Commander 2019
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| Symbol description | A shield parted per bend | ||||
| Design |
Glenn Jones (lead) Ethan Fleischer Mike Turian Scott Larabee Oscar Gual | ||||
| Release date | August 23, 2019 | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | populate, flashback, morph, madness. | ||||
| Set size | Four 100-card decks | ||||
| Expansion code | C19[2] | ||||
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Commander 2019, officially styled as Commander (2019 Edition), is a product in the Commander series that will be released by Wizards of the Coast on August 23, 2019.[3][4]
Set details
Commander 2019 consists of four preconstructed theme decks and will be 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.
There is no pattern of colors between the decks.[5] The themes are:
- Faceless Menace (
, Morph[6]) - Mystic Intellect (
, Flashback) - Primal Genesis (, Populate)
- Merciless Rage (, Madness)
Marketing
A special Sol Ring Commander promo (foil and non-foil) with new art by Mark Tedin will be released at Grand Prix Las Vegas, just before the release of Commander 2019.[7][8] 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.[9] The four featured abilities are populate, flashback, morph (including manifest and megamorph[6]), and madness. This was later confirmed in the Magic panel at Gen Con 2019.[5]
Returning non-evergreen mechanics on new cards:
- Entwine, first seen in Mirrodin — Road of Return
- Enrage, first seen in Ixalan — Apex Altisaur
- Flashback, first seen in Odyssey — Sevinne's Reclamation
- Phyrexian mana, first seen in New Phyrexia — K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
- Split second, first seen in Time Spiral — Sudden Substitution
Card types
Cycles
Preconstructed decks
Commander 2019 consists of four decks featuring twelve premium foil commanders. Each deck contains 100 cards plus an oversized foil commander card.
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| Faceless Menace | U | B | G | Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer | ||
| Mystic Intellect | W | U | R | Sevinne, the Chronoclasm | ||
| Primal Genesis | W | R | G | Ghired, Conclave Exile | ||
| Merciless Rage | B | R | Anje Falkenrath | |||
Tokens
Commander 2019 features 29 tokens:
- 1/1 Spirit with flying for Thalia's Gheistcaller
- 1/1 Assassin with “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.” for Vraska the Unseen
- 4/4 Rhino with trample for Ghired, Conclave Exile
- 1/1 Plant for Grismold, the Dreadsower
- 1/1 Snake for Hooded Hydra
Reception
TBA
References
- ↑ Printed on the cards
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (February 21, 2019). "Announcing Core Set 2020 and Commander (2019 Edition)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (August 5, 2019). "The Decks of Commander (2019 Edition)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b David McCoy (August 1, 2019). "All 4 Commanders from Commander 2019 Revealed at Gencon". Hipsters of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (August 5, 2019). "Need I Say Morph". 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.
- ↑ Lord Bunilla (July 17, 2019). "Themes for C19". Reddit.
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