Commander 2013

Commander 2013 Edition is a product in the Commander series that was released by Wizards of the Coast in November 2013. It was announced at the Magic panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2013.

Set details
The Commander 2013 product consists of five tri-color 'shard' decks, each 100 cards strong, that are ready-to-play commander decks right out of the box, with the option of choosing one of the three legendary tri-colored creatures each deck includes as the commander.

There are 15 new cards in each deck; 51 new cards in total. These are legal in Eternal formats (Vintage and Legacy) but they are not legal in Standard, Block Constructed, or Modern.

Commander 2013 introduced cards that interact with the Command Zone (Derevi, Empyrial Tactician, Oloro, Ageless Ascetic and Opal Palace and the ability word Tempting offer which only appeared on sorceries.

Each deck also came with oversized foil versions of each of its three commanders.

Cycles
Commander 2013 has nine cycles:

Theme decks
Commander 2013 consists of five decks:

The new cards are evenly distributed amongst the five decks.

Notable cards

 * True-Name Nemesis is the first card having protection from a player. It sees a lot of tournament play in Legacy because it is very difficult to remove and it is unblockable.