Final Fantasy/Commander decks
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| Symbol description | A chocobo in profile, facing left | ||||
| Design | Daniel Holt (lead) | ||||
| Release date | June 13, 2025 | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Foretell, Job select, Melee, Monarch, Ninjutsu, Partner with, Tiered | ||||
| Set size | Four 100-card decks | ||||
| Expansion code | FIC[1] | ||||
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Four Final Fantasy Commander Decks were released together with Final Fantasy on June 13, 2025. These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with new cards and reprints.[2]
Description
While Commander precons are usually themed around certain characters, colors, or strategies, the twist with these is that each one is built around a single Final Fantasy game – specifically VI, VII, X, and XIV.[3][4]
Each deck introduces 25 never-before-seen Commander cards to Magic: The Gathering. All reprints in the Commander decks have new art, suited to the Final Fantasy theme. The nonland reprints use art from within that deck’s game, while lands can appear from any of the four games included in the product. Secret Rendezvous appears in four different versions.[5] The decks have a MSRP of $69.99.[3]
Card have the FIC expansion code. The face commanders and the secondary commanders are #1-8. The other new cards are #9-#100. Extended art Legendaries are #101-193. Borderless Sagas are #194-200 and the borderless commanders are #201-208. Surge foil commanders are #220-227 and their borderless variants are #209-216. Secret Rendezvous variants are #217-219. The Buy-a-Box promo is #220. The reprints (all with new art) are #229-441. Command Tower variants are #484-486. New cards with the FIC set code are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. Previously printed cards with the FIC set code are legal for play in any format where a card with the same name is permitted.[6]
Card numbers FIC #442-483 are as yet unaccounted for and are possibly part of the Final Fantasy Holiday Release
Contents
Each package contains:
- 1 Ready-to-play 100-card Commander deck
- 1 Traditional foil face commander
- 1 Traditional foil featured commander
- 98 Non-foil cards
- 10 double-sided tokens
- Counter Blitz contains 4 punch-out counter cards and 6 double-sided tokens.
- 1 reference card
- 1 strategy insert
- 1 deck box
- 1 Collector Booster Sample Pack (2 cards)
Collector's Edition
All four of these decks were also available in a Collector's Edition, retailing for MSRP $149.99). Each deck featured all 100 of the cards in a special surge foil treatment.[3][2]
Magic: The Gathering Arena
The four decks in their entirety were not made available on Magic: The Gathering Arena but the four face commanders and four back-up commanders were added for players to craft on release of the main set.[7]
Decklists
Revival Trance
A 
Final Fantasy VI-based deck centered around self-mill and reviving creatures from the graveyard. Thematically this deck rebuilds its large ensemble of characters in the World of Ruin, its theming plays into that section of the story.
Commander (1)
Sorceries (9)
1 Snort
The new cards exclusive to the deck are:
- Banon, the Returners' Leader
- Celes, Rune Knight
- Coin of Fate
- Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
- Edgar, Master Machinist
- Espers to Magicite
- The Falcon, Airship Restored
- Gau, Feral Youth
- General Leo Cristophe
- Gogo, Mysterious Mime
- Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
- Kefka, Dancing Mad
- Locke, Treasure Hunter
- Mog, Moogle Warrior
- Rejoin the Fight
- Sabin, Master Monk
- Setzer, Wandering Gambler
- Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
- Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
- Strago and Relm
- Snort
- Summon: Esper Valigarmanda
- Terra, Herald of Hope
- Umaro, Raging Yeti
Cards printed in Final Fantasy, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
- 4×
Copy // 1/2 Moogle creature with lifelink - 4× Treasure artifact // 1/2 Moogle creature with lifelink
- 2× The Blackjack, a 3/3 legendary vehicle artifact with flying and crew 2 // The Monarch helper
Limit Break
A 
Final Fantasy VII-based deck centered around equipment and creatures with power 7 or greater. Cards reference the planet and lifestream.
The new cards exclusive to the deck are:
- Aerith, Last Ancient
- Avalanche of Sector 7
- Barret, Avalanche Leader
- Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
- Cait Sith, Fortune Teller
- Cid, Freeflier Pilot
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
- Cloud's Limit Break
- Conformer Shuriken
- Elena, Turk Recruit
- Heidegger, Shinra Executive
- Helitrooper
- Lifestream's Blessing
- Professor Hojo
- Red XIII, Proud Warrior
- Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
- SOLDIER Military Program
- Summon: Kujata
- Summoning Materia
- Tifa, Martial Artist
- Ultimate Magic: Holy
- Ultimate Magic: Meteor
- Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
- Wrecking Ball Arm
- Yuffie, Materia Hunter
Cards printed in Final Fantasy, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
Counter Blitz
A 
Final Fantasy X-based deck centered around adding counters and spreading them around your creatures. Cards reference Spira. Counter Blitz features four punch cards.
The new cards exclusive to the deck are:
- Auron, Venerated Guardian
- Blitzball Stadium
- Chocobo Knights
- Gatta and Luzzu
- Kimahri, Valiant Guardian
- Lord Jyscal Guado
- Lulu, Stern Guardian
- Maester Seymour
- O'aka, Traveling Merchant
- Protection Magic
- Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
- Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte
- Sin, Unending Cataclysm
- Sphere Grid
- Summon: Ixion
- Summon: Magus Sisters
- Summon: Valefor
- Summon: Yojimbo
- Summoner's Sending
- Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
- Tromell, Seymour's Butler
- Wakka, Devoted Guardian
- Yuna, Grand Summoner
- Yuna's Decision
- Yuna's Whistle
The double-sided tokens are:
- 4× 1/1 Spirit creature with flying // 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk
- 2× Treasure artifact // Clue artifact
- 4× Punch-out counter cards
Scions & Spellcraft
A Final Fantasy XIV-based deck centered around casting noncreature spells. Thematically, the deck is centered around the Shadowbringers expansion. Cards reference both Eorzea and its counterpart Norvrandt.
Commander (1)
Creatures (22)
1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
Instants (8)
Sorceries (10)
Enchantments (6)
Artifacts (16)
1 Sol Ring
The new cards exclusive to the deck are:
- Alisaie Leveilleur
- Alphinaud Leveilleur
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
- Blue Mage's Cane
- Champions from Beyond
- Dancer's Chakrams
- Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
- Estinien Varlineau
- Eye of Nidhogg
- Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
- G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
- Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
- Hildibrand Manderville
- Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
- Krile Baldesion
- Lyse Hext
- Observed Stasis
- Papalymo Totolymo
- Reaper's Scythe
- Summon: Good King Mog XII
- Tataru Taru
- Thancred Waters
- Transpose
- Urianger Augurelt
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Cards printed in the Final Fantasy set, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0002) // 1/1 Spirit creature with flying
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0003) // 1/1 Spirit creature with flying
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0004) // 1/1 Bird creature with flying and vigilance
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0005) // 1/1 Bird creature with flying and vigilance
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0006) // 0/1 Wizard creature with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent."
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0007) // 0/1 Wizard creature with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent."
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0008) // 1/1 Human Soldier creature
- 1× 1/1 Hero creature (0009) // 1/1 Human Soldier creature
- 1× 1/2 Moogle creature with lifelink // Treasure artifact
- 1× 1/2 Moogle creature with lifelink // 2/2 Zombie creature
Tokens and markers
- 1/1 Human Soldier creature for Bastion of Remembrance.[8]
- 1/1 Soldier creature for Heidegger, Shinra Executive and SOLDIER Military Program.
- 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for Lingering Souls and Summoner's Sending.
- 1/1 Bird creature with flying and vigilance for Hermes, Overseer of Elpis.
- 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk for Chasm Skulker.
- 2/2 Zombie creature for Gentleman's Rise.
- 2/2 Rebel creature for Barret, Avalanche Leader.
- The Blackjack, a 3/3 legendary vehicle artifact with flying and crew 2 for Setzer, Wandering Gambler.
- Clue artifact for Lord Jyscal Guado and Tireless Tracker.
- Foretell helper for Lifestream's Blessing; Ultimate Magic: Holy and Ultimate Magic: Meteor.
- The Monarch helper for Coin of Fate and Palace Jailer.
- Punch-out counter cards
The following tokens are created by cards in the decks and are thus included with the decks. However, they are not part of the Final Fantasy Commander expansion. Instead, they retain the Final Fantasy expansion symbol () and set code (FIN):
- 1/1 Hero creature for Blue Mage's Cane; Champions from Beyond; Dancer's Chakrams; G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn and Reaper's Scythe.
- 1/2 Moogle creature with lifelink for Mog, Moogle Warrior and Summon: Good King Mog XII.
- 0/1 Wizard creature with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent." for Transpose.
- Treasure artifact for An Offer You Can't Refuse; Big Score; Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER; Locke, Treasure Hunter; Pitiless Plunderer; Professional Face-Breaker; Setzer, Wandering Gambler; Summon: Yojimbo and Tataru Taru.
- Copy helper for Espers to Magicite; Rite of Replication; Sublime Epiphany and Summon: Good King Mog XII.
Misprints
- The illustration for Promise of Loyalty was incorrectly attributed to "lack", instead of 山田航平/KOHEI YAMADA.[9]
Gallery
Collector's Edition
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Revival Trance -
Limit Break -
Counter Blitz -
Scions & Spellcraft
References
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- ↑ a b Jubilee Finnegan (May 10, 2025). "Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™ Commander Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Tom Marks (February 17, 2025). "Final Fantasy Commander Decks Revealed, Feature Cloud, Tidus, and More". IGN.com.
- ↑ Daniel Holt (June 12, 2025). "Crafting Commander Decks for Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Zakeel Gordon & Jubilee Finnegan (May 10, 2025). "Collecting Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™: The Four Most Important Things to Know". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Eric Levine (May 30, 2025). "Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™ Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen, Gavin Verhey, Zakeel Gordon (February 18, 2025). "Magic: The Gathering – FINAL FANTASY First Look (Video)". Magic: The Gathering. YouTube.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (May 30, 2025). "The Tokens of Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (June 9, 2025). "Statement on Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™ Cards Promise of Loyalty and Jumbo Cactuar Artist Attribution". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.