Duskmourn: House of Horror/Commander decks

Duskmourn: House of Horror; Commander Decks
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	The main set moth on a plaque
Design	Annie Sardelis (lead), Daniel Holt, Elizabeth Rice, Michael Zhang
Release date	September 27, 2024
Plane	Duskmourn; Multiversal
Set size	Four 100-card decks
Expansion code	DSC
Commander series
Magic: The Gathering Chronology

Duskmourn: House of Horror

Commander decks

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Trivia

Art Series

Welcome decks

Four Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander Decks, a.k.a. Duskmourn Commander Decks, were released together with Duskmourn: House of Horror on September 27, 2024.^[2]

Description

Each deck introduces 10 never-before-seen Commander cards to Magic: The Gathering. New Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander cards with the DSC set code numbered 1–40 (and their alternative versions numbered 41–67) are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. Returning cards with the DSC set code and numbered 68–327 and 368–373 are legal for play in any format where a card with the same name is permitted.^[3] The latter six cards are the promos that appear in the Nightmare Bundle. The schemes (#328-367) are only playable in the Archenemy format.

Several reprints in the Commander decks have new art, some of which is suited to the Duskmourn theme:

Archenemy

As a special feature, these Commander decks feature Archenemy cards (#328-367).^[2]^[4] Archenemy is a optional opt-in way to play Commander, and the decks work completely fine outside of Archenemy.

To help reimagine Archenemy for Commander play, R&D made some tweaks to how Archenemy works.^[2]

Traditionally, the way that Archenemy has worked with 60-card decks is that the archenemy has 40 life and each of the players has 20. But in Commander, you already start with 40 life. There was also one thing about Archenemy that's always been a bit more a bug than a feature. Because each of the three heroes had their life total, the strategically best thing to do was to take down one player as quickly as possible. But that's not the most fun thing to do. For one, it picks on one player and then leaves that player on the sidelines for the rest of the game.

So, after a lot of iteration from Annie Sardelis and her team, they came up with this rules tweak that helps it play smoothly: the archenemy has 60 life. And the entire hero team also has 60 life. They all win or lose together. While the archenemy still chooses who they attack for any effects where it matters because any of the heroes can block, it becomes a lot more straightforward: the archenemy attacks heroes, and the heroes attack the archenemy, each group with one shared life total.

This does mean a few older schemes function weirdly, such as Mortal Flesh Is Weak. It is recommended to not use those schemes and to play the new shared life going forward. (With 40 and 40 for one on one and 60 and 60 for Commander life totals).

One other small tweak is that you only need 10 schemes to play. Additionally, unlike Archenemy: Nicol Bolas, these decks are built so any of the decks can be the archenemy.

Miracle Worker

A deck focusing on enchantments. It features the Miracle mechanic. Aminatou is the face commander.^[6]

Miracle Worker

The new cards are:

The scheme cards are:

Cards printed in Duskmourn, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:

The double-sided tokens are:

2× 4/4 Angel creature with flying // Treasure artifact
1× 4/4 Angel creature with flying // 1/1 Glimmer enchantment creature
1× 2/2 Horror creature // 1/1 Glimmer enchantment creature
2× */* Shark creature with flying // Copy
1× 2/2 Horror creature // Copy
2× 2/1 Inkling creature with flying // 4/4 Scarecrow artifact creature with vigilance
1× 1/1 Glimmer enchantment creature // 4/4 Scarecrow artifact creature with vigilance

Death Toll

A delirium deck. Winter is the face commander.

Death Toll

Commander (1)

1 Winter, Cynical Opportunist

Planeswalkers (4)

1 Grist, the Hunger Tide

1 Ob Nixilis Reignited

1 Professor Onyx

1 Wrenn and Seven

Creatures (26)

1 Burnished Hart

1 Carrion Grub

1 Deathcap Cultivator

1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow

1 Moldgraf Millipede

1 Moldgraf Monstrosity

1 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

1 Stitcher's Supplier

1 Suspicious Bookcase

1 Titania, Nature's Force

1 Ursine Monstrosity

1 Vile Mutilator

Instants (6)

1 Arachnogenesis

1 Grapple with the Past

1 Grisly Salvage

1 Harrow

1 Inscription of Abundance

1 Putrefy

Sorceries (9)

1 Mulch

Enchantments (8)

1 Binding the Old Gods

1 Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette

Artifacts (8)

1 Talisman of Resilience

1 Whip of Erebos

1 Whispersilk Cloak

Lands (38)

7 Forest

7 Swamp

1 Temple of the False God

1 Terramorphic Expanse

The new cards are:

The scheme cards are:

Cards printed in Duskmourn, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:

The double-sided tokens are:

1× 1/1 Insect creature // */* Shapeshifter creature with changeling and deathtouch
1× 1/1 Insect creature // */* Ooze creature
1× 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch // 1/2 Spider creature with reach
1× */* Treefolk creature with reach and “This creature’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.” // 1/2 Spider creature with reach
1× 1/1 Insect creature // */* Shapeshifter creature with changeling and deathtouch
1× 2/2 Ooze creature // 1/1 Insect creature with flying and deathtouch
2× 5/3 Elemental creature // 2/2 Bird creature with flying
2× 5/5 Demon creature with flying // 2/2 Bird creature with flying