General (CLB) Magic: The Gathering: Commander Legends: Dungeons and Dragons: Battle for Baldur's Gate Previews. Even the NAME is long this time!

[astraedm]

It's odd, because there's also Jon Irenicus, Shattered One from this set which is EXACTLY how I'd love to see commander-specific cards designed, and the first one to make me want to play the format in a long while. Several different avenues to take with how you build it, and makes you plumb scryfall for specific card interactions and stuff you wouldn't otherwise use.

Are you giving things away with negative effects, giving away hard-to-block creatures for a consistent draw engine, playing politically and giving away things that have already ETB'd for you, etc.

 

[blacksmithy]

It's odd, because there's also Jon Irenicus, Shattered One from this set which is EXACTLY how I'd love to see commander-specific cards designed, and the first one to make me want to play the format in a long while. Several different avenues to take with how you build it, and makes you plumb scryfall for specific card interactions and stuff you wouldn't otherwise use.

Are you giving things away with negative effects, giving away hard-to-block creatures for a consistent draw engine, playing politically and giving away things that have already ETB'd for you, etc.

can he give away demonic pact? probably somehow he can right?

 

[Onderzeeboot]

can he give away demonic pact? probably somehow he can right?

There's plenty of ways to turn artifacts into creatures in blue, and you also have stuff like Liquimetal Torque to turn anything into an artifact.

 

[Velrun]

Alaundo seems like an interesting fellow, especially if you have an "untap creatures a bunch of times" archetype in your cube.

I'll be honest with you all — I hate this style of card. I don't like the feeling that WotC is building my deck for me, ya know?

Well my starter set runs a Gate theme so I wouldn't mind putting Nine-Fingers Keene into my cube on a higher tier to continue the deck theme a bit throughout the tournament.

 

[blacksmithy]

There's plenty of ways to turn artifacts into creatures in blue, and you also have stuff like Liquimetal Torque to turn anything into an artifact.

hawt

 

[Mown]

This card was made for me. I like it.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Oghma's Archivist 1W
Creature - Halfling Cleric
Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their own library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
2/2

Gut, True Soul Zealot 2R
Legendary Creature - Goblin Shaman
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice another creature or an artifact. If you do, create a 4/1 black Skeleton creature token with menace that's tapped and attacking.

Choose a Background
Illus. Wayne Reynolds 2/2

Jesus o.O

Blood Money 5BB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures. For each nontoken creature destroyed this way, create a tapped Treasure token.

@LadyMapi I gotchu

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest 2G
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Druid
Tokens you control have "T, add G"
Choose a Background
2/3

Notably not creature tokens!

Mirror of Life Trapping 4
Artifact
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, if it was cast, exile it then return all other permanent cards exiled with Mirror of Life Trapping to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Okay so blink, narrow enabler, what else is making panharmonicon feel a disturbance in the force?
Well, this does also disrupt your opponents. Maybe that's enough?

Descent into Avernus 2R
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put two Descent counters on. Then, each player makes X treasure tokens and deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on Descent into Avernus.

This has big "Time to fuck a blender" energy

Spoiler

 

[TrainmasterGT]

I'll be honest with you all — I hate this style of card. I don't like the feeling that WotC is building my deck for me, ya know?

Unfortunately, there aren't a ton of ways to do (--Card Type Matters--) commanders without making the deck feel like it builds itself. Otherwise, you get stuff like Chulane, Teller of Tales, which are supposed to make a specific type of deck strong (in Chulane's case Adventures) but instead end up being generically powerful, which causes many Commander players to get upset. Luckily, for every hyper-specific Commander, there's a weirdo card for people who want to try and build something completely off the wall! Pic unrelated...

This has big "Time to fuck a blender" energy

(Totally true though)

 

[Dom Harvey]

Otherwise, you get stuff... which causes many Commander players to get upset.

Too true

 

[TrainmasterGT]

Too true

It's pretty much the main downside of Commander being the most popular format right now.

 

[sigh]

Gluntch

 

[Zoss]

Gluntch

The only thing I can think of when I see this card:

 

[Brad]

"Wow, this is a nice card."
CHOOSE A BACKGROUND
"Uggh... I dunno..."
Not loving all the bullshit extra text this set. Really hard to wade through all the multiplayer crap.

Well my starter set runs a Gate theme so I wouldn't mind putting Nine-Fingers Keene into my cube on a higher tier to continue the deck theme a bit throughout the tournament.

I've always thought a tribal theme within the mana base was kind of cool. Gives a subtheme to the draft without being poisonous. Would you agree with that?

 

[Velrun]

"Wow, this is a nice card."
CHOOSE A BACKGROUND
"Uggh... I dunno..."
Not loving all the bullshit extra text this set. Really hard to wade through all the multiplayer crap.

I've always thought a tribal theme within the mana base was kind of cool. Gives a subtheme to the draft without being poisonous. Would you agree with that?

Absolutely I do!

What I like to do is run Gates + another cycle (or two other cycles) of better fixing lands.

In this way the players will have to make a choice during drafting if they want the subpar Gates that have some synergy cards in the draft or the superior fixing lands that are just fixing.

 

[Brad]

Absolutely I do!

What I like to do is run Gates + another cycle (or two other cycles) of better fixing lands.

In this way the players will have to make a choice during drafting if they want the subpar Gates that have some synergy cards in the draft or the superior fixing lands that are just fixing.

This is what I was thinking. Probably add some of the green gate payoffs, as they're pretty sweet. Is the Colossus as sweet as it looks?

 

[Velrun]

This is what I was thinking. Probably add some of the green gate payoffs, as they're pretty sweet. Is the Colossus as sweet as it looks?

It depends. If the Gates are split between the players, then it's useless. If a single player picked six Gates, then it's fire. Kind of the same logic as any other card that rely on synergy.

Also, there are way more than 10 Gates available.

Return to Ravnica gave us the original Gates
Guilds of Ravnica gave us the 11'th Gate
Battle for Baldur's Gate will soon give us this Gate, this Gate and this cycle of five Gates

The /c links partially don't work right now so here are some direct links:
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type:gate
http://mythicspoiler.com/clb/cards/citadelgate.html

 

[LadyMapi]

I feel like the best signal for Gate synergy (especially if you're running it alongside cycles of better duals) is something like



Especially if you're running some of the new Gates.

 

[MilesOfficial]

Horn of Valhalla seems pretty good. Finale of Glory has been going in and out of my list, and while the 2/2s from that are literally double those made from the adventure side here, I'm not embarrassed by the equipment, which can escape some of the win-more feeling that "for each creature you control" effects often have by the fact that it gives you an army in a can itself.

I still prefer Secure the Wastes as my ideal version of this effect for its simplicity and power (being an instant is a huge bonus), but this may be close to Grand Crescendo, which I've been eyeing. The Crescendo doubles as a combat trick, but almost to the point where that's its primary value. I doubt I'd be making more than 2 dudes in most circumstances I'm using that card, which is typically not how I like my Secure the Wastes decks to go. That said, I like Secure the Wastes in my control decks as well as my go-wide decks, and this feels like it'll only fall into the latter of the two, so it's probably going to get stuck with Finale of Glory just on the outside looking in, but it's a neat card worth taking a look at.

 

[sigh]

Horn of Valere Valhalla looks pretty sweet if you have a fusion of token and equipment themes. If the adventure was something like an unearth I'd add it in a heartbeat. Unearth effect feels a bit more Valhalla-y to me too

 

[ravnic]

After Zombifiker, Horn of Valhalla is the second definite incude for me. That's great already for a weird commander set with backgrounds and stuff.

But isn't this straight up northern mythology? I mean, real world mythology? Why is it in a D&D set?

 

[Onderzeeboot]

But isn't this straight up northern mythology? I mean, real world mythology? Why is it in a D&D set?

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Norse_pantheon

A lot of real world pantheons have a place in Forgotten Realms mythology. For example, Tyr (from the Norse pantheon) was also a member of the Faerûnian pantheon. So were Oghma and Silvanus of the Celtic pantheon. Multiple deities from the Egypt pantheon are part of the Mulhorandi pantheon on Faerûn.

 

[Zoss]

Speaking of Tyr . . .



This is good enough for my cube even if it doesn't create a body like Barbed Spike or Ancestral Blade, I think. It's mediocre on defense, but the ability to nullify a blocker makes it really hard to race, so it'll be great at breaking stalls, which equipment tends to contribute to.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Speaking of Tyr . . .

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This is good enough for my cube even if it doesn't create a body like Barbed Spike or Ancestral Blade, I think. It's mediocre on defense, but the ability to nullify a blocker makes it really hard to race, so it'll be great at breaking stalls, which equipment tends to contribute to.

Oh, that's low key a pretty funky equipment!

 

[MilesOfficial]

White is getting a lot of neat lower-rarity cards this set!



Legendary-matters is something I try to support in white, so this is an exciting Regrowth effect in a color that doesn't get too many. Drawing a walker in a self-mill or GY-heavy deck is a more than reasonable result for a two MV sorcery, and the dragon on the front side is gravy. Going to definitely make room for this.

 

[LadyMapi]

Crystal Dragon does seem to be the best one in the cycle so far. Compare:

I am amused at how many people are complaining about Emerald Dragon, though.