Commander series
The Commander series is a line of preconstructed products conceived for the Commander format.
Description[edit | edit source]
From 2013 on, a Commander product was released every year, each containing four or five 100-card decks.[1] This product is generally targeted at non-tournament play. While the audience is obviously Commander players, they are also interesting for other formats like free-for-all multiplayer or Cube Draft.[2] Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and Zendikar Rising introduced Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.[3]
New cards[edit | edit source]
On average, Commander sets feature 50-60 all-new cards. The new commons are available in all decks, uncommons are available in all decks of the card's color, rares are available in one deck only, and mythic rares are the new commanders themselves.
Releases[edit | edit source]
Online release[edit | edit source]
- Commander Theme Decks — Two decks, Magic Online only (August 2009).
Yearly releases[edit | edit source]
- Commander — Five wedge colored decks (June 2011).
- Commander's Arsenal — 18 foil cards and other goodies (November 2012).
- Commander 2013 — Five shard colored decks, introducing commanders scaling with mana spent. (November 2013).
- Commander 2014 — Five monocolored decks, introducing planeswalker commanders. (November 2014).
- Commander 2015 — Five enemy colored decks, introducing experience counters. (November 2015).
- Commander 2016 — Five 4-color decks (November 2016).
- Commander 2017 — Four tribal decks whose commanders had an eminence ability (August 2017).
- Commander 2018 — Three 3-color decks and one 2-color deck (August 2018).
- Commander 2019 — Three 3-color decks and one 2-color deck (August 2019).
Anthologies[edit | edit source]
- Commander Anthology — Four previous Commander decks together in one package (June 2017).
- Commander Anthology Volume II — Four previous Commander decks together in one package (June 2018).
Set Commander decks[edit | edit source]
- Commander 2020 or Ikoria Commander — Five decks, thematically connected to the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths set (April 2020).
- Zendikar Rising/Commander decks — Two decks, thematically connected to Zendikar Rising (September 2020).
- Commander Legends — designed to be drafted (November 2020).
- Commander Legends/Commander decks — Two decks, thematically connected to Commander Legends (November 2020).
- Kaldheim/Commander decks — Two decks, thematically connected to Kaldheim (February 2021).
Commander promos[edit | edit source]
- A special Sol Ring Commander promo (foil and non-foil) with new art by Mark Tedin was made available at Grand Prix Las Vegas, just before the release of Commander 2019.[4][5] It will be available in the future through Commander events at MagicFests throughout the year, and at select conventions in 2020.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ David Leavitt. (25 October 2012.) 'Commander's Arsenal' is a 'treasure trove of Commander goodies' Examiner.com
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (January 18, 2018). "Know Your Audience". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (October 30, 2019). "Big Things Are Coming for Commander in 2020". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (July 1, 2019). "Did y'all see this sweet new Sol Ring promo". Twitter.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (July 30, 2019). "The Sol of Commander". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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