Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate/Commander decks
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Commander Decks | |||||
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| Design |
Gavin Verhey (lead) Ken Nagle Noah Millrod Daniel Holt | ||||
| Release date | June 10, 2022 | ||||
| Plane |
Forgotten Realms Multiversal | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Party | ||||
| Set size | Four 100-card decks | ||||
| Expansion code | CLB[1] | ||||
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The Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Commander Decks are released together with Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander.[2][3]
Description
There are four Commander decks. Each one features ten new-to-Magic cards not found in the main CLB set.[2] Party Time was designed by Gavin Verhey, Mind Flayarrrs by Ken Nagle, Draconic Dissent by Noah Millrod and Exit from Exile by Daniel Holt.[4]
The cards in the Commander decks have the same expansion code (CLB) and expansion symbol as the main set. The following reprints feature new art: Consuming Aberration, Sewer Nemesis, Guiltfeeder and Mizzium Mortars.
Contents
Each package contains:
- 1 Display Commander card
- 1 foil Commander
- 2 additional foil Legendary cards
- 97 regular cards
- 10 double-sided tokens
- 1 deck box
- 1 life wheel
- 1 Collector Booster Sample Pack (2 cards)
Decklists
Party Time
R&D spent a bunch of time trying to make the Party mechanic work in Battle for Baldur's Gate, but there were two strikes against it. One, in D&D, there are twelve classes, not four. Two, the set wanted so many top-down designs that it didn't lend itself well to a mechanic that required a high as-fan of certain creature types. The compromise was using it in one of the Commander decks.[5]
Party Time
The Commander exclusive cards are:
- Nalia de'Arnise
- Burakos, Party Leader
- Folk Hero
- Black Market Connections
- Deep Gnome Terramancer
- Harper Recruiter
- Multiclass Baldric
- Solemn Doomguide
- Seasoned Dungeoneer
- Stick Together
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× The Initiative // Undercity
- 1×
1/1 Shapeshifter creature with changeling // Clue artifact - 2× 3/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling //
2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling - 1×
1/1 Kor Warrior creature // 2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling - 1× 1/1 Kor Warrior creature // 4/4 Angel Warrior creature with flying and vigilance
- 1× 1/1 Kor Warrior creature // 1/1 Wizard creature with “
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays .” - 1× 1/1 Kor Warrior creature // Treasure artifact
- 2×
2/1 Warrior creature // 
2/1 Inkling creature with flying
Mind Flayarrrs
| “ | Stressed out? Relax—Captain N'ghathrod is here to take everything off your mind. The legendary captain of the space pirate ship Scavenger is ready to lead your army of mind flayers into battle . . . along with a mix of other horrors that will absolutely terrify your enemies. Horrors will be your best friends as this deck has plenty of cards that reward you for playing the Horror creature type. While horror might be the name of the game early on, eventually, you and N'ghathrod will want to stop scaring your opponents and start snacking on their juicy minds! A little bit of mill allows you to plumb the depths of your opponents’ knowledge and use it against them. You aren’t trying to mill all their cards, though: just enough to find some tantalizing thoughts for the taking. Then use Captain N'ghathrod’s reanimation abilities to steal your opponents’ best cards! But be careful. When a player leaves the game, anything you’ve stolen leaves with them, so be sure to save the player you’ve stolen the best permanents from for last. | ” |
Mind Flayarrrs
The Commander exclusive cards are:
- Captain N'ghathrod
- Zellix, Sanity Flayer
- Haunted One
- Aboleth Spawn
- Brainstealer Dragon
- Endless Evil
- From the Catacombs
- Grell Philosopher
- Psionic Ritual
- Uchuulon
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× The Initiative // Undercity
- 4× 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk // Copy
- 2× 1/1 Horror creature //
3/3 Centaur creature with protection from black - 3× 1/1 Horror creature // 3/2 Eldrazi Horror creature
Draconic Dissent
Draconic Dissent
Commander (1)
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (11)
1 Sol Ring
Enchantments (10)
The Commander exclusive cards are:
- Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
- Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
- Clan Crafter
- Artificer Class
- Astral Dragon
- Bothersome Quasit
- Death Kiss
- Loot Dispute
- Mocking Doppelganger
- Spectacular Showdown
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× The Initiative // Undercity
- 3×
1/1 Pirate creature with “This creature can’t block” and “Creatures you control attack each combat if able.” // 1/1 Goblin creature with “Creatures you control attack each combat if able.” - 2× 2/2 Boar creature // 3/3 Ogre creature
- 1× Kobolds of Kher Keep // Treasure artifact
- 1× Gold artifact // 5/5 Dragon creature with flying
- 1× Emblem (Rowan Kenrith) // Copy
- 1× Emblem (Will Kenrith) // Copy
Exit from Exile
Exit from Exile
Commander (1)
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (15)
1 Explore
Instants (5)
Enchantments (7)
The Commander exclusive cards are:
- Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
- Durnan of the Yawning Portal
- Passionate Archaeologist
- Delayed Blast Fireball
- Green Slime
- Journey to the Lost City
- Nalfeshnee
- Sarevok’s Tome
- Tlincalli Hunter
- Venture Forth
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× The Initiative // Undercity
- 3× 2/2 Wolf creature // 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch
- 1× 1/2 Spider creature with reach // 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch
- 1× 1/2 Spider creature with reach // 1/1 Human creature
- 2×
2/2 Satyr creature with haste // 3/3 Beast creature - 2× 4/4 Phyrexian Beast creature // 5/5 Wurm creature
Tokens and markers
The following tokens are created by cards in the decks and are part of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.[6] They retain the expansion symbol of the main set and continue its collector number series:
- 3/2 Eldrazi Horror creature, for Wharf Infiltrator.
- 1/1 Shapeshifter creature with changeling, for Crib Swap.
- 2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling, for Irregular Cohort.
- 3/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling, for Black Market Connections.
- 4/4 Angel Warrior creature with flying and vigilance, for Firja's Retribution.
- 1/1 Human creature, for Heart's Desire.
- 1/1 Kor Warrior creature, for Squad Commander.
- 2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling, for Maskwood Nexus.
- 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk, for Chasm Skulker.
- 1/1 Wizard creature with “, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays .”, for Mage's Attendant.
- 1/1 Horror creature, for Zellix, Sanity Flayer.
- 2/1 Warrior creature, for Mardu Strike Leader.
- 5/5 Dragon creature with flying, for Loot Dispute
- 1/1 Goblin creature with “Creatures you control attack each combat if able.”, for Goblin Spymaster
- Kobolds of Kher Keep, a 0/1 Kobold creature, for Kher Keep.
- 3/3 Ogre creature, for Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs.
- 1/1 Pirate creature with “This creature can’t block” and “Creatures you control attack each combat if able.”, for Pursued Whale.
- 3/3 Beast creature, for Beast Within and Primeval Bounty.
- 3/3 Centaur creature with protection from black, for Hunted Horror.
- 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch, for Hornet Queen.
- 4/4 Phyrexian Beast creature, for Ezuri's Predation.
- 1/2 Spider creature with reach, for Arasta of the Endless Web.
- 2/2 Wolf creature, for Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald and Journey to the Lost City.
- 5/5 Wurm creature, for Sandwurm Convergence.
- 2/1 Inkling creature with flying, for Felisa, Fang of Silverquill.
- 2/2 Satyr creature with haste, for Xenagos, the Reveler.
- Clue artifact, for Bygone Bishop.
- Gold artifact, for Curse of Opulence.
- Emblem for Rowan Kenrith.
- Emblem for Will Kenrith.
The following tokens are from the main set:
- 0/1 Goat creature, for Woe Strider.
- 2/2 Boar creature, for Curse of the Swine.
- Treasure artifact, for Black Market Connections, Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer, Burakos, Party Leader, Grim Hireling and Loot Dispute.
- Copy for Artificer Class, Astral Dragon, Endless Evil and Uchuulon.
- The Initiative//Undercity.
Notable reprints
- Plague Spitter, first printed in Invasion, last seen in World Championship Decks 2001.
References
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ a b Adam Styborski (March 24, 2022). "A First Look at Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (May 30, 2022). "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate Commander Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (March 25, 2022). "I was the lead designer of the Commander Decks - and my team crafted 4 pretty sweet ones!". Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 17, 2022). "First Out of Baldur's Gate". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kendall Pepple (June 2, 2022). "The Tokens of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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