Commander 2014

Commander 2014

 

Forged in Stone

 

Peer Through Time

 

Sworn to Darkness

 

Built from Scratch

 

Guided by Nature

 

Commander 2014
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Set Information
Set symbol
Design	Ethan Fleischer (lead) Dan Emmons Aaron Forsythe James Hata Charles Rapkin
Development	Ian Duke (lead) Mark Globus Peter Lee Dan Emmons Max McCall
Art direction	Jeremy Jarvis
Release date	November 7, 2014
Plane	Multiversal
Themes and mechanics	Monocolored planeswalker commanders
Keywords/​ability words	Lieutenant
Set size	Five monocolored 100-card decks
Expansion code	C14
Commander series
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Commander 2014, officially styled as Commander (2014 Edition), is a product in the Commander series that was released by Wizards of the Coast on November 7, 2014. It was announced at the Magic panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 26, 2014.

Set details

Commander 2014 features five monocolored 100-card decks (337 different cards). There are 61 new cards legal in Vintage and Legacy. Each of the five decks has 15 new cards. The set introduced five new planeswalkers that can be used as a commander, and featured legendary creatures from Magic's past which didn't have a card before (Gisa, Geralf, Feldon, Jazal and Titania ). It also introduced the lieutenant ability word and double-sided tokens. The five planeswalkers were created bottom-up (abilities first), while the five historical legendaries were created top-down (character first). Several older cards featured new art.

Three Planeswalkers hail from the past. Teferi is depicted before he gave up his planeswalker's spark to seal a time rift, Freyalise before she died while sealing another time rift, and Ob Nixilis before he became a demon.

The basic lands are reprints related to each planeswalker's history. Guided by Nature and Peer through Time have reprints from Time Spiral because Freyalise and Teferi are from Dominaria. Forged in Stone and Sworn to Darkness have reprints from Zendikar as it is Nahiri's home plane and Ob Nixilis' current location. As there were no basic lands in Conspiracy to represent Fiora, the basic lands in Built from Scratch are reprints from core sets.

Each packaging also came with an oversized foil version of each deck's main planeswalker commander.

Magic Story

Title	Author	Release Date	Setting (plane)	Featuring
The Lithomancer	Kelly Digges	2014-10-29	Unknown destroyed plane, Zendikar	Nahiri, Sorin Markov, Ugin, Eldrazi
The First World Is the Hardest	Nik Davidson	2014-11-05	Unknown plane	Ob Nixilis

Cycles

Commander 2014 has ten cycles, six of which are reprints:

Cycle name
Planeswalker commanders	Nahiri, the Lithomancer	Teferi, Temporal Archmage	Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath	Daretti, Scrap Savant	Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
	Five mythic rare monocolored planeswalkers that can be used as a commander.
Historic figure legendaries	Jazal Goldmane	Stitcher Geralf	Ghoulcaller Gisa	Feldon of the Third Path	Titania, Protector of Argoth
	Five mythic rare legendary creatures from Magic's past who didn't have a card before.
Lieutenants	Angelic Field Marshal	Stormsurge Kraken	Demon of Wailing Agonies	Tyrant's Familiar	Thunderfoot Baloth
	Five rare monocolored creatures that gain a powerful ability and get +2/+2 as long as you control your commander.
Offerings	Benevolent Offering	Intellectual Offering	Infernal Offering	Volcanic Offering	Sylvan Offering
	Five rare spells with two abilities which are shared with one opponent each.
On-theme legendaries	Kemba, Kha Regent	Lorthos, the Tidemaker	Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief	Bosh, Iron Golem	Ezuri, Renegade Leader
	Five legendary creatures that fit the decks' themes, each of which is a reprint.
Medallions	Pearl Medallion	Sapphire Medallion	Jet Medallion	Ruby Medallion	Emerald Medallion
	Five rare artifacts that cost and reduces cost of colored spells by . Reprinted from Tempest, and featuring art from Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Diamonds	Marble Diamond	Sky Diamond	Charcoal Diamond	Fire Diamond	Moss Diamond
	Five uncommon artifacts that cost , enter the battlefield tapped, and tap for one color of mana. Reprinted from Mirage
Karoo lands	Karoo	Coral Atoll	Everglades	Dormant Volcano	Jungle Basin
	Five uncommon lands that are sacrificed when they enter the battlefield unless you return an untapped basic land of a given type to your hand. They tap for M. Reprinted from Visions
Cycle lands 1	Secluded Steppe	Lonely Sandbar	Barren Moor	Forgotten Cave	Tranquil Thicket
	Five common lands that enter the battlefield tapped and may be tapped for M. Can be cycled for M. Reprinted from Onslaught
Cycle lands 2	Drifting Meadow	Remote Isle	Polluted Mire	Smoldering Crater	Slippery Karst
	Five common lands that enter the battlefield tapped and may be tapped for M. Can be cycled for . Reprinted from Urza's Saga

Theme decks

Commander 2014 consists of five mono-colored decks:

Theme deck name	Color Identity					Commander
Forged in Stone	W					Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Peer Through Time		U				Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Sworn to Darkness			B			Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Built from Scratch				R		Daretti, Scrap Savant
Guided by Nature					G	Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury

Notable cards

• Commander's Sphere immediately became one of the most heavily played mana rocks in the Commander format.
• Myriad Landscape sees significant casual play as a land that can produce significant ramp and mana fixing.
• Dualcaster Mage sees significant play mostly because of its ability to combo with spells such as Twinflame to result in infinite hasty bodies.
• Song of the Dryads is a popular removal spell as it can permanently remove a commander without the option of returning it to the command zone.
• Containment Priest would end up as a powerful sideboard card in Legacy and Vintage, as well as Modern after being reprinted in a later Standard-legal set.
• Assault Suit is the first printed card to prevent a specific creature from being sacrificed.
• In addition to being part of the same cycle, the siblings Ghoulcaller Gisa and Stitcher Geralf have mechanical references to one another; Geralf produces a single zombie with high power and toughness, and Gisa can sacrifice a large zombie to create many smaller ones.

Tokens and emblems

Commander 2014 has 36 different tokens and/or emblems.

1. 4/4 Angel with Flying for Decree of Justice and Moonsilver Spear
2. 2/2 Cat for Kemba, Kha Regent and White Sun's Zenith
3. 0/1 Goat for Trading Post
4. 1/1 Kor Soldier for Nahiri, the Lithomancer and Nomads' Assembly
5. 1/1 Pegasus with Flying for Sacred Mesa
6. 1/1 Soldier for Decree of Justice, Deploy to the Front, Martial Coup, and Mobilization
7. 1/1 Spirit with Flying for Afterlife, Benevolent Offering, Hallowed Spiritkeeper, Midnight Haunting, Requiem Angel, and Spectral Procession
8. 3/3 Fish for Reef Worm
9. 9/9 Kraken for Reef Worm
10. 6/6 Whale for Reef Worm
11. */* Zombie for Stitcher Geralf
12. */* Demon with Flying for Promise of Power
13. 5/5 Demon with Flying for Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
14. 0/0 Germ for Bonehoard and Lashwrithe
15. */* Horror for Flesh Carver and Spoils of Blood
16. 2/2 Zombie for Ghoulcaller Gisa, Grave Titan, Liliana's Reaver, and Overseer of the Damned
17. 1/1 Goblin for Beetleback Chief
18. 3/3 Ape for Pongify
19. 3/3 Beast for Fresh Meat
20. 4/4 Beast for Rampaging Baloths
21. 5/3 Elemental for Titania, Protector of Argoth
22. 3/3 Elephant for Terastodon
23. 1/1 Elf Druid with ": Add " for Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
24. 1/1 Elf Warrior for Hunting Triad, Imperious Perfect, Lys Alana Huntmaster, and Sylvan Offering
25. */* Treefolk for Sylvan Offering
26. 2/2 Wolf for Wolfbriar Elemental, Wolfcaller’s Howl, and Wren's Run Packmaster
27. 3/4 Gargoyle artifact creature with Flying for Gargoyle Castle
28. 1/1 Myr artifact creature for Myr Battlesphere and Myr Sire
29. 1/1 Pentavite artifact creature with Flying for Pentavus
30. Equipment artifact named Stoneforged Blade with "Indestructible. Equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has Double strike. Equip 0." for Nahiri, the Lithomancer
31. 5/5 Legendary Goblin Golem artifact creature named Tuktuk the Returned for Tuktuk the Explorer
32. 3/3 Wurm artifact creature with Deathtouch for Wurmcoil Engine
33. 3/3 Wurm artifact creature with Lifelink for Wurmcoil Engine
34. Emblem for Teferi, Temporal Archmage
35. Emblem for Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
36. Emblem for Daretti, Scrap Savant

The different tokens and/or emblems were packaged such that each deck had 10 double-sided tokens/emblems generated by spells or abilities within that deck as described above.

External links

• Commander (2014 Edition) Card Image Gallery
• Official Commander (Elder Dragon Highlander - EDH) Homepage
• Wizards of the Coast (November 10, 2014). "Commander 2014. Release notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.