Commander 2016

Commander 2016, officially styled as Commander (2016 Edition), is a product in the Commander series that was released by Wizards of the Coast on November 11, 2016.

Set details
Commander 2016 features five four-colored 100-card decks. There are 56 new cards legal in Vintage and Legacy. Each of the five preconstructed decks comes with 4 foil commander cards, 1 oversized foil commander card, 10 double-faced tokens, a deck storage box, a strategy insert, a rules reference card and 15 new cards.

Each preconstructed deck was designed with an identity for each four-color group: The main new commander in the deck matches the four colors and the primary theme, while the alternate new commanders are bi-colored.
 * "Artifice" ("artifacts matter")
 * "Chaos" (random effects)
 * "Aggression" (aggro)
 * "Altruism" (group hug)
 * "Growth" (+1/+1 counters)

The set features three versions of each basic land with all new art — one of each basic from Rebecca Guay, Mark Poole, and Kev Walker. Rare dual lands from several original cycles were added to fix the mana base.

Beacon of Unrest, Chain of Vapor, Reins of Power, Wave of Reckoning and Windfall received all new art. Gruul Signet and Rakdos Signet were printed in paper for the first time with their MTGO art. Forbidden Orchard and Hanna, Ship's Navigator</c> were printed with art that was previously only available from premium products.

Mechanics

 * Commander 2016 introduces partner, a keyword mechanic that occurs on 15 bicolored legendary creatures. A player may for the first time have two commanders if each of them has the partner keyword. Each of these creatures suggests a particular style of Commander deck to build, and the two partners together provide a 4-color color identity for the deck.
 * Undaunted is a new keyword mechanic appearing on a cycle of rare noncreature spells. Spells with undaunted cost less to cast for each opponent in the game: therefore, they grow more expensive to cast as the game continues and players are eliminated.
 * Basic landcycling is a returning mechanic that appears on spells in all five preconstructed decks. It was included specifically so that players would have easier access to the colors of mana they needed at a given time.
 * Converge appears for the first time on a new card outside of Battle for Zendikar (Crystalline Crawler</c>).

Cycles
Commander 2016 has six cycles of new cards, one of which is a double cycle:

In addition, a partial cycle of Khans life-gain taplands were reprinted for color fixing. ,, , ,

Theme decks
Commander 2016 consists of five four-colored decks:

Tokens
Commander 2016 has 21 different tokens and/or emblems. There are 10 double-faced tokens in each deck.

• # 1/1 Spirit creature for Forbidden Orchard</c>

• # 1/1 Bird creature with flying for Migratory Route</c>

• # 4/4 Elemental creature with flying for Hoofprints of the Stag</c>

• # 0/1 Goat creature for Trading Post</c>

• # 1/1 Soldier creature for Akroan Horse</c> and Entrapment Maneuver</c>

• # 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for Custodi Soulbinders</c>

• # 2/2 Bird creature with flying for Swan Song</c>

• # 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk for Chasm Skulker</c>

• # 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying for Breya, Etherium Shaper</c> and Thopter Foundry</c>

• # 0/0 Germ creature for Bonehoard</c> and Grip of Phyresis</c>

• # 2/2 Zombie creature for Army of the Damned</c> and <c>Waste Not</c>

• # 1/1 Goblin creature with "Creatures you control attack each combat if able." for <c>Goblin Spymaster</c>

• # 3/3 Ogre creature for <c>Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs</c>

• # 3/3 Beast creature for <c>Beast Within</c>

• # 1/1 Elf Warrior creature for <c>Nath of the Gilt-Leaf</c>

• # 1/1 Saproling creature for <c>Artifact Mutation</c>, <c>Aura Mutation</c>, <c>Ghave, Guru of Spores</c>, <c>Korozda Guildmage</c>, <c>Mycoloth</c>, <c>Necrogenesis</c>, <c>Selesnya Guildmage</c>, <c>Tana, the Bloodsower</c> and <c>Thelonite Hermit</c> (art 1 of 2)

• # 1/1 Saproling creature (art 2 of 2)

• # 1/1 Worm creature for <c>Worm Harvest</c>

• # X/X Horror artifact creature for <c>Phyrexian Rebirth</c>

• # 1/1 Myr artifact creature for <c>Myr Battlesphere</c>

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