Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks/Commander decks
Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks | |||||
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Set Information | |||||
Set symbol | |||||
Symbol description | Winged skull (Imperialis) | ||||
Design | Ethan Fleischer[1] | ||||
Development | Ethan Fleischer | ||||
Release date | October 7, 2022 | ||||
Themes and mechanics | Warhammer 40,000 | ||||
Keywords/ability words | Miracle, Ravenous, Squad | ||||
Set size | Four 100-card decks | ||||
Expansion code | 40K[2] | ||||
Commander series | |||||
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Magic: The Gathering Chronology | |||||
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The Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with new cards and reprints.
Description
There are 168 different mechanically new cards printed in the Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks.[3] 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. Foil versions of the commanders and surge foil display versions of the face commanders are numbered 169-180. The release card is #181.
Contents
Each package contains:
- A 99-card deck, including 1 foil backup commander
- 1 foil face Commander
- 1 foil-etched display version of the face commander
- 10 double-sided tokens
- 1 deck box
- 1 life wheel
Deck lists
Tyranid Swarm

The Tyranid hive fleets feed upon everything they touch, to ramp towards massive threats.[4]
The new cards are:
- Aberrant
- Acolyte Hybrid
- Atalan Jackal
- Biophagus
- Bone Sabres
- Broodlord
- Clamavus
- Deathleaper, Terror Weapon
- Exocrine
- The First Tyrannic War
- Gargoyle Flock
- Genestealer Locus
- Genestealer Patriarch
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
- Goliath Truck
- Haruspex
- Hierophant Bio-Titan
- Hormagaunt Horde
- Lictor
- Magus Lucea Kane
- Malanthrope
- Mawloc
- Nexos
- Old One Eye
- Purestrain Genestealer
- Ravener
- Screamer-Killer
- Shadow in the Warp
- Sporocyst
- The Swarmlord
- Termagant Swarm
- Tervigon
- The Red Terror
- Toxicrene
- Trygon Prime
- Tyranid Harridan
- Tyranid Invasion
- Tyranid Prime
- Tyrant Guard
- Venomthrope
- Winged Hive Tyrant
- Zoanthrope
The double-sided tokens are:[5]
- 3×
1/1 Tyranid creature //
3/3 Tyranid Warrior creature with trample.
- 1×
1/1 Tyranid creature //
5/5 Tyranid creature.
- 6×
1/1 Tyranid creature //
1/1 Tyranid Gargoyle creature with flying.
The Ruinous Powers

Chaos champions the unpredictable energies of the Warp and the Pantheon of ruinous powers.[4]
The new cards are:
- Abaddon the Despoiler
- Aspiring Champion
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne
- Blood for the Blood God!
- Noise Marine
- The Horus Heresy
- The Ruinous Powers
- Keeper of Secrets
- Lucius the Eternal
- Magnus the Red
- Let the Galaxy Burn
- Kill! Maim! Burn!
- Sloppity Bilepiper
- Heralds of Tzeentch
- Pink Horror
- Lord of Change
- Blight Grenade
- Mutalith Vortex Beast
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
- Mandate of Abaddon
- Helbrute
- Great Unclean One
- Plague Drone
- Nurgle's Conscription
- Nurgle's Rot
- Poxwalkers
- Tallyman of Nurgle
- Venomcrawler
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
- Dark Apostle
- Drach'Nyen
- Chaos Terminator Lord
- Bloodthirster
- Herald of Slaanesh
- Chaos Mutation
- Tzaangor Shaman
- The Lost and The Damned
- Knight Rampager
- Kharn the Betrayer
- Seeker of Slaanesh
- Chaos Defiler
The double-sided tokens are:[5]
- 2×
1/3 Plaguebearer of Nurgle creature //
3/3 Spawn creature.
- 4×
1/3 Plaguebearer of Nurgle creature //
2/2 Astartes Warrior creature with menace.
- 2×
3/3 Spawn creature //
2/2 Astartes Warrior creature with menace.
- 2×
3/3 Spawn creature //
2/2 Blue Horror creature.
Forces of the Imperium

The Imperium seeks to control the tide of battle and overwhelm their enemies with the full weight of the Emperor's will.[4]
The new cards are:
- And They Shall Know No Fear
- Arco-Flagellant
- Assault Intercessor
- Belisarius Cawl
- Birth of the Imperium
- Callidus Assassin
- Celestine, the Living Saint
- Commissar Severina Raine
- Company Commander
- Cybernetica Datasmith
- Defenders of Humanity
- Deny the Witch
- Epistolary Librarian
- Exterminatus
- For the Emperor!
- Grey Knight Paragon
- Inquisitor Eisenhorn
- Inquisitor Greyfax
- Inquisitorial Rosette
- Knight Paladin
- Marneus Calgar
- Neyam Shai Murad
- Primaris Chaplain
- Primaris Eliminator
- Reaver Titan
- Redemptor Dreadnought
- Sanguinary Priest
- Sicarian Infiltrator
- Sister Hospitaller
- Sister Repentia
- Sister of Silence
- Space Marine Devastator
- Space Marine Scout
- The Flesh Is Weak
- The Golden Throne
- Thunderhawk Gunship
- Thunderwolf Cavalry
- Triumph of Saint Katherine
- Ultramarines Honour Guard
- Vanguard Suppressor
- Vexilus Praetor
- Zephyrim
The double-sided tokens are:[5]
- 1×
1/1 Soldier creature //
3/3 Space Marine Devastator creature.
- 1×
1/1 Soldier creature //
3/3 Zephyrim creature.
- 1×
1/1 Soldier creature //
2/2 Ultramarines Honour Guard creature.
- 1×
1/1 Soldier creature //
1/2 Sicarian Infiltrator artifact creature.
- 1×
1/1 Soldier creature //
3/2 Vanguard Suppressor creature.
- 1×
1/1 Soldier creature //
3/1 Arco-Flagellant creature.
- 2×
2/2 Astartes Warrior creature with vigilance //
4/4 Robot artifact creature with "This creature can't block.".
- 1×
2/2 Astartes Warrior creature with vigilance //
4/4 Cherubael legendary creature.
- 1×
2/2 Astartes Warrior creature with vigilance //
Clue artifact.
Necron Dynasties

The deathless Necron dynasties overrun their opponents with an unending horde of soulless living metal.[4]
The new cards are:
- Szarekh, the Silent King
- Imotekh the Stormlord
- Psychomancer
- Lychguard
- Trazyn the Infinite
- Out of the Tombs
- Shard of the Nightbringer
- Biotransference
- Illuminor Szeras
- Cryptek
- Their Number is Legion
- Anrakyr the Traveller
- Canoptek Scarab Swarm
- Canoptek Spyder
- Canoptek Wraith
- Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
- Chronomancer
- Convergence of Dominion
- Flayed One
- Cryptothrall
- Ghost Ark
- Hexmark Destroyer
- Triarch Stalker
- Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
- Necron Deathmark
- Tomb Fortress
- Necron Monolith
- Tomb Blade
- Necron Overlord
- The War in Heaven
- Resurrection Orb
- Their Name is Death
- Night Scythe
- Plasmancer
- Royal Warden
- Sautekh Immortal
- Technomancer
- Sceptre of Eternal Glory
- Skorpekh Destroyer
- Shard of the Void Dragon
- Skorpekh Lord
- Triarch Praetorian
The double-sided tokens are:[5]
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 8, 2022). "Do you know much about Warhammer 40k? Are you a fan?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ Billie Kaplan (May 12, 2022). "A First Look at Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 Collaboration". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12.
- ↑ a b c d Wizards Presents 2022 (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 18, 2022).
- ↑ a b c d Wizards of the Coast (September 13, 2022). "Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2022-09-13.