Commander Legends

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Commander Legends
 
 
Commander Legends
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description a shield, with elements of the original Legends symbol and the legendary card frame.
Design Gavin Verhey (lead)
Development Jules Robins (lead)
Release date November 6, 2020
Plane Various
Themes and mechanics Legendary
Keywords/​ability words Partner
Expansion code CMR[2]
Development codename Chevron[3]
Commander series
[[Zendikar Rising Commander Decks]] '''Commander Legends''' [[Commander Legends Commander Decks]]
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
[[Zendikar Rising Commander Decks]] Commander Legends [[Commander Legends Commander Decks]]
Not to be confused with Commander or Legends.
Expansion symbol
CMR draft booster

Commander Legends is the first-ever Magic: The Gathering Commander set that is designed to be drafted. It is the Innovation product for 2020, and will be released on November 6, 2020.[1][4][5][6]

Set details

“  Booster Draft meets Commander  ”

Commander Legends is larger than a normal set, with both oft-asked-for Commander reprints and new cards. There are 165 new cards, including 71 legendary creatures and planeswalkers. The cards are legal in Eternal formats like Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. The set contains 361 regular cards () and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. There are no basic lands. The set introduces "etched foils", which use a brand-new foiling process that looks different from previous foils and have a special card frame.[6] 32 popular legendary creatures reprints exclusively appear into this frame. Cards with alternate card frames have another collector number than the original version. Extended artwork cards are numbered #TBA-TBA, etched foils are numbered #TBA-TBA. Both regular and foil versions of most of these cards may be found in the Collector Boosters. The prerelease promo is #722.

The set is designed to play Limited Commander: you can play Draft or Sealed with it. It will also be available and draftable on Magic Online.

Drafting rules

For every pick of Commander Legends draft, players take two cards at a time. This is done for coherency of the decks and for speed. After the draft, players build a 60-card deck — much like how a traditional deck of Magic is 60 cards and a traditional draft is 40, here it's 60 to Commander's 100. All other Commander rules apply with one exception. You can play more than one copy of a card if you draft it: the Singleton rule does not apply.

Storyline

The set features many known planes and characters as well as new ones. These cards can be from anywhere in space and time in the Multiverse: from Lorwyn to Alara, from the tales of the original Weatherlight Crew to present day.[6]

Marketing

Commander Legends is sold in 20-card booster packs, with a foil and two legendary creatures in every single pack. A 21st card is a Marketing card. The set is available in English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. The cards will also be sold in 15-card Collector Boosters. The Draft Boosters feature Jeska key art, the Collector Boosters feature art from TBA.

Events

Promotional cards

Tokens and emblems

Commander Legends comes with X tokens and emblems. Token and emblems appear in the marketing card slot.

Themes and mechanics

The set of course features many legendary creatures and planeswalkers to use as commanders, some of which are uncommon. There is also one legendary creature (The Prismatic Piper) that is printed at the new "special" rarity, replacing a common in about 1 in 6 draft packs.[6] It is intended to be used as a failsafe, providing an additional color for a deck when the player isn't able to draft the right commanders.

In addition, Commander Legends has three returning non-evergreen mechanics and one new mechanic.[6]

  • Partner is the first returning mechanic. To facilitate deckbuilding, the set features 40 monocolor partners and one colorless partner.

Cycles

Commander Legends has at least one cycle.

Cycle name {W/B} {U/R} {B/G} {R/W} {G/U}
Bond lands Vault of Champions Training Center Undergrowth Stadium Spectator Seating Rejuvenating Springs
Five rare dual lands that enter the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents, completing a cycle started in Battlebond.

Preconstructed decks

Commander Legends also features two preconstructed Commander decks that are released as a regular part of a set's product line.[1] These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with a few new cards (three per deck) and the rest reprints. The new cards can't be found in Draft Boosters. The expansion code for these is CMC.

Theme
deck name
Color Identity Commander
{W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
TBA 1 TBA
TBA 2 TBA

Notable cards

References