Commander 2019

Commander 2019, officially styled as Commander (2019 Edition), is a product in the Commander series released by Wizards of the Coast on August 23, 2019.

Set details
Commander 2019 consists of four preconstructed theme decks, and features twelve premium foil commanders. The four 100-card decks contain 302 different cards in total. There are 59 new cards legal in Vintage and Legacy. The set is available in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. Each deck comes with a deck box, 10 double-faced token cards, a strategy insert and a rules reference guide. Each deck also comes with an oversized premium card that corresponds to the face commander of that deck. The basic lands of the set use the panorama art by Alayna Danner that was first used for the Core Set 2019 Standard Showdown.

There is no pattern of colors between the decks. The themes are:
 * Faceless Menace (, Morph )
 * Mystic Intellect (, Flashback)
 * Primal Genesis (, Populate)
 * Merciless Rage (, Madness)

Marketing
A special Commander promo (foil and non-foil) with new art by Mark Tedin was released at Grand Prix Las Vegas, prior to the release of Commander 2019. It will be available through Commander events at MagicFests throughout the year, and at select conventions in 2020.

Mechanics
The European Distributor Blackfire accidently posted the information that each deck had a returning keyword ability as its main theme. The four featured abilities are populate, flashback, morph (including manifest and megamorph ), and madness. This was later confirmed in the Magic panel at Gen Con 2019.

Other returning non-evergreen mechanics on new cards:
 * Entwine, first seen in Mirrodin Road of Return
 * Enrage, first seen in Ixalan Apex Altisaur
 * Goad, first seen in Conspiracy: Take the Crown Bloodthirsty Blade and Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
 * Phyrexian mana, first seen in New Phyrexia K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
 * Prowess, first seen in in Khans of Tarkir and formerly evergreen Elsha of the Infinite
 * Split second, first seen in Time Spiral Sudden Substitution

Card types
Commander 2019 introduces the Sculpture creature subtype unique for tokens created by Doomed Artisan.

Cycles
Commander 2019 has six cycles, one of which consists entirely of reprints.

Preconstructed decks
Commander 2019 consists of four decks featuring twelve premium foil commanders. Each deck contains 100 cards plus an oversized foil commander card.

Tokens, overlay cards and emblem
Commander 2019 features 26 tokens, two overlay cards and one emblem: • # 3/4 Bird with flying for Wingmate Roc</c>.

• # 3/3 Bird with flying for Roc Egg</c>.

• # 1/1 Human for Increasing Devotion</c>.

• # 1/1 Pegasus with flying for Storm Herd</c>.

• # 1/1 Spirit with flying for Thalia's Geistcaller</c>.

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• # 2/2 Drake token with flying for Talrand, Sky Summoner</c>.

• # 1/1 Assassin with “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game,” for Vraska the Unseen</c>

• # 2/2 Zombie for Bone Miser</c>, From Under the Floorboards</c>, Overseer of the Damned</c> and Zombie Infestation</c>.

• # 2/2 Zombie

• # 5/5 Dragon with flying for Dragonmaster Outcast</c>.

• # 4/4 Beast for Rampaging Baloths</c>.

• # 3/3 Beast for Beast Within</c>, Fresh Meat</c>, Garruk, Primal Hunter</c>, <c>Soul of Zendikar</c> and <c>Thragtusk</c>.

• # 3/3 Centaur for <c>Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage</c>.

• # 0/1 Egg with defender for <c>Atla Palani, Nest Tender</c>.

• # 1/1 Plant for <c>Grismold, the Dreadsower</c>.

• # 4/4 Rhino with trample for <c>Ghired, Conclave Exile</c>.

• # 1/1 Saproling for <c>Thelonite Hermit</c>.

• # 1/1 Snake for <c>Hooded Hydra</c>.

• # 6/6 Wurm for <c>Garruk, Primal Hunter</c>.

• # 3/4 Gargoyle with flying for <c>Gargoyle Castle</c>.

• # X/X Horror for <c>Phyrexian Rebirth</c>.

• # /* Sculpture with “This creature’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Sculptures you control,” for <c>Doomed Artisan</c>.

• # Treasure for <c>Dockside Extortionist</c>.

• # 10/10 Eldrazi for <c>Desolation Twin</c> and <c>Idol of Oblivion</c>.

• # 2/2 overlay card for morph.

• # 2/2 overlay card for manifest.

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Notable cards

 * <c>Bone Miser</c> Inverted <c>Waste Not</c> on a stick.
 * <c>Gift of Doom</c> the first "Auramorph."
 * <c>Mire in Misery</c> first enchantment removal for black.
 * <c>Pramikon, Sky Rampart</c> first legendary wall
 * <c>Rayami, First of the Fallen</c> first vampire with green in its cost.

Basic land panorama
The basic lands of Commander 2019 form a panorama in that order:, , , , and.