Commander 2019

Commander 2019

 

Faceless Menace

 

Mystic Intellect

 

Primal Genesis

 

Merciless Rage

 

Commander 2019
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	A shield parted per bend
Design	Ethan Fleischer (lead) Glenn Jones Jeremy Logue Noah Millrod
Development	Glenn Jones (lead) Bryan Hawley Scott Larabee Max McCall David McDarby Chris Mooney Ken Nagle Mike Turian Gerritt Turner Andrew Veen
Art direction	Taylor Ingvarsson Bree Heiss
Release date	August 23, 2019
Keywords/​ability words	populate, flashback, morph, madness.
Set size	Four 100-card decks
Expansion code	C19
Commander series
[[Commander 2018]] '''Commander 2019''' [[Commander 2020]]
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
[[Core Set 2020]] Commander 2019 [[Throne of Eldraine]]

Commander 2019, officially styled as Commander (2019 Edition), is a product in the Commander series released by Wizards of the Coast on August 23, 2019.

Set details

Commander 2019 consists of four preconstructed theme decks, and features twelve premium foil commanders. The four 100-card decks contain 302 different cards in total. There are 59 new cards legal in Vintage and Legacy. The set is 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. Each deck also comes with an oversized premium card that corresponds to the face commander of that deck. The basic lands of the set use the panorama art by Alayna Danner that was first used for the Core Set 2019 Standard Showdown.

There is no pattern of colors between the decks. The themes are:

• Faceless Menace (, Morph)
• 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 was released at Grand Prix Las Vegas, prior to the release of Commander 2019. 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. The four featured abilities are populate, flashback, morph (including manifest and megamorph), and madness. This was later confirmed in the Magic panel at Gen Con 2019.

Other returning non-evergreen mechanics on new cards:

• Entwine, first seen in Mirrodin — Road of Return
• Enrage, first seen in Ixalan — Apex Altisaur
• Goad, first seen in Conspiracy: Take the Crown — Bloodthirsty Blade and Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
• Phyrexian mana, first seen in New Phyrexia — K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• Prowess, first seen in in Khans of Tarkir and formerly evergreen — Elsha of the Infinite
• Split second, first seen in Time Spiral — Sudden Substitution

Card types

Commander 2019 introduces the Sculpture creature subtype unique for tokens created by Doomed Artisan.

Cycles

Commander 2019 has six cycles, one of which consists entirely of reprints.

Cycle name	Faceless Menace	Mystic Intellect	Primal Genesis	Merciless Rage
Mechanic commanders	Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer	Sevinne, the Chronoclasm	Ghired, Conclave Exile	Anje Falkenrath
	Four mythic rare legendary creatures, each of which interact with a different keyword ability.
Alternate commanders	Rayami, First of the Fallen	Elsha of the Infinite	Atla Palani, Nest Tender	Chainer, Nightmare Adept
	Volrath, the Shapestealer	Pramikon, Sky Rampart	Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	Greven, Predator Captain
	Eight mythic rare alternative commanders that can replace the main commanders.
"Sub-commanders"	Grismold, the Dreadsower ()	Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero ()	Tahngarth, First Mate ()	K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth ()
	Four rare legendary creatures, each of which is missing one of the colors of the deck in which they are printed, and thus can't be substituted in as commander right out of the box.
Signature spells	Kadena's Silencer	Sevinne's Reclamation	Ghired's Belligerence	Anje's Ravager
	Four rare spells referencing the face commanders, each of which has the keyword mechanic which that commander uses.
Planeswalkers	Vraska the Unseen	Ral Zarek	Garruk, Primal Hunter	Ob Nixilis Reignited
	Four mythic rare reprinted planeswalkers, one per deck.

Cycle name
Uncommon utility spells	Cliffside Rescuer	Leadership Vacuum	Mire in Misery	Hate Mirage	Voice of Many	Bloodthirsty Blade
	Six uncommon monocolored spells printed specifically for the Commander format. Each is included in two of the four decks.

Preconstructed decks

Commander 2019 consists of four decks featuring twelve premium foil commanders. Each deck contains 100 cards plus an oversized foil commander card.

Theme deck name	Color Identity					Commander
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, overlay cards and emblem

Commander 2019 features 26 tokens, two overlay cards and one emblem:

1. 3/4 Bird with flying for Wingmate Roc.
2. 3/3 Bird with flying for Roc Egg.
3. 1/1 Human for Increasing Devotion.
4. 1/1 Pegasus with flying for Storm Herd.
5. 1/1 Spirit with flying for Thalia's Geistcaller.
6. 3/4 Angel Zombie with flying. Embalmed token for Angel of Sanctions.
7. 4/3 Manticore Zombie. Embalmed token for Heart-Piercer Manticore.
8. 2/2 Drake token with flying for Talrand, Sky Summoner.
9. 1/1 Assassin with “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game,” for Vraska the Unseen
10. 2/2 Zombie for Bone Miser, From Under the Floorboards, Overseer of the Damned and Zombie Infestation.
11. 2/2 Zombie
12. 5/5 Dragon with flying for Dragonmaster Outcast.
13. 4/4 Beast for Rampaging Baloths.
14. 3/3 Beast for Beast Within, Fresh Meat, Garruk, Primal Hunter, Soul of Zendikar and Thragtusk.
15. 3/3 Centaur for Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage.
16. 0/1 Egg with defender for Atla Palani, Nest Tender.
17. 1/1 Plant for Grismold, the Dreadsower.
18. 4/4 Rhino with trample for Ghired, Conclave Exile.
19. 1/1 Saproling for Thelonite Hermit.
20. 1/1 Snake for Hooded Hydra.
21. 6/6 Wurm for Garruk, Primal Hunter.
22. 3/4 Gargoyle with flying for Gargoyle Castle.
23. X/X Horror for Phyrexian Rebirth.
24. */* Sculpture with “This creature’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Sculptures you control,” for Doomed Artisan.
25. Treasure for Dockside Extortionist.
26. 10/10 Eldrazi for Desolation Twin and Idol of Oblivion.
27. 2/2 overlay card for morph.
28. 2/2 overlay card for manifest.
29. Emblem for Ob Nixilis, Reignited.

Notable cards

• Bone Miser — Inverted Waste Not on a stick.
• Gift of Doom — the first "Auramorph."
• Mire in Misery — first enchantment removal for black.
• Pramikon, Sky Rampart — first legendary wall
• Rayami, First of the Fallen — first vampire with green in its cost.

Basic land panorama

The basic lands of Commander 2019 form a panorama in that order: Plains, Forest, Mountain, Island, and Swamp.