So, with this huge history of products, there’s one simple question that would plague anyone: which of these precons is worth buying?
#IKORIA COMMANDER DECKS PLUS#
Each deck had 100 cards including its commander, following the singleton rule of the format.īut 10 years is a long time, and since then WotC has released an amazing total of 48 Commander precons, plus an entire set dedicated to Commander staples and new cards for the format. It consisted of five 3-colored decks with one main commander and another two optional commanders. In 2011 the first set of Commander preconstructed decks hit the shelves. However, this year will be the 10th anniversary since Wizards of the Coast officially started selling retail products specifically targeted towards the Commander play style. So far she's refused, but I'll see what I can do.Witherbloom Command | Illustration by Dmitry BurmakĬommander, also unofficially known as Elder Dragon Highlander or EDH for short, has been around as a fan-made format almost since the beginning of MTG itself. Kong-if only my wife would watch it with me. My Overall Correct Prediction Percentage: 78% My Ikoria and Commander 2020 Correct Prediction Percentage: 81%
#IKORIA COMMANDER DECKS FREE#
Silvar, Devourer of the Free + Trynn, Champion of Freedom - Under Over.Nikara, Lair Scavenger + Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel - Under.
Zaxara, the Exemplary - Over (Can't-Miss Pick!).Haldan, Avid Arcanist + Pako, Arcane Retriever - Over.It's Simic, it's ramp, and it's free spells, all for the buy-in price of just two mana. I mean an easy, effortless slam dunk, like doing a double-pump windmill on a Fisher Price hoop. Not much to say about Kathril: if you like counters, you'll love it. Otrimi is an interesting one because it excelled despite the relative meh-ness of Mutate. It certainly helps to be Sultai (one of EDH's most popular color combinations), and the heavy concentration of Mutate cards in these colors is essential. Once you finally cast those wheel effects, the wheels start to fall off your opponents' gameplans. Virtually all EDH decks want to draw extra cards, which means that this commander often gets you money for nothing and your Snakes for free. That's true, but I failed to acknowledge the potency of Xyris's token generation ability without wheels. It’s clearly a wheel commander, making tons and tons of tokens." "People are hyped about this card and I can’t understand why. But I did have a certain air of disdain for this card, as you'll probably notice in this excerpt: As you can see, that didn't stop me from going Over. Just check out these Unders.įinal deck count: 1,599, 1,063, and 976, respectivelyĪ strange thing happens during preview season card evaluation: one tends to get tunnel vision on a commander's applications. I predicted that Companion would preclude many of these commanders from leading their own decks, and, for the most part, that rang true. Let's get smashing! The CompanionsĮDH was one of the few formats that properly digested this new mechanic without nearly choking to death. You can review last year's article here, though it's not required reading since I'll quote from it throughout the article. All results were screen captured on April 17, 2021, one year after the set's release (the pandemic made this a staggered release, so I went with its very first printings in Japan). In today's article, we're reviewing the Ikoria and Commander 2020 picks I made one year ago.
The line is 600, so "Over" means I think it'll earn over 600 decks, while "Under" means under 600. In this article series, I guess how popular new commanders will become after one year of play. Prepare your best horrified, skyward gape. ( Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt | Art by Viktor Titov) Return of the Monsters
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