Magic – Commander Decks arrive June 17th

Magic the Gathering – Commander Decks arrive June 17^th!
Play in the Release Celebration Weekend June 17, 18, 19!

Magic: The Gathering Commander will consist of five different 100-card singleton decks, each with a price of $29.99. To continue the tradition of oversized cards associated with Magic multiplayer releases, each deck will also include three premium oversized legendary commander cards that can be used in lieu of the normal versions of the cards (which are also in the deck).

Here’s a sample of one of the new Commanders: Karador, Ghost Chieftain

The 51 new cards will be legal in Eternal formats (that’s Vintage and Legacy), but they will not be legal in Standard, Extended, or Block Constructed.

The Magic: The Gathering Commander decks will each be three “wedge” colors with corresponding new commanders. “Wedge” is a term we use for three-color combinations consisting of an allied pair and their shared enemy. Examples of famous “wedge” cards are Lightning Angel () and Doran, the Siege Tower (). These combinations have been woefully short-supplied on legendary creatures, so each deck contains the corresponding Planar Chaos Dragon (such as Intet, the Dreamer) as well as two new legendary commanders in those colors, plus oversized foil versions of all three.

Here are a couple more cards to get you a little excited:

Here are the 5 decks that will arrive at Gnome Games on June 17^th:

Heavenly Inferno

Mirror Mastery

Counterpunch

Political Puppets

Devour for Power

And one more of the new Commanders:

Join us on June 17^th – 19^th for a weekend filled with Commander fun brought to you by Gnome Games and Wizards of the Coast.

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Posted by Miss Gnomer on May 30 2011. Filed under Magic the Gathering, What's New, Wizards of the Coast (WotC). You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.