The Lost Caverns of Ixalan/Commander decks
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander decks | |||||
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Set Information | |||||
Set symbol | |||||
Symbol description | Compass rose in a Mesoamerica style | ||||
Design | Chris Mooney (lead) | ||||
Plane |
Ixalan Multiversal | ||||
Set size | Four 100-card decks | ||||
Expansion code | LCC[1] | ||||
Commander series | |||||
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Magic: The Gathering Chronology | |||||
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The The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Decks are released together with The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.[2] These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with a few new cards and the rest reprints.
Description
Each of the Commander decks represents one of the factions from Ixalan block[3], and features ten new cards. Lost Caverns Commander cards with the LCC set code numbered 1–8 are the primary and secondary Commanders. Showcase versions of the main Commanders are #17-#20. The other new cards are numbered #69-100. These (and the extender art versions numbered #21–68) are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. The Display commanders are numbered #121-124. Cards with the LCC set code numbered #125-370 and above are the reprints, legal for play in any format where a card with the same name is permitted. Twenty-three of the reprints have new art.
Contents
Each package contains[4]:
- 1 Foil-etched Display Commander card
- 1 foil Commander
- 1 additional foil Legendary card
- 98 regular cards
- 10 double-sided tokens[5]
- 1 deck box
- 1 life wheel
- 1 Collector Booster Sample Pack (2 cards)
Additional cards
Eight additional cards with the LCC code (#09 to #16) can only be found in the Set and Collector Boosters. They aren't found in the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander decks. These cards are:
- Illustrious Wanderglyph
- Altar of the Wretched // Wretched Bonemass
- Ore-Rich Stalactite // Cosmium Catalyst
- Contest of Claws
- Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus
- Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
- Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory
- Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress
Decklists
Ahoy Mateys
A Pirate deck focused on revival spells and powering up creatures.
The new cards are:
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- Don Andres, the Renegade
- The Indomitable
- Storm Fleet Negotiator
- Francisco, Fowl Marauder
- The Grim Captain's Locker
- Skeleton Crew
- Broadside Bombardiers
- Gemcutter Buccaneer
- Arm-Mounted Anchor
Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× Ragavan, a 2/1 legendary Monkey creature // Treasure artifact
- 2× 4/3 Salamander Warrior creature // Treasure artifact
- 2× 4/3 Salamander Warrior creature // 3/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling
- 1× Map artifact // 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature
- 2× Copy // 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature
- 1× The Monarch // 2/2 Pirate creature with menace
- 1× City's Blessing // 2/2 Pirate creature with menace
Blood Rites
A vampire and demon deck focused on aristocrats and tokens.
Commander (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Creatures (35)
Enchantments (6)
Artifacts (11)
1 Sol Ring
The new cards are:
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed
- Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
- Charismatic Conqueror
- Elenda's Hierophant
- March of the Canonized
- Redemption Choir
- Dusk Legion Sergeant
- Master of Dark Rites
- Promise of Aclazotz
- Order of Sacred Dusk
Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink // 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying
- 2× 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink // 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying
- 2× 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink // 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying
- 2× 1/1 Bat creature with flying // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
- 1× Blood artifact // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
- 1× Emblem for Sorin, Lord of Innistrad // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
- 1× City's Blessing // 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink
Explorers of the Deep
A Merfolk deck focused on +1/+1 counters and pump spells.
Commander (1)
Creatures (37)
Sorceries (6)
1 Explore
Instants (9)
Enchantments (6)
The new cards are:
- Hakbal of the Surging Soul
- Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
- Mist Dancer
- Ripples of Potential
- Wave Goodbye
- Bygone Marvels
- Deeproot Historian
- Topography Tracker
- Tributary Instructor
- Singer of Swift Rivers
Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× 1/1 Bird creature with flying // 1/1 Merfolk creature
- 1× 3/3 Beast creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature
- 1× 3/3 Frog Lizard creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature
- 2× 2/2 Boar creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature
- 2× 2/2 Boar creature // 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof
- 1× Map artifact // 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof
- 2× Copy // 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof
Veloci-RAMP-Tor
A Dinosaur deck focused on big creatures and ramping.
Commander (1)
Creatures (40)
Sorceries (9)
1 Farseek
The new cards are:
- Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
- Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
- Bronzebeak Foragers
- From the Rubble
- Wrathful Raptors
- Curious Altisaur
- Dinosaur Egg
- Scion of Calamity
- Sunfrill Imitator
- Progenitor's Icon
Cards printed in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× 3/3 Elephant creature // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
- 5× */* Dinosaur Beast creature // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
- 2× Copy // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
- 1× The Monarch // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
- 1× City's Blessing // 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample
Tokens and markers
- 3/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling for Black Market Connections.
- 1/1 Bird creature with flying for Ravenform.
- 1/1 Merfolk creature for Emperor Mihail II.
- 4/3 Salamander Warrior creature for Amphin Mutineer.
- 2/2 Pirate creature with menace for Fathom Fleet Captain.
- 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink for Sorin, Lord of Innistrad.
- Ragavan, a 2/1 legendary Monkey creature for Kari Zev, Skyship Raider.
- 3/3 Beast creature for Beast Within.
- 2/2 Boar creature for Curse of the Swine.
- 3/3 Dinosaur creature with trample for Regisaur Alpha and Thundering Spineback.
- */* Dinosaur Beast creature for Quartzwood Crasher.
- 3/3 Elephant creature for Generous Gift.
- 3/3 Frog Lizard creature for Rapid Hybridization.
- 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink for Glass-Cast Heart.
- Blood artifact for Glass-Cast Heart and Voldaren Estate.
- Emblem for Sorin, Lord of Innistrad.
- City's Blessing for Arch of Orazca, Radiant Destiny, Timestream Navigator, Twilight Prophet and Wayward Swordtooth.
- The Monarch for Azure Fleet Admiral and Regal Behemoth.
The following tokens are created by cards in the decks and are thus included with the decks. However, they are not part of the The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander expansion. Instead, they retain their The Lost Caverns of Ixalan expansion symbol and collector number:
- Copy for Amphin Mutineer, Mist Dancer, Scion of Calamity and Reflections of Littjara.
- 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink for Charismatic Conqueror, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, Elenda’s Hierophant, March of the Canonized, Martyr of Dusk and Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle.
- 1/1 Merfolk creature with hexproof for Deeproot Waters.
- 1/1 Bat creature with flying for Timothar, Baron of Bats.
- 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature for Skeleton Crew.
- 4/3 Vampire Demon creature with flying for Clavileño, First of the Blessed, Foul Rebirth and March of the Canonized.
- Map artifact for Storm Fleet Negotiator and Topography Tracker.
- Treasure artifact for Black Market Connections, Blood Money, Captain Lannery Storm, Corsair Captain, Don Andres, the Renegade Gemcutter Buccaneer, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, Pitiless Plunderer, Prismari Command and Ramirez DePietro, Pillager.
Notable cards
- The background of the art of Wayfarer's Bauble by David Sondered's appears the be plagiarized.[6][7][8] In Gatherer, Lorenzo Lanfranconi is now credited as the co-illustrator.
References
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ Adam Styborski (September 22, 2023). "A First Look at The Lost Caverns of Ixalan®". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023.
- ↑ The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Las Vegas 2023 (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (September 22, 2023).
- ↑ WPN Product Page (September 26, 2023)
- ↑ Kendall Pepple (November 3, 2023). "The Tokens of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Lorenzo Lanfranconi (November 18, 2023). "Just want to let you know one of you artists stole one of my paintings to paste it as it is in the background of their illustration.". Twitter.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 20, 2023). "Statement on Wayfarer's Bauble". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ MTG Dave (November 20, 2023). "This art is plagiarized, as clear as day.". Twitter.