The Brothers' War/Commander decks

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The Brothers' War
Commander Decks
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description Cog on a shield
Design Daniel Holt (lead)
Development Gavin Verhey (lead)
Release date November 18, 2022
Plane Dominaria
Multiversal
Themes and mechanics Retro frames
Set size Two 100-card decks
Expansion code BRC[1]
Commander series
Warhammer 40,000
Commander Decks
The Brothers' War
Commander Decks
Starter Commander Decks
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Retro Frame Artifacts The Brothers' War
Commander Decks
Transformers
Expansion symbol

The The Brothers' War Commander Decks were released together with The Brothers' War. These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with a few new cards and the rest reprints.[2]

Description

The names of these Commander decks are the same as those of the prerelease packs of the set.[3]

All cards in both commander decks use the retro frame treatment.[4]

The two The Brothers' War Commander Decks each contain 10 cards that are not found in the BRO main set. These cards are legal for play in the Commander, Vintage, and Legacy formats. They aren't legal for play in the Standard, Pioneer, or Modern formats. Eight additional cards with the BRC code (#021/036 to 028/036) can only be found in Set and Collector Boosters. #29-38 are regular retro frame basic lands, #39-40 are the Display Commanders. #41-67 are extended art versions of the previous cards. The other cards in these decks (with printed set code BRC and collector numbers #68-211) are legal for play in any format that already allows those cards; that is, appearing in these decks doesn't change a card's legality in any format.[5]

Cards with new art are: Bident of Thassa, Herald of Anguish, Vindicate, Traxos, Scourge of Kroog, Ancient Den, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod and Vault of Whispers. Sphinx's Revelation has new flavor text.

Contents

Each package contains:

Additional cards

Eight additional cards with the BRC code (#21/36 to #28/36) can only be found in the Set and Collector Boosters. They aren't found in the The Brothers' War Commander decks. These cards are:

Urza's Iron Alliance

Urza's Iron Alliance

Commander (1)

1 Urza, Chief Artificer

The new cards are:

The double-sided tokens are:[2][6]

  • Colorless mana */* Phyrexian Horror artifact creature // Colorless mana 1/1 Servo artifact creature
  • Colorless mana 0/0 Construct artifact creature with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control" // Colorless mana 1/1 Servo artifact creature
  • Colorless mana 0/0 Construct artifact creature with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control" // Colorless mana 1/1 Thopter creature with flying
  • Colorless mana 1/1 Myr artifact creature // Colorless mana 1/1 Thopter creature with flying
  • Colorless mana 1/1 Thopter creature with flying // Blue mana 1/1 Faerie creature with flying
  • Colorless mana Copy // Blue mana 1/1 Thopter creature with flying
  • Colorless mana Powerstone artifact // Colorless mana 1/1 Myr artifact creature
  • Colorless mana Powerstone artifact // Blue mana 1/1 Faerie creature with flying
  • Colorless mana 1/1 Myr artifact creature // Colorless mana 1/1 Servo artifact creature

Mishra's Burnished Banner

Mishra's Burnished Banner

Commander (1)

1 Mishra, Eminent One

The new cards are:

The double-sided tokens are:[2][6]

  • Colorless mana 1/1 Servo artifact creature // Colorless mana 10/10 Eldrazi creature
  • Colorless mana 1/1 Servo artifact creature // Colorless mana Powerstone artifact
  • Colorless mana 4/4 Mishra's Warform Construct artifact creature// W/B 2/1 Inkling creature with flying
  • Colorless mana Copy // W/B 2/1 Inkling creature with flying
  • Colorless mana Scrap artifact // Blue mana 2/1 Phyrexian Myr artifact creature
  • Colorless mana Scrap artifact // Colorless mana Powerstone artifact
  • White mana 0/1 Goat creature // Colorless mana 1/1 Construct artifact creature
  • Colorless mana 1/1 Construct artifact creature // Blue mana 2/1 Phyrexian Myr artifact creature
  • Colorless mana Copy // Colorless mana Powerstone artifact

Tokens and markers[6]

  1. Colorless mana Copy, for Lithoform Engine, March of Progress, Mirrorworks, Tawnos, Solemn Survivor, and Wondrous Crucible.
  2. Colorless mana 10/10 Eldrazi creature, for Idol of Oblivion.
  3. White mana 0/1 Goat creature, for Trading Post.
  4. Blue mana 1/1 Faerie creature with flying, for Alela, Artful Provocateur.
  5. Blue mana 2/1 Phyrexian Myr artifact creature, for Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer.
  6. Blue mana 1/1 Thopter creature with flying, for Sharding Sphinx.
  7. W/B 2/1 Inkling creature with flying, for Fain, the Broker.
  8. Colorless mana 1/1 Construct artifact creature, for Oni-Cult Anvil.
  9. Colorless mana Mishra's Warform, a 4/4 Construct artifact creature, for Mishra, Eminent One.
  10. Colorless mana 1/1 Myr artifact creature, for Myr Battlesphere.
  11. Colorless mana */* Phyrexian Horror artifact creature, for Phyrexian Rebirth.
  12. Colorless mana Scrap, an artifact for Farid, Enterprising Salvager.
  13. Colorless mana 1/1 Servo artifact creature, for Marionette Master and Servo Schematic.
  14. Green mana 5/3 Elemental creature, for Titania, Nature's Force.Available only in Draft, Set and Collector Boosters

The following tokens are created by cards in the decks and are thus included with the decks. However, they are not part of The Brothers' War Commander expansion. Instead, they retain The Brothers' War expansion symbol and collector number:

Misprints

All nonbasic lands capable of producing a single color of mana only (Ancient Den, Bojuka Bog, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod, Vault of Whispers) have been printed with the wrong frameline color. They're using the color-appropriate framelining reserved for basic lands instead of the generic golden-colored ones.

References

  1. Information below the text box
  2. a b c Wizards of the Coast (October 28, 2022). "The Brothers' War Commander Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2022-10-29.
  3. Names and Colors for BRO Commander Decks (Amazon). Reddit (August 18, 2022).
  4. Blake Rasmussen (September 29, 2022). "A First Look at The Brothers' War". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29.
  5. Jess Dunks (November 7, 2022). "The Brothers' War Release Notes". Magicthegathering.com.
  6. a b c Kendall Pepple (November 7, 2022). "The Tokens of The Brothers' War". Magicthegathering.com.