves, original artwork, collectible cards he can't get anywhere else, and a wax seal he'll actually use at the table. It comes from you. He'll tell his friends about it. They'll want one.
Order by June 20 · Gift card delivered instantly · First envelope ships July 14
Give it on Father's Day. The envelopes start in July.
You've tried buying him cards before.
He already had them. Or they were the wrong ones. Or he smiled politely and you could tell. Here's the thing nobody tells you about Magic: The Gathering — half the game is building the deck. That's his art. Buying him cards is like picking paint colors for a painter. You can't win.
The Missive doesn't touch his deck. It's not cards he has to use. It's the world around the game — the history, the art, the collectibles, the mail he actually wants to open. Think of it like this: you're not buying him a new bottle of whiskey. You're buying the glass he reaches for every time he pours one.
And every time a new envelope arrives, he'll think of the person who started it.
Mana. Sorcery. Enchantment. You don't need to know what any of that means. You just need to know his face when the envelope arrives.
You buy it once. He opens it every month for a year.
No guessing. No returns. No "does he already have this." Just a sealed envelope with his name on it.
Pick a plan.
6 months or 12 months. Want to go all in? Add the Collector's Box and Sword Letter Opener — shipping's on us.
You get a gift card instantly.
A printable PDF hits your inbox the moment you order. Hand it to him on Father's Day — done.
His first envelope ships July 14.
Sealed in wax, on cream parchment. Then a new one arrives every month after. If you got the Collector's Edition, his box and sword arrive with month two.
What's inside every envelope.
Each month is themed around a different historical figure — conquerors, commanders, strategists — and how they'd play the game he plays. He doesn't just read about it. He gets pieces to keep.
A sealed envelope.
Sealed in wax, addressed by hand. Different color each month. The mail he'll actually want to open.
A sealed letter.
Written like actual mail, not a blog post. About the history, the strategy, and the game. The kind of thing he'll read at the kitchen table and then tell you about whether you asked or not.
The commander card.
Custom-made — a real Magic commander reimagined as the historical figure. Issue I: an Isshin redrawn as Napoleon. He can't buy this anywhere. Sleeved and ready to play.
The land card.
A real Magic land renamed for a place from the figure's history. Issue I: a Plateau renamed Pratzen Heights — the ridge above Austerlitz where Napoleon won.
A wax seal.
Pressed onto the envelope. Peels off and becomes a game piece — a 2/2 flier at his Commander table. Twelve different seals over the year. His friends will ask where he got them.
An original portrait, made for this issue only.
A collectible art print of that month's historical figure, painted in a different art style each issue. Postcard-sized. Display-worthy.
Issue I: Napoleon, mug in hand, in the style of Basquiat — with a line he never quite said. Painted for this dispatch only. Not sold separately.
It's a Tuesday. He checks the mail.
There's a parchment envelope with a wax seal on it. He has no idea what it is. He breaks the seal. Inside there's a letter — a real letter — about Napoleon and how he'd build a deck if he played Magic. There's original artwork. There are two cards he's never seen before, sleeved and ready. The wax seal peels off and it's a game piece.
He brings it to game night. His friends lose their minds. "Where did you get this?"
He tells them. You gave it to him.
And next month, it happens again. Different figure. Different seal. Same look on his face.
You buy it once. He opens it twelve times. And every single time, he remembers who made it happen.
Volume I · The Commander Series
Napoleon Bonaparte
To the Planeswalker at the table,
I have been thinking about Napoleon Bonaparte — not as a general, but as a Commander player. The man was born in 1769 with no money, no connections, and a Corsican accent thick enough to get him laughed out of military school. By thirty he had redrawn the map of Europe. What interests me is not the conquest itself but the engine behind it.
Napoleon understood tempo before the word existed. He understood that speed, properly aimed, is a form of inevitability. And he had the rarest quality a strategist can possess — the discipline to commit everything to a plan he believed in, even when the table told him to wait.
That is a Commander player. That is an Isshin player.
If Napoleon could lean over your shoulder, I think he would say: "Turn twelve is a problem for a different general."
Six months, twelve months — or the complete set.
Every plan is prepaid for the full term. No auto-renewal. Gift card delivered instantly when you order. First envelope ships July 14.
6 Months
Standard
Half a year of envelopes
$58
Prepaid · 6 dispatches
- 6 monthly envelopes with everything inside
- 6 sealed letters
- 12 collectible cards (2 per issue)
- 6 original portraits
- 6 wax seals (different color each month)
- Printable gift card PDF — delivered instantly
6 Months
Collector's Edition
FREE SHIPPING · The complete first-time gift
$107
Box + sword ship with month two
- Everything in 6 Months Standard
- The Collector's Box for the collection
- The Sword Letter Opener
- Free shipping on all envelopes
- Printable gift card PDF — delivered instantly
12 Months
Standard
The complete set — all twelve seals
$110
Prepaid · 12 dispatches
- 12 monthly envelopes with everything inside
- 12 sealed letters
- 24 collectible cards (2 per issue)
- 12 original portraits
- The full 12-seal collection — one per month, all different
- Printable gift card PDF — delivered instantly
12 Months
Collector's Edition
FREE SHIPPING · The whole experience
$159
Box + sword ship with month two
- Everything in 12 Months Standard
- The Collector's Box for the year's collection
- The Sword Letter Opener
- Free shipping on all envelopes
- Printable gift card PDF — delivered instantly
Here's exactly what happens.
Order by June 20. Gift card in your inbox instantly.
Every plan ships the first envelope July 14. The gift card is what you give him on Father's Day — the envelopes are what keep arriving after. No auto-renewal. No subscriptions that sneak up on you. You're in control.
Questions, before you send it.
What's the gift card?
A printable PDF that hits your inbox the moment you order. Hand it to him on Father's Day. It tells him what's coming. His first physical envelope arrives July 14, then a new one every month after that.
When does the first envelope arrive?
July 14. Every plan ships its first envelope on July 14, then on the second Tuesday of every month after that. If you got the Collector's Edition, the Collector's Box and Sword Letter Opener ship with month two (August 11).
Does he need to know Magic: The Gathering to enjoy it?
The letter stands on its own. The cards and seal-token are for him to use at the table. If he plays — at any level — he will recognize the care in what arrives. He may also become unbearably loud about it.
Will it auto-renew?
No. Every plan is prepaid for the full term — six or twelve months. When the term ends, we write to you, not to him. You decide whether to continue.
Where does the envelope ship to — me, or him?
To him. You enter his name and address at checkout. The first envelope includes a note from you, if you write one. He never sees the receipt. The gift card PDF goes to your inbox so you can hand it over on Father's Day.
Can I gift it after Father's Day?
Yes. You can order any time. The gift card PDF arrives instantly, and the first envelope ships on the next scheduled date. After July 14, envelopes ship the second Tuesday of every month — including any new orders' first envelopes.
What if he already has the cards you send?
He doesn't. Each issue includes two cards: a commander altered as the historical figure (this issue: Isshin redrawn as Napoleon), and a land themed for a place from their history (this issue: Plateau renamed Pratzen Heights). They are not cards he can buy at a store.
What is the artwork inside?
Each issue includes a collectible art print of that month's historical figure — painted in a different art style each issue. Issue I is Napoleon in Basquiat, mug in hand, with a line he never quite said. Postcard-sized. Display-worthy. The mug itself is sold separately.
What does "the sword" mean?
A letter opener. We call it a sword because The Missive opens with one. The Collector's Box holds the year's correspondence as the collection grows.
Here's how to activate it.
Hand the gift card to him on Father's Day. The envelopes start in July.
- Enter your Groupon voucher code on this page.
- Add his name, mailing address, and email.
- Download your printable gift card PDF — ready to hand over on Father's Day.
- First envelope ships July 14. Then the second Tuesday of every month after that.
The gift card is what you give him on Father's Day. The envelopes are what keep coming after.
When's the last time you gave him something his friends asked about?
The Missive is the gift that shows up every month, that he didn't know existed, that nobody else at the table has. And every single time that envelope arrives, he'll remember who gave it to him.
Send a MissiveEnchantment, indeed.