Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards Reveal
Ella Burch
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Some of the most potent Magic: The Gathering sets available are called Masters sets. Surprisingly, we’ve gone this long without receiving one specific for the game’s most popular format, Commander, full of reprints of all kinds of staples and powerhouses. Now, some of the Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards have been revealed.
The set will emphasize the immensely popular Commander mode while include reprints of cards from throughout MTG history. For those who don’t know, in Commander, players can choose one legendary creature to serve as their de facto leader, after which they can create a 99-card deck centered around that commander. There is a catch, though: A Commander deck can only contain one copy of each card, with the exception of basic land cards. Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards are unique and reprinted alike.
The Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards
With Commander Masters, we receive four preconstructed decks with brand-new cards in addition to a complete set of much-needed reprints for the Commander format. The Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards will go on sale on August 4, 2023, but from July 11 through July 20, every card in the collection will be shown daily.
During the webcast, cards heading to Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards were revealed. These cards include frequently played cards like Sol Ring, Command Tower, Path of Ancestry, the colorless The Prismatic Piper, and the downgraded Extinguish All Hope from Rare to Uncommon. It was confirmed that the Medallion cycle from 2014 would be returning to Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards, along with the legendary beings Chainer, the master of dementia, Kozilek, The Great Distortion, and Krenko, Mob Boss.
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Deck Themes
Commander Masters had previously appeared in official MTG announcements, since the pre-built themed decks of Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards were shown earlier this year. However, today’s webcast did clarify that the decks will contain all new cards. The decks have the following themes:
- Eldrazi Unbound, colorless, with commander Zhulodok, Void Gorger
- Enduring Enchantments, black/green/white, with commander Anikthea, Hand Of Erebos
- Planeswalker Party, blue/red/white, with commander Commodore Guff
- Sliver Swarm, all five colors, with commander Sliver Gravemother
Preview Events
On July 28 through July 30, formal preview events will be held for Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards, which will officially launch on August 4 at local game stores. On August 4, the Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards set is expected to launch internationally. However, prior to the cards’ official release on July 17, players can participate in prerelease events at WPN local game retailers and begin collecting the cards.
- Commander Masters spoilers: Start July 11
- Commander Masters Precon spoilers: July 17 to 20
- Commander Masters card gallery: July 21
- Commander Masters prerelease store events: July 28 to 30
- Commander Masters global launch: Aug. 4
All of the Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards in the main set boxes and booster packs are reprints, just as in previous Masters sets. New Magic cards will only be present in the Commander Precon decks. For prerelease tournaments, draft booster boxes are available, and collector booster packs have unique foil-etched and textured foil treatments.
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Pricing
According to TCG Player, these are the current preorder prices for Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards.
- Draft booster box: Around $300
- Set booster box: Around $376
- Collector booster box: Around $230
- Eldrazi Unbound Commander Precon: Around $102
- Enduring Enchantments Commander Precon: Around $75
- Planeswalker Party Commander Precon: Around $70
- Sliver Swarm Commander Precon: Around $140
- All four Commander Precon decks: Around $325
On July 11, the first Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards spoilers will start to circulate via the WeeklyMTG stream on Twitch. Spoilers for each Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards will continue through July 14. Additionally, from July 17 to July 20, cards from the four Precon Commander decks of Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards will be made public. The WeeklyMTG stream on July 18 will also have Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards spoilers.
Box Contents
Magic: the Gathering Commander Masters Cards will come with the following items:
- Draft Booster Packs – 21-card packs: 1 Token, 3 Nonfoil Legendary Cards, plus the possibility of a Traditional Foil Legendary card of rarity Uncommon or higher, 2-4 Rare or higher cards, at least 1 Rare or Mythic Rare Legendary Card, 1 guaranteed Borderless card, and 1 guaranteed Traditional Foil card of any rarity.
- Set Booster Packs – 17-card packs: 1 Art, 1 Land, 6 Themed Commons and Uncommons, 1 Showcase Common or Uncommon, 2 Cards of any Rarity, 1 Rare or Mythic Rare, 1 Foil of any rarity, 1 Token.
- Collector Booster Packs – 15-card packs, containing exclusive Textured Foils and Foil Etched versions of cards. 1 Traditional Foil Double-Sided Token, 5 Cards Rare or Mythic Rare, 2-5 Uncommons, 4-7 Commons, 1 Land.
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These are all of the cards that have been revealed as of July 11, 2023.
1. Land Tax
One white enchantment – Mythic Rare
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
2. Evacuation
Three generic, two blue instant – Rare
Return all creatures to their owners’ hands.
3. Spellseeker
Two generic, one blue creature – Human Wizard – 1/1 – Mythic Rare
When Spellseeker enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
4. Chainer, Dementia Master
Three generic, two black legendary creature – Human Minion – 3/3 – Rare
All Nightmares get +1/+1.
Three black mana, pay three life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types. When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.
5. Extinguish All Hope
Four generic, two black mana sorcery – Uncommon
Destroy all nonenchantment creatures.
6. Krenko, Mob Boss
Two generic, two red legendary creature – Goblin Warrior – 3/3 – Rare
Tap: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.
7. Azusa, Lost But Seeking
Two generic, one green legendary creature – Human Monk – 1/2 – Rare
You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.
8. Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Five generic, one white, one black, one green legendary creature – Centaur Spirit – 3/4 – Rare
This spell costs one generic less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from your graveyard.
9. Maelstrom Wanderer
Five generic, one green, one blue, one red legendary creature – Elemental – 7/5 – Rare
Creatures you control have haste.
Cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order. Then do it again.)
10. Arcane Signet
Two generic mana artifact – Uncommon
Tap: Add one mana of any color in your commander’s color identity.
11. Emerald Medallion
2 generic artifact – Rare
Blue spells you cast cost one generic less to cast.
12. Fellwar Stone
Two generic mana artifact – Uncommon
Tap: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
13. Jet Medallion
2 generic artifact – Rare
Blue spells you cast cost one generic less to cast.
14. Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Eight generic, two colorless legendary creature – Eldrazi – 12/12 – Mythic Rare
When you cast this spell, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Menace
Discard a card with mana value X: Counter target spell with mana value X.
15. Pearl Medallion
Two generic mana artifact – Rare
White spells you cast cost one generic mana less to cast.
16. Ruby Medallion
2 generic artifact – Rare
Blue spells you cast cost one generic less to cast.
17. Sapphire Medallion
2 generic artifact – Rare
Blue spells you cast cost one generic less to cast.
18. Sol Ring
One generic mana artifact – Uncommon
Tap: Add two colorless mana.
19. The Prismatic Piper
Five generic mana legendary creature – Shapeshifter – 3/3 – Common
If The Prismatic Piper is your commander, choose a color before the game begins. The Prismatic Piper is the chosen color.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
20. Command Tower
Land – Common
Tap: Add one mana of any color in your commander’s color identity.
21. Path of Ancestry
Land – Common
Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped.
Tap: Add one mana of any color in your commander’s color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry one.
22. Regal Behemoth
Four generic, two green creature – dinosaur – 5/5 – Rare
Trample
When Regal Behemoth enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.
Whenever you tap a land for mana while you’re the monarch, add an additional one mana of any color.
23. Omnath, Locus of Mana
Two generic, one green legendary creature – elemental – 1/1 – Mythic Rare
You don’t lose unspent green mana as steps and phases end.
Omnath, Locus of Mana gets +1/+1 for each unspent green mana you have.
24. Wayward Swordtooth
Two generic, one gree creature – dinosaur – 5/5 – Rare
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city’s blessing for the rest of the game.)
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Wayward Swordtooth can’t attack or block unless you have the city’s blessing.
Shelter
One generic, one white instant – Common
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Draw a card.
25. Urza, Lord High Artificer
Two generic, two blue legendary creature – human artificer – 1/4 – Mythic Rare
When Urza, Lord High Artificer enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with “This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.”
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
Five generic: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.