Kor Spiritdancer, Mantle of the Ancients, and Pollenbright Wings all received new art on their reprints. It’s still good value overall, especially when you factor in whatever price that the new cards end up settling in at. Cards like Retether and Umbra Mystic fall into that middle range of cards, but this is their first proper reprint, so their price tags were mostly high due to scarcity and should fall accordingly. If you take these numbers at face value, that’s already covering the cost of a roughly $40 precon, though it’s worth noting some of these prices are likely to drop. Notable Cards: Reprints and $$Īs always, it’s hard to speculate on pre-sale prices for new-to-Magic cards from Commander products, so I won’t be discussing the monetary value of those cards.Īs for reprint value, you’re looking at five cards in the $2-$5 range, seven cards in the $5-$10 range, and Hall of Heliod's Generosity squeaking in as the only card just over $10. A single removal spell can undo a lot of your work, so it’s best to spread out your auras and threats when possible. The deck wants to take opponents out in combat with huge swings, though it has all the usual weaknesses of most aura-based decks. It’s trying to play in a space that’s somewhere between straight Voltron and go-wide since both commanders incentivize you to play more creatures to the board. The deck is highly committed to the theme, with 22 auras including bestow creatures, as well as other cards that create role tokens. Gylwain, Casting Director is the alternative commander, and while it’s a perfectly fine card at generating constellation triggers and pumping up your creatures, it doesn’t have nearly the same raw power or card advantage output as Ellivere. ![]() It’s just about everything you want in a precon commander. It’s great at pumping up your creatures and creating enchantments, and it even has a good card advantage ability stapled on. It’s full of constellation cards, totem armor auras, and generic enchantment payoffs and attempts to win by making one or two enormous, evasive threats.Įllivere of the Wild Court is the face commander of the deck and the only card in print that creates Virtuous roles. Virtue and Valor is a Selesnya ( ) aura-themed enchantress deck, showcasing the new role tokens from WOE. Complexity is great for jaded and enfranchised players like me, but it’s nice to cater to the new players on occasion. I think that’s something that the designers have lost sight of in recent offerings. If the intention is to use precons like this to onboard new players into Commander, it makes sense to slide in a few basic themes here and there. The two decks on display here are some of the least complicated decks Wizards have designed in a while, which is a net positive if you ask me. By comparison, the two WOC decks might seem a bit simplistic, but Commander Masters was more of an exception and WOC is more the norm. For all their faults, those decks were at a higher complexity level than most, and they showcased some pretty novel themes overall. It’s worth noting that these two precons are immediately succeeding the over-priced and over-hyped Commander Masters precons. A lifetime of fun, memories, and a bunch of basics for the bulk box.1 Foil-Etched Display Commander – printed on thicker cardboard stock, not tournament legal.1 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack – only available in sealed products.2 foils – one face commander and one alternative commander.These two happen to be on the simpler side and are excellent for new players. ![]() ![]() As with most set-specific precons, these are meant to be onboarding decks that serve as an on-ramp for new players to get into the Commander format, though they’ve become increasingly complex over time. The set releases with a pair of preconstructed Commander decks designed to tie into the themes of the main WOE set. Malleable Impostor | Illustration by Alessandra Pisano
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